Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

Latest London and Paris Fashions,

By MISS ADA MELLEB,

Lady Journalist, &o.

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A SEASONABLE STYLE FOB FBUZE %VKHE pleated skirt remains among WE autumn modes as a favourite y&S Btyle for tailor-mades, the pleats in many cases being stitched down very closely to the edges. Kilta and box-pleats are equally popular, and are usually stitched down from the waist to the knees, the Bkirt thence flowing out very full and wide. The plain skirls, without pleatp, ere also out very full at the foot, with a deep flute. A serviceable Btyle for a costume of blue serge, cerise frieze, or magenta cloth, stitched with black, is sketched in the full-length figure in this column. The coat is doublebreasted, and arranged with a pleated and stitched cape springing from a small

stitched-down collar, and is warm and comfortable for chilly days. The sleeves, pleated aad stitched at the topß, are turned back with caffs at the wrists, and a stitched baEque falls below the buckled belt. The small back-view shows the basque cat up in deep tabs. To enrich the appearance of the dress the small collar and the edges of the caffs might , be of black caracole or astrachan, which ' would look very well with a red cloth dress. Fancy black braids aire used a good deal on cloth and frieze gowns, the new braids of the season being particularly decorative and rich-looking. Boucle effects on fancy zibelines are also among the leading features of fashion.

A CASHMEBE DBESSING JACKET.

For the dressing-gown and dressingjacket cashmere or Pyrenees flannel is the material par excellence, caßhmere, preferably, for dressing-jackets. The simple design sketched herewith reproduces well in pale pink or pale blue oaabmere, the only decorations used being hem-stitohing and a few little tacks. If made of cream cashmere the hems and facing to the

turned-back fronts might be of cream silkj with fast-dyed coloured cashmere the same addition could be granted, but it would be extravagant to add light silk hems were the colour of the cashmere not perfectly fast. This simple little sacqua dressing-jacket might of course be copied in fancy flannel. BETICULES. AND BELTS As at present there seems no probability of skirts being possessed of pockets, the reticule remains not only a pretty but a necessary auxiliary to the toilette, and daily appears in more [decorative guise. .Tan-coloured Bnede is J frequently employed for the purpose, and ' harmonises with any colour, which is an advantage; but for an essentially serviceable reticule something less easily soiled than light suede is advisable. Black cloth or black suede sometimes replaces a lighter material that is Boiled, and -brocade is usefnl for rotionles, while really dressy-looking bags for the purse and pocket bankercaief are of silk or satin dropped into a mesh of silver or gold metal. Small bags of coloured leather powdered with tiny stars or discs of steel or bronxe, are usefnl for the same purpose, while other bags are of handpainted materials. Important trifles of the toilette, too, are belts, which exhibit more and more variety. Deep and narrow ceintnres are alike affected, and a happy combination of the.two styles is seen in a new belt of coloured unlined kid. It ia draped and wide at the back, and united to a couple of narrow bands of kid at the sides, these bands being buckled in front and drawn down low, according, to the prevailing whim of fashion. The same kind of belt is effective when made of cloth to match the dress. When of kid, however, it usually contracts in colour: with the froek with which it is worn, red and green and mauve kid being specially smart-looking. : :i. ; '

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