BID DEMAND FOR FEATHERS

Shannon News, 7 December 1928, Page 1

BID DEMAND FOR FEATHERS

WOMEN WHO WEAR THEM TO-DAY. Grandmother cherishes the days when ostrich feathers made huge boas and trailing headgear for the fashionable women, of frilly petticoats and steel-boned stays, and is quite oblivious of the fact that never before were ostrich feathers so in demand as at present. It is true that the long - ostrich feather is rarely seen, but clipped ostrich feathers claim a prominent place not only in millinery and dressmakfnng but also in the shoe trade. Quite the latest buckles for evening shoes, arc made of dyed ostrich tips. Rainbow-tinted tips-form colourful bonds that- encircle the crown of many a model hat. Small evening bags are appliqued with tiny feathers and diamente, and frocks and cloaks feature tiers of soft, shaded, feathers like magnificent down. Ostrich feather fans, of course, have always been in the runniig, . but the new posies of spidery feathers are very np-to-date. '