WOMAN'S REALM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 November 1913, Page 2

WOMAN'S REALM.

SOCIAL NEWSJIND FASHIONS.

IN FASHION'S REALM.

UP-TO-DATE NOTES ON WHAT > TO WEAR.

Of all the blouses I have seen tills season none commends itself to my taste as does this. Ye/u can havo it as a separate or as part and parcel of afternoon gown or evening. With a graduated txinic skirt, 'with short train it is ideal in the latter relation. , This blouse was designed by a French- j man, and'launched in Paris in spring. It was seized upon for all kinds of expression as the best creation of the moment. I have shaded it to emphasise its relation with the skirt, ! but you can reason it differently for j a blouse pure and simple. The con-

trastivo fmnt in the way those bands are qrossed have the effect of two leaves, one overlapping the other. The lovers* knots are in beading, and the omnipresent frill is a mo&t dainty thing, this rising in the usual way at neck, where a cord outlines the inset, with tiny bow and tassels. I must return to veils. Fashion decrees that such are to play a more than usually alluring part. You n.ust riot confide 'Veil:' with "scarf 1 merely because of the size. The note is that veils of the filmiest tex : tnro shall be abnormally long where used for decorative purposes—l refer to elusive draping. With respect to ordinary veils there are novelties in meshes as well as designs. The most fashionable are so exceedingly dainty as to be almost invisible, and merely soften the complexion. On these are seen bold patterns- composed of chenille dots. Plain cracquele veils-

The " chehille dotted veil- is everywhere (encountered. The chenille and the mesh are often of contrasting colours, especially when the design is floral. I don't kncAv how it is, but I associate the veil with what is subtle. By an easy .stage it gets me to summer perfumery. Now every l one knows that certain colours or combinations of colour heighten or detract from individual beauty Pew know that perfume should be dictated by the same consideration. The brunette, particularly in early life, may use a sensuous flower extratc, but heyei* certain light odours. These, say "new mown hay*' belong to the .'elderly. Wo rave of Greek stylos and let me.say that both the Greeks snd Romans in their hey-dey knew the value of pei-fum.es and discriminated as complexion decided: Perfumes should be just perceptible, anything more being .vujgar. And, they must ha good. Not everyone, favours the,low collar. For those who don't, hero ra a very dressy blouse of commendable design. It is a combination of silk and. lace, the main features of which are the graceful front and. the elegant sleeve. Nothing could be prettier

than the way the lace fronts are di : vided from the yoke, this being strongly marked with buttons to decorate. The sleeve is a pretty fancy —a tur.n-back on the "cap" with buttons. The collar selection I leave to your discretion, as the- design is open to several interpretations. I am not snro whether I should say that the four seasons, are represented by four goddesses or two. I am inclined to favour the latter, and to say that even an autumn "grows up" and becomes winter, so does fair spring, froin having been a bud develop into a flower. Wo see her now, as lovely a creature as the gifted designers of Paris have been able to evolve. Not all the masters of art use paint brushes. The living picture is the dne which portrays the triumphs of the loom in the modes into iwhich they are cut, and which they emphasise. It is an exquisite picture as regards contour, soft as a> breesse of Zepherus birth, gay'at timas a« the garden is gay, fragrant as Nature herself when you are in the vicinity of boss, who have discretion enough not to waste their time in unseen ted fields. It is, moreover, an inspiring picture, full of fairyliko touches, and if the smile will be ■ permitted femenineto its "fingertips."

(By "Marguerite.",) [Social Itemi for tfci« Page would be gladly receded by "Marguerite," oare of "Age" Offioe, but to ensure their publication, must be accompanied by the nam* and addresi of tha tender.]