Silk in Serges and Taffetas.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 10, 6 September 1911, Page 69

Silk in Serges and Taffetas.

For tailored suits that will be used Ifor a -slightly dressy occasion nothing could be better than a silk serge. It is more difficult to handle in making up, but then the result Is worth any extra trouble. Striped and changeable effects also come in this line of goods. Besides something new in serge, the new taffeta deserves mention. With the craze for soft, sweeping lines, taffeta proved too harsh a material. Now the chiffon 'taffeta has taken its place, possessing all the lustre of the old material without its brittleness, and allowing itself to be draped into soft folds like chiffon. We have the opportunity now of being picturesque, as for example if we adopt the mediaeval cap, after the fifteenth century headgear. Then the Eastern turban may l>e seen. Ttiey are formed of one long scarf wound tightly round the head, perfectly simple with no aigrette, no flaring feather standing almost

at right angles to the head, and those which a year or two ago would have been considered mad, are now worn as generally almost as a pair of earrings. Many leading dressmakers send home a hairband with most evening gowns. There is another pretty picturesque headgear borrowed from quite a different period in the form of soft lace falling towards the face, a wreath of roses for trimming surrounding a metal crown, and the lace may be gold or silver or other metal thread. One thing we may be very sure of, gold and silver lace Will appear on our headgear as on our low bodices veiled on our skirts, and plays a scintillating part In the toilettes of to-day.