IN FASHION'S REALM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 September 1913, Page 2

IN FASHION'S REALM.

UP-TO-DATE NOTES ON WHAT TO WEAR. Some of the most stylish coats of the best origin have diverse sides. One comes clown square below the girdle; the other curves from it with a slight festooning through a few gathers into this accessory. The girdle is deep and of rich character, and on the square side there may be two or three pendant tassels. A style of .little coat J. am anxious to see in tlife life, if only to criticise, is one that is straight'with an extraordinary deep belt as low down as that on a very smaU.-hoy's blouse. Of course it is supported by the garment as it fails to draw this in by so much as the fraction of an inch. All the designs I have seen are in photo-form, Paris and New York emanation, and they lead me to suspect that the idea would be found too peculiar for endorsement. You cannot accept all -that fashion otters, as no matter how beautiful the display there is always a little that is freakish.

Summary of London notes to correspond witli time here: Corsages of eveuing dresses are made of different materials. A contrasting train is permissible. Lace is to be extensively used. All kinds of neck wear may be so composed. Also lace is utilised for draperies and tunics, and for the decoration of headgear. Ribbon wear is emphatically a note! Many ribbons are exquisite and of high decorative value. The plain moire with a fancy border is attractive. A pretty conceit is the mixture of velvet ribbons with chiffon, former strengthening latter. Dresses may be trimmed with ribbons unending. Waists continue natural, new corsets long and low, brassiere indispensable. Smart- waistcoats appear, sometimes rather vivid. The threepiece costume is favoured. Originality may have its fling in both dress and 'millinery. The picture lint will again come to the fore trimmed with masses of plumes failing over the brim at back and resting on the shoulder. The qaint little hats of the moment need to be worn at the right jaunty angle. Xo matter what the shape hats are uniformly light. At the same time the small'lint lies an evanescent life. Says one writer: "I am told on excellent authority that as soon as summer gives any sign of being on its way back bighats will come with a rush." Tins wnitf written in the dawn of the English spring. Pockets are in vngti<\ and every effort is being made to render. the utility type at institution. Hand-made embroideries are seen on tunics and to border those tunic effects with simulated ope'i coat fronts. Braids run in scrolls with intervening trefoils and the like, and tlie Greek key i« seen in all possible renderings. The new cotton | crepes developed in tunic form lend themselves to this treatment in Bulgarian embroidery blouse from neck to waist, girdle all over, and tunic border and: skirt hem.