Topics and Trifles

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 276, 11 February 1928, Page 20

Topics and Trifles

Feather Flowers. .. Coats of Shark Skin. .. “ Touches of Lace ” Again

When shall we return to the unbroken shoulder line? There seems very little prospect of it just now! The flowers that are added to our evening frocks grow more and more, startling. At a dress show held recently the leaning was toward feather dowers again, allied to frosted silver leaves. They were very large, and poised on stalks, instead of nestling against the figure, so that they swayed with every movement of the wearer. Shoulder Knots But instead of flowers you may have a shoulder knot! I saw a certain wellknown young woman patronising this new fashion at a show the other night. Her frock of the new metallic brocade, in pink and silver, had a bow on the shoulder of the same material, with two long ends, one reaching to the waist, and the other to the hem of her frock. The ends were bordered with red and black bands. Shark! To wear an ordinary leather coat is to be ordinary. But to wear a coat made from the skin of a shark is to be in the latest fashion. Some clever scientist has discovered how to make shark-skin soft, and how to dye it. You may have It corrugated, or you may have it plain. The corrugated kind is mostly to he used for shoes; the plain for coats. And they are talking of stockings made from a thread spun from the fibre in . the

skin which will never wear out. Of course, if Dr. Ehrenreicli really achieves this he will probably be poisoned or assassinated by an Association for the Preservation of Easily Laddered Stockings! Anyway, the shark-skins I’ve seen: are ••very lovely. Lace Again ■Shall we go back to lace sewn in sleeves-and neck? It looks like it. One charming house frock worn at a recent farewell party has long sleeves, from which froths out . some lovely lace, and a V-neck softened by a turnover of lace ending in two flat tabs. And at a dress show several neat frock coats had narrow miltary collars with a little frill of Valenciennes lace sewn in.Jumper Suits For Brides A jumper suit of gold iame is the newest notion for a bride who is ing married quietly. A fashionable young London bride wore one at liei* wedding recently with a floppy flower of powder blue and a hat to match. And the new “knitted” jumpers of metal thread and chenille are most attractive. Sometimes the chenille forms narrow lines, sometimes there are va—widths. In all cases these are attractive whether allied to silken or angora skirts. Smart Material

Angora is the last word in wool!' material; it jias_ousted all the othe;