When Summer Nears Its Close We Shall be Cubistic

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 545, 24 December 1928, Page 5

When Summer Nears Its Close We Shall be Cubistic

Costumes for the Younger Set Will Offer Unique Designs

Sports Clothes Predominate

Just at present interest in the Parisian fashion world is centred on sports clothes. Tailors, modistes and the shops are all offering outfits to catch the fancy of the younger set to whom the coming of autumn will bring thoughts of outdoor clothes that overshadow everything else. Comingout frocks and all the lovely cos-

tumes for afternoon and evening wear are for the moment secondary to the sturdy picturesque togs to be worn at sports events and like occasions. In the costumes that are to be seen in Paris windows the modernistic feeling is emphasised in every design and degree. Some are the extreme of the cubistic. The most conspicuous examples of this type are shown in blouses and sweaters and in the jersey ensembles. In these the modish scheme of combining two or more colours or the shades of one colour is cleverly accomplished. This is done in the geometric patterns which were so startling when first they were presented, but which now appear to have been quite generally accepted as belonging to the latest styles and as being particularly suited to the sports type.

One of the latest models comes from Louiseboulanger, famous for her

formal gowns of panniers and trains. It is a practical three-piece ensemble made of beige and brown jersey woven in a small novelty pattern. It includes a skirt which is laid in soft pleats all the way round and a belted jacket which is made to cover the hips. To make this suit more serviceable for autumn weather the jacket is

lined with cream-colourSd jersey, of which a shawl collar, cuffs and outside pockets, set on obliquely, are also made. The sweater blouse to go with it Is also of the cream jersey, with a narrow brown grosgrain ribbon binding the neck and tying in a loose bow at the throat. Molyneux has created two sports suits de luxe, which are suitable for gala occasions in the open. One of wool crepe In two shades of the popular beige presents an entirely new overblouse. It Is made to extend well over the hips and cut to flare at the bottom, which is finished with a band of caracul cut with curving edges. A narrow belt holds the blouse, which flares sharply at the sides as a contrast with the slim silhouette of the skirt. The skirt has box pleats, which are unpressed—which is the very latest fancy. The coat of this ensemble is made of shaved lamb, cut hip length and flaring, and with the fashionable raglan shoulder and sleeve. Molyneux makes another sports, ensemble of wool crepe in black, brown and white. The belted jumper and box-pleated skirt are of a checked pattern in the three colours with which

the full length coat of black cloth is lined. The deep shawl collar and cuffs are made of beaver. Bold geometric patterns are used by Louiseboulanger in some of the strongest suits and ensembles for sports shown in her autumn collection. One is a frock and full-length coat in a subtle and difficult colour combination, grey and beige. The dress, of wool jersey, has a bodice in which dark grey jersey is introduced in two deep-pointed yokes. The coat of tweed in these colours—the grey almost a gun metal and the beige in a very creamy shade—is woven in a zig-zag geometric design, belted with a brown leather strap, and finished with a high. full collar and cuffs of brown beaver. Beaver in its several shades from lightest beige to brown, and otter are being used on some of the smartest sports suits and coats, almost to the exclusion of fox and the other shaggy furs that have been fashionable for several years. Brown will be ultrasmart, and all of the brown and beige furs threaten to be in demand. Among these are dark-brown Persian lamb, sable-coloured Japanese mink, shaved lamb, caracul and the old-time favourite Kolinsky.

An interesting novelty in trimming for sports wear and for general use is a wool hand made of yarn in a

crocheted loop stitch that is called “embroidery.” It is deep and fluffy and as warm as fur, and Is made In white and in several colours. In an unusual sports model, the skirt and three-quarter length coat are made of Scotch plaid woollen, and a scarf of plain Angora is attached to the neck of the coat in lieu of fur. The colours iu this suit are green, blue and red, as in a. tartan, and the scarf is of plain green, fringed at the ends. A suit of plain brown kasha, heavy in quality, has a plain skirt that buttons down the middle front, and a three-quarter coat, also buttoned from top to bottom, which has European lamb for its collar and cuffs. In the severely tailored and most “sporty” ensembles leather is introduced in band trimmings, belts, collars, cuffs and pocket flaps. Fascinating little suits are shown in combinations of cloth and leather put together in various clever ways. A practical suit that will look well at athletic meets in all sorts of weather is made with a pleated skirt of Scotch plaid, a sweater of wool jersey with an embroidered monogram over the chest, and a short coat cut aftes- the fashion of a man’s shooting jacket, of very flexible green leather. This is lined with the fabric like the skirt, and narrow bands of this material are used for the collar, cuffs and patch pockets.