FASHION NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5456, 21 September 1878, Page 2 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

The new tints in note-paper are shell-rose and primiose. gome of the new bonnets have the trimming of rosea covered with colored gauze. ' Silk-finish lisle thread undergarments are very elastic, and a moat beautiful, delicate fabric. White lace mitts come finer than ever, embroidered in delicate patterns, and are quite a favorite for evening wear. Zephyr de beige, it may not be generally known, is a new wash goods, and comes delicately striped in all thn new, shades. _ *A ball dress for summer of delicate pale blue is handsome with the princess back of white tulle slightly gathered and strapped across with silk bands.

Ladies seem to greatly fancy for summer wear what is termed a diamond cut sandal, -buttoning at the side. In slipper* the Louis Qninre still holds its own, trimmed with Centennial bows., ■ Scottish ginghams in stripes, in plaids, in plain colors of delicate pale pinks, and blues make most useful dresses for little girls. Casoa is a favorite shade in these ginghams, as well as purple and dark brown. Embroidery which is done by hand on dresses is now.a refinement of fashion. Some of the most expensive imported dresses are covered with it. F-.ulards and muslin dresses come by the yard embroidered. . Long dressing gowns, long enough to entirely envelop the figure, are convenient for both ladies and gentleman and to put on after emerging from the waves. They are generally made of Turkish towelling, white, with pockets trimmed with braid, either red or bine. Grecian Simplicity is the style of hair-dress-ing certain to rule in the fashionable world in the near future. Also a return to the interest jog costume of Josephine's chart in the beginning of this century—a clinging gown with no waist to apeak of, up under the chin somewhere Doylies for finger bowls, made of peasant linen, is quite the rage among the ladies this season to embroider in outline stitch either in black silk or fine Pyrennees wool. They come in sets complete, often illustrating a poem or story, the initial line given under the picture embroidered in the same way. Mother Goose, for instance, with Little Jaok Homer, Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Tuffit. Ladies cannot find a moro fascinating way of passing the time than embroidering bands of French felt, now so fashionable for curtains, portiere, table and mantle covers. In mustard, olive and old gold ; scarlet and black are pretty combinations. Point Eusse stitches for these acre rather newer than the Kensington crewel work. Mummy cloth, a sort of crinkly linen, is a novelty for these curtains.