IN FASHION'S REALM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 September 1913, Page 2

IN FASHION'S REALM.

UP-TO-DATE NOTES ON WHAT TO WEAR.

Colours are gay. They could not be otherwise. Fashion, having exploited the Orient for designs, must do the same with colour.s The artist and the dyer have co-operated, and it is n6t for us to pry into the latter's secrets. That pinky yellow is a triumph of his skill, as it reveals the rose blush, the while so elusive> Radiating from the firstfavourite colour are botli warm and cold—browns and reds and greens and blues. Brown i% a particularly safe choice for your tailored suit, which may range from the severest of styles to a confection, w.ith artistic . touches in panels, draping suggestions and, above all, lines. The j three-piece suit is economy's hanfli inaiden, and how beautiful the examples! Coat on it is one thing, and off another, complete in either case, and also exquisite. Two materials provide the maker with a unique opportunity, and the brocaded coat is the supplement. Still has the one piece charm, as though simplicity itself an original touch gives -it distinction. In blouse wear we' get. meritorious novelty and no little is provided by the new neck frill, and much always by the collar. The frill starts from nothing at the point of; the "V," undulates in rising form to the neck, and goes round it with the least suggestion—only the suggestion —of a ruff. We are in for a pocket season, and so mote it be. Oh coats that suit there may be several, an' , on any type one. Among the triu' ,*j phant notes of the moment are -.ie! brocade coat, the simulated ~fc| drapings into a "step" in the Sb~ the. collar and the waistcoat. We shall exploit the sash around ' the waist and then in a loop .girdle to supplement.; Plaid designed sashes around silk coats give a dashing finish. The same swathed round the skirt, waist to hip is a coming fancy. Is contrast the ruling note in opposition to harmony ? Some say yes, but 1 am inclined to think that for once contrast and harmony have been united. If otherwise then it is for discretion to sail a safe course. I have already spoken of all the new materials. Among the tub materials for tailored and semi-linen leads, . with eponge for a favoured atlernative. The crepes are exquisite, brocaded, cotton and crepe dc chine. As for the printings art has reached the acme—never had we more delightful patterns and designs. The mere de-' scription of practically anything seems bald'. Without the picture no one could describe some of the new modes, especially the coats and draped costumes. I have not found two out of a dozen millinery writers <to entiriely agree. Down comes one with the assurance of hats worn at an angle; then another to say that the rakish tilt is condemned. We must take what we see and possess ourselves in pntience. The majority of the hats that catch one's eye fit evenly. Many a hat Itaves all its adornment to a width of [Rhpn.—exquisite even so—that rea couple of loops. These may rear; or, being wired, of an aigrette. Sty- I both pouch and i

smooth crowns of satin, flat rather than not, with straw brims. Such are down or are treated to an artistic roll or turn. Many hats, of course, carry their trimming nodding in the breeze, either because tHev are built that way or through the motion of walking. What we should esteem a bedraggled feather on the parent bird is a smart adornment on the small shape. "Note of interrogation" plumes, as a wit will call them, play their part. So do roses mounted on a stalk of wire, and so will cockades of dainty material, bordered with a full frill. A becoming black tagal permits of endless variety by a relay of feather, floral and tulle mounts. The tulle aigrette is sometimes in fan shape and it lookT" well if set towards the back on a shape with a mushroom drop in front and roll at back. The tulle sailor should prove a success. The trimming is of the lightest kind,.is poised at an extraordinary angle, anckthe transparency is - carried in double fold beyond the firm brim. Shady hats of plisse aeroplane are for a later day, and holiday time for choice. Of this I am quite sure—we have never had such infinite variety in headgear, with.each style equally the thing. I may say that anyone of them entails a careful coiffure—one to suit. Also alas, certain selections made it advisable not to be diffident respecting borrowed plumes. Plumes in this relation are tresses, curls to wit. After all, what matter, seeing that no one will .believe that one's crown of glory is real without being allowed to pull it. "The quill trimmed hat is the latest," and with the assurance we read the name "of half a dozen famous designers. I turn to another and she writes from Par t **,te corresponding with the pre' art out Here. With her particular fi' j Is a pfofo. <*, certainly a pretty e. /njrh. hat bo, well-night brimless. She soya*— There is nothing demure a&33& i*, but yet brimless hats are tlu «r je in Parts. Imagine one with a ►./im of malines that frames the fao© and throws just the right shadow under the eyes! There is a big rose back of the ear and velvet string that come round over the shoulders, and loop with a rose to connect." One never quite knows.