FASHIONS IN GLOVES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 4

FASHIONS IN GLOVES.

. s 'As. far'' as one'can. judge ifrom present' indica-tions,■-the'. coloured, kid glove as pretty .well bad -its 'day,-.'and black glo.vos are to bo the favourites:' for-. tho: season,: The drawback- to th-e coloured - kid glove'J has ; always been tho :)lifficultT .in matching, exactly', the sliado of the .'frock with'whioh, it was to ,be worn/.The range of'shades in "any' given colour,' such as amethyst; br wine, 'is eo wide that a - woman:might, con-, 'pfder herself 'lucky if. she/succeeded'-in matching exactly in kia or suedo the. shade of her, costume/and tho'shops,have been bothered by thoir inability, to stcck the enormous - number of gloves that were ne.osssary to copo with bvery -possible demand.' .By both'the customer •jind the' - shopkeeper,,. therefore,' the , vogue ■of the black glove will be .welcomed. Its particular- value, ifrom' the dressmaker's point of view,' is that it; helps to supply the, note of .black; which, is so ;popular^at:present., -Tho smartest of : 'tlie new seasons model f frooks show 'a- touch in buttons) revers, bf'braidiiigV'--It may-be-that the.girdle showing beneath -the v?st ':is ,black, or that, between the' square' (ibllar 'and ' the. giiimpe a - touoh ■of black is seen>''-It -is very frequently there,- dnd : blaclc'gloves'will'add^the"finishing:touch.; ,In - Sydney and. Melbourne j ust now they are, wearing black''gloves'with white, frooks,..and, .for tho matter of-that, they-.wear, coloured gloves v,-ith white occasionally, too, ■' though.'not so much. : "Another'fact"noted was. that , long gloves,'coming -well' up the armj were, worn— the eight-button lbngth-and it is said that, as the'scascK advancos, 'these long gloves .will bo iinoto' w-oi'fl than ''ever. .Certainly English fashion papers are beginning to show them -again;"' Tan and pale .-shades' of' buff and -yel; low are also to be populai',' but .will not -be eo much 1 ijorn''as' : black. :: Gloves and shoes • will match, and black,: gloves, will -, go with black shes, tan gloves with tan.