OUTSHINING MELBA

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 304, 15 March 1928, Page 5

OUTSHINING MELBA

PUSS IN BOOTS LATEST FOOT FAD Puss in Boots had nothing- on Miss Josephine Curtis, who arrived in Sydney by the Niagara recently, fresh from New York and Broadway footwear. The young concert singer, who is on a visit to her mother, was the most “looked at” young lady, not excluding Madame Melba, on the passenger list, particularly when she stepped ashore, featuring the latest in “Noo York” footwaar—the Pirate Boot. This fascinating adjunct to her wardrobe is the last word in fashion, according to Miss Curtis, and is being considerably “done” in New Yc-rk at the moment. The Pirate Boot, designed to suit any occasion, is light in weight, and is equally serviceable as a dancing-pump or to wade through the slushy, snowy streets in midwinter. Made of the softest patent leather, fitting- tightly to the foot, and showing a smart half-Louis heel, it fits loosely round the leg, leaving plenty of room for ventilation. The secret of its appeal lies in a large and extravagant tongue which falls over the front, and, in fact, is detachable to fit it for day or evening wear Miss Curtis’s boots were of black pater.t, with brilliant red tongues or llaps—a continuation of the red kid lining to the boot. “Je (-veiled flaps are worn in the ballroom,” she asserted, “fringed ones for sport, coloured ones for afternoon wear —as ;hese.” Whether the new fashion will find its way to Auckland or not is a matter for conjecture, but most of the Sydneysiders on the wharf to meet the ship were inclined to the opinion that they were a bit daring even for Sydney.