FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN

Shannon News, 8 January 1929, Page 4

FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN

LONDON. '" Who*, are- ehildfen's new winter clothes going to be like this year? Like grown-ups, children do have fash- . ions. . rMost of them wear tweeds for every* day. Lately the " grown-ups •have chosen foa- them pretty-light colours, such as'pale brown- like autumn- leaves,- dust-colour, or- green, the colour of a. willow'tree: They wear these not only in the autumn, - but all through the. : winter; the tweed is 1 .strong, and :when .it goes to the cleaners it; comes -baek; looking the same as when it -was-first-made up.* Some of the children* wear cherry-red felt hats, others green ones. But what the young people are to wear for best is even more important. Thero is a great deal of blue and some red, and many coats have fur collars and cuffs. Hats to correspond are ofr fered. Skirts to match the coats are in vogue, with jumpers that have stripes running round in bright hues, such as blue, green and yellow. One. model seen was a pretty yellow tweed coat-that had little peckets embroidered in, green, red' and some other •colour, and dust-colour fur on the collar and-cuffs. - This is to be worn with a cap to match which has a band of embroidery like the coat; it comes to the ,top and falls-over* the small ear with a tassel." Some of the .little girls have •velours coats, colour of milk; chocolate, with- nutria fur ;collar and' cuffs, and caps. with;fur.bands round them and embroidered-silk tops. /■The writ-, er -i i saw -a :little- girl .in a yellow •duvetyn coat, the colour of - baby ducks, with-black velvet 'at the-bottom.

dresses are being*made > of sprinted- delainey a new material. Some of it is light navy blue with small pink and light blue flowers. It appears also in cherry-red and-greyi always with the same pattern. A delaine frock in blue with strappings of cherry-red is if "worn with a cardigan coat. Velvet, too, has the same sort of pattern, and children's dresses axe being made of this material.

j Some party dresses are being, made of stiff*taffeta with full skirts, greatly resembling thase that were fashionable iin 1880. Others are fashioned of flowered chiffon. -..'■ Still others are of net stitched with silvex thread, and the tiny tots will wear cream muslin and lace—the sort of..muslin that has a little -starch in it. They generally wear wita these satin petticoats, sometimes white, sometimes, pink. ■Cardigans are made with sleeves and often of a fabricythat feels like-suede. lEound theiiedges they are finished off with coloured wool embroidery and the 'pockets also have / wool - embroidery. • Caps may be had to match and these suits are particularly jolly in cherryred. In winter weather a tweed coat can be worn over the cardigan. . Boys like leather coQ/ta for the winter, the shiny sort with a cloth collar and cuffs. They come in dark blue, red and green. Cloth caps may be had to match the collar and cuffs.