FASHION NOTES.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 136, 14 May 1892, Page 3

FASHION NOTES.

Tea jackets are more worn than tea gowns, and are much more convenient as they'can be slipped over any ordinary skirt. Some of the latest tea gowns have slight paniers with the Watteau pleat and ruffles of lace. , , Some of the newest stockings are made of shot silk, and others are honey combed. The rainbow idea taken from the Japanese cre*pes, is to be seen in ribbons and soft silks but are rather expensive. In good substantial material the Prmcess gowns are the most worn. In the present day white petticoats are no longer worn, and those who cannot afford silk wear pale coloured nun's veiling trimmed with lace. Flowered sateens are also a d lateTt O gloves have either gauntlets OT lace frills, in the latter the frill is kept in place by a i ancj garter. The Empire style is very much affected for evening dresses for young girls. Coat-tail bodices are to the fore , wn for raatronlv figures. Ido not think the used with velvet ribbon in m^ n «T- . One of the new woolen materials is called Ardalhe and is a very pretty check, the Lammermuir is a strip, and the Athene a cloth of curly or boucle appearFlorentine or umbrella skirt is now more the rage than ever a«d with :i good pauper pattern can easily be manufactured at home.

VARIETIES.

Sibentaeß, an eminent German scholar, ward satisfaction at the completion of ms put on your left stocking to-morrow, 1 see there's a hole in it." " In America the • engagement cup las hecome almost as great acustom as wedding presents are here. When an engagement is announced the friends of the young lady send with a note of congratutions(or condolence) one of these cups. One of the newest is shaped like an open flower, and formed of the most delicate chzna, A spoon that very companies the cup is called a Move spoon." The bowl is of bright gold in the shape of a heart, and the handle is a Bilver arrow with a barbed P°»**{*£ pierces the centre of the heart, the thin Jortionof the shaft being lovingly entwined, with forget-me-nots. These spoons were really designed as an engagement token, but are often sent aa a pledge of affection between friends.