FASHION FORECASTS IN HERALD-TRIBUNE FEATURE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 11

FASHION FORECASTS IN HERALD-TRIBUNE FEATURE

The fashion pages wiiich liave been a weekly feature of the Herald-Tribune for some time should be of partieular interest as there is now being pre?ented a series of special forecasts of the coming spring fashions. These features, which are compiled by Ihe world 's leading fashion experts, have been procured at considerable cost, and it is confidentlv claimed that they are outstanding in the newspaper fashion services of New Zealand A characteristic of these fashion features is the art work in the presentation of the illustrations. Their chief value, however, is in the soundness of the style forecasts. The predictions of spring fashions to be published during the next few weeks have been compiled by experts who have personally visited all the important fashion displays at London and on the Continent, and have based their forecasts on the information thus gained, adapted, of course, to the southern hemisphere seasou. ReadCrs may rest assured that the fashions presented will be definitely the vogue in Australia and New Zialand for the next six xnonths. pTom the numerous prophecies on today's page it appears that the prevailing spring note is "no dress without its coat." Evening gowns indicate a reversion to the romantic period. Next week the fashion page will be devoted almost exclusively. tn hats. Fweeping changes will be seen in millinery styles, which will be effeetively displayed in the illustrations. The fashion page on the following week will take readers to thq Unit-" ed fcStates, and the latest fashions in llollywood will be shown to advantage l«y Loretta Young, the well known. lilm star. Some of the frocks and gowns shown were 'speeially designed for the star to Wear in the films 1 ' Caf e Metropole" and "Love is NeWs" and were hubsequently purchased by Miss Young t'ox her personal wardrobe. Another page will be devoted to a sunimary of the trends in hats, coats, blouses, afternoon wear, evening frocks, aceessorxes, and stockings, and the page will be entirely illustruted by pen and ink sketehes.