AMBURY BROS SPRING SHOW

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 189, 14 September 1909, Page 3

AMBURY BROS SPRING SHOW

OPENING TO-DAY. , ( Messrs Ambury Brothers issue a cordial invitation to the ladies of New l'lv . 1 anoutli and Taranaki generally to visit ; their showrooms to-day, and make a personal inspection of their showing of j new season's millinery, sunshades, ! dresses, and dress goods, and so on. Our reporter was favored with an "early I doors" ticket, and was admitted to the showrooms last evening. "This is the prettiest and best display we've ,'ver had in our showrooms," said Mr. W. ; Ambury, and he had even to be proud of the excellent arrangement by | the staff of the lovely creations of the

milliners' art. Every hal is stamped with the well-knoivn 'A.ji.- quality, which is only Ainburys' way of saym* Al. There isn't a shoddy pi ce of miU linery in the hundreds oi' lu;s on view. It is a scene of rich and gorgeous coloring, beautifully "toneJ with lii/le etceteras that'the .skilled miixi.r knons so well how to utilise in completing color scheme. Not only are this nr:u's milliners artists high 111 their profession, but they have got all ih: ,r id-is from pfquant Paris whilst iliey ; fresh as a half-open rose in tlie land of their creation, full of French charm an.l novelty. One could write colums f ecstasy over the delicate crinoline straws, the symmetrical shapes, ami rich and refined ribbon effects, and th.'

profusion of finely colored strings and bunches of fruits, trails and clusters of (lowers. These latter form the priicipal part of the effective ceiling decoration, which assists also to show the latest in velvet ribbons for triminir.g. Memories of Ascot and llenley are contained in the Surhiton, Grand Prix, Datchet, Henley, Boulevard, and Ascot shapes, the last two having the latest tilted brims. There is the reversion to the large shapes, after the threatened rage of smaller styles, and certainly the large spreading hats are more season-able-looking than the small and close] yly drooping brims. Look at a few oi them. Here's a bonny little white hat, "Le Ooehef'' style, tri|mmed with a train of dead-pink roses around thn crown and a spotted net falling over them in a chiirtfrthg shower effcct.°Black is always popular in millinery. Here is

! a fairly small black toque, with a domcshaped crown of plaited tulle, two hand- ; some ostrich plumes at the side, and the brim studded with jet eabaehons. Another beautiful effect ife produced on an amethyst hat of trimmed with cerise r oses and purple-tinted wisteria, a highly pleasing and highly fashionable combination of colors. The crown is completely composed of flowers, and the brim is turned up at one side in approved style. A "Grand Prix" shape of pleated white tulle, over-laid with black Chantilly lace, strapped at the base of tie crown with velvet ribbon ol old rose shade, has bouquets of forget-me-nots and tiny tea-roses on the brim. On other shapes are trails of sweet peas lilies of the valley, baniisia roses, for-get-me-nots, cuckoo and other wi'id flowers, cherries, coin-spot net, chrvstalline and Tuscan trimming; whilst jet and sequin trimmings predominate "on the black and white shapes. EifaW.i I streamers from the brims are a new and enarming novelty. Favorite colors an amethyst, new pinks, cinamon browis. the new "Platane" green, light moss, and a new but unspecified blue. Thcr* is a beautiful array of children's hats and bonnets, including the "Babette"' hats, and pains have been taken to provide for the wants of Me difficile jeunc fille." Similarly, the firm has made provision for the more elderly ladies, haling imported a fine range of nicelytrimmed bonnets. In the main showroom upstairs we saw also the latest in elaborate sunshades of hand-painted cream chiffon over silk; sky blue silk overlain with applique lace, fringed with chiffon, and having gilt frames; in twotone effects to match the dresses in embroidered silk clienes; or in plain silks with colored" borders. The mantle department presents the most mouern walking costumes in Kaiapoi iweave, summer striped linen washable costumes; colored, white and black silk and other underskirts, snlendidly made and well finished) and white embroidered underskirts remarkable {or value and good taste. The well-dressed woman will recognise the worth of tile blouses in Jap and glace silk, merv an I tnffofoc ~.1.U0 ...j

taffetas, white, cream and colored; and the well tucked and embroidered muslin blouses stocked this year in larger numbers than ever. In skirts the firm shows a big range in violes, sieiliens. th.; new satin cloth (like silk), in a varie-y of trimmings, scolloped, or in Vandyke style. The Sicilians are in cream, navy and black. Costumes are made in t'n'e latest semi-military fashion, in amethyst, green, new' blue, brown, and nnvv. There is a special line of lla-inel skirts for golf or tennis, suitable also for street wear, very serviceable goods. While embroidered costume skirts, which will bo very popular, are Weir stocked, with dust-coats to match the dresses.

On the ground floor tlio shop is tranßformed, till' 'll'CiSS stlllFs 1)0 illg fl-pi] shown. Thorp are pretty silk-striped, spot, and* floral voiles, striped washing voiles, delaines, Two-tone zephvrs, riehlv mercerised lawns, and a limited line of exclusively bought "oannonball" drew lengths—a new production of the looms. Creponnes. Klmntoaa cloths, new Ottoma rep, self-colored cotton shantung, are only a few of the new season's mattrials. Then tliere are the new stockings in green, reseda, purple, tans, with hand-painted flowers, cheeks, stripes and spots, which are a new departure. Amongst the "novelties" are the new brilliant-stiiddecl or pictured hat-pins, longer and larger tlian ever, whilst tlio' "Peter Pan," the magic word in neckwear, has been judiciously purchased In' the firm's buyers. The remainder of the stock can hardly lie treated in the space allotted. Irat no doubt our lady friends will make a thorough inspection to-dav, or at the earliest possible opportunity.