TO THE LADIES. LATEST OUT OF DOOR COSTUMES.

Waikato Times, Issue 613, 25 April 1876, Page 3

TO THE LADIES. LATEST OUT OF DOOR COSTUMES.

TnE;n»3irer a fashionable woman's outdoor tcos* tume Approaches the cut of her huiband's and brother's coats, the greater favour doe« it apparently find with a large portion of ou? ariitoorttic belles, from 'Ulster Home, Conduit •treet, W, hail many of the -devices for wats and other masculine habiliments to be mot wii*i not only when travelling and -in oountry walk* and drivel, bat in Londen'i rinki and streets. Uliteri Me now as familiar to us as polonaises ; little boys and girls adopt them equally with their elders ; »nd so greit is the " furor* " for them that children in arms aro brought to tailors to be measured for them. The autumn novelties introduced by Sir Benjamin develop still further this tendency to essimulale ladies' garments with those hitherto considered us belonging strictly to the opposite sax ; ind*ed, it is now quite necessary, whan inspecting the Tarious coate, dfcs.'to inquire for which sex they are intendod. The latest introduction* at Ulster Houße aro the ladies' overcoat and the ladies' •mock c«at. The former is out exactly like a man's frock cotfc , it is made of amdyed doth, which in colour is a yellowwh brown ; it is doubl«-breasted fastening with a deuble row of buttoui, the same- colour ac the cloth, and it is •lit up the back almo o t to the waist. The tmock coat is full both in front and at the back, but the gathers are so -neatly made that no extr* width is given to the figure ; it has pockets m all Borts of convenient plaoes, and ia altogether a moat oomfortable garment for occasions when the weirer would find it ft bore to thmk of asd have a care for her cloth el. Then there ar* new overakirts, aptly called transformation tunic*, for they are 60 contrived that they can, by meani of drawn stungs and loop§, be made to assumg two or three different aspects. The new skirt* manifest to a marked degreo th.o taste of the day for maicuhne pursuits j there are leather-lined skirts capable of withstanding any amount ef tramping and rough usage in shooting expeditions ; and there are skirts covered almobt to the waist with leather, made purposely for viiiting kennels and rccemng.tho greetings of affectionate dogs, be they erer io boisturous. If women will udopt men's punuifo, and afiect kennels and ttables, lat them by all means be euitably dresied, and these tailor-mode costumes are certainly moit oleverly contrived «ud w«H adapted for the purpoae,— " The Queen. 11