WOMEN'S INTEREST

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1932, Page 3

WOMEN'S INTEREST

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“angel skin” lace for evening near are very much 1932. FLOWER-SHAPED PARASOLS.

the lat'est in clothing

Amid the multitude of both timid or shameless,, dreary weather prognostics for the summer, there is at least one discordant note that, paradoxical though iit may seem, w e ought to welcome. Ji relates to parasois. Not only will paiaso'.s bo greatly in vogue in Pans, it appears, but there are special fashionswhich they will take on. They ar e going to take the form of/flowers, a device which will enable every woman to make a giant display of her favourite carnation. And so this summer we may expect to see in the Boi,s and other places, shading pretty faces from the rays of the ardent sun, huge roses, anemones, and other artificial blooms ■v hich will afford mere man an opportunity of indulging his humour in a study of the (language of flowers, provided he is so dispo-ed. Little lace and chiffon sunshades to match garden party frocks .will be another charming innovation. Beads of varnished wood, ome of which are -very large, will be '■yarn with a number of morning frocks md ensembles. Attractive evening scarves of silk and chiffon, cut to torn, little capes of thrSb large petal-~h; ; p c j sections, lessen the chilliness of our eyoiling frocks and look smart.

This last and gayest week of the festive season has been crowded with -ocial and sporting events (writes an (English correspondent).

The Grand National was run in brilliant weather, the blazing sunshine almost too dazzling for the broadca'-'teff, to distinguish the colours of the jocMj'JV as they flrshed round the course! Always a race of risks and ruined hopes, no one was surprised when an absolute outsider won th e coveted race, which is possibly the greatest test of horsemanship and stamina in the world.

Recent debutante dances have shown how varied are th e fashions favoured for evening this season. At one party, two well-known sisters wore picture gowns—one parchment brocade, very wide and stiff, with a tight bodice; the ■other, sky-blue taffeta, full and stiff, with piping. In striking contrast, a very young girl wore a Jong clinging dress of stone, coloured satin, with a low-cut bac] that sloped from one shoulder to tin opposite side of the waist. Still another very youthful dancer i black chiffon, with U kilted basque at the waist and a deep kilted frill a: the end of the skirt, and jade-gree;. sandals and earrings.

{! the TENNIS PYJAMA, j 1 For itehnis the Paris dressmaker hn designed a new type of trousered dre: *• which is called a “tennis pyjama. These Frocks" are charming, and havi Pithing eccentric in their' appearance They are mad e of plain shantung i ay, clear colours such as candy-pink, eater-green, and palp yellow, or of avy crepe-de-chine patterned with de igns, and look like the prettiest of imple “robes-du-jardin” to use the e pivis-siVe French name. They havt it til© bodices, bloused over a high waist, le't, and skirts flared by groups of i verted pleats, the bifurtation being •

A very fair girl (looked lovely i. midnight blue velvet, long, slim, am perfectly plain, with tiny puff sleeve „ust slipping, off the shoulders showin. that adorable round neckline. ,

Yet another wore a simple bodici with a deeply .-draped jf*cowl” neck line, back and front, which fitted closi ly over the hips then fell in fine kn’.f pleated flares that spread round th feet and trailed at the' back. Th': was made of dull-surfaced ivory satin so you will see that there is somethin: to suit all tastes in thi,s year’s evenin fashions. At a fashionable dance club gala th vogue for white was emphasised. Long ‘ slim dresses of satin, dull crepe, lace chiffon, and organdie in shades of wliii and off-white predominated.

cunningly -disguised by these pleats that the trouser-arrangement is oni;, Ten when the wearer takes a long stride. These dresses should be very omfortable to the energetic player whlikes to look well on the court. New 3st of aill are the trousers worn finder chiffon evening gowns in p'act of the usual foundation slip. Thcs r? straight like the legs of a sleeping, suit, and end midway between knee air ankle. When the wearer stand stil ey hang together and iook like i narrow skirt, but they are plainly di:. inguishable thfduglT * tile ’ toanspaner’ chiffon when she moves. These found;; bion-trousers will solve the problem o what to wear" under transparent evening frocks. the fashion in colours. Some shades ar e popular during one ■hort season only, while others s eem to last eternally. There seems to be ;• game of hiding-seek played by co'ours. They go, at times, into hiding, only to be revived a few short seasons later, disguised as distinct novelties. Green has survived ever so main years, so has tete-de-hrgre. And. a? t beige,' this prime' favourite of modem times, it has dislodged grey entirely Cornflower blue after a career which lasted many years, was in disfavour intil quite, recently, when, suddenly reinstated, it has again become very popular. Bois-de-fose is in the ascendant, with Bordeaux, arid all shades of red ikel yto become next season’s favoui'’/■e colourings. There is no explanation to offer why certain shades* popular one season, are discarded and distasteful the next. A great Paris dressmaker, famed for her taste in dreos, believes that the most popular shade of the season takes its hue from the Srst butterfly of the year, seen by the ".most beautiful girl in France. THIS WEEK’S RECIPES. Fruit Tea Cakes. Ingredients Jib. flour, 2oz butter 2 eggs, pinch salt, 2oz sultanas, 2oz castor sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, £oz currants. Method: Sift flour, sugar and salt into a basin. Rub in butter with the tips of the fingers, then stir in cleaned sultanas and cur-, rants and baking powder. Add beaten eggs to the dry ingredients and milk as required. Turn on to a floured board. Roll to about 5-inch thick. Cut into rounds, and bake in buttered tins in a rather quick oven for about 15 minutes. Split, spread with butter, and pile up in a hot muffin dish with, boiling water in the compartment below, or on a hot plate lined with a lace paper d’oyley. Slab Gingerbread, Ingredients; 3 cups flour, 1 cup lard, 2 eggs, cup milk, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, 1 teaspoon bilking soda, li< cups syrup. Method: Heat egg yolks and lard together till creamy. Stir in flour sifted with the ginger, and rrtilk alternately, dissolving soda in a little of the milk and adding it last. Stir in syri’fp. Lastly fold in stiffly frothed egg whites. Rake in a buttered baking tin for 45 minutes in a moderate oven. Stand a. moment or two to shrink before turning out of

White woollen dresses are also shoy ing for day wear, with dark blue «> brown coats that have short cape; sleeves. These are often worn with a smal white sailor hat, trimmed with a nar row .ribbon to match the coat.

A great many dresses and blouse exploit a short sleeve, sometimes lik a caped epaulet, or again, a .short puf with a little tie bow to . finish on th arm.

Jumpers in hand knitting and cro chet also have short sleeves, but hardy anything is actually sleeveless. While jumpers and b 1 Ouses are genr rally very short, the other extreme i touched with models that show th tunic blouse or bodice.

•An unusuail model in navy blu e ha*'; a long tunic bodice that reached J , about 9 inches above the skirt edgr The linker-skirt was narrow am straight and edged with fine navy blu : wool inch-wide lace. This same lac edged the three-quarter sleeves and we . ‘‘inset” into one side of the bodir in the form of a large bow. Another long tunic of white dm crepe was worn over a narrow.' mac •skirt. With this was a three-quartc i length black coat that had a scar ft of white ermine, and was lined vhlt with black flowers appliqued had \

up the coat. Buttons continue to grace both coat: and dresses. Usually these are metal buttons in gilt or or silver-plated : with buckles to match. One unusual drees called “Boot But tons,” was actually buttoned from th , neck to below the waist with ordinary •'slack shiny boot buttons!

This little dress was made of blaci crepe, with insets of fine pleating a i;yhe top of th e sleeve-shoulders f gjilve width, and the .same fin pleating let into the skirt at interva : round‘.the . hem. A demure white coll: of hem-titched organdie and a belt tin. was half black and ihaJf white, com pleted an altogether charming model Another frock 1 of jade-gi'cen wool ro main had a three-cornered scarf of gre\ and green, wide-striped silk; this wa: tied at the hack of the neck with s

small bow and ends hanging cow] fash ion down the front, and below the bo, a row /Of steel buttons fastened witl matching dresses are fastened wit! hardly any wrap, and with five or si. closeJyi-set buttons. This is usuallj when the jacket is (Shaped to th- waU without a belt.

Tin’s close-buttoning 1 al-o saw o: a youhful full-length coat in navy' Iruf woollen cloth. It had a small calls and rovers, and the buttons—six i number—started just under the bus; 1 iii_ and finished just below*" the hip.-. T ree smaller buttons closed the clo-e fitting sleeve, a blue and white spot e l scarf filikd in .the neck opening hat of stitched white linen, and. heav, w.;ite gloves finished this neat but c; tivmely chic outfit. It is by the liittle things that om can tell a 1932 outfit. The way a scar is worn, the cut of a sleeve, a high .listed skirt, the right type of button and the texture of the material are a di tinguished features. Generally speaking, ail 1 materials arc dull-surfaced, and some of the newest ind smartest are rough-surfaced also

•'ln lace this is particularly notif' ! ible, as all the silk laces hav e rececl !‘d intc 1 ) the background.

Wool daces for day frocks and dul*