SOME NEW NOTIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 3, 5 January 1939, Page 14

SOME NEW NOTIONS

A SNOW WHITE SUMMER

mand. * But now, as in days gone by, all are snowy white. ! ESSENTIALLY SUMMERY. There are many other phases that make this the practical yet aestheti-1 cally appealing feature it is. White lends itself to any occasion—sport, street, beach, or evening. For cruising all-white costumes are "the top." One outfit is perfect for I i days on shore, then in the evening a lovely slender gown of clinging white j looks as cool and stimulating as a long iced drink. At the beach all-white wins again, j This time it's a strapless bathing suit of milky rayon jersey that goes under a beach robe of whitest terry towel-j ling for chic. White 1 looks lovely on the sand, lovely in the water, or standing bright as a cloud, against the sky, but it needs plenty of sun or bright! lights to look its best. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. For Hollywood first nights and at the night racing in Paris the celebrated beauties of our day choose all- j white ensembles to combat the pecu- j liar lighting effects. Of course it was j Queen Elizabeth who started it all

with the all-white wardrobe she chose for the State visit to Paris. Since then the Duchess of Kent has appeared at several evening functions clad all in white and with magnificent jewels to highlight the icy hue of the ensemble.

White fox enfringes on the supremacy of ermine for sumptuous evening wraps worn on the other side of the world. Lavish swirls of white fox worked vertically made, a two-thirds-length cape worn by the Queen on one occasion. White ostrich plumes and chubby marabou are other mediums that take well to the all-white vogue. A slipper satin frock of silk white that was deep cream in the folds was designed without shoulder straps but with two plumes of whitest ostrich brought about the bodice top and arms in an off-shoulder line. An erection of ospreys, almost too incredibly "Gibson Girl" in aspect were considered the correct crowning complement to this costume.

It only needed the authentic Snow White, of Disaey fame, to stamp the seal on fashion's venture. In New Zealand, however, we're waiting for the weather to do something about it before we succumb. —M.R.