LADIES’ FASHION NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2074, 28 December 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

LADIES’ FASHION NOTES.

Diamonds, emeralds, pearls, rubies, turquoises, and amethysts constitute the order in which precious stones stand in popular fancy. Emeralds aro more than usually fashionable for two good 'reasons —they are very beautiful and very expensive, and consequently the women who can wear really lino stones is regarded as fortunate indeed. Some of Australian tourmalines and olivines and peridots are of a fine green color, and though they may lack the brilliancy of - the emerald they are not far behind in beauty'; nor, when the color is really good, can they be classed among the inexpensive jewels. Good diamonds are now quite a feature of an evening entertainment in Melbourne, and though there are lew women who possess such stones of exceptional value, still it is wonderful how many beautiful! diamond necklaces, pendants, and corsage ornaments are worn. Corsage ornaments, which are quite distinct from tile everyday brooch, are very much in evidence just now. Huge stars (not the ordinary-sized affair that can be worn In the daytime), “sun bursts,” and long sprays of flowers are greatly in demand. The stereotyped star pendant has given way to far simpler and lighter designs, and particularly pretty is the one with tiny chains of diamonds, finished by two large stones, one chain hanging shorter than the other. A long lozenge-shaped drop is often attached to a necklace, and the newest way to wear a chain is not to clasp it around the threat, but to fasten each end' to the shoulder straps of the gown. This helps to hide the “salt collars” of a thin woman, and adds to the beauty of a good neck.

Jtlst now (says a Sydney writer) the wide-brimmed, shady hat is the approved wear for women and gills, and there is no doubt it is most suitable to the, fierce sun, which is so harmful when beating directly on the head or face. Nevertheless', though most women arc finding for themselves comfort, and! protection in their shady hats, they do not •seem to realise that the other extreme of fashion-—that prevailing for little girls’ hats—is a cruel one. There is at present a fancy lor a form of headgear i(t cannot really bo ; called a bat or bonnet) which is an atrocity in itself.' It consists of a little pointed strip of transparent straw; lace, or silk, which stretches across the head, and is finished with :» rosette over either ear. The eyes and back and front of the head are left' mercilessly exposed to the rays nr.d glare of the sun. and such though 4 ? “V re's on the part of those rospons-i’e far young children is certain to have serious reults one way or another. If has horn noticed regretfully nuciv times that the number of spectacle-1 children of tender years is iecre-. I - and under the present eondit : ' i'- they will become the rule, not the execution. There seems no reason v.'>v ties fashion, to which a correspondent has thoughtfully directed attention, which seems heartless in winter, should he carried into summer, for the cap is not nearly so becoming as a pretty shady rotten sun hat, and the new straw mushroom shape for quite littfo girls is both charming and inexpensive, ■ besides being rational and comfortable.