Dress as You Please in the Bounds of Good Paste

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 768, 14 September 1929, Page 25

Dress as You Please in the Bounds of Good Paste

Individuality of Cut And Colour Counts

i This is a season when woman wears j what she pleases. Pleats or flares, i stiff material or soft, round necks or square, uneven or even hemlines, long hair or shorj: —they are all fashionable. There is a frame for every picture, and the only care is to have the good taste and restraint to choose what is suitable for the picture* rather than something that is "the rage” at the moment. Every few months there is a startling fashion decree to the effect that "blue is definitely dead,” or that "may-onnaise-yellow is the only colour to be worn for evening.” Now we are told that there is a return to the Empire waistline. For those whom it suits the higher W'aistline is' bound to be welcomed, but its advent need not cause any consternation among its enemies. The Empire waist does not necessarily mean that a definite high line must be emphasised on the figure. Rather does it imply that by subtle introductions of flares, incrustations and inverted tucks the natural waist is to be in greater prominence. Black and White Black and white is always an attractive combination for day wear, and it has never been seen more than at present. Whether black with touches of white, or white with touches of black, the accent is very discreet. The "spectator” sports dress will be j a very necessary item of the spring i and summer season ward^bbe—the dress for those who sit watching games. One of the greatest successes for spec-tator-sports wear. suitable for cool summer days, is a tailored cream serge coat cut in straight lines with wide revers. over a washing silk frock in deep cream. The Demand For Coats i Coats, coats and still more coats are j being designed and created to meet the demand for all occasions. Whether j they are made of ninon or tweed, they |

NEW IDEA

BRIGHT AND USEFUL WATERPROOF CRETONNES The production of oilcloth, or American cloth, in a variety of bright coloui> and patterns, resembling chintz or ere tonne, provides the enterprising housewife with a wonderful opportunity for brightening the house without an actual increase of labour. In the nursery, this material that is cleaned merely by wiping over with a wet duster, will prove a boon. Shoe shelves covered in this manner need not necessarily be hidden in obscurity, hat boxes take on a new lease of life, and even a waste-paper basket covered with this cloth become ornamental as well as useful. The desire for bright colours extends to the kitchen, and drab shelves become attractive when lined with brightly-coloured oilcloth. For covering tables, trays and lining cupboards this material will prove invaluable. It will be of service, too, for covering any woodwork that has lost its polish through constant scrub^ng. Housewives are always ready to welcome something different, to relieve the monotony of the kitchen in particular and when it possesses the labour-sav-ing quality of being waterproof, and easy to keep clean, then its popularity is assured.

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all recall the handling of the frock over which they are worn. They’ suggest in a hundred subtle ways the striving toward an originality in dress, and a breaking awayjrom a uniform style, which women are tempted to follow each season. A woman with a. dress sense only needs to give one glance at a. page of fashions in order to know which frock suits her, and there is no need for anxiety if they are all unsuitable. She will know that by the time a little personal taste and modification are brought to bear on any one of those frocks, she can feel as smart as the mannequin who wears them. One sees at night bouffant transparent gowns with ankle-lengtli skirts, box-pleated velvets with even hemlines, high waists and low —in fact, every possible contrast in fashion. But almost all the gowns, no matter what the inspiration, make good frames for the pictures they grace, for nowadays women consider clothes important enough to concentrate seriously on their type and its relation to their gowns. Colour, too, has a large part to play in the expression of the personality in a gown. New colours and blends are constantly coming into vogue, but it says much for the discretion of women that they are not exploited by all. It is not easy to recognise when a colour is unsuited to a material, and the woman who can combine the colour that most becomes her with the right material will find that her clothes soon become distinctive. It is a Frenchwoman who knows how to use colour in clothes to advantage. Her chief skill is her use of plain and patterned materials together, and no natter how dazzling they may appear in the roll of material, checks and pl-aids used by her assume a new importance. In the same way she chooses for her frocks those with stripes on* a coloured ground, and never stripes set against white. PERSONALITY IN HATS There is nothing quite so deceptive as present-day millinery. The line has subtly changed everywhere. The sweep of the forehead at the side, the curve at the neck, the fit of the crown —all are as different as it is possible for any hat to be. And not only in the tight-fitting semi-turban, but in cloches and semi-cloches and every other kind of shape. More than ever they express the personality of the woman far more than her clothes, and to watch a milliner moulding a shape on her client's head is to see the artist at work. Many of the new hats have pleated sides and curve over the brows. This, in straw, is one of the outstanding and most successful designs of the season A model inspired directly by the Phrygian cap is absolutely beautiful. Fitting to the head, this cap is of gilded metal, over which is placed a bonnet of beautiful lace which falls nearly to the shoulders of the wearer. A small gilt rose is placed over each ear. and the result is charming. Milliners are using straw and felt combined for their models, and straw lined with tuslikaslia is also much much liked. For instance, a smart Bengal cloche lined with tuslikasha in strips of red, beige and rose, with a band round the crown to match, is quite distinct from the shapes of last year.