SCARVES for JOY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 74, 14 April 1937, Page 14

SCARVES for JOY

WAEMTH, ' colour and comfortyare combined in the finely woven scarvei worn fchis seasu. A wooflen scarf is always a necessary adjunct to the winter wardrobe, and the modern absence of bulk makes it additionally pleasmg. Gay colours c'ertainly seem to cheer on a drab day, and that is the keynote to the attractiveness of the most delightful searves, whieh hail from Austria. They are in eheek designs, gipsy coloured and vivid ; sometimes the design is latticed, bnt always the weave is snperb. In the same sheer. wools are charming* designs with Roman stripes, and *en ethers, of Angora wool,'is stencillihg. . • Small checks and large are alternated in a scarf pf citron, tangerine, and black colcuring. The majority of the searves are square-cut. The long, narrow ones, equally pleasing, often

have slightly fringed edges. A kasha effeet is achieved in one of sheer wool. Surronnding the citron-coloured square cenire are colossal tangerine coloured dots, subdued by the taupe ! shading of the border. A cubist design in henna, citron and duck-egg blne is effeetive in a hand-woven example. Diagonal hlock stripings xin' mar'le wPol are also smart. Many designs appear as if borrowed from travelling rugs. Not everyone likes a severe neckline, yet likes to achieve a soft effect to the face, without being too "fluffy" ; that is the time for velvet to come iiito the pieture, and most popular.it is, oceasionally corded, but often of the finest chiffon in contrasting shades, such as blue with eardinal. Czechoslbvakia, too, has provided us with a very attractive array to choose from, and startling effect is given when white spots are planted on 'a dark blue and henna ground ; the edge is well finished with spoke-stitching. ' A direct contrast is given by cravats of lame or moire ribbon which boasts a narrow frilling of vintage brown velvet. Taffeta . is almost as popular as velvet and ■ one may find searves in plain tonings, mnlti colours or attractively embroidered witb the wearer 's initial.