What London is Wearing

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 968, 10 May 1930, Page 23

What London is Wearing

Some Fashion Mints IWritten for THE SIX by BETTY PARRJ LQNDOX, April S. Every woman is critically turning over last season's wardrobe and wondering if there is anything she can still wear. Unfortunately i; she wishes to present a smart appearance (and who does not?) very few old favourites can be allowed tc remain, for long waists and short skirts are no morel One rather suspects that the powers-that-be have been casting glances across the Atlantic for their latest inspirations. For Hollywood, these last three years, has sported the tight bodice and nipped-in waist quite oblivious of the frowns of the Parisian magnates who brought into being the long waistline and straight up-and-down lines of yesterday. Be that as it may—the longer skirt, moulded hips, defined waistline, and

feminine silhouette are our latest orders and most women are pleased to say good-bye to the severe lines of last year's wardrobe. * » * THE WRECKER Walking down Bond Street this morning, I saw an object which would break the heart of auy dress-, maker. A young woman "clad most expensively in one of the smartest flecked tweed ensembles it has been my pleasure to see. Her feet were beautifully shod, and her accessories seemed perfect. In short—she looked adorable until I noticed—horror of horrors—her hat! Her chic appearance was lost, ruined, and by the one thing that should have been her crowning point of perfection. She wore one of the large floppy straw varieties which contrasted horribly with her our scheme. It was almost utr believable! I prayed earnestly that she might be on her way to a milliner, where a little tweed hat was ! ready for her to complete her outfit. 1 had not realised before how much i the success or failure of a dress scheme depends on the hat ivo-n I with it! j * * * BLUE DAYS Blue has suddenly come into its I own again. I noticed that nearly every tweed suit worn in Piccadilly ibis morning was made in. a fascinating almost navy shade. Another favourite for morning wear is a new lovely shade of bright blue softened by chocolate brown, buff, and thin strands of black and white, the pat'ern forming a tiny check design. Blue is essentially the English girl’s colour, for it must be accompanied by the clearest complexion. Perhaps that is why the little Pat'isiennes refuse to put it in their foremost rank of chic, for it is not becoming to the rather sallow skinned. SECRETS A few secrets were revealed at a ''Vest End dress show yesterday. They •said: That—Women have returned to natural complexions! That—ln two years’ time short hair will have disappeared: That—tight lacing has come into Practice once again! . Til® smart woman of today cannot ignore the little etceteras which are so gaily displayed in the salons de couture. Is it not the French '"Oman's wisdom in making the little accessories in dress of the first importance? For this proclaims her i the best dressed woman in the world. So New Zealanders, if you wish to be truly smart, attend to detail. Each dress or costume should have all its own “extras.” even if it means fewer clothes. For only then can you acquire the reputation of being a well-dressed woman. Fashion dictates that coats and skirts in knotted tweed with attractive little tuck-in blouses are Miss lMO's morniug attire. On this she must build up her perfect ensemble. Hat, bag, gloves, shoes, stockings, necklace— all must harmonise with each other in character and colouring, and definitely belong to her suit. The monopoly of the felt is gone. The new hats are even more flexible than last season’s felt, and the choice today is legion. There are tweed hats, flannel hats, wool hats, string hats and many novel straw hats. A milliner whose lightest word carries in Paris is pushing her new hats and toques back from the forehead like bonnets. Very feminine Miss 1930 has become. a # s Shoes for the morning are smart but ■'cnsible. London still prefers the reptile or calf shoes, beige silk or cobweb-lisle stockings, and a handbag matching the shoes. Gloves are °f supreme importance. Once again elaborately gloved hands are a la mode for all times of the day. The latest brown kid gauntlet looks very smart with morning tailor-mades.