FASHION NOTES.

Shannon News, 23 November 1923, Page 4

FASHION NOTES.

There seems to. be no limit to the pretty and distinguished touches that fashion .elects to give to summer clothes Yet.,most of .the gowns are cut on the simplest of all possible patterns—in essence, the one-piece dress, but they adopt all sorts of original trimmings that, make them noteworthy and distinctive. „, . .„„ Perhaps embroidery, of all trimmings, is the most fashionable and °P e * variety of treatment. ' It is tucked into odd corners or flares out in conspicuous, places, and sometimes it goes ** -n _ Jl- « whnlfi crown or COflt.

cn tar as 7 to owe* <* » v - This seems to infer that the dress or the costume .with allover 'embroidery must be a very expensive : aiiair, toi ?ven a small touch of hand-embroidery, whether in silk, wool, or beads, mounts* up the cost of a dress enormously. But, as a matter of fact, this season s embroidered suits and dresses need not necessarily carry a veiy heavy outlay with them, since the ■ looms .save - the hands the trouble of embroidery, and. turn out beautiful “embroidered

fabrics, not at an outrage us > that, if made up on a smart pattern, enable a woman to look as well dressed as if she 'were wearing real nand-em-broidcry. The novelty for the summer is em- , broidered cotton-crepe, and all sorts ot lively colours are mingled together for those who ban wear them, while for others of quieter taste there are cool, delicious yellows, of lemon and amber shades, worked upon white grounds, and' vice versa. The lemon and white mixture is apparent also m stripped sponge-cloth, which is used very elfectively as blouse-jackets with erossI over fronts and deep hip bands—jack-

ets that look very well over wu±w skirts for field wear. Striped sponge-cloth is also used a great deal for informal summer frocks, End is pertain to bo more and, more seen as the season advances. It is usually'> made'up with the strides running in : twofold ways—perpendicular and horizontal—a favourite fashion being the use of horizontal stripes for panel effects, many of the new dresses of striped materials having panel-fronts from neck to foot, showing- honzontal stripes, while, for the rest,, the stripes run up and down instead of across the

The differences in' style of dress of to-day are' quite amazing, and tno vargaries 'of fashion are striking y jn stanced in the . long waisted fitting dress that is typical of .the prevailing mode, and the frilled frocks, reminiscent of ea;iy Victorian days,, that also has a place, though not such a conspicuous one, in inodes of the day,.and favours the-well defined waist. - In hats, too, fashion shows extraordinary elasticity of style, for though the demure cloche hat, in one or another of its forms, dominates, the picture hat, large and undulating, is also among leading millinery fashions of the season and may he as. eccentric as you Take again the sleeve. The contrasts in sleeve fashions, are as ..amusing as

they are extraordinary ' lr ° m plain, tight sleeve to the flowifig mediaeval one, from the short Magyar sleeve to that other one, with armhole to. the waist and end gathered up mto a bracelet cuff—all are fashionable. Bracelets, by the way, are having quite a vogue again, owing to the xasnion in short sleeves and m sleeveless frocks, with which bracelets of .wide ribbon velvet add a becoming touch toi the arms. A softening touch is also given to sleeveless frocks by 'addition of a ,peasant 'kerchief of lace or chiffon, draped round tho neck and veiling the shoulders. . . , Another; pretty neck finish is the ribbon kilting, put on in two rows, one above the other. Ribbon, indeed, is used in the most delightful ways, and in lavish/ and restrained

fashion. Apparently it is never out of place,, and some of the severest of tailored coats are surprisingly tied together at the waist line with large bows of ribbon or with ribbon ends looped one over the .other at the lelt side of the wrap. There . are also charming little ribbon facings, that appear only on the • underside of - the short box jacket or the longer coat, and offer pretty colour contrasts. , The long waisted over blouse, design ed as a possible part of three-piece suit, is, as often as not, offiguredoi , 'embroidered silk. It is an item of the wardrobe that no woman can afford t be without, and for general purposes it is most useful in. foplard. Some of the new over blouses are draped up

at one side and tied with a big r ikbon bow. and take an uneven line at tne end, owing to the onc-side drapery, while others hang- even and are cut up into deep points at the hem. Botli styles have their admirers. ' Powder-Puff Art. After dusting the face with powder leave for a few minutes,. then rub the powder well into the skin with a soft chamois leather. This prevents a “patchy" effect and gives a soit appearance to the skin. An excellent plan and one which is adopted by many smart women, ,;is. to keep a bowl of powder in a dai-ker shade to that generally used on the dressing table and to dust the nose with this after having applied, the lighter-toned powder to the rest of the face. This prevents that over-pbwdered look , which is so unbecoming and unfortunately so often seen.