IN FASHION'S REALM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 September 1913, Page 2

IN FASHION'S REALM.

UP-TO-DATE NOTES ON WHAT

TO WEAR,

You will see that sash in. game 01 varied form in" a few - 'other dresses. Too good not to repeat. It is the coming grand etcetera. Multi-colour-ed is ''many,",and that is <a note. 11 rules in sashes and much else. It even touches one's shoesr''.Wh'f the ultra-smart—ultra should sometimes be "too"—are wearing hose of same effectl This, of'course, is the other ;jjide"bf tie ■ world," in. places where they/needtOiarrest people. The vest is |a; great etcetera. White sometimes and excellent; coloured often; Persian for the most pronounced. Flower sp'rigged silks make handsome vests, likewise striped. Oriental embroider<ies occur in the like relation. Colour 'rules—essentials, fads, and fancies. Corsage bouquets are a trifle in! roses and foliage as vivid as you please. Other, sashes than mentioned are of jibbon,.- velvet bordered, flower trimmed. A black satin is brightly treated .to knot on~ihe hip with short crisp ends. Glance again at the picture. Where got the designer his ideftfr Italy in Tripoli, prelude to the Balkan outburst, and then Balkan uniforms—-that was the inspiration. See Victor Emanuel in his short Italian coat, ribbon of somfe order, and follow this. to side. Same with his Majesty of Greece, and so rpund to the scene of tribulation. Incidentally, something of the same idea occurs in the sash of the Friendly Socety. Note thev Eight "Sour "knights" in their regalia. The prelate and the book-marker are eclipsed, how may they reflect the 3ye-vat? Even jewellery mus.t be gay, real or otherwise. End of skirt treatments! It seems a..queer sentence, and yet it fits. Skirts with Russian blouses, or coats.', .come dotan sheer, seam in front? buttons, and just as you think you are nearthe heni, there is a simulated overpart, slanting line and very effective. Or one side is lapped oveu. the other right across the shoe, the hem resolving into a strap, which buttons against a few gathers from above. These tabs and) whatnot, seam steps and the like, are infinite, gathers or tucks in conjunction every time in order to give*a draping. On tailor mades, sucE" is often the merest indication. Having said as much I return to effects. A dress of white serge has collar and cuffs of black satin, sash of plaid silk in old' rose, reseda, ahd -old blue tones worn as previously illustrated. Even in a plain one-piece you may get blue striped challis,, collar and cuffs of grav albatross edged with blue ribbon, black jiatent leather belt—cold effect and yet bright: Again a French, hat, though T took a liberty with ii) t The. extensions •wejre.' extreme; That on top went ■id's third mote, the side to as much. I have cut the Tatter M/ and leave length to your-judgment?;. This hat was selected for a STngle feature—the way the silk is used on crown and brought over' to front, Truly a pretty conceit, with the narrow ribbon around, arid smart' little bow. The translated description reads: A fine straw (colour not given) crown partly covered with violet satin, at back two "wings" of same. Well, there much said hut if you are trimming

a like shape,"what could! be prettier P Back view carries silk to brim, the

"wings" coming to a buckle in that position. The cult of the corset is intense. Makers drapers specialise. I ! remember the -fciriie—well suffice it to .i.sa.y. when nearly anything did. No longer I Jtogiand,. America,^ the continental nations, all are making. You would be ,6urpri#d if you saw the picture of a great factory* Corsets must be turned out by. the million ten and twenty times told. France has dictated the present corset—forced it in fact. The slim contour compelled figure conformity. Low bust, long hip and back, straight effect, that is the law. The design entails |a different article in I supporter. As surely 'as east -is i east, west if ever the time comes for voluminous skirts, the corset will-go to a mere nothing. In other words Fashion, will never again consent to the hideous upstanding busk, sticking out, in the case of the stout, at an angle, and cutting in time, the garments. The primary obi ject of a corset/is to support. Those who understand not say the figure, j but it is mainly the garments. UnI less women can wear braces, whiflfa t they can't, they must, have a frame to; support their skirts. Such have been worn over all ages. In excavating in an island in the Mediterranean they found a statuette illustrating the very thing. Home's seven hills had not long been settled when t&e statuette was made. But these aro the days of the acme. Invention waits on art and vice versa. Adjustable dress forms enable you to fit as never before, home making. Latest of all a coat foundation, all shapes and sizes, has overcome the amateur's greatest trouble. !