JACQUETTE

NZ Truth, Issue 1210, 7 February 1929, Page 17

JACQUETTE

Fashion Insists On One In Home . When bridge and dinner coats first came m they were stiff, selfconscious affairs of velvet and . brocade, worn with a certain amount of trepidation by suburban hostesses at dull dinner parties and duller after-dinner bridge. THEY did not match the frocks, and they were worn regardless of suit-ability. But the idea was good. Paris now insists on the jacquette, but with what, a difference! If you have a delicate lacy frock of rose-red, beige or black, you wear with it a detachable jacquette of tiie same material and color, a sort of large bolero with. a. graceful line following the drooping tendency of the skirt. -There is no suggestion of it as another and separate garment. It fits m with the enseinbie. , The sleeveless coatee effect thus obtained, lias always been a very graceful one from the time it first , made its appearance, as a tennis coat of flannel, embroidered m bright wools. Like many another sports innovation it eventually found its. way 'into the evening mode, where it has reigned for some time under different guises. It is most popular m the lace mode, with chiffon as a second favorite, as both these materials lend themselves to manipulation and prevent an impression of bulk being given,'