FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and value to women for publication or reference in this column.

LONDON FASHION NOTES.

We are (hiding out now, ,if wp never realised it before, .how solid a, value in ii disturbed i.-ohrmc. of things lias ivvreation: and that, consideration of -milliters of drcsK is 'recreation of a distinctly refreshing kind. Tliei'e. as something invigorating in shedding old things for ]],.«•. and Kiisn-tJiiny (Infinitely helpful in trying to appear at one's best in s-pite .cf a heart that cannot but ache, if it's worth its mime, very often now. The™ Is not a gre.at deal to talk about relating to fashion just now. since we aire all still rather in the shak-ing-down istafre. A couple of notes that I amide on 'renovations when stalling the ]'.'<■;!!■:!< 11 -shops this week may he of iu-tere-t. Where fight skirt,-. of embroidered voile, some, of them with tabbed .heni'S. are ■:-lill good, .it is an ex-ei-'lent -scheme to use telle *;:;ttrmi half of the r-klrt—that i'a generally the ornamental .parts —as a tunie reaching to the knees, making a fuller underskirt of striped or 'tucked ior gathered white Voile while leaving the bodice as it was last year. In renovating white, muslin the snime thing might he rf'.one, with accordeon pleated .muslin frills (.tunc are laeeedged) a.s underskirt. Colored veils threaten to become a ernzo. Each week sees more, half—or "Wsr"- -veils being worn. Ribbon work frills can be very elaborate, but are surely too heavy to be called artistic. Some have large designsjuvenile .sunflowers and the Tike —and leaves all round a hem to a depth of several inches.

'Dark V'.-tls 011 light hats are considered chic, and again emphasise tile welcome notion to home milliners that very little trimming is railed for. High double frills of taffetas adorn tV:e. collars of some, of tholiow costumes. Oenerally these are of''the' same, rirrlor as the main costume; sometimes they add a new note of color which is repeated on the c.nfl's. IFan-shapcd embroideries worked by band in unusual colorings appear in an original fashion on the fronts oS srk blouses, and can ibe -used with some effect on the front of the crown of hats.

Oxydiscd buttons are being greatly used on cloth costumes.

A 'pagoda hat is. as might he gathered. of Chinese atmosphere, and is very quaint. One becoming model o;f this week iha:l the top of the hat, as well as the outer 'brim, (made, of fine black. f.ifcra'V, while the remainder was covered with dull 'Wue taffetas worked over, in quaint designs, with small .porcelain beads—blue, Mack, white and dark red. A small butterfly bow made of. black velvet ribbon pe.rcher on the brim at the back and had one very long end terminating in a bead tassel. It 'Was aliment inevitable, that fichus should come in again, -with all the other .resurrections, and here they are, a-nd looking as demurely attractive as ever. The latest complete what in happier times would have been garden party frocks, and are of spotted itinon of a new kind. .'More silky this than the old. with scalloped edces and a bordering of navy colored silk dots. It looks very pretty on fine voile, and models of this week worth copying with fichus have three-tier skirts, each flounce edged with a band of floral silk, cut on the cross. iPieot cduinff. done in all the "exclusive" estahlis.lnmwi.ts entirely by hand, is enormously ipopular on the narrow frills that 'profusely adorn the smartest of the new s-ilk coats and skirts. An inverted V-shaped skirt panel, such as our grandmothers sported, narrow at the waist and extending to the sides of the skirt hem, 'and covered with a mass of little frills, is here again, and both basnued and (plain longboats, for middleaged 'Wearers, have one or more frills round the bottom. Often a 'basque is short over one hip and long over the other. Occasioally when the costume ' is of taffetas, it is 'finished wfth a generous double frill of the same stuff. A newer material than the so popular moire is here now in soft silks. The effect is rather that of a clouded moire. l r or all manner of small etceteras 0" dress, neck ruffs, ties, sashes and so on, moire is still queen. Colored 'braid girdles 'arc new ideas for street wear, and want, to be worn with great discretion and only by the smartest, or they look somewhat fantastic. They are worn at present on cloth or serge coats wound twice round the waist and hanging down the left side of the skirt.