SPORTS WEAR The Ensemble Costume

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 20

SPORTS WEAR The Ensemble Costume

I ?* ' ■••■■'i : -v-'"-' i '■■■'■;:'■ '■ SfcEeen placers have found that forSS^ortsVwear' the ensemble cos- . tun|§£is ideaT as .the coat is of just the : Wght -weight and style to slip oii arter^a;';s;tr4niious game of tennis or*;; a" round of golf. TT is also for driving m a * sports rbads,ter. , Sweaters '^nd' : skirts are often featured In ithese daytime, ensembles. For instance, lovely, Joan Crawford, Metro - Goldwyn -"Mayer star,.; wears a suit of grey flannel , with a cardigan sweater showing wide horizontal stripes of the same shade of -griey : iwith a red border, The skirt is sligfiQy circular, while the coat reaches t,hej ! t6i> of the skir.t hem. A grey sports ; v-hat and grey snake-skin slippers carry "but. the color scheme. The purse blends, 'with the red border of -the sweater, ■:■: ; : :■' r "jJJjjyi ' ':.•'■-• '■ . ' ■••■•':•■,'■,'■..■." ■'•' ■"•■ -"•''. ; Norma Shearer has chosen a sports ensemble of ; Oxford grey knitted material which also shows a knit- • ted sweater with horizontal stripes. Her suit is tailored,' .showing a collarless hip-length .jacket;' and -a skirt which receives its'' : ;ifuli'nfeiss means of deep pleats. -^^r Vv. ;■' • The white stripe^lin^j^ter^sweater -is carried out m her.^apfltits ; hat, purse and slippers. : %* ?^/ ■

The dressier ensembles, usually combine one-piece dresses with jackets, and show either monotone shades m jackets, worn with colorful dresses, or cbntrary wise.

We are told that Gwen Lee has

selected a silk and wool ensemble with a corded silk dress, showing colors of tan and. oasis green, while her short jacket is of green flannel.