THINKING AHEAD

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 16

THINKING AHEAD

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OlSEireE ■: ' FASHIONS

:■..'. ■". When jumper suits, \three pieces and ensembles, appeared m -the shops rejseritly,' there was a rush on them. But the discriminating buyer; is, one r who plan? her autumn wardrobe, ahead, and does;.not buy the first article "she > sees.. I . ;

STUDY 'the :fashion max-ket and iria--1 terials. ' Watch-hats and ; gowns . aridieyeriing frp,cks and shoes and coats in^-the "English and Continental journals, .for theyv.are the real arbiters Of "fashion. ;;'^ J:^J ;.£ ..' ... ' : '. '

'■■■ .■' ' ■■' i : '.. ■ '■■' '■'■'■ ■■•■' '"■'■■• ■ ' ■-•You} will soon need a .new win - ' ter coat. Have it made with a belt, oneV commencing at each hip and buckling m front, leaving the coat w,itjv a straight folded back or plain back; and let it be longer than last, year's,- with long revers. It. should be, in some mixy tweed or hopsacic. • : . '. ; ; ■' . . . ■, . ' ' Figured silks and printed velvet will be worn as afternoon frocks — the silk ones with sleeves, of course, as there is nothing quite so, trying,- ugly, and inappropriate as bare goose-flesh arms. Shoes and stockings become darker. There- is a lovely tabac brown shade of stocking just out,, which can be; worn with black ; or-, brown shoes. "'\ •• ■ . •; . . ]tfew 'coats are making their appearance — fascinating flexible furs, supple and- smooth 'or faintly curly to the touch, and most of them also fantastically expensive. . ' Make sure your clothes are modelled on the practically beautiful, not beautiful and/ impractical, lines. Useless beauty is always a sign .of bad taste, and used to be the prerogative of actresses and their sister professional beauties. ..; : : Now actresses lead the fashions, along with smart society women? but their clothes are always m good;; taste and comhine use with ornament. The new material for autumn is breitschwantz, which closely resembles fur, and has never been so fine and silky before.' It can be. made into coats, , coatees, jackets and; hats to match. , . Tlie evening vogue -contributes moire as its star turn, arid. offers ■ a 'new shade of red.va cross between vermilion and -crimson. Hats, of course, are felt, and are small or, if made oh a lai-ger scale, they-jdroop^at the sides, hugging the head closely. N .

Shoes come up on the instep and are mainly distinguished by the tie effects which, even invade the evening department. . •.. I .