FASHION'S FREAKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 857, 1 July 1910, Page 3

FASHION'S FREAKS.

The. enormity of tho new fashions, m !" "ju'liuery and gowns, is deplor;'i, toe l'aris correspondent of the ljueeii ). Last week there seemed glimmerings of sense and good taste, but evidently some evil spirit has whispered m the ear of the Dame, and, lo! hero we are once more asked to adopt frankly impossible modes. Unwieldly draperies about the feet, broad bands of trimming eucu'chng tho liguro above the knees, tuns cutting it in half below the waist, and accentuating tho width of the hips; ami as for the corsages, the.v are twisted and tortured into every possible and impossible lorm. Only a very slender, pretty woman can wear any of this week's mode;.; without looking perfectly hideous, ami ! must make a protest against those dressmakers wno allow their designers to waste good materials and put such very ugly garments before the eyes of women V"' u ,, li , al) - 01lt cm ' ios . 1,0 matter whether they be m frocks, hats, or furniture. 1 lie only thing to be said for the nshionablc horror? called walking costuincs. is lluit thej are chiefly made in giej or black, therefore in colouring they appear to mourn (heir own existence a s also are scarcely a uy better, espel ! • lieu I hey are put on by a forT !, ; ,Si not . tlio prift of wearing a bi Ail I e head covering with the grace of i*rrr- t!, ° wa -v Fi 'o»ciiV i' i °r ba,s i!i lieart-hreak-!,«lis!iwoman who has the ran,, g,H. may be sure that some kind 1,111., agisted at her birth. The direetoiro bonnet, is one of this week's revivals, and different as it is from' the tui ban, liie great big picture hat, or the toque of an hour ago, every Parisiemie WHO '.rears it will look just as if it. had grown up with her, and learned all her ittle peculiarities.. Moreover, if seems o suit her figure just as well as the hiHat does, and to 00, really honest, I cannM solve the proWem of how she does it. Mowers in great bunches set in the iron I: of the big hats make a »av note at afternoon parties, concert., and private views, , and if only t!„, cot( i wimls lvj „ go away we shall soon have them about u.s in a nmro <,"/neral wav.

Our lady readers are reminded that Ih" weekly class for Art Needlework, under the direction of Madam* Karle, will bo hold this afk-rnoon as usual, from 3 to 5 o'clock, at Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd —Advt.