RAINING AGAIN!

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 341, 30 April 1928, Page 4

RAINING AGAIN!

FRIEND MACKINTOSH (By POPPY BACON). The leather coat and the really smart, well-cut mackintosh make it an advantage rather* than a disgrace to be seen on a wet day. Designers seem to be recognising the disagreeable fact that at least half the year is wet, and have set themselves the task of turning out appropriate garments. The j results are excellent. I am sure an ordinary cloth coat has very few chances against the j splendid leather models which are j flannel-lined and collared, cuffed and j freQuently edged with fur. A black leather design I saw re- ! cently was cleverly cut with diagonal lines piped with self-leather. It was deeply edged with lynx as well as collared and cuffed In the same fur, and lined with bright blue flannel. Watertight Pockets A golden-brown suede design had huge patch pockets, which were sen sibly fastened by zippers. This coat was trimmed with red fox. A bright blue coat, finished with a nutria shawl collar and wide nutria cuffs, was trimmed at the hem by deep battle-ment-shaped pieces of fur. It is surprising to see in what profusion fur is employed. Sometimes it is as wide as twelve or fifteen inches, at others it is used in large rectangular patches or in broad panels. Very few cloth coats are as heavily adorned. In the leather coat collection must be counted a striking snakeskin design, of the loose, fold-over variety. It was lined with natural-coloured flannel and collared with racoon, which was first of all set on t.o leather, tooled with silver nailheads. Rubberised Satin Mackintoshes are cut with as much attention to line and detail. A beautiful black rubberised satin design is made with three inverted pleats on either side, each one marked by a piping of white mackintosh. It is lined with white flannel and the little cape from the shoulders is lined with white rubber to match the pipings, and, of course, the inside lining. -Warmth is essential to make any mackintosh a wearable garment, and that is why a navy rubberised silk model was trimmed with diagonal lines of red rubberised velvet one of the newest and most fashionable wetday fabrics. It was lined with vivid scarlet flannel, interlined with dimett. and collared and cuffed with racoon. Wet-day ensembles are a fad of a smart couturier. An almond green silk mackintosh I have noted is made with a distinct flare, which is repeated in the short silk skirt to match. The coat has a lining of pale beige stockinette. streaked with deep blue, and this material also fashions a turtlenecked sweater.

Hats to match the mackintosh or coat are shown by some designers, but they will not be popular until they acquire more style. A small, matching felt is infinitely more becoming, and for that reason is worn by all the "best people.”