FIRST OF THE NEW AUTUMN STYLES

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 14 (Supplement)

FIRST OF THE NEW AUTUMN STYLES

veloped a new sculptured line. She also has been responsible for the development of a new type of jersey cloth, silk for evening and woollen for day, but finer and heavier and less woven-looking than we have ever known them before. ■‘Black is completely running away with fashion this year,” said a leading city buyer. We anticipate that about 75 per cent, of the fashion business will be in black.” Greens will come second, and the new names include pine needles to spruce; grape, including may-wine and muscat are third on the list. For evening all the Coronation colours will be featured. Colour names Always have appeal, and some included in a leading store’s colour chart are: For evening, delphinium blue, Bagdad blue, grape tone, French violet, and starboard (a vivid green, almost emerald). For day we find pine needles and spruce green, bronzeen green, Longchamps blue, Bowie blue, and Chile brown, caramel brown, clay-tan, copper tene, red earth, spice tone and may-wine. Although we are promised smooth-surfaced fabrics as a highlight of the new autumn fashions, the rough-surfaced boucles and hairy angoras will still continue to play a big part. And some very interesting Rodier fabrics have already come to these shores, most of them with hair, monkey fur, feather, quills or lambs’ wool tufts woven into them. Hats are higher off the face, and we will be surprised to find quantities of new stvle berets once more obtruding themselves into the scheme of things. Also manhandled types of hats will assume even greater prominence than they did last year. Cheeky little birds and ever-so-long quills will make their appearance. Trimmings will include Persian lamb, caracul and astrakan for coats, suits, day frocks and may even decorate lace evening gowns. Paillettes, beads, sequins and studs will sweep into favour once more. Embroideries of the Dalmatian and Tunisian order will prevail, and a new red fox, the Kamtchatka, will make’ its bow to society. Skirts will be 12 to 14 inches off the ground according to the type of garment being worn. Slight trains will appear on evening gowns arid the new ankle length for dinner or cocktail gowns will come more into favour.