From Milady's Boudoir

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 63, 1 April 1937, Page 14

From Milady's Boudoir

Qatfn*hole Vogue Returns Florists are welcoming a revival of the vogue of weari'ng buttonholes. Spring blooms, priinroses, snowdrops and violets, are being chosen in preference to the ' ' luxury" flowers, such as orchids and gardenias. Real Flower Wristlets. Wristlets of real flowers, often violets forget-me-nots, are frequently seen adorning the arms of women who prefer them to bangles set with precious gems. Little artificial flowerets, made of chiffon or organdie, or fashioned delicately from tiny feathers, are sometimes substitutes for real blooms, mounted on lame ribbon or narrow silk braid. New Year Colours. Because the Queen's colour tastes, both for day and evening clothes, favour soft pastel shades, partieularly pale blue and pink,'these colours, it is anticipated by London dressmakers, will be prominent in social gatherings this year. Debutantes, of which there will be an nnusually large number this year, will in many cases choose pastel-tinted frocks instead of the white usually associated with them. "Sporting" Handbag. Specially for the business girl is a new attache case that includes in its fittings a mending set for emergency use. Sewing silk in stocking shades, needles, scissors and thimble are packed in one of the pockets in the lining along one side of the case, which is of soft leather. Fashionable Lighting. - Ingenious ways of combining the old with the new are a feature of fashionable lighting just now. Slim, transparent candles with flame-shaped tops for the eleetric bulbs and stood in c'hromium stands are used for wall lamps as well as table ones. Artistic pottery table lamps inelude a genial-looking old woman with shawl and bonnet who stands under a large umbrella that serves as a shade for the lamp. By Candlelight. Those who like to dine by candlelight when they are entertaining may do so now by the light so shaped and coloured that they are substitutes for floral decorations. Made of especially hard wax so that they burn longer than the ordinary kind of candle, they are obtainable in tulip shapes in natural colours, hyacinths, roses in various shades, and waterlilies on flat green leaves. Jewellery in Fashion. Jewellery will be much worn this year — one effect of the Coronation. Modern jewellery will probably have full justice done to it in the Royal Academy this summer and new fashions for sparkling ornaments will be born, not only for State functions, which is where the heirloom gems will shine, but at everyday affairs. The Queen's Oustom. The Queen uses her favourite pieces of jewellery as a "motif" in her dress. For the Persian turquoises, which were a wedding gift from the late King George, she sometimes chooses gowns of palest blue satin, or just the right faint tint to make the stones gleam their bluest and best. ; Popular Butterflies. Butterflies strike a frivolous note in decorative items for dress. Clasps in butterfly designs for belts are studdded with vari-eoloured stones and smaller editions of these'gemmed butterflies are used to fasten the straps that keep the flat handbags of kid closed and compact. New handbags have butterfly outlines. Ornaments for their hair are butterflies made of rea,l feathers.