FASHION TRENDS CHANGE ALMOST OVERNIGHT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 59, 25 March 1937, Page 13

FASHION TRENDS CHANGE ALMOST OVERNIGHT

Following fashion trtmds is a strenuous business because they^ chango almost overnight, but an English writor tella what hB considers will be the fashion features for 1937. , Shoulders are not over-aecented, but they are still fairly broad. Waista - are noticeable, but not stressed, and are slightly higher. Coats flare to the back, and the lines follow the old swallpw-tails. Tunics are sometiraes Baliiiese, and there is a hi«t of Direetoire, the Empire, and the Orient. Hundreds of sourees of inspiratien are suggested, but no type emerges clear out. The simplicity of style calls for elaborate detail in the weave and design of the materials, and the new season's cloths are both novel and attraetive. Plaids and checks promise to overwhelm plain clothes for sports wear, anrl are woven in vivid colours. Some of the smartest sports ensembles consisl of a tailore.-T suif of plain tweed covered by a swagger coat of brigh checks on a background matching the fcuit. The checked material is also used for revers or large patch pockets on the

suit or for a cravat to tuck into. the neckline. Among the materials for formal daytima frocks are weaves threaded with ahiny black feathers, one Bodier cloth of this design showing the feathers threaded to give the effect of % ehoal of porpoises. Some are finish^ with a soft Angora surface in a contrasting oolour to the background, such as green or brown or red earth on black. 0 thora are threaded with French knots. One black weave is finished in this way with white French knots in a broken stripe effect. Evening weaves are more Tich and elaborate than they have been for many years. Lacquered designs are extremely smart, and are seen on satins, taffetas, lames, cloques, ond even chiffons. A magnolia satin has a lacquered design of the Prince of Wales feathers mingled with huge, brightly-coloured butterflies; an ivory satin shows a lacquered design of large flowers in greens, yellows and blue; and on a cream satin ground a lacquered design of pastel toned water-lilies makes a beautiful cloth for evening wear. Ghold and silver are used extensively, both in lacquered and tinsel designs. Black taffetas lacquered with a gold design of miniature trees and ponds or scattered with silver tinsel daisies are most effective, while a less brilUant bu; equally lovely cloth ig taffeta lacquered with a smudgy floral design in oil-paint» ing tonings. Like a etar-spangjed sky is a ripplemarked erepe seattered with einaJJ multi-sized pi.Lver spots. Other smaB designs are hanging clustera of tiny flowers plaeed far apart, or single petals, which give the effect of floating on the surface of a pool when lacquered on ripple-marked taffeta. Outstanding among the novelty designs is a black cloth on which are prihted small white Roman figures; while red, green, and white lacquered are used to depict a miniature Alpine scene of Tyxolean figures and snowcovered chalets on heavy crepes. .