TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 21

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

LONDON, 16th December.

The beauty of a white and silver wedding was once more demonstrated when Miss-Diana Churchill chose the loveliness of white satin for. her bridal gown, and silver and white tulle for her at.tendant maids.

The bridesmaids were reminiscent of early pictures of Queen .Alexander, with their tulle skirts billowing from the waist to the ground, tight silver bodices with' sleeves to the elbow, and long frills of tulle falling away from the arm.

■ This picture resemblance was accentuated by wreaths of white camellias round, their, hair, and. tight posies edged with tulle and tied with silver ribbon.

■ I hear that this ia only the first of a succession of white bridal pageants which, will be seen early in the New Tear at the fashionable church of St. Margaret's.

But white is enormously fashionable ■in-spite of tho fact that this is the winter,; and-..riot- the summer, season. "WJ"te tops ■■'■to- dark dresses, white ■blouses with dark suitß, and the white hat and scarf of ermine cloth or corduroy velvet which I have.mentioned in previous letters.

There are a great many all-white evening gowns in plain and crinkled crepe.and velvet. Short and long coats of ermine cloth for those who cannot afford fur, and odd white capes, jackets, flowers, and trimmings are used with every conceivable type of dross.

_ I have sketched one which made a good' impression at a recent show of: Riviera models. Mad© in ermine cloth, it; was shown over a black velvet evening gown. . The same capo in white crepe.was also shown with a dark Iwown dress, hat, and gloves, and was exceedingly smart, being tied in a* loose bow between the shoulders. ■

Bows are everywhere, especially velvet bows. They are'fastened-to a dress .front, scarves .are tied in bows, belts have bow fasteners, little bows trim sleeves, flat bows are encrusted on the chest and hips, and spikey, small, impertinent bows sit humorously on the crown of a hat. :

Some fashions are amusing this season, ana need a good deal of poiso to carry, them off,successfully. During the luncheon hour at the Eitz I was interested to notice that nearly all the •newest hats were worn almost, if not quite, straight on the head. One lovely little lady in all black was wearing a new "pork-pie" cap set well down on her fair curls with a fine float-1 ing veil half covering her face. Her short jacket-suit had leg-o'-mutton sleeves, and a decided waist, and a tight (collar and tiny muff of black astrak.han. Shades of the early eighties! Yet she, managed to look adorable. Another much-photographed beauty had a •sin-all black hat tilted forward/on hei black hair, and a stick-up bow on the csntre 4 of the crown. Her coat was of a new rough woollen fabric, with a seDar-n-pi stole of one silver and one white ;for wound round her throat.

■.The Kobin Bedbreast effect of the fashionable- brown aud red1 was wall shown off by a pretty girl in a brown corduroy .velvet suit with a red blouse, *carf, and hat, and an odging of brown lamb round the small collar and down the fronts of her smart snit.

' ""A paiesgrey gown covered by a long} '-.black broadtail coat, with small tri- = •come hat and .fine floating veil, and a cluster of violets pinned on the coat, •was another charming outfit I admired. • --Black-once more—-:this time in "a velvet suit with high silver fox collar, tiny black velvet hat, and a white blouse of finest wool lace. The combination of wool and velvet sounds odd. ■ but, :then, so many combinations of • 'materials are quite revolutionary this season;

Imagine a woollen dress trimmed with -laoe, but a black navy or dark •trown dress relieved by a flat bow of stiffened lace is one of the successes of the season;

Wool lace—so fine that you have to •Handle it to know what you are looking at—is a new material for evening .wear. In white over a taffetas slip, with a cluster of coral rod flowers at the centre of the V-neck line, and coral

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red velvet slippers—it made a most attractive gown. , Flowers for the evening are popular, and even the most exclusive houses cannot refrain from using them, but in this case they are always hand-made and have some definite relation to the dress in the materials of which they are. made.;

The centre, of a "V-ne'eMine is considered the smart position for flowers. Cherry-red used with black is a notion

I have seen oil1 many new evening gowns, . :

With abla,ck lace dress a sash of ribb,on velvet in cherry red was tied round the neck in a "kitten" bow at the side with the long onds hanging down back and front.

With a black georgette frock tucked all over the bodice and hips, the same sort of sash was twisted round tho waist with a bunch, of loops at the side front.

A black satin evening dress Lad a flat bow of cherry red velvet across the front of the corsage. While yet another black dress had a complete corsage harness of tho same choorful coloured velvet. ■'"■■.

At a society wedding this week the bride's mother wore black velvet and furs, with a toque of cherry red velvet and a cluster of flowers to match pinned in her furs, so it is evidently a smart colour combination.

A coloured velvet hat and scarf to match is a new notion. "With a black woollen dress and fur-trimmed jacket I saw a chartreuse green velvet turban cap. ; and. a scarf tied under the left ear in a two-end one bow arrangement. _A similar outfit consisted of a 0li8» piece dress (she had removed a fur jacket) of aark grey ana flecked materialj with a small hat that turned np sharply at the back made of bright Chinese red velvet, and a. little red velvet scarf tied in a bunchy bow under the chin.

KTJTH SIBLET.