IN FASHION'S REALM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 December 1913, Page 2

IN FASHION'S REALM.

UP-TO-DATE NOTES ON WHAT TO WEAR. This is another of .Ida Marguerite's hat*. If the wreath were omitted you would see that the contour of the brim wa«s nearly straight. Not quite, however, as the brim part expands a trifle. The trimming is a' semi-wreath of roses. You see all of it in the sketch.' That at the back is a bow, what you have here being the''loops and end as they appear from the front. The hat is of natural straw colour, fine texture, the l- _ .

wreath blush' pink touch with white, the ribbon pink. For space reasons .1. have-.curtailed one bow end the least bit, and the raised end a".:good deal., In the millinery selections to date I have compassed, I think, ■',& wids variety "of styles of tMer.., best character. I shall now give .some midsummer varieties, simple and 6iv nate. Two 'simple ones' next week .to start.. ... ... ;.■ " '._ ' •■■, The eandal show; has been finding much favour abroad. Simply an or- ■ dinary shoe, low, with# saiidal strap which winds round ankle criss-cross form. A new way of wearing a pearl necklace lias been devised, its two ends fastened into the hair so that it passes under'-the chin. We may see the same ideal in a-trail of miniature blossoms;* same flower decorating fhe hat. The vagai'ies of fash-, ion as received from abroad, generally in picture form;»only, may be no-> ticed without being endorsed. ■ Tints painted hose, a garland of 'flowers round the ankle, or a there with a- boat. Again a bird or a but.'terfly! What are things coming to ? Then the gay Parisian has decided to wear the "Col Harnais," It is simply a collar that savours of the kind you put round the neck of the motor-condemned gee-gee. Only it is silk twisted, the necessary being given by padding. Black threatens, to become the rage, it being certain to .win extra favour idwards the end of summer. A Paris , note, midsummer date, runs: "It would be difficult; to overstate the amount of business done in Paris in - black net at present writing. It is equally favoured by dressmakers and milliners. Now and again dark blue, seal and ruby red take the' place of black, but the latter predominates by a very long way. Unlike all other materials in use, black net, or marines, contains a certain amount of stiffness as it is generally required in pleated form (knife-blade and accordian' by dressmakers, box-pleated and crimped fine by iniTiTiiers), which it would not retain without such assistance." , Either sketch was worth a full; space. One illustrates what can be don 6 with a frill, shows an attractive cuff in relation, and indicates, to the" extent' given, the new skirt—volume and contour. The little panel draw- . ing gives a very pretty idea in those points, which" belonging to the blouse, simulate those of a waistcoat. You can see at a glance howit is done—the blouse pouched, and the points cut over Hie girdle, which, of course, they break. It.is a dainty idea of much merit. Glancing ahead the new schemes of. colouring will include a large per centage" of very 'bright colours, but they be used with discretion. The most vivid will be orange shades deepening down into something akin to" the brightest terra cotta. Then there will he many greens, bluish to emerald,, reds in crimson to magenta, and all the: medium shades

of blue. These, of course, will be restricted for the most part to reception and evening, for combining in mixed goods and for trimmings. There will be a return to pastel shades and embroicTeries including selections of palest blues, pinks, and le-

■ mon yellows, also grays. Though reI ally announced for the next season they have been anticipated - in some of the printed goods and in embroideries and broche ribbons used as trimming. Make the most of Bulgarian colours, as the combinations that are to - displace them will be Persian and Japanese.