NEW IDEAS FOR LAMPSTANDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 5

NEW IDEAS FOR LAMPSTANDS

g a The wigstands of the 18th century, , “ on which our ancestors placed their j 3 headdress at night are often of beauti- I ful workmanship, but a little baffling j e as regards latter-day utility. They are | t useful, of course, to women who prefer , e to keep their hats on them instead ! e of in boxes, but a still better way of | t employing them is to have the stands j t wired for electricity and fitted at the [] top with sockets for the bulbs. With e parchment shades, they will make delightful lamps for a “period” room, v Usually of walnut, or mahogany, the >. adapted wigstand will look approo priate on a table of similar wood, e The same treatment may be applied l] to the modern painted hatstand—often e a very amusing and decorative thing v Some of these stands are in :he form n of little men and women, while others o are fantastic versions of birds and if beasts. To wire them from top to base is not a difficult matter. A very simple idea for a lamp stand takes the form of a hollow, column- | shaped vase of china or glass. Many j ; of the candlesticks belonging to china I toilet sets are fashioned in this way. I so that wiring them for the dressingI table presents no difficulty. | A decanter of cut glass, bored at I the base, makes a brilliant lampstand, I especially if it be of the square order, I designed for a tantalus. If it is felt I desirable that the cord should be hid- § : den, the glass may be filled up with I i white salt crystals. Old cut glass that | has been cracked, and is therefore no | longer fit for its legitimate use, can I often be utilised effectively in this 1 way. M.H. I , Quite the very latest and smartest !§ j vanity bag takes the form of an onyx jl I box-shaped like a prayer-bock. It is | decorated with bars of diamonds alteri| I nating with pearls. These are slightly 1 ! raised above the surface. ! i

I Waists are definitely moving up. The new slimness has no angularities. Corners are rounded, and trimmings I are put on in curves. Over-attenua- ! tion is no longer fashionable. We may i continue to cut out breakfast, but we ‘ must at least look as if we ea - . a good dinner every day! The new season I will see an end of starkness. Emphai sising the new waistline is the all- | prevalent sash vogue. It may take the form of great butterfly bows, without tail end. and of a width almost equal to the taffetas constituting the top part of the skirt, ere the latter develops into a full filmy hem. Ob it may be still more emphatically significant of the new waistline in the guise of the “little girl” sash that uncompromisingly encircles the waist, and ties behind in two large bows with the usual hanging ends. A quaint fashion in buttonholes is the boutonniere made of oilcloth. This unexpected gesture of La Mode is a sort of complementary touch to patent shoes. And in the same genre, inspired by dog-skin shoes, are the dog-skin camellias that are now included in the buttonhole category*. Beautiful frayed flowers in woollen material are yet another novelty. Little flower bouquets of pearls, retaining their natural shape, and set off with leaves of green glass, contribute one mure new note to this seemingly endless theme. Buttonholes have obviously come to stay. Even the sports suit has its shoulder decoration of flowers in striped jersey. Pearls of a gun-metal grey and dark platinum leather shoes are worn with i the modish grey ensemble. Colours apart, however, black pursues its triumphant way, unassailed in smart popularity by the dyers’ whimt sies. Black alone, or black with gold , trimmings or bright paste ornament*, ; takes the lead everywhere