Fashion and Things Feminine.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 129, 7 January 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

THE LIRE OF THE DRAPER* SALES.

• Sale-time always offers great opportunities to the woman who appreciates a bargain, and it is probable that the summer saies this year will offer some remarkable purchases, since shop keepers cannot ahord to keep goods on hand, but must aell off at great sacrifices.

Women who have been able to utilize what they already had in their wardrobes from last year's summer purchases and to reserve the greater part of their thin-season's .shopping until the mid-summer sales, are fortunate, for assuredly they will now lie able to buy a new outfit under extremely economical conditions. They should, however, carefully consider and jot down exactly the tilings that are most necessary to their present sartorial requirements, or it may be that the lure of the sales will result in their buying a great many small articles that could be very well'done without but were so exceedingly cheap that they proved irresistible. Their small cost, however, eneronches on money set apart for other purposes, and the chances are that this sort of promiscuous buying will cause a woman to come away from the sales without having seemed the more important articles—or some of them at least—that she set out to get. Le it be a rule of the s,alo-goer, therefore, that however tempting the etceteras of the to : lette shown at the sales' may lie. she buys first the things that are actually necessary to her needs. _ The dre>s illustrated is a smart but simple stvle for any of the fashionable summer fabrics, such as voile, eropon or tussore, that may be bought at the

-No. 1894. l sales. It would make up wry well in ( navy blue tussore silk and be extreme- t ly li.sef'ul. The skirt is arranged in a box-pleat, back and front, and the sides are plain, but flute gracefully owing to their (lit. The bodice ha- raglan sleeves ami tin- front- are gather- i ed and fasten with button- and button- i holes, while the sleeve,- are drawn in- - to cull's at the wrist*. a A feature of the die- is the wide. I i shaped corselet be't that suggests a i yoke. This corselet could be dispensed .'I with, at times, when the appearance << f . i the dress wo iM be somewhat changed. The pa pi re '■ "ii of tl i; i- in eight part.- . 'iic.i.dc' ■ om 11 ■at bodice. hail t! e ; i o:ie < ;.e!ao sleeve ~)!.• . off. the '. one -id, j niece uf shirt. ■:c bos al .... ha 1 : ' the belt. The diagran - udi. ate H ■ ■ \ pattern pie. - in ti" Hat. Pi i< t >n pattern. 7.1. ; Tiie quanr.'iy of mate: '•,; icquircd , I for [ \r> -- • 1' cards. o2 incites •' v..' ' . I' ■ -ki'-: pattern should be laid \ I ;ion ; :i: .'rial onened out to it; . el w ~: ■ .1 doubled, the slraight c ]■■(■ .-.- :, '< pattern being laid to the : t ;'o -I. m ': ,t the whole belt '- cut out , I ■ • cm- . ■ co. Tiie box-pleat and sine- | [.:•■■ .knt are each cut out in dupli- I v ... | t bodice pattern should be disposed , r. lie material folded in half length- ! .■: e, tin- straight edge of bad being ' i ' id to the fold. Corresponding notch- j es indicate how to put the various ! nil ces together correctly. I The belt, which fa-tens with but- | ton- and buttonhole-, -ho'ud be lined. ] A phtck- t niu t be arranged in th" | front left se mi of the -kilt, and the ' ■ wast of the latter turned ii) and faced : i or mounted to a band of soft peter. | i si.;,in. The yoke i- seamed at the back, j - The collar should be bred with its own . i material, and the < i:!T- nm-t also be i liiu-l t A SIMPLE KEST-GOWX. Dressing-gown- and div-'ng iacket- j simple rest-robe-, ceitvale-ceut-robns. | and so on. are amonn the iti m- ol the I t wardrobe 'that a woman economically j i di .pciM d " -uaily undert ikes to make j i ii ■e-e'i. for main -hilling- may be I ' Matei ial- . nit ible 1,. se.mnn r j \ uig-gowi 1 ■ and i'e-!'-::c\M!- ( ombine a . ■ dainty and very atti a. ti\e apnearaiic ' . v, ith an extremely i lerate pri'-o. and ', ■ any girl or woman lmedy w tii her . - needle can. by the aid ol tl'.e-e inex- j :> |.eii-i\e matci :a!s, easily Imi up l"i i a hr-r-elf a negligee wrapper at ollee de- j l ii'ditdil to the eve and co-ting a mere - trifle. One of the cheape-t and mo.-t ait:- I tie-looking material for dressinggown-, and similar robe-, s crepon, which is offered in a range of lovely , i colours, and i- particuhirly pleasing to , t women who have their laundry work . I done at home, because crepon wa-h.e- 1 well and easily and requires no getting j 1 up. Delaine i- a:-o cheap and useful I for dressing-gowns. A simple dos'gn for a rest-gown ci i die-ine-gown is illustrated, and would < develop well in pink, light blue or < navy crepon or cotton-pop 1 in with f handsome reverse-collar and cuf's ol 1 embroidered muslin. T'php adorn-

By IDA MELLER Copyright.

ments should lie detachable and >a<sdy ripped oft' for laundry purposes. Hie right side ot the gown is slightly draped below the waist and caught, witu u cord ornament, to the left side

The pattern is a perfectly simple one, but very graceful withal, and is easily dealt with by the woman who has not had much experience Hi dress-making. This, again, m:ght be made up from material bought at a sale.