Blue for Spring

Southland Times, Issue 21100, 4 June 1930, Page 12

Blue for Spring

(From Our Corespondent.) Paris. Blue is the pet colour of the well-dressed girl this spring. At Cannes it is certainly the favourite, and in all shades and for all occupations: sport, walking on the Croisette, gambling in the Casino, and dancing at the many evening parties. Navy with white is usual for the morning, two shades of dark and light in crepes and cloths for tailormades and little dresses for the afternoon, and for evening, every shade of blue you can think of; turquoise, moonlight and Monaco, including all the lovely lavender shades grouped under that name.

There are a few only, since in figured materials there are many unusual combinations.

The freshness of blue and white is something the English girl loves and feels happy in, and she is looking her best in plain blue cloth with a white pique front, collar and cuffs, and a little blue straw hat, either bonnet shaped or with a brim, lightly touched with white. No drees is very short, even those for sport, when, of course, the divided skirt can be worn. From 13 to 15 inches from the ground is the regulation length. Long frocks for evening are established for the season.

There is no doubt about the coat and frock being the fashionable ensemble of the moment. Greedily the French woman has seized on the idea and she is interpreting it in a hundred ways. In Paris, the plain cloth coat and ekirt is more worn than that in mixed tweeds. With a “dressy” blouse it goes out to luncheon and tea and feels just as much at home as the dress with a longer skirt and a lot of pretty draperies. .In spotted crepes and silks it is very sophisticated and the fine lingerie blouse

which goes with it is exquisite. While I still cold a fur may be worn. Hats are interesting in Paris. Having waxed fat for years on cloches and close fitting caps of one kind and another, the French milliner has suddenly awakened to the truth that women are bored with looking as. like as two peas the one to the other. They are making toques, bonnets, hats with narrow brims, hats with wide brims, brims which turn up behind, brims which are wide here and narrow there, all sorts of brims. Nothing in millinery weighs more than a feather. Linings are made of net, of chiffon, and almost all hats fold up flat | for packing. Linen hats will be quite the most popular for summer at the sea and the country.