A Charming Vogue.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 2, 11 January 1911, Page 69

A Charming Vogue.

A very pretty vogue which deserves to achieve a large measure of success is represented by the little Victorian cape in embroidered white lawn, which is worn with the plain, short-skirted linen or

Shantung frock. In “The Naked Truth,” now proceeding at Wyndham’. Theatre, the heroine of the piece wears just such a tiny unlined eape over her shoulders, with a gown of rose Shantung and a simple rose-wreathed hat.

The very simplicity of such a scheme is its beet recommendation at a time when simple frocks and toilettes are preeminent, while it provides a little finish which is very demure and attractive, and is suitable with a gown of no matter what material.

Black barley represents a form of millinerial trimming which is commending itself highly to the milliner at present. In many cases it takes the place of the

erstwhile popular clusters of ospreys, amt tho woman who lias set her face firmly against the wearing of the latter finds it a capital and inexpensive substitute. The barley is frequently dyed black, amt introduced in large bunches eaught at the base with a rosette, or in lieu of that with a little duster of button-roses in yellow or pink. Another very charming method of trimming the large hats is that of heading the wreath of marguerites or roses with a fringe of upstanding oats. Many delightful effects are arrived at also by the employment of quaint oldworld muslins, printed with small bun-

dies of violets or pansies on an ivorywhite ground. A very dainty little frock is carried out in white nitkdin patterned with single violets, and made up over a foundation of pale mauve soft satin. The skirt, which is fairly full, is finished with a. mauve satin hem. Round the waist a broad mauve satin sash ribbon is draped twice, and finally brought down low on the left side, the two long ends being loosely knotted together within a few inches of the hem of the skirt. Tho bodice us arranged with a seamless front, and trimmed with small satin-eovered buttons. A chemisette of real Brussel* lace is continued in the form of a higk

collar-band, and there are under sleeves of lace to match, prettily visible just where the upper sleeves of flowered muslin etop short at the elbow. With this frock a hat in white Italian straw will be worn, trimmed with mauve and white lilac, and a large chou of black tulle. Frocks in blaek and white striped muslin will enjoy a remarkable vogue during the remainder of the summer, and when the stripes are chosen in a moderate width, and judiciously arranged, there can be no doubt that gowns of this kind are quite exceptionally becoming, even to widely different types of figure.

in a plain pale green foulard, decorated only by a fichu and eash of spotted green and white foulard; this is worn with a large hat entirely composed of coloured tulles, and wreaths of red fuchsias, which strike a charming note of colour.

This very graceful gown » made of pearl grey ninon over heliotrope crepon, with shadow embroidery and laee veiled the tunic and a huge black satin boiv above the trained skirt. A most graceful gown of that specially pretty shade of heliotrope crepon which Wends well with a. certain pearl-grey, of which colour is the ninon that composes the overdress. The gown has a train, which is a relief after the curtailed models, and is trimmed with mauve shadow embroidery and bands of grey lace, veiled by the tunic, and a very huge 'black satin bow, posed low upon the skirt. In the hat with the crumpled brim, a grey hat with a band of black velvet, there are grey, purple, and black roses. A characteristic of much of the new millinery is the erratic contour of the brim, which is pinched up here and there to suit each Wearer’s beauty.

These striped muslins have in themselves so decorative an effect that they need little or nothing in the way of trimming. They look best of all made up over white satin and arranged with eashes of black satin ribbon. The

bodices are suitably finished witli chemisettes and under-sleeves of the finest kind of Irish crochet lace, and; to complete the picture, there should be a large hat in black crinoline, trimmed with long white ostrich feathers.