POPULAR DRESS SCHEMES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 252, 14 January 1928, Page 16

POPULAR DRESS SCHEMES

BLACK AND WHfFE By JOAN ROSSITER The fashionable womans taste for colours varies with each season, and she realises that colour alone can label a frock up to date, or antique, and “wrong.” , Bright blues, bright yellows, and vivid plum shades were at one time “the thing,” now they only jar and are entirely out of place. The very exclusive demoiselle goes in for pastel tones in all colours. Out-of-doors, the vogue is for coat-, costumes and frocks in neutral tints, pale beige or grey, but the hats and bags both in a definite colour, as deep blue, or a mellow lacquer-red. Beautiful Hues There are new tones of blue, rose and pale golden hues in the summer materials, sky blue, shrimp pink and buttercup yellow being particular!} soft and dainty. Nothing unnatural is attempted in the way of combining colours. Pale orange is mixed with green in patterned silks, grey and red in cotton fabrics, and voiles are printed with green, orange and black or white. Involved mixtures of colours are not considered smart, to-day’s fashionable colour schemes being restricted to merelv two colours, though it is Permissible to use more than one shade of ea^ fancy for clear reds is as popular as ever in accessories, but on the wane so far as the principal portion of the scheme is concerned. Quite a definite violet colour Is likely to take the place of the maty blues which are favoured just now, indeed, many of the new- blues contain a large proportion of violet. Magpie Schemes For smart evening functions, the best models are in black and white, an a 11white scheme being most successful in moire silk. . Embroideries in silver are extremelj popular on white, as well as on coloured evening frocks. Perhaps the most delightful gown in a certain popular dress salon is one in Nile green and white. White crepe de chine is used for the frock, the skirt of which is ripple-pleated, and a sleeveless casaquin of g f een 4 , panne shows a heavy embroidery in silver. A charming stage fashion consists of a delicate pink chiffon frock and coat, the huge collar on the latter being made from slashed silver tissue. One well-known dress designer Is making a number of tea-dance frocks in white crepe de chine, georgette, and L fine satin-poplin, all prettily trimmed on the skirts with ostrich feathers in shaded tones. Among the newest millinery, are many shapes In supple felts and straws, with crowns embroidered in coloured silks and ribbon ends, on beige and grey grounds. A buckle in filigree silver is a treasured ornament, which should match the decoration on the accompanying handbag.

transparent flesh A French doctor named Andre Tours claims to have discovered a means of making the human body transparent, so that all the organs can be seen working as if through a mirror. He claims that his discovery will revolutionise surgery and medicine. When interviewed, Dr. Tours said: “In future the human mechanism will be open to the doctor's eye. No longer Will he have to diagnose almost blindly and consult with others. He will be able to see the trouble at once. In surgery, in consumption, in caiicer, and all the diseases, the transparency of flesh will be an enormous boon to doctors.” Dr. Tours preferred not to talk about the exact nature of his discovery. “It is a secret at present,” be said, “but soon I shall reveal it to the medical profession.”