Fashion and Things Feminine.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 233, 8 December 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

By lUA MELLER - - Copyright.

A DAINTY SIMMER DRESS

Sonic of the daintiest styles for the summer arc represented by the new flowered and striped voiles, that arc as pretty as silk but not so expensive, cf course.

1 lie economical woman will always (lioosc her voile frocks that are expected to give really good Wear, and :o last fre-sli tor a long tome without needing ty Ik> constantly laundered, from among those with a dark ground, and will rigidly set her face against perishable, white frailties. Moreover, soint of the dark-ground voiles are quite us pretty as the lighter ones, and make up charmingly with a relief-touch .f white, in the form of a guimpe or waistcoat. The dainty summer dress illustrate.] would copy delightfully ji striped muslin or voile. It is right up to date in every detail, and shows the new pannier effect and sleeveless bodice that are so fashionable. The bodice

in this case (.-, particularly novel., cut, a3 it is, with two deep points below the waist, each point weighted by a tassel, while between the points the material is aranged with box-pleat effewt. Cut very low in front, the bodice is fastened with a single big button, andthe l'ttle cross-over piece, pierced with a buttonhole, is nut to a sharp point. Over the shoulders is a deep collar, also finished with points and tassels. The skirt is gathered at the waist, and is beautifully arranged so that the pointed panniers give a very pretty "line" and develop gradually in width, exploiting the latest fashion without carving it to nn extreme. This littla frock iwould, of course, be very smart in taffetas.

Worn with it is a muslin blouse, lightly embroidered and buttoned in front.* The blouse could, of course, be varied from time to time, hence the utility of the design, which admits of a dark or a light blouse being worn with the frock.

The toilette is completed by a widebrimmed sailor hat, suitable for silk or straw, and simply trimmed with a band of ribbon tied in a bow in front.

A HOME-MADE BLOUSE. The home-dressmaker is generally interested in tlie pattern of a pretty blouse, and' one such is suggested in the accompanying picture. Hie fronts of the blouse are gathered to a yoke, but the centre-front is left plain, and

the material tin either side of tin's is arranged in a fairly wide tuck, which helps to give a panel or vest effect to tin l front. To make the blouse, two yards of double-wdth crepe or oilict materia] are needed. Tins patera pieces, six in all, comprising; one front of blouse, half the Seamles.-, back, one sleeve, one Cliff, the yoke and the collar, should be disposed, in the manner indicated by the diagram, on the material folded in half lengthwise, the straight edge of back being laid to the fold. The complete back is cut out in one piece: the other pattern-pieces must be cut out in duplicate, the duplicate's of collar and

yoke patterns serving for linings. The cutis must also be Imod. Tiie blouse fastens in front with buttons and buttonlioics, and the buttons, when the Mouse is white or cream-col-oured, are effective in malachite green, cliina-bui", cherry-red or other colour,. In making up the blouse, the fronts must be turned under with de*p hems, to support the buttons and buttonholes, or be faced back with their own material, and the gathered tops must be sandwiched between the yoke and it« linings. In the same way, the wrists of the sleeves must be stitched between the cuffs and tltoir linings. At the waist the blouse should bi provided with e tape or an elastic runner.

The collar-band fits thv neck closely, and rising from it is a muslin collar that g:\os a pretty finish to the neck.