Ladies Colume.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 421, 12 May 1904, Page 2

Ladies Colume.

Lat6st v Lofldon iiid Paris Fashions meller, Jouraaliat, &o. THE CORRECT STYLE FOB TAILORMADES. SOgICH wine-coloured cloth and deep d|UfS> fall ehades of eapphire, mageHta, and myrtle and emerald green friezs, zibeline and Parisian cloth are. among the most fashionable colours and materials for the winter, which promises to be a fairly bright one, so far as dress -colours mamm concerned.** Mixed tweeds, with shades of green and heather predominating, are usefuUfor tailormtdes; and among quieter'mixtures are 4he grey and blaek.and white, tweeds and homespuna that make a brave show and very smart with wide belts of coloured leather or pipings of velvet/and small turned-down collars to ma'ch. A pretty stjle for a costume of tweed, cloth or serge is illustrated in the full-length I figure in this ooluma... The. coat is cut

with one oHhe fa9hibh*lhe deep basques and shoulder-capes, and haa deep epauletsi which give the long line to the shoulders that is so important a feature of- modern dress. Touches of velvet at the neck,/waist, and elsewhere, finiah the costume very.smartly, arid a.single row of stitohihg is effectively' used throughonti The seams onthe skirt are stitched down closely for a considerable; depth, and where the stitching, oa.asea the material . springs but in kilts and "is strapped velvet'" A- '-*-fe# -ornamental buttons • decorate the coat in. front/and.the sh%psd cuffs of the sleevea are stripped with velvet. The coatiastens at the left side, and in consequence the valvet strap-collar ie only stitched to the coat "at the back. .. : . .. FASHIONS IN FUBS^ Fashions in furs are just now very distinctive, the pelerine-stole and 1830 fichu, or cape, ranking" high among favourite vogues. Dark brown fura "are, as usual,

prime favourites, bat black , oaracule, Persian paw and toxoid alßdmnch worn, . •and certain smokeigrej fare &$ white ,Thibßfc are i ashionable* All fanfare expensive this season~inora bo cbajf usual j nevertheless.' every Beyond woman some* v bow manages to provides- heraejf with a handsome-looking set o! furs. The greatest ,run ( appearato hi oa the brown jaarabouE stores, which give the smartest fho w for' the smallest price. Owing to heir immense .popujftrtty wi are likely to grow somewhat weary of thfem before the winter is far advanced. Mori' rtfined is is the stole-pelerine of ipojnfced fox or dark brown far, after the faskioa t>! the feketch • herewith, Mt is not accompanied by\:a moff ta. mafoh, and one of the new bate of soft white felt or beaver, bound? ■- and trimmed with: Mask silk braid and a bnneh' o£ To deepen the pelerine a Chenille- fringe, snoh as is now miich naed on furs, might be added. The wide fichu at t iur, clasped at the waist with a handsome ornament of oxidised metal, offers an alternative tb the pelerinefct»le. »JJl?Pftrl ve% la>ge^and the peweat in shape are wider along the lower part than ait style, illustrated Inlhe BketohJ .. s - - Jg s J& HINTS WR THE \i* \ '.j ;> MUrfft.. ; v <- ' I The foot-MlI, aneoeslaryieatpfejof ah . the dressy skirtßj ; is not ©nlSra pretty accessory, bat' is/besidas nsefol in preserving the jfreshnessr*;of the■ -skirt. A Method of aajastjing silk foos,?fills that , much used by Parisian drewgakers, is tosticaa narrow, eloßeiy-pleatad frill of eilkj tM edge, toadeepband of stiff muslin, attaching the upper edge of the maßlia to. the. skfct-lfoing, bat leavisg the I ailk f f rill independent or the dress. If pfeferreel, it "might, bf course, be caught toVthe-ekirt here and jtbew along the hem, bat mdsftpefcple >#>£?«£ to t leave it free J Thia is s«*Uy»nw>*oittioal way of using 1 a Bilk frill or ruche, since a narrow frillj attached in I the manner indicated, mikes quite as good an effeot aaafriirthrtelimißafl dee?. >.>* •