WOMAN’S WORLD

Putaruru Press, Volume I, Issue 10, 20 December 1923, Page 1

WOMAN’S WORLD

JLACE COAT-FROCKS. Although «i• recognized cca,• irorA . . it : Jess in evidence, this seat-on, t':a:; co • aml sk iri costume, nmii> a [ : ,j .in. ;• dresS ; ' mad' up whh s 1: o ' : , o:» «j x a com-iTocl; about L. ■ ;;houah t• ; < material employed may !lv Of ; 111- mosi lOvy descri pi km. A [.lruvh-s-, simple dress of pure v.-kiie j muslin. for ha.-, a ioo-y.. j open l i oi' i «*d coo ‘ cf Powero! mu.-doi Ito complete i . the sleev-s of ill 1. • iter being the flowing kind, cy! » s a {deep points that fall almost to the 1 I hem of tiii* coat. I.ace dresses, again--1 are made up in the coat style, ami very lovely they look with backgrounds of silk. The lace coat-dress illu»« rated might b e copied in black or biscuitcoloured silk-lace, allied, respectively, • to black cliarmeusc or biscuit coloured marocain. The lace coat is : mounted to a yoke, cut with sleeves in one, of the silk material, and i opens over a plain, sleeveless slip of similar silk, of which, also, the wide belt run through a buckle cf col-

■ c --.v cured enamel, is made. Lace is inserted into the sleeves, and trims them at the wrists as a frill. The fabric hat is every whit ns fashionable as the straw and crinoline one, and thy principal materials although satin is not missing from the list. The taffetas hat is usually bright in colour, and of the change ably or shot variety of silk, and this silk, again, i ; sometimes worked up in an interesting manner into a trimming and then applied to the hat. Crinoline “straws” and horsehair hats are also very bright in colour, and they have the great advantage of being extremely light-weigh t and cool-wearing. The pretty summer hat v/i h shady brim illustrated, is. of cream-coloured crinoline, wreathed with large rosea in mixed colours. The downward brim is the fashionable one for the time, and the favourite shapes are the large mushroom, o.s sketched, and the small bell. The latter often finds a satisfactory trimming in a big bow of tulle or dyed lace, or a simple wreath of small flowers. THE HOLIDAY SEASON. While io the majority, the summer always brings with it a period, more or less brief or long, of relaxation, others are denied of the luxury of even a fortnight’s' or a week’s holiday, and never cease from the daily round, the common task. This is wrong, for everyone needs a brief switchingoff, once a year, from the everyday t o u 1 1 lie, an d w i! 1. b e f re slier in bo d y. for a change ol" scene and a change of thought. Those, however, who are debarred for one reason or another from a summer holiday away from home, should try to get a little change in a possible way —• that is, by wholeday or half-day outings at least once j a week while summer lasts,, and thus | keep themselves from getting into , a rut and feeling over-tired and ex- ) liausted from lack of fresh air. To the stay-at-home, unable to get a real holiday, either through lack of funds or multii udinous duties, even changing the position of the furniture in. the living rooms may have an enlivening effecl. Many who suffer from sleeplessness fmd that they sleep better by changing the position | of the bed. • ' For 1 lie sake of novelty, which in ■ itself is a tonic, and arousing insh ; interest in her home, one woman, unable io afford the'expense of lak-' ing her young family to the seaside or country, changed the drawing- j room into the dining-room ami vice-) versa, thus .giving quite ;i new an- < pearance 1o the home and creatingV a change in a costless way. By the help of awnings and inn- j hrella-tents, those with balconies, j porticoes and gardens can take the (] lighter meals of the day in the open f and this in itself again is a refreshing change. Balconies of a certain size can easily be shut in with awnings j end serve as tea-rooms. *

the bodice, sleeves and skirt-drapery. A folded sash at the waist conclude ; in one long pleated end that falls to the hem of the skirt on the left side. Summer fashions are, for the mo.-t Part, very simple, and apart from strictly tailored suits, most of the new dresses are made with skirts ilia 1 are cither draped or arrange! with flowing sidc-pa*iels or sa-h-end There is a tendency to introduce * sailor collars into jumper and dress of all fabrics, and many of th 0 late • coat-frocks of cloth, one ;>’oco dr<*s‘v* of silk, and jumpers of crepe, arc arranged with split fronts turn 'd back with sailor collars tied with ribbon hows. Another fashionable fancy s r. finely-pleated cap« -eollar of i l» t..dr.-s----in ate rial— a fancy that -.ssed very happily in a. coo! {.-xm. by. e.y.i mer frock of yellow crej.y Me voli ri and neck of the dress bound iogefin r with black gros grain ribbon, fmi dmd in the bow-and-ondr. style. Tin- eajiee'ollar of accordion-pb-ay <l. v. bet her matching a coloured dress or in white, is used to solve Hie neck-fin-ish problem of numbers of summer frocks, is really a development o the plain bertha-collar. Yet another idea brought into use i.s the little Puritan collar of lawn, hemmed with a contrasting colour and supplied with upturned cuffs to match.