Latest Parisian Fashions.

Manawatu Herald, 10 November 1894, Page 2

Latest Parisian Fashions.

I «__ —^ . I In hats there will be a great variety this season, but. vely«t isagain here tho material which promises to take precedence over an^. other for trimming. • Toques of all descriptions, seeni to', be l'eigning favourites in both velvet and felt. One of these toques is in dark greeu velvet with, a twist and a couple of Knots of pale almond satin, and under the brim and on one side of the soft crown a knowing-looking little bird attached with a .siSwT beetle ; another is in black velvet with rose pink choux, placed coquettishly near the ear and at the back in the form of a eaehe-pmgne, bo!h in excellent taste Yury pretty ia also a capote composed ot a bird with. outstretched wings in a mixture of dark heliotrope and brown, the head restiug on a knot of velvet, and a crimson tatin choux under each wing. . - ' Lace flouncings will not be, worn' ihis season on the underskirts. * The leading houses are making these indispensible articles of toilet in bla k watered silk, with a goffered flounce, about thirty centimetres wide, into which are insei?ted>-..t!RQ r * narrow bands of black "guipure and underneath a bright bulngeu3e in in glace silk, of very happy effect,- as ■' it glistens through "the inaction. Tht3so skirts aro also made in taffetas of all colours, and trimmed box-pleatings of the same pinked at the edge. Great"* care should be taken in the selection of the shade of the petticoat, as, owing to the thickness of the new woollen materials, the dreßS skirts will, in many instances, be without a Bilken lining, and the underskirt, worn longer than hus hitherto been the case, must be chosen to harmonise with the costume, as it will have th« appearance of the foundation skirjfl In costumes there are Norfolk blouses and plain skirts, the blouse to be worn either inside the skirt or. in the form of a jacket with a band of the material round the waist. The novelty of the season is, however, the costume in Scotch cheviot, a mixture of green and brown, with strapped seams on both the jacket and skirt in green cloth, terminating^ in a clover pattern at the endof each seam. Another new idea is in cording the seama instead of strapping them.