This—and Thatand the Next Thing

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 195, 7 November 1927, Page 5

This —and That — and the Next Thing

Freak Fashions. . . and a House Decoration Note POETRY is fashionable again! In every clrawing-rooni you find slim little volumes, usually bound in black, with merely a tiny splash of colour where the names of the poet and his poems are written in an odd assortment of types—but “pretty pretty” poems are out of date, ahd so are the “up-lift” kind. If you want to be “It” intellectually, you must go in for stark realism in vers libre or Revolt with a capital “R.”

HOLIDAY SIMPLICITY "ATO matter where you are going to take your holidays when they come round this year, you must wear the simplest sort of clothes during the day; modern fashion has decided that variety is charming, and calls for ex-

cessively feminine frocks at night or late afternoon, and ultra plain ones for the day. So your blouse, probably sleeveless, is not even tucked but merely decorated by a series of eyelet holes, either in straight lines or made into patterns. A SPLASH OF COLOUR Sitting on a friend’s balcony, one of those with just a window-box in front] full of creepers and gay plants

and barely large enough to hold a large sun umbrella, I heard a tinkle in the breeze and looked up, expecting to see one of those Japanese lamps fringed with glass. Instead the sun shone on glinting circles of crimson and gold Aid green and blue and yellow. “My old glass bangles,” explained my hostess; “I have always kept them and they look so lovely hanging there in the sun.” They did, too. INEVITABLE The newest place for a powder-puff is the interior of a realistic water lily poised on the edge of a sunshade. This reminds me, have you heard the newest description of a. country cousin, “Shiny as to nose and dull everywhere else”? THE NEWEST MACS The newest waterproof for our summer time is severely tailored with a cape sleeve and only two buttons! It is crepe de chine, of course, and Usually navy blue or black with the tiniest suggestion of white rubber about the adaptable collar. The brightly-coloured macs were, too, popular. ANKLETS OR NO? Every now and again the anklet is suggested; a few extremists try it and it disappears again. That will, I fancy, be the fate of the new link anklet with its tiny pendant of gold on which the owner’s name is engraved; and yet I hear that it is to be stocked at the shops that sell freak fashions at Biarritz, Deauville and Le Touquet, but though perhaps it may catch on for bathing wear in those particular places, it is scarcely likely to become popular here. . . FINGER NAIL PICTURES Another idea from Paris is to have the nail of the index finger decorated by a tiny coloured painting of a flower or silhouette or face; these are painted cm with the washable paint used for decorating china, etc., nowadays, and last as long as a week if you are careful how you wash your hands. THE NEW HAIRDRESSING The fashion for waving the longer hair across the back of\the head has produced a new odd method of hairdressing in front. The curly ends of the hair that is brushed from left to right behind are brought round to hide the right ear, and given rather curly ends; the left ear emerges from the brushed back hair as if the owner had an Eton crop., I met two girls at the theatre this with hair done this way—both, however, Americans. A GLOVE TIP By the way, after recording only the frivolous, here is a really useful hint: When washing leather gloves, try the effect of an eggspoonful of olive oil in the water. It keeps the skins soft and pliable and renders them less likely to split. A hard-up debutante told me this!