For the Ladies.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 980, 21 January 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

For the Ladies.

i j ■'"■ '. M.j.i rrt .ma.oiflilf 1 1 '..i-THETDitESS' Qf%Wlf r Mml gance a«dfeccealrioity tl ,wMe,™pOfe ffiu j ■ rendering'Say£ ganc^]ust,no.vv l maijifeßU;itselfrather l ia cdoqrl than,in form., Ihe.alarm causedWiffifflt., ition of, ar few ballooiiliike akitts premature, the movement in favour of crinXfl, being strangled huts birth.' Nothing lemwns 0 butaalight.pufflness of petticoat, atasleTot? pouts, and en larribrequia (a word r employed;,by,upholsterers foi; draped curtains),, for the, support of; which, some, dressmakers fdvise steel, \ the: majority. df„|tHeir customers contenting themselves:with stiff muslin, when they, haye any. figure to speaklof,. arid are not buut.likVa.willowjath, ,in which' case steel, and, pply,:willsuffice, "I'.a'dniit; .There, are, many:ways,of .producing the piiffed-up appearance behind. The tunic.' itself may be. jUßedj, or ,tnb skirts.pf the casaquin,' or a scarf. folded in front may.be knbttediiila fly bow at ; iwaves; or;icoiled drape'ry'bejput'on, jiistbelow the waist, o'r'a series.b'f'lbops in sash rib*. allcases the skirts, properly speaking, 'appear.to be, .quite separate,,and if ( two kinds ,of. .material are used, the bodice and pout,, or [tunic, are in' one, anil, the.skirt in another. Skirts.are,made •just' ; as r na] : ibw/as i ,eTei , i and : the; favourite: prriamentatipa - is,a- series' of Aourtces, varying from thre'etp nine in number,' when onejafon'e does'not suffice. The deep kilted skirt is considered particularly applicable to woollen travelling .dresses) ..ai being more simple.,. For.ordinary costumes, three ci five flounces' are .preferred, I'-', These may be edged with the.thiniier kinds'of lace, or broad, thick gHipu're lace,, placed upon ,the pleats, as the rage for lace, has riot by any means abated with Upgrowth of the summer, though it divides favour sbrnewhatrnth' what is' here/called Erig. i lish embroidery, and, with' your Madeira, .or' :Saxony work done.on white or ecru,. .Irish, I point and Irish siring lace has 'its advocates,' jand bur fashionable, Maison'de Couture has ! gone in for wide and very coarse crochet.

THE THE CRINOLINE. One feature which strikes the observer of dress at the present time is the growing reality i of broadening;, and inflated skirts. Rumours, half contested, half believed, have foretold; ever and anon; tbcictura' of steel; butqin the' jersey days ■ the thought alone seemed ludicrous, except to the initiated, who know.'that/oneextreme!of.dress always pre. cedes another.'.: Now there needs no specula* lion,: the curved rising v back is self-evident, and the toumure,. worn invisibly so long, has merged into a'pronounced dress supporter or even V crinolihette.V,. ■, Stripsd cotton, n haircord, muslin,' and a sort of stiff canvaa are the favourite: materials for these innovations; a'few.only reach half way downthe skirt; others barely, escape its edge, and all alike jar* rounded, by spaced steels slipped, though runners. ,;The longest tournures havM'sfiven rows at the upper part, separated bynbqutone and a half inches; lower dawjioseyeppmore steels are introduced'at intWvalsmjSttings'Jtie around the waist, and baadSiip( ; |jhe'i material! buttoned.over the petticojuvliieepithei!! sqppprr ter" in place on the hips. Inside, Mjneji flaps, eyeletted and'lacedi ty;s&y r ,|:o{d}/Adtnit of the little hoops being narrowed or.sxfjarjd* ed at; will. Occasionally, a (Qt raorpAulkiness, the dress-improver is itstJf;BDtrQU9ded;jiy ofte of the, satin.tournures,,;Cpfluettjstityi,'fri)led and-trimmed with lacgi..o'Vv'hite;ii)nde.tsk,irts, too, show the tendency,of.the timesi The.baek and sometimes the side breadths,,;ct|tjwjde,,are covered bya series of flounce?.) Each (leading has a. runner to be.-tigiitened'.byi'.dVawjng strings according to tasje,,; ,fff i equen% s :itgp, this, cluster of ■mountedjs.eparatejy, and buttoned to the skirt alqng.tbe back seam, In the adornment of th?SsS(RPttp,?|Si?cViCely anything, needs be .r.ernarjiedyjKJtretonlacij and Swiss embroidery„are,in rivalry, irThejatter, in exquisite q»a|jtyj'(Qfteni|ireaks the .uniformity of bands sucessipnof five or .se-ven, smjal,yojuices,,; Coloured cotton skirts for the'most part havp,/}tyk grounds and borders of sateen. Pr ; crcj?)niie'very bri11ianuy5triped.,,,.,,,.;.,;^.;,^!,;;,.,,.;