CHANGE IN WOMAN’S DRESS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9394, 15 March 1909, Page 6

CHANGE IN WOMAN’S DRESS.

London, January 21. Great changes are to take place in woman’s dress this yea*—•changes, it is expected, which will necessitate not merely the customary replenishing of the wardrobe which coincides with each new season, but an entirely new outfit from bead to foot. Many of these changes are vaguely hinted at in the fashions designed for the Riviera and Cairo. Others were outlined by a leading milliner and dressmaker yesterday. <j “Instead of last year’s hats with their occasional 73-inoh bairns, we •re to have the high-crowned, nanow-brimmed hat or the ‘bushy’ without a brim at all, ’ said this authority. The method in which these new bats are worn, well back on the head, necessitates a change coiffure, and the hair will be worn low on the neck. Ribbon will be little used in millinery, and even the osprey will suffer a partial eclipse. Ostrich feathers and flowers will be the favourite trimming. “A brilliant shade of cerise, very clear and bright, is the fashionable colour for Riviera gowns, but delioate”oolours, particularly blends of grey, such as greyish pinks and greyish manves, will rule later in the season. Satin promises to be the material of the year, and even outdoor dresses will be made of this fabric. This ; will bring about a sweeping change in the wardrobe, for satin, even in the soft makes, has hitherto been a material for evening or indoor gowns only. “While there is no sign of the disappearance of the Directoire tendency, the waist is slowly creeping (down. Paris says the short sleeve is dead, bnt Englishwomen will wear short sleeves with their summer gowns. ”