COURT TOILETS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 2

COURT TOILETS.

The court toilets (writes tho London correspondent of tho "Otago Witness' 8 ) ivill bo wonderful tills year—inoro efEeetivo' it would be impQSsiblq to imagine, although the stylos of .corsage and skirt will keop within, bounds, as it is well known that Queen Marv will, not eoufttenanco any'freak's,'of fashion such as tho too low decoletto and the too deeply 'split skirt. Tins .trains aro of tho usual court width antl of tlio most gor-. .geous gold and silver brocades, gold and silver tissues. . The now brocaded and billion orejio do 'Oliaue and gauzo will bo introduced iti tho gowns, aiul wonderful old laces utilised.' The designers of jewels are introducing intricate corsage oriiafneftts with patterns with raised petals in gems. . Tho lnxir dressing is much higher this year, and the iillet of gems wl.iDn worn is put cm higher and further back than last season. "Poems in silk" is the designation c? some of the goivns ftt «liich the great dressmakers have lieen !jt work, the materials of which in son)o cases ees't £15 a yard (more {han many women spend in a year on their dresses), and £100 is not considered . extravagant nowadays for a full court chess, with tlnjir beautiful contrasts of material and colour. One beautiful gotfii is dull gold of rich material, with a train <4? pomegranate red; another «i turquoise and diamante tissue; another of geld, and another .of silver lace, A ivM'te pearled tulle dress has a black velvet train, and pearl buckles upon the shoulders. With this is to-be worn ropes of-pearls. A (lush pink velvet wnm wilh a pw,k train lined with apple green Is auotlier of the dresses to bo worn to-iiiglit which/.the court dressmakers pci'mit the newspaper correspondents a glimpse of.