LITTLE SHAWL WRAPS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 3

LITTLE SHAWL WRAPS.

.-';Littlo_. shawl, .wraps.- are among" the!,most,' fascinating ..outer garments .which .'a" woman, : 'may;!p6ssoss!-a ,'Any-. orio.'/who.'.'lias ;.a., small. ;shawl, "pno of ' tho finely embroidered., crepe shawls , or. an India, shawl of • small'. size; "may possess'-ohe : of these little wraps at-compar'a-, lively -little .cost.: They .are, of course, riot sufficiently! r-heayjr, for - wintei; wear,': but- will ; do; nicely to wear in tho evenings,;'during ; tho, auturiini ; and, thcy.'-.aro also .useful for indoor';wraps for those. who feel draughts'.; ;..Tho small or medium sized embroidered '?hawls ■ .usually' have-.-a'-fringe and heavy embroidery border. • Such a shawl is made." intp- a little wrap'Ka.ving •kimono ; sleeves .and thq. border. around tho bottom and down -the front., . It-takes-.the best kind of manipula•tipn to mako. up. ;theso little shawl .wrai)s'.so that they are becoming arid 'not clumsy without.. cutting' 7 the shawl!,, ; Many dressmakers do , cut.','tho';';Shawl;,t6. inakb. 'a more, perfect •it, but. this-V s'cems r a' .'pity,'' as ;a! shawl r is/.a. .thing! of'beauty .iii". itself ;V Besides this; ~!>yhen';p'ne'Jias succeeded: in' making .the I wrapwithout,;cutting ■'• tho . shawl.' tlio, > effect is, 'spmohow.Jmuch.'.j more ' attractive:.! The material is .so. soft, and pliablo 'that .in ■ skilf".'. fingers 'it.-is 'quite! possiblo to .attain all the,.adaptation', to .tho-hgureVihat--isAnec.es- 1 . sary'witbout flitting' tho.shawl.-;'. Tlio. crepe shawls, especially are very ciisy to. mould .-to. j the.. ; <igurei . India shawls Hlifßcrilt' of 'management '""'and the ,' cashmere, shawl,; even,' ;mpro'-V.trqub.losornc!''-' .! shawlsj'-' iii ..fact/: aro ,hardly handsome, oiioiigh for;,; this.,;' purpose^;' Only ;the . liandsomest shawls, really ' aro-. wortt making thisfashion. • ' 1

• "j-J ll -: 11 ?' U P. tl 1 .?,• «repeshawls 'no'.' iiiore other material . than is -.actually; ' necessary, should bo used, -but' when, it-,'is : ' nboeisary. tho . crepo -is matched ;eiactly,''.in-'cplour/ 'if-possible.-;Small ■' button 'moulds areisdmetimes 'covered- with .'this crepe ,'arid'. used ;to fasten, the. "folds of !-.th'o shafyl," : V'i ; Satin 'or s»k of. 'tho ivory; shade which 'tlio : 1 whitq shawls usually attain, after some years; is often .a, better: match, or rather : 'm'oro harmonious with the shawl,;"than crepe, as it is sometimes"very: difficult to get'exactly tlio right".shade ■iri; : crepe." Tho satin" "may .be used to supplement'; ■ the •v material "of the shawl-.in; such a way as:to'avoid- cutting the shawl.; Tassels, of crefini silk and cord are also u'sed; r tp Itio. or decorate the shawl wraps, i bonietimes''?tliey ' , 'mad6 l to' fasten down' the -.front rnth- 'buttoiis -of - satin' or. crepo andii.bps';l^j£.2'-;,■- , c- --: -.l?!#-' 1 " crepo. shawls' are,never quite,soj attractive-' as 'those- of..'ivory 'crepe, 'ljut' for ' ■tliosp. who dress; only iii black! they : ;aro veryhandsomo -.made, into' wraps',- sorii'etimc's quite' without' any trimming 'but' - tlio decorations of tho '.shawl itself arid' sometimes, with bands! arid cord. .■ - •;