THE NEW COLOURS

Shannon News, 13 May 1927, Page 3

THE NEW COLOURS

Colours are wonderful at the moment and dangerous. Let us hope they will be used gaily, even boldly, but not recklessly. For the street we shall see brown, rose, beige and green. There is a new lovely shade of green, which isn’t chartreuse or almond, or jade, but a blend of all three. It is still without a name. Then there is a new blue “Bleu-Vio-iine','’ which it is impossible to describe. It is not powder-blue, nor lavender-blue, nor green-blue, but there is a. touch of pink - in it. Then there is another blue, slightly brighter than navy. And black wih bold its own against the brilliant tones that have into fashion like victorious flags, but' always relieved by vivid embroideries and trimmings.

The younger element is taking to red. The tall, slim debutante has a dark red coat, with a grey wolverine, collar, a red crepella dress, a red felt hat of the same colour, and black shoes. She can carry this colour scheme off. If she were older the coat, would have been better in black. The red dress with variations, is worn under so many different coats —red, black, grey and brown—that one comes to expect it, so that a dress in bright blue with a black coat and a black hat is almost a relief, even though it looks so much colder, harder and less sympathetic to any but the best preserved complexions. It has been very cmphaticaly stated ( that smart women will no longer l wear flesh-coloured stockings during I the daytime. This colour will be reserved solely for the evening. The new colour is “castor,” which may lean towards the grey or the brown, according to the wearer’s taste or costumes. With- sheer light gowns, the flesh hose will still’be worn. And ,; this is only logical and natural. I