CAULFIELD CUP DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1277, 4 November 1911, Page 11

CAULFIELD CUP DAY.

TEE WOELD OF FASHION. Fashion has been to the Orient for jomo of the most pleasing effects of lato, »nd the dull, subdued richness of Persian colouring was everywhero in evidence at tho Caulfiold Cup meeting (says a ■writer in tho "Age"). Much of this effect was gained by the veiling of the most vivid embroidery with grey or black ninon. A great many white gowns had diaphanous Magyar blouses embroidored in true Persian, fashion in crescents of dull pink, blue, green, grey, gold, silver, and mauve. It is tho year of cmbroidory, and never has so much hand work been employed in tho construction of comparatively simple gowns. Deep rovers provide an opportunity for tho display of a great deal of decorative needlework. Effect is tho objective where all dress trimmings are concerned. The only very fine work is provided by Chinese or Japanese embroideries. All that is modem and fashionable and French is distinctive rather than intricate. Practically all the most popular embroidery is done in a long, flat stitch, a quite recent invention which very successfully reproduces the effect of real Persian work. There is an Old-World look about many of the sheeny, shot silks. The greon, blue and gold of a beetle's wing were combined on several of tho most beautiful gowns worn on Saturday, while blues and purples, magentas and greens recalled the fabrics beloved of our great-grandmothers. The wearing of a great deal of white and black was accountable for. much very vivid colouring in'.the matter of accessories. All sorts of rods and blues were also worn with black and white coats and skirts, and for. extraordinary vividness these colours have never been surpassed. In Saturday's sunshine they bad a quality comparable only with tho silks of the jockeys as they shot past tho stand. Skirts are both fuller and longer than they were last year—which is by no means saying that they are either fnll or long. Nevertheless, they admit of rational action, and novel _in tho memory of woman havi skirts been so comfortable, always provided they have been cut by someone who understands the art of skirt production. Far from the Novelist's Dream. ' The gowns worn by the best dressed women were without exception narrow, but very rarely unduly So. Nearly all were short waisted, and very smart indeed is the rather full short waisted coat, with its perfectly plain and well fitted basque, when worn.in conjunction with the panelled skirt. Never havo these coats and skirts shown such infinite variety. They aro mado of every material from' while Chinese.' silk and heavy tan lace', to the most respectable variety of summer tweed. The hip length cnat' was enjoying much favour on Saturday. Shorter coats were very well represented, but practically no longer ones. Even coats and skirts entirely made of lace followed the severe tailored styles., The lace and linen, the lace and muslin, and the lace and lawn gowns were of an entirel) novel nature—as far as Australia is concerned. Now wo know what is actually meant by the lingerie frock—that niuch-talked-of ilem we have hitherto believed to be represented by the white embroidered muslin in one of its.many guises. A typical lingerie.frock is of white muslin, with a bolero, a panel, or a wide fret flounce of the heaviest laee, or solid open work embroidery. A cream linen, with a tunic deeply bordered with strong coloured guipure,, may

also be cited as typical, while yet another very popular kind of lingerie frock contains lace and several kinds of embroidery. Nearly every very successful lingerie frock was seen to be worn over a close-fitting Princess slip of satin, so the simple muslin frock of the male novelist's dream is quite as far off as ever. Aniong the material finding most favour on Saturday foulard and surah ranked very high. "Silk, linen and cotton poplins wore mostly seen allied to the heavy laces to which much allusion has already been made, while the white crepe family, from fine crepe de chine to a ■ delightfully soft make of cotton crepe, more than held Ihoir own. Nor must marquisette and ninon be overlooked in a season in which the veiled gown is queening it so bravely. Their Crown of Glory, Hats, like gowns, were very frequently and some of the very newest were in brightly patterned satins, over which palo grey, blue or cream-coloured ninon had been very tightly drawn. Flowers and feathers combined to trim many of tho : best of these. On many of the ilower-trimmed hats extraordinary ingenuity was displayed ,in the adjustment of the flowers. Veritable branches of roses stood up eighteen inches at least above some hats, while wisteria and other drooping flowers were arranged like plumes on yet other hats. Very trim looking indeed were tho hats of fine itraw, trimmed with two or three very largo pheasant feathers, in a variety of colours, the feathers being held in place with a buckle or cabuchou, showing the most gorgeously barbaric kinds of beads work. This same magnificent bead work is frequently repeated on the hand bag. Two special ' features in fashions met ono constantly.. Tho first of these was the cravat, which displays tho daintiest and most exquisite variety of muslin, lace, and embroidery. It may be a small thing below tho collar at the neck, a largo pleated frill, or a deep and softly falling affair fastened at the neck and falling to the waist. There is no lace or no ombroidery too fine to put into the cravat—a fact that was very frequently demonstrated on Saturday. Tho other special feature concerns the single rever arranged on tho right hand side of tho coat. On this again heavy laces, solid embroidery, and magnificent silk and bead work were displayed. In practically every instanco the hand bag repeated tho colour note of the other accessories of the ■ gown,' and the large majority were not only beautifully made, but of very imposing proportions. Tho sabretache bag is still first favourito, and there seemed literally no limit on Saturday to the materials made up in this popular military style.

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