THE NEW FASHIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 11

THE NEW FASHIONS.

■' SUMMER DRESS MATERIALS. : It is early, days, yet to think of .summer frocks, and the shops are none of them-fully '.supplied ■: with 'thejr. now season's stock, though in a- week '.or ,two 'practically everything may be expected to, arrive. And yet, I their .cottpn 'stuffs arc selling rapidly, especially" tlio,striped.,linens and cambrics of most; striking design. .... ■; Going round the different one gets a very clear'.idea of what will be. worn this summer, and it is well to begin with what wiil'NOT.bo' worn.'. First of all, there will be', never a' borderdd ' frock. 'That is absolutely anathema toytho Wellington ,6Jiop-l£oepsr.-.'-.;Speals.'Soft]y' to him of. borde-red frocks; and ho turns pale and quivers with ill-concealed emotion, for nearly all that they bought lait,year were, a dead loss to tho shops'. again, Sicilian—that good old stand-by, of : .two- seasons—is ■ pretty dead this. .-■' It; will be. bought, -but not to any ■very'great esteut. Softer., materials avo moro Euifablo for, the plain'clinging stylo of this year's frocks. . , ' . '•• In /oolpurs we Ghall.see'.'a great deal of reseda .green, especially of a pale shade, of amcthj-st in all its shades; of pabn—» beautiful, peacock shade—myrtle, copper-beech and apricot,;' , which will bo especially used for garden'parties and evening 'wear. on 6 shop at least is'pinning- its faith to vies rose in every shade;'-' , .-. , /-' -.- " .'■': ;' ' ,'•,; ■ ' ■' - 'Most, 'materials -will'havo: a very bright satiny finish, and "this whether they be cot tons, -cloths, or. silk and wool .mistures. Stripes are to be' more fashionable than ever, and lyhen.one'looks, at the piles of goods, all done.'in bright-coloured or dark stripes, placed very far apart'on a white ground, ouo imagines' th'at.^ .Wellington- streets ■ will this | summer;look like;a sea beach-popular with the , -"nigger-.minstrel"' tribe., There is no denying- that striped cottons,are extiome'.y 'smart":wheh- chosen- with- ditcrotioh, but it sebras'that "the. wider, the stripe and the more.striking the design the faster are'tbeso things 'selling. '■ ■ '■• ~ ' .'. ;.'■ - ' . ;"■■"■ ■;' ,', : '.-' , .- '/SilKS;'' ''■ '•- "."' •'. ■ • As ;all';thc ,'world.knows, Shantung : eiiks have. after ■ two seasons. of hard wear' como iutb' a perfect rage [of popularity ~at Home. Shantung, has b'esn. used not only for smart outdoor flocks, but for-evening gowns, and, in it's qualities,.for, coats and skirts. Thoearlior.Sliaiitungs wore'rough to. look at, and .became rougher with wear, but this defect', •has"-' to a Kreat extent" been , overcome Some .■ of-.. , '{he , ---shops, .arc;-, stocking striped Shantungs. which. are smart. Tung Su .is a silk very, much like Shan'tuhg or -tussore in appearancQ. but finoi',',softer/-and more highly,'finished.;' It'is very, suitable for even- , ingjiWear..' 'fHo:'.F.rc'nch'_Sn!intungs aro'coarsb , in itoiture, but vcrj well, finished,, and. moat effectivp'-when'inade' up. ~.f ' ,'. ' - ,; ' .'■ '..