NOTES FOR WOMEN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 328, 14 January 1911, Page 2

NOTES FOR WOMEN.

I" IVo-.k'i:'. " v, i'! ;ur, io: i.i (,i'i i'i nn':cv-' i' ( >"• 11• dro-. !i kl-c*. ■.-ttruncavl i!u':.;i!o:. Wi Uo i'.v;uk>c;;il' ,•!' li:i.- osuv.' Wellington, Tuesday. Dear Isobol, —We are stili lay in*; in a back-water of fariiiori, and from Lit-?. rumours of "sales" t;iat have come my way I strongly suspect that tuitris sartorial will be even worse beio.e they are better, for surely a is the '..nvcst oi low-water marks in the world of clothes, however tempting they may be to Uv. confirmed bargain hunter - wlio.'o "bargains" seldom prove siu'b on closer inspection' While choosing some jnetfcy handkerchiefs of the delightful new "Lissue" make I noticed something rather new in the shape of collar edging to take the place of the defunct ! frill or pleating, this being nothing more nor less than thick silk cord 01 the variety usually associated with cushions, and blotter finishing. It was of twisted strands of pale rose pink and Maimaison green, entwined with creamy white in rope effect, and attached to a fine white tape which could thus bo sewn into a collar band in a few seconds and give a novel ; touch to a plain neck band. ! Neck bands remind me of waist belts in general and of a rather new and pretty arrangement of black satin in particular, which I was shown last week by a fortunate friend who gets all her gowns out from London and Paris. This was a high folded belt of black satin of the corselet style, finished off invisibly at the left side. The novelty lay in a sash end of medium length which hung from the iupper edge of the belt at the left side, the rounded point of which was heavily embroidered in a rich Indian ; design with tiny jewels introduced among the glowing shades of the embroidery silks. It seemed to bo rather a new idea and had the appearance of being a high belt of swathed ! ribbon with the loose end slipped through ihe folds and allowed to fall over on to the skirt; quite a change from the usual "rosette and end 3" that has be.-n so much in evidence lately and which bids fair to be even | more worn during the corning winter mouths. The latest decree in "figure j fashions" is that all "wasp waists" are to be tabu, and with the long I tight, almost straight up and down ! skirts that have taken the place of : the hobbled variety, we are to be ; practically waistless. Of course a ' tight skirt and a tiny waist would look quite ridiculous, and as the ; Empire gowns of the future will be j the genuine Empire shape and not the 1 princess variety that has been foisted ■ upon us lately in place of the long ■ loose folds and flowing lines of the former style we are likely to see even fewer small waists than we at present. Before leaving the subject of belts I should tell you that high belts of black satin and velvet are being worn with light and coloured ;dresses along with black stock ties | with neat bows and ends in place ot ! the pleated fancy collars and frilled i jabots of lace, which have rpally been | abandoned now by the most exclusive-

ly gowned women. The latest word concerning blouses that has come to me from England is that all dresses must have blouses to match in colour if not in material, and that the useful white blouse is to be banished to the comparative obscurity of country wear with rough tweeds and serges. This appears at first sight to be very harsh treatment to | mete cut to our old friend and stand- | by, but after all, a costume entirely | of one colour is infinitely more becoming to most women than the "half and half" effect we have grown accus- , tomcd to of late years. The Magyar 1 style of which a new variation seems to crop up every day, is still the most fashionable garment, and is of the j most far reaching influence, even our ! underwear being of the "cut all in ' cne piece" persuasion nowadays. Certainly the shape by its sheer shapelessr.ess (to be truly Irish for once') lends itself admirably to all kinds of embellishment with lace, embroidery and every kind of trimming known to ! man, or rather, women. Needless to ! say, unless one is either extremely i wealthy, or can afford the time to embroider ones own underwear, the ; modes of the present day are terribly expensive, as every .scrap of work | must be done by hand and all the laae, etc. of the very finest make, which as "every woman knows" mounts up a bill of considerable length if one would have a sufficiency of dainty ! "dessous," as the French 3ay. ! The ?:tnnrt little tight fitted waistcoats which eareu partially into fashion some time ago, are likely to return in some force this autumn, and for myself I shall hail them with joy, aa there always seems to be a peculiar cachet and ai"r of distinction about a ! well-made tailor costume opening over a trim little, vest of some contrasting colour. I have heard wbL n: I ' 3of shadow cretonne and art : tapestry being liSt-cJ vyitli splendid : results in this realm, and from :ci]ie of the many »*•.">> to which I have seen : these adaptable fabrics put, I can quite beK'Ve it, but i can say from ej.prneni e that for using up odd pieces ot embroidery lift over from ■in i.M i;ow» and short remnant lengths ot rich inaieiials th* le aie few bolt'.'r ways than fabricating a waistcoat- to wcvr V<'i<b either a serge or linen costume, with a plain stock collar of satin for morning wear, or a pretty jabot of tine hemstitched lawn falling in soft folds lYoin the high collar of the tucked

lav, 1 a. A style of ;bnf has become a positive craze at Home tiiis season is heavy embroidery of Oriental character of hue black net. Ine colours are blended with the greatest care and skill and the most wonderful shaded of blue, rose, gold, green and purple dove-tail ;ao ope another in a stvle which reminds one oi the maycdmus ,Jacobean tapestries so seldom sec:: nowaday:* out of museums. The cost of gowns enriched with this class of woif: is usually fabulous, and a3 the ; embroidery is frequently further em-

he iiiyhed with jewels which are such excellent imitations of the real stones as to almost deceive experts, th-' total cost; of a season's expenditure in Paris must be tremendous if one desired to be in the forefront of fashion. The new veils are really very charming this year and I have seer; some that made r.*e long t.j spen.i a small fortune on those dainty bat expensive trii'Ses, One that took my fancy was of big octagonal circles (how can a circle be octagonal, I suppose yo.i are asking, but I can think of no better description) the whole mounted over an almost invisible foundation of black tulle, which prevents the tip of ones nose and chin poking through with the disastruos results to good appearance I have noticed in other women's veils before now. As these new veils have very large patterns all over them they are not intended to be drawn up tightly over the face, the best way to arrange them being to tie the surplus (this sounds like a Government report!) into a loose knot at the back, and allow the edges to hang loosely at the front and sides, in this way there is little or no wear on the veil itself so it should last twice as long as they did when worn drawn tightly over the hat and face. —-Yours faithfully, PATRICIA.