The lovely autumn weather is finished at Jast, and Dame Fashion has been obliged to make up her mind as to which of the numerous styles that the big houses have been trying to thrust upon us are to be! supreme through the coming winter. There has been a sharp struggle between the various representative firms, but now that things are decided for the time being, we breathe freely and choose what takes our fancy in the way of material, handing it; over to the desperately busy dressmaker, to stitch, stitch, stitch. Yes, she certainly must put all the machine stitching into our gowns, either on the material [selfer on bands as trimming, The stitch-can either be done with silk of the same jour as the dress ma white, enol or li skirt, or perhaps it would be hotier them pleats, as at. Another fashionable form of trimming is buttons: buttons everywhere, with no holes t" put them through, for only a bolero or cout ix Gwtened with buttons. Then, again, fringe is quite in vogue: some of it the rent old-fashioned article such as our grandmothers wore, but this has not taken very well so far. The tiny edging ise, which is at present quite expensive, wil! no doubt become very general before {the winter is over. The most curious uso [of the fringe is on hats, such a fringed scarves on felt hats. By the bye, stitching is just as much put into hats as on dresses, The tiny ruche worn so much during the summer is now quite on the shelf, excepting for ball dresses. Chiffon and mouseeline de syle hold their own, and narrow braids are very often used.
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