Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

FASHION', AN J) THINGS FEMININE. Bt MISS ADA MELLER ■A VOILLE DBESS. JfjKOILLB ia one of those materials jfflbt that adapt themselves so amiably SM\© to various occasiona, that there is every excuse for the immense ton oa it that at present prevails. For out of doors, for indoors, for evening wear, for day wear, Toille ia a true friend to the Woman of fftßhion, and seems to suit all 'occasions with a graoiousness that ifl happily not neoeßsarily combined with any great degree of expense. Of course, yoa can run up your voille dress to a .n-cai round snm, if you choose to insert it all over with guipure, after the fashion oj the moment, to mount it on silk, and select the voille in the first instance of the very best quality! On the other hand, you can make a very good show at little cost with a voille dress modestly trimmed with lace aud with an absence of a rust'ing silk Blip, and it may provo one of the moat useful gowns throughout the year. If real utility is your object, I counsel the choice of either black or ivory-coloured voille dress in place of one of bright colour. The dress sketched in

this column is a charming model for black voille tucked and trimmed with ivory-coloured guipure insertion and touches of turquoise-blue velvet The bodice is cut to a point at the neck, the filling in being of finely pleated eoru mousseline, with a collar-band of guipure trimmed with Bcrolls of blue velvet. A fold of velvet to match borders to low-cnt neck and on it is laid a band of guipure, the deep cuffs also being of guipure edged with blue velvet. The bod ice is arranged in the form of a bolero or sacque, tucked at the shouldors and bordered with lace insertion, aB it falls over an underbodice of voille or chiffon. The sleeves are also tucked at the top, and the skirt is treated in the same way over the hips, being trimmed lower down with graduated bands of insertion, the deepest one newt, ing a flounce of voille. The same design woudl be pretty in cream voille relieved with blue or brown velvet. The mixture of cream and brown is hardly as well ap> predated as it might be.

LAN ACCORDION-PLEiTED FROCK. ' Accordion-plea'ing .is very much to the fore, sunray skirts being among the most fashionable modes of the season. For evening occasions, silk or chiffon is the material usually choßen for an accordionpleated dress, while for wear during the day the costume may be of fine cloth or voille, Bunray-pleated. Young girls *re particularly well suited by an accordionpleated dross. Au example of a pretty frock of the kind for theatre or parly wear is suggested in the accompanying .llustration, a novel feature of the design oeiug the flohu of fine lace which is so arranged ou the bodice that it forms the upper part of the sleeves, the pleated sleeveß of chiffon, spotted net, soft silk, or whatever material the frock is composed of, being attached to the edge of the lace. A belt of satin ribbon encircles the waist, and is smartly arranged at the back, the ends falling low down on to the skirt, the latter having a frill at the bottom. Sometimes the skirt to an accordion-pleated frock is gauged over the hips—a style that suits slim figures very well. A young girl who is wearing black would find" the design illustrated very tuicable for black chiffon with a light lace fichuv If the skirt were longer, the same design would be as becoming to sweet and twenty' as, with shortened

I skirt., to sweat sixteen. C ream-coloured esprit net is; a delightful material for girls' Wear,- and thefrook might be <r~ in any * snob! staff with fiotin of the same tint On the other hand,' if fiohu and frook contrast the effect is even prettier. ~ A dress" of Ipale blue or turquoise-bice chiffon, with fiohu of string-coloured or ecru lace, is charming for a girl to whom; bine is becoming. Aad this reminds me that several pretty evening frookß foj_ .\. girls are trimmed of a lattice-work of flowers and stalks, the ' lattice effect being repeated on the skirts, probably as a veiling to a deep flounce. The flowers usually take upon themselves the colour of the chiffon of which the frock is composed. By pounding French .chalk very4fcoe and mixing with warm water, if applied to [oiled silk, will remove all spots. Bub the mixture on the soiled part, coverjri hj, a piece of blotting paper, and preeslffith » warm iron, j ... '- .' . .I'-:.-,.".'" ' ■fUTOB lIIMIIIMMMII lIIIMim—W»■» '/'