FORECASTS OF FASHION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 11

FORECASTS OF FASHION.

SOME STRAY NOTES. The forecast of fashion, when pronounced by women occupying high places in the dressmaking world, makes pleasant hearing. Within tho next few weeks every workroom will bo handling light materials, and carrying out tho designs ivhich experts are at present making. Whatever tho season may hold for us in the matter of surprises, one thing is certain; The lingerie frock will be popular to a degreo hitherto undreamed of. At Ascot some of tho best successes were achieved with filmy embroidered lawns mounted over such delicate colours as sevres blue, watermelon green, and various shades of pale pink. Many of the smartest lingerie gowns wore worn over black satin slips, while bright green and bright blue satin underdresses were much in evidence. All these slips are finished with a tiny black ruche—an idea that, even in these days of shorter frocks, will assuredly appeal to the practical woman. The lingerie gown itself is by uo means invariably white. At G'hantiliy, in its most fashionable day, grey and white, blue, blue and white, and periwinkle blue muslin and lawn frocks were much in evidence. Here the combining of black velvet with coloured lingerie frocks was as noticeable as it was 1 effective. Another thing on which we may safely reckon this spring, is the flounced dress, and very charming it , is. When the flounces are of laoe, as is frequently the case, they are very slightly gathered. Very' fine materials are nearly always, pleated in such a way as to apparently lie flat. A very beautiful flounced gown of Indian muslin, the border of each flounce embroidered. in dots the size of a sixpence in rose colour, outlined with black, is typical of many Indian muslin gowns likely to be seen this season. In millinery things are righting themselves very considerably,, and grotesque headgear is likely to. bo little in evidence. Cig wings of lace in black and in white are a special feature. These frequently go to trim white rice straw hats or one of thoso light satin hats covered with a big meshed