RICH TONES IN VELVETS WILL BE FAVOURITES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 46, 10 March 1937, Page 11

RICH TONES IN VELVETS WILL BE FAVOURITES

Brilliant ruby red is one of the season's rich tones ; sealing-wax red i» brighter, but it lacks the elusive deptb of ruby, both being freely used in velvet garments which ar© most popular. We still have dresses made in the deeper and still more elusive shades which include mulberry, black knight, purple, raisin, and a marvellous golden brown. The demand for veivet will extend beyond the winter, for peeresses xnust have it in crimson for the mantle and robe which they will wear at tlie Coro-natio-n, made according to rank. Uther lovely shades now available include midnight blue and bottle green. This beautiful fabric is never trimmed, but depends upon line and cut for its success. A sleeveless dress probably has a little coatee to match, in the forin of a basqued jacket-bodice or oue of waist length made with open front and finished with tie at the waist in front. Evening coats and wraps of veivet are lined with veivet. This dual use ensures great warmth and Hghtness, and the lining is always a oolour contrast to the exterior. It is important that the lining should be of quality uqual to the exterior. The crease-re-sisting virtues of the best velveb are cverywhere apparent. An effective unadorned evening dress of ruby red veivet made with a fichu-sliaped bodice drapery and a hight-waisied skirt, is worji by JDiana Wynyard in Mr Chetham Strode's successful play "Heart's Content." With veivet dinner dresses and evening dresses the most successful shoe is of gold or silver lame, but elfective, too, is the plain sandal of satin. Yelvet makes the most exquisite handbags, generously gathered into their frames mounted - with pearls or marqueterie, but other wise completely without adornment savc for a diamante clasp. With a veivet dress, a bag of gold oi silver lame to correspond with the shoes is a gocd choice.