Sunshine Suits For Bathing Belles

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 23

Sunshine Suits For Bathing Belles

Not Immodest — Merely Healthy! The well dressed bathing beauty next year will thrill the public with, sunshine suits. If she is a blonde she will be a symphony in pastel shades; if a brunette, dark-coloured trunks, with bright horizontal stripes across the middle, will contrast with her uncovered tanned back. Mr. Dougles Tweedie, the chairman of the Convention of Bathing Suit Manufacturers, in Chicago, declares that the backless suit which will be prevalent next season is not immodest, but j merely healthy. “They give the girls j the sunshine which modern science demands,” he says. “Girls slip down the | straps of the bathing suit when they j j lie on the beach, tanning their back ' to the waistline. Thus, when they j don low-cut evening frocks, there is no line of white, making a rude contrast with the sun tan acquired on the beach.” BRINGING THE COLOUR NOTE INTO YOUR HOME We have taken it for granted for some time now that colour plays a very important part in our lives. A j joyous orange vase in a shop window, j a gorgeous scarlet cushion in a sittingroom, a friend’s frock of rich Chinese blue will bring a thrill to all but the least imaginative if one comes up against them on a dull grey day.

But those are the luxurious colour notes. Most of us look at them and feel their beauty, and then pass on with the subconscious thought that they are not for us. It should not follow that because our purses are not too well-lilled there is no beauty of colour available for us. nor should a limited supply of money mean that we must be content with colour effects that look cheap. A very little thought when buying ordinary household furnishings or arranging for the decoration of rooms will give you delightfully bright effects. In fact, this question of colour is much more one of careful thought than of limitless spending. One so often splashes several shillings, impulsively, on a beautiful bit of colour, only to find that it tones with nothing, and that it must either be relegated to a drawer or cupboard in the hope that it will fit in with some future scheme, or the whole of a room must be re arranged so that the colourful thing may be brought in. A little while ago a room In our. house, used by the children, needed thoroughly doing up and renovating. It was suggested that there should be pale brown paper on the walls, and that a little money should be spent on touches of colour. “Why not distemper your walls orange,” suggested the artistic member of the family. “You’ll get all the colour you want then, and save money.” Those orange walls are our greatest joy. The room always looks bright and sunny, and the dark oak furniture fits in very well with the scheme. We did away with white bedspreads and substituted some of orange jaspe cloth, and those were the only colour “touches” we bought. A checked cloth of bright red, or yellow, or blue, with table napkins to match, will give a cheerful air to any ; meal. Fresh cretonne curtains or a bright satin night-dress sachet will supply your bedroom colour note. Pottery with gay flowers on it makes a kitchen dresser attractive and spreads its happy atmosphere all round it, and in the bathroom you may have not only a coloured bath mat, but coloured towels and sponges. »