PEANUT TRIMMING ON BAG THAT LOOKS LIKE A STRAW HAT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 6, 22 January 1937, Page 14

PEANUT TRIMMING ON BAG THAT LOOKS LIKE A STRAW HAT

A bag for every frock, and a bag which is one of a set, .including shoes, belt, and gloves, is an ambition which might well be aroused in every feminine mind, as the new handbags appar |rom their wrappings at city stores (states an exchange). Doubtless inspired by those Victorian prints beloved of our immediato ancestors, in which beautiful damseh went tip-toes through the fields nonchalently swinging their hats by col oured ribands, or making them info carry-alls for field flowers, designers have made the boimet bag. ■ It is of rough straw, and looks like a hat folded aoross with the handles of'iooped ' felt, It is trimmed with every thing from peanuts to miniature tomatoes, while the "brim" is piped with fei. in a contrasting shade to the straw. Washable leathers and composition: abound, so that the most delicate pas tel shades take on a more practical as' pect. As well as all the petal colours he vegetable garden comes to the fore with suggestions for hand-bags, including tomato, carrot, beetroot, lettuce, rhubarb, and pink and red. cabbage, which has more than a tinge of mauve. E6r sets which match accessories with shoes, London tan calf is particularly pqpular, and gloves are also linked up. A new material i(s the fabric straw 'imported from the U.S.A. The designer was Koret, and .in this pliable material he makes shapes which look a little like paper bags with the open end caught down with a large lacquered double pin. - , Shoes to match the linen bags are obtainable an wheat and white linen, combined with London tan or navy chlf . Sage rose is a ! lovely shade in glove kid, and in all the pastel shades glaves are mnufactured to match the bag. Black is smart, as ever, and Koret makes a large envelope shape of patent leather, which is well to the fore in colours, too. The twisted handles are btoad and give a light effect. Gabardine is combined with patent leather in stitched and. swathed designs,. and white linen and navy patent also appear in lines which are accompanied by shoes. Mesh bvening bags, some of the new goldine or dull gold, are sold with matching collars and belts. There is a great variety in shape, but little in iittings, although pockets for cigarettes have been concealed in the base in one bag and in the flap in another, so that the .bag is not opened every time a cigarette is "needed. Tnif.ra.la are still features of handbag thrimming, and they are now being sold in plain isquat letters in large quantities. Among the most delightful of the white bags are the candlestick designs of quilted kid in red and white, and blue and white. These are padded to give extra thickneas.