FASHION HINTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 612, 17 August 1933, Page 2

FASHION HINTS

THE SPRING MODES. With the warm sunshine of early spring we will all be busy. planning our spring wardrobes and these are just a few hints concerning the latest of Dame Fashion's whims. Stripes and Checks. — The newest materials will shout with stripps — thin pencil line stripes in most fabrics, wider stripes in solid one-colour materials, and lovely half-inch striped effects with drop stitch materials. Next to stripes in popularity will he checks, small precise checks, and some with irregular outlines will be seen on afternoon and evening dresses. Tailored Suits. — Natty little tailored suits for all-day sports and town wear are as smart as smart can be. A new note is struckj by closely-fitting long sleeves, cut fuller near the shoulder ahout five inches. (Sometimes this sleeve extension is seamed int0 a col-lar-hand, and in almost every case front yokes and elbow capes are tied with amazingly large and perky bows of coloured linen, cotbon or crisp wool. • Interesting details are innumemble. 1 Skirts button down the centre hack ' and button up the slashes that are cut 1 at intervals from the hemline. Out- , side tailored seams extend crisply to a depth of half an inch on tight short l coats and tighter skirts. Sleeves are r seamed on the outside down the centre ' arm ;a brand-new square sleeve-top ; is accomplished by continuing the > shoulder seam outwtard1 an a dalpt i beyond the arm — a pointed effect en-* tirely new in widening shoulders. ! Waist Lines.— Waist lines appear t0 i he movahle still, and crossover s'tyles ■ are flatteripg to the not-so-slim fig1 ure. Some of the hest known fashion | houses sponsor the low waist line, ^ others adopt the high Empire waist ; line, others have no definite waist line, [ but have the dress fttted closely to the l figure; this latter style, of coursp, is : only suitahle for the woman with a ^ really good figure. Checked Tweeds. — Checked tweeds will also find a distinct vogue among smart women, and mingled tweeds will he seen too. Styles for sports and morning wear are plain and simple, and gain distinction from line and cut rather than exag^eration of reverse or trimmings. Coats for afternoon wear, however, show the Victorian trend in their attractiye sleeyes, tand they are made to follpw the lines of the frocks with which they are worn. Pique in Many Forms. — The progress of pique is one of those things that illustrated the power of fashion. It can take a humhle cotton f ahric, almost forgotten for y-ears, apd when remembered used only for hard-wear-ing tennis dress.es, etc., gnd introduce it into most sophisticated models. This year pique Is used for hats, gloyes, hlouses and jackets of the n^qst formal town variety. A touch in the form of a collar, a bow or a searf gives just .the extra •chie to a simple costume. It looks hest oi all on hlack woollen, foy th.ere is somethihg particplq,rly smart in th$ contrast of hriliiqnt whitefiess againsf dull'black. . . • • •'