Fashion Dictates for Autnmn Styles

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 620, 23 March 1929, Page 16

Fashion Dictates for Autnmn Styles

FOR ALL WALKS OF FASHION Shoes for this autumn are characterised by their delightful simplicity, and the displays being made at the many stores of S. Stone and Co. exemplify this trend in the smartest possible ways. A suggestion of the new shoes for i autumn is given in their windows . . . here a warm corner of shoes in deep, rich brown, intriguingly called Zulu Tan, a shade that is much darker and more glowing than any footwear brown we have had for a long time. Again a preliminary glimpse is given of the i newest blue, a delightful co/our that is almost black, and alongside it appears a shoe of a full, sheeny gunmetal tone. And ever and anon the display harks back to black, the reliable stand-by of our shoe wardrobe. For autumn wear, Lo blend with our sturdy tweeds or our cleverly printed velvet gowns, black, brown, blue anu deeper beige shoes will be most popular, and all are to be seen at Stone’s in infinite variety. j The walking shoes are rather lower- ; leeled than formerly, and yet are low- ; heeled with all the rarity of style and beauty, while for indoor wear the heels sire raised as high as the mode demands, but not quite so high as were .ho exaggerated stilts of last season :hat made it so difficult a matter to re.ain one’s balance and at the same :ime step delicately and with grace, suede. Another new note on the darkercoloured autumn shoes is expressed n a narrow piping of contrasting colour or material, as in a leep Zulu Tan strapped shoe that shows a hint of beige around the lowJut vamp, and a smart dark navy blue with a faint line of grey. Dashingly modern and essentially jhic, all these shoes of’Stone’s possess style of the right kind . . . the kind hat makes the other women turn to ook . . . and even with that triumph n their favour they have still another •ecommendation . . . that their most noderate pricing. WHERE BEAUTY DWELLS Stepping- into a beauty parlour vhose entrance breathes of distinctiveless and beauty is always a delightful >ccupation, and any woman who pays ler first visit to Jackson’s Sunshine Beauty Shoppe in Dilworth Buildings sannot help but pause to admire the inti rely charming reception room in vhich she is courteously greeted by a iainty white-clad attendant. Against a background ol' old ivory vails, Delph blue curtains hang, ouched here and there with gold that he sun shines on from many windows. Blue and gold is softly blended in the iarpets, and in the furnishings, dignity md restraint is shown in the choice )f dark woods. Against a sunny winlow a writing desk is placed for the sonvenience of patrons, and a thoughtul genius has provided a plentiful supply of ash trays ... so needed, and so seldom to be found. In the forefront of the reception ooms is a selective display of powders, ireams, rouges, compacts, perfumes md the other personal accessories that ire all of a definite part of the wellrroomed woman’s make-up, but it is »ehind the scenes, in the scrupulously : (lean and inviting individual rooms, of : vhich there are about twenty, that the eally interesting part of the shop : >egins. Here, clever and versatile permanent vaving experts operate the latest Eugene waving machines, producing oft, natural-looking waves that leave . lothing to be desired. < Not only permanent waving and its .ttendant water-waving and setting, , ire expertly done here, but also marvelling of the cleverest kind, and more mportantly of the kind that lasts, intead of annoying by disappearing and

[ leaving one’s liair depressingly straight I on the only evening one wanted to look j one’s very best. | Shampooing, manicuring, hair-cut- ! ting, tinting and youth-reviving facial i treatments are all equally well done, | and. a special department, with Miss ! M. Patricia Lumsden. a highly qualiI tied foot specialist, in charge of it, | attends to all kinds of foot troubles. SMARTNESS ON LIMITED INCOMES Smart unmistakably, smart in every lino and smallest detail, are the attractive. autumn frocks and coats that the House of Flackson in Karangalmpe Hoad is displaying. In their sensible and restrained designs, the unusual finishing touches that make them individual, and in the particularly reasonable prices that are written on their tickets, these frocks and wraps have an appeal entirely their own for the woman who wishes to dress in accord j w’ ' n’s dictates and yet must ! remain with the limits of a not-too-elastic income. j Silk things for every hour, made by modern ingenuity as practical to-day for the golf links as for the ballroom, with ever-increasing distinction in shades, designs and textures, are shown at Flackson’s, making their frocks and suits of the kind you would wear the most often and the most happily. Their evening gowns are particularly delightful and varied, and colour the mode with a new important brilliance. In fabrics light and joyous, in fabrics clinging and seductive, they are shown in every type authentic for autumn wear and display many new details of cut and line. The drab days of autumn will meet with a gay challenge by the wearers of these modes of Flackson’s, for there is something brave in the flash of colour that distinguishes most of their delightful ensembles and makes the thought of facing the grey days ahead quite invigorating. THE MELODY OF THE MODE A revelation of autumn’s new beauty awaits the smart woman of fastidious tastes in the collection of new clothes now showing at Fairweather’s in Queen Street. This enterprising house, with its characteristic discernment, lias a wonderful variety of autumn gowns and wraps that with unusual charm and distinction fully express the newest ideas in ways as modern as the dawn of a new day. Finesse in artistry is particularly j shown in their evening gowns . . . this i one fashioned in lines of chaste sevi > ity . . . that one deftly studded with j traceries that catch the lights that sparkle over dancing floors . . . the next a tumult of gossamer flounces of girlish tulle caught lightly here and there with flower trails. In the mode for street and afternoon wear Fairweather’s show satins, georgettes. crepes, taffetas, reps. jersey weaves, moires and a wealth of autumn’s adored velvets in the smartest plain and printed designs. AT THE HEAD OF CHIC j The hats for immediate autumn wear are of necessity little different to those of late summer, except, of course, in the important matter of their colouring and material, and at McCabe’s Millinery Store, at the corner of Karangahape Road and Queen Street, is to be seen a collection of the nicest and smartest of the new hats, which, while they are not startlingly new, are quietly, distinctively and fundamentally new in certain respects. The newness of these delightful hats will be most apparent to those who respond sensitively to clothes and who have learned to observe knowledgably; those who take great joy in the little perfected details which go to make the only progress that fashion recognises. H.M.