FOR RAIN-OR SHINE

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 19

FOR RAIN-OR SHINE

OCTOBER'S showers may be a boon to the farming community, but they have ruined many a new spring outfit. . . • "■'•• :; .'-'--'-'N'6t'' : so-i6nq ago, of course, we would rather have risked a down- , pbur^bn Se rSlr SS'and tailor-made than; go forth o^^,^/^°^ ' "mac » but these shapeless chin-to-toe affairs are, now things Of. the past,"and to-day we can laugh at the weather. „-,; , ■ .".■.:■- There are so many new rain - proof matenals-Tand- the modern "mac " is so cleverly desjgned-that oiie.never knows whether, a woman is wearingva rain-proof ior a smartvspring: coat. ■ . • '■ These colorfuMightweights are having the ; time of their lives just now. They are" not" bulky and : are, most becoming. > /■•■-..'.. VGolosHes, gaiters and spattees all play their- part m, keeping the raindrops at bay— and the new golosh is made In all i colors to match

• .the 'raincoat. '• ■•■ ■•■.•■■■•• '■ ■■■X:'...-.. "■'.- ■'''- .-v. : ; ." . '' ': 4 '- '■ » -■.•■ Some have empty heels, so that. smart heels, are ; cpmple^ely. pro- '■• "t«cted from the onslaughts of the weather, without-hiding 'the beauty of the arched instep. •^ ;i It now only remains for. some genius |to invent; a really sensible umbrella and our bad-weather? outfit: will, be complete. . .Most of us loathe oarryinQ'the--'bulky-;thiflgs!f:;rabjput'| r: and, besides, they are a source of revenue to the lostf property 1 office6l ; , > The tendency for longer .skirts -.--jriiay have some effect on; the new • "brolly," m >yhiqh ■'eaWthe^sft*^ ' ever had— will be^compelled/to -giyfe \yay.; . ' .. Crook handles are coming back arid- snajceskin is being used io ornament them. Some *re displaying the heads of birds and. beasts, while the niore ordinary merely boast plain rose and cherrywood ■•-. handles. ■-_.....,.:.>. : - :■ y : v,.. '• .-. |>; '■.-..-,-.; . --i' .:'■':■■ •■■:•'.■ ■. '-