ELLERSLIE FROCKING

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 15

ELLERSLIE FROCKING

SUBDUED COLOURS

CRAVATS IN FAVOUR

Bright and fine in the morning on Saturday, the opening of the Auckland Earing Club's Spring Meeting promised a delightful onting, and even if a chilly wind did later somewhat belie this

promise it was not enough to spoil the day's amusement, states the "New Zealand Herald." Apart from the racing, it would have been a person hard to please who did not enjoy the racecourse and its surroundings, for at this time of the year they achieve a loveliness that, is never found at any other season. There was the emerald smoothness of the far-stretching lawns, the delicate loveliness of the trees just bursting into foliage, the: flowerbeds not yet so brilliant as they will be, and the many borders, all forming a scene that was very appealing in its variety and colouring. On the whole the dressing was not. very distinctive, or even striking, but. it was certainly a day for the tailored suits which were to be seen in a variety of modes. Different shades of blue, "grey, beige, brown, and beigebrown,' and red were to be seen, but tho greatest favourite of all was navy, though mixed tweeds still hold their own in favour. Black scorned to have been ousted to a great degree by blue. Combinations of navy and white floral frocks with navy blue coats were very attractive, the latter usually being in light woollen materials, marocains, romaincs, etc. Navy blue was. also introduced into handbags and shoes as well as hats. Another feature of the dressing was the number of cravats worn with the suits, the effect being smart and attractive. The new sleeve treatment was noticeable in some of the newest frocks —that of cutting the sleeve in one with the back panel of the bodice, gathering it in fully to just below the elbows and allowing the fullback of the bodice to fall into,the resemblance of a cape fastened into the waistline.

Hats with the younger people were a complete change from those worn last season. They included the more or less wide-brimmed shallow crowned type and the new extended beret, the latter being of the broad platter shape. To several of tho wearers of the former there were disastrous moments, treacherous gusts of wind sweeping round corners and between the trees and sending these frivolous trifles speeding into space with their owners ranking flurried dashes to retrieve their property. Other important accessories which either contrasted with or matched the costume were the scarf, the handbag, the necklace, and the coloured bracelet, the latter giving a bright effect to the ensemble.