HAND-MADE TRIMMINGS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 3

HAND-MADE TRIMMINGS.

'~To what ; an extent hand-made' trimmings. are being, used jiv the leading, dressmaking establishments in :Paris and Vienna is proved , (says x a'n Australian writer) byj an .exquisitely, gowned': woman -who is paying Melbourne a Hying visit.' Among many, charming: posses-. ,' sions is a little :blouse of. embroidered .linen, inlot witlheayy/crgchetlace,:. It.is.all white,, and'tho.embroidered'design vis.'.more .simple than' elaborate.''.,',i So' beautiful,■-,' however,- is , the•'■ work, and so. elaborate the lace, that,: after .the first shock, you .can realise .why, :■ :th r o; "little: blouse" -cost .£22 IV, A' cloak ; from-...another .famous house., represents.: al- ,: most exactly, .both in colour and 'surface, the soft, .elusive, appearaneo of, the inside;'of a ; chestnut ..burr..-, It .is remotely: suggestive of the kimbiia hi cut, : arid practically seamless.Simulating:, a' short-,Empire bodice, ■is embroidery in. shades of gold,..browa and,pink ;i -: the' same exquisite embroidery, .which is intermiiigled?: with silver, adoniing, the: .'.short.' kimoria sleeves. ; A beautiful: brown-gown.is : embroidered with- blues,, browns,, greens,. and a touch of crimson, the embroidery being donewith a fine silk ctord in, trallion stitch,.on a ' 'foundation of gold.filet net,... The embroidery, oil .a bluo : dress was' somewhat similar. .A ; isbft bark .brown coat, of: simple-cloth, lined ' with a .wonderful shade of water blue,;was practically, the only: noticeable garment innocent of such embroidery as only the most skilled 'worker could produce, ■'..-.