THE FASHIONABLE COLOUR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 3

THE FASHIONABLE COLOUR.

Green is to be. one'of the distinctive colours this season, says a London writer, and. is, already seen in morning, afternoon, and evening gowns. As the evening gowns,,'rather a daring -scheme i 8 evolved in Macaw green net, draped over bine net, in turn imposed over white satin, i Such a frock as this was worn at a recent dance by a woman with Titian red hair, and the whole effect was intensely vivid and. striking. Chiffon cloth and soft supple cloth, cashmere de soie, are all expressed in beautiful shades of green for afternoon wear, and a frock of Orient green bordered with a Persian design of feathers in blues and greens is made with a tunic draped over a skirt of satin in the like, colour. One of the new waistbelts, which is arranged in a deep point coming below the waist, is composed of green crystals worked on steel coloured net, thus making a noticeably brilliant effect on the gown. Blouses of Irish green tulle over rosecoloured net are among the latest modes as .worn with green cloth gowns, and aie exceedingly effective and becoming to the right complexion. Another pretty fashion in blouses is to drape'green water-spotted net or plain meshed, net over a foundation of gold, silver, aluminium, or steel tissue, and any. of these (combinations of colour are equally charming. Even in silk petticoats the shade of green'seems to predominate in the shot effects, andheather conibines with this tint' to give the tone of the moors, or there is a bronze green with an undertone of mauve in it. White, green, blue, and gold make a trio that is very much in favour. Among the other, colours to be worn during the coming season is a new shade of bright blue, with suggestions of the purple lights in the''waters of an Eastern sea, and it is this blue that combines So well with black, in millinery as well as in frocks.