FASHION NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 20

FASHION NOTES

; FEATHER BOAS ARE COMING BACK—BEIGE IS STILL FASHIONABLE—THE NEW SHADE OF FOX FUR Now that it is pretty well established what our clothes are to be this season, Paris is launching various little surprises for us in the way of accessories to wear with them. These become more varied and important every year, as our clothes become simpler, more sports like, and more standardised, and it is significant that the great dressmakers have turned their attention to these trifles. No fashion chronicle is complete now without a mention of Premete’s gold twisted-coil necklace, or Chanel’s white pique flowers. Scarves, belts, buckles, handbags, umbrellas and even perfumes are created specially for each “creation.” This must certainly save many of the hours that used to be spent searching for things to “match,” o.r complete a costume, but I wouldn’t gp so far as to say that it saves anything else! says a fashion correspondent. An Important Revival One important novelty, or revival, is the long feather boa. Paris is trying hard to get us to wear these. I saw several in the gjliops, but only two or three in actual wear—l must own they were on really chic women. One was of the long, “lanee.r” type, and had a black centre and white ends, but mostly they are of one colour, and that either black or pastel beige or grey. They are certainly very “softening” and becoming to those past their first youth, but young girls always look to me rather overdressed in them, which is against their success now that we all, from 16 to 60, affect the same outline of perpetual 3^outh. I saw this boa worn at tea-time at Armenonville, in the Bois, and there the new shade of fox fur was also pointed out to me. It is called “Isabel,” and is very dark in colour—almost the shade of dark sable. It is much newer than silver fox, and I’m told is going to supersede it. It formed the collar and cuffs of a wonderful coat of chiffon velvet, in a sort of leopard-spots pattern of nasturtium colourings—gold, red-brown and darker brown. It sounds garish, but wasn’t, because the colours were so beautifully blended, and also because it was worn by a distinguished elderly woman over a black frock and with bla.ck shoes and a small black hat. This, by the way, was one of the very few times ( I saw fur used on a smart summer coat. When they were not quite plain they were trimmed with the imitation of coq’s feathers in chiffon, which is seen a good deal this year. Beige, Grey or Black At this the dansant, as elsewhere, the smartest women were in beige, grey or black. There were rumours that beige, after its long success, might bo less fashionable this year, but not r bit of it! It’s more to the fore than ever, and makes many of the loveliest frocks in chiffon or lace. It’s too becoming for us to let it go. Grey is all very well if you can wear it, but it is by no means everyone’s colour. You need to be very fair-skinned and of a rather definite type to carry it off successfully. Scarves are not exactly new—except for the idea of having them made of the same material as your frock, as the best-behaved ones are this year —but there are new ways of wearing them besides the fashion of tying a triangular one on one shoulder as avc used to do. Their intention is to soften the neckline of the new furless and almost collarless coats. Bags are very important, and the newest are the crocodile ones in soft shades of beige, blue and jade-green. These are the most attractive things., and terribly hard to resist if they happen to match your frock. Bag and shoes to match of beige crocodile is the last word in chic. Not Coloured! Shoes for town are of lizard, crocodile, kid or patent, in black, grey, or all shades of beige and brown. The shapes are one-strap or low-cut laced shoes, with only two or three eyelets, and pumps are still seen, though less often. Suede and antelope are not used except for white sports shoes, and the one thing you must not buy at any price, if you want to look well-dressed, is coloured shoes! If you possess any, dye them, sell them, lose them, or give them away, but whatever you do don’t wear them!