PLAID SILK SASHES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 118, 20 January 1915, Page 2

PLAID SILK SASHES.

Swathed sasb.es of plaid silk play aa .important part with the dressy tailormade. The silk is extremely supple, and the sash should be very wide,and indeed must be. Th© long length is passed round the waist, crossed at back and then brought forward over the hips, the wads being knotted at side If these are fringed so much the better, aa they suggest the military that has coloured drei-s greatly, and is destined to do more;. The gay sash against a sombre or plain ma' terial gives it relief and life together. Also, it softens any comparative severity if cut with really wonderful success. Incidentally the Parisians, just before war came to spoil it so much, wore for morning wearing a plain skirt with light blouse wtih roll-collar, and just such a sash as said to divide. Then in conjunction one cf tho;se wraps or cape-like coats fitting practically no wearer, complexion of the blouse and open to display this and sash together. There is an air of negli gence about the choice that is very taking, and' nil things considered it has a seasonable freshness. The coat being light, looks, and is, most summery, and in plain styles has a holiday jauntiness in addition. There is a boyish air about it, too, and that reminds one that boyish effects in dress are very becoming on the young. For example, there is the Eton. Of course, anything nowadays is the Eton that can claim the least cousinly affinity. A smart style has just enough material to make a shoulder. The front, of course, is referred to. Prom the side neck the line curves to under arm, sleeve in one, and the blouse section suggests a separte garment. It l.s a pretty style worn with a skirt with . two tunic founts, these fairly short, and, for preference, somewhat on the slant. Apropos of which later, pleated effects are a fancy to approve Of course the material i 9 light, and if the occasion (and dressy warrants, may be of accessory character. In that case the flounce will be filmy and part of a corselet reverse. We fluctuate between the high waist and the low, former for the frock whose .lines are unbroken; latter with those delightful blausef'Coatees that are not worn half as much as they shquld be They savour of the Russian blouse to the girdle, if such the line pe "ailed, and this is low down, and then bounce out for a few inohes. But wm'e of them may be belted, and with a deep selction, th flounce part be!ng long enough to make itself fairly wo n l evident below that important auxiliary