FAREWELL TEA PARTY TO MISS EUNICE OGILVIE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 4

FAREWELL TEA PARTY TO MISS EUNICE OGILVIE

Iceland poppies, in silver, crystal and golden baskets were the dainty table decorations at the farewell party at John Court’s tea-roDm yesterday afternoon for Miss Unice Ogilvie, who is leaving on October 28 for the Baptist Mission field at Bengal, India. The hostess, Mrs, Percy Heath Freest, received the guests in the J*bunge, wearing a smart French grey silk marocain coat and a blue hat. The guest of honour wore a becoming beech brown ensemble suit and a brown hat. Each guest wrote her name on a picture that was presented to Miss Ogilvie, so that she may look back to the happy time she spent with her friends in this country. The guests were: Mrs. W. P. Ogilvie, Mrs. J. Kemp, Mrs. W. E. Bush, Mrs. W. R. Ellingham, Mrs. Conway, Mrs. A. 11. Bagnall. Mrs. J. Irwin, Mrs. S. Page, Mrs. F. N. Andrews, Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Gaze. Mrs. Duffin, Mrs. Turley, Mrs. Swan, Mrs. S. Barry, Mrs. V. Usher, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Batts, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. G. J. Garland, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Thorn, Miss Kemp, Miss Ross, Miss Duffin, Miss Missen, MissCleave, Miss D. Officer, Miss Turley, Miss Jackson, Miss M. Bush, Mrs. Tavlor, Mrs. Reevley, Mrs. Freest, Miss Heggie, Misses Andrew, Mrs. Pickering, Mrs. F. Bartlett.

THE PICTURE FROCK AGAIN

The reign of The picture frock seems to be definitely established. The Countess of Oxford, Viscountess Grev of Fallodon, and Lady Lovat, are all leaders of the romantic styles in English society, and the haut mo Hi e of Paris follows the same vogue. These robes are also the craze at all the ultrafashionable restaurants at Home and abroad that reflect the trend of fashion. It is indubitably a charming silhouette when adopted by the right wearer. The tight-fitting bodice, with a waistline that is virtually normal, the skirt that is full enough to sway when the wearer moves, justify the term “picture frock when the ideal figure displays it. But it is also certain that feminine evolution has produced a definitely ‘different'’ feminine type that looks “mal habillee’’ in anything of the sartorially romantic order. In society, the leaders of fashion I)!;! 1 ' be divided definitely into two camps;' those who know that they must sponsor the modern styles to look their best, and who remain faithful to short-skirted chic; and those whose dressmakers ♦i* ''i h ° Se own mirrors assure them that they can carry off the classical regality or the elaborate picturesqueness of an older day. For the picture robe, chiffons continue to be m great demand. La Pompadour would have loved our modern fabrics. These chiffon frocks are of L"r C 7 fniEil ? r ' and trimmed with endless frills and flounces. Each frill each flounce, is edged with fluted rows of matching grosgrain ribbon, or finished with finely gathered lace. This last is most exquisitely in the frill-and-flounce picture. Whatever the trimmings tuey are arranged with a flare to achieve the impression of added fullness. Then there are the taffetas frocks that still hold their own, and that lend themselves tc robe-de-style designs in the most picturesquely accommodating fashion. And bewitching gowns of shaded tube that are piquantly decorated with great trailing sashes of rustly silk.