ATTRACTIVE MODES.

Manawatu Herald, 13 March 1897, Page 4

ATTRACTIVE MODES.

Bodices and Blouses — Novelties In Wasblns Shirts. from Pnrls furnish tho bont ilof fashionable nioduß. A prottj of a brown tintl w u ito check, in ghico, htfii nirwlo with tho drooping rhoul- . ;i t'.n;p bos plait in tho front, nm; .1 cuffs, for this inisturoof clear, flnt i-'-itliu is a fcaluro not to bo forgot

- ifcii, and ihu bos plait was <.:•■> - muslin, that peeps from' boueath lavga black revers, bljyjk crepon falling over it from the throat. Tho favorite skirt trimming would seem to bo insertion laid over black Batin, but, in truth, skirts are loft mostly plain. This check dress, like many ,'^'iers, has a double collai* edged with lace. Tho French blouses are particularly fas-y*-«sinatlng. An attractive one is of chiffon Rwanda rich yellow and gold brocade used ■ principally for the sleeves, which aro surmounted by bows. The sleeves como to the elbow, as indeed do those of nearly ali the blouses in Paris, and thoy often finish off with ruffles at the elbow, which are elongated at the back. Cornflower blue asserts itself even In the washing shirts which are likely to be worn all the season through. They are being made with sailor collars, with soft and stiff fronts, and with strips of work insertion lot in between the plaits, while others are embroidered all over in the open hole work and lined to show through. Somo of them have movable collars of two kinds to button on and off; tho one in color to turn down, the othor white and all round. This is a convenience, for shirts last longer than collars. White shirts will bo much worn in soft muslins, some with minute perpendicular tucks, others with hemstitched frills, and there is at last a pretty idea for mourningwhite shirts embroidered in black — and the same thing is repeated in red and colored embroidery. Pique shirts and pique fronts to the shirts are coming in again, and many of the French models are of this material.