THE LATEST FASHIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1938, Page 10

THE LATEST FASHIONS

STRAIGHT FROM PARIS. A great influence of the royal visit to Paris is noticeable in the colours of the new materials, and plaids will be the keynote in fashion this winter, though stripes will also be much in favour. Stripes are to be seen with ribbed woollens, petershams, ottomans, woven materials of all kinds and even in lace treated in a quite new effect, • as well as reliefs, prints and wovens. Soft, downy and figured woollens are the fashionable materials for this winter. Lyons manufacturers, always in search of innovations in the technique . of their fabrics, present an infinite number of satins, crepes, velvets and failles in plains, printeds and figureds, obtained from two themes, contrasts of matt and glossy, and reliefs in wovens. A new process has produced an uncreasable velvet that may be washed without losing any of its beautiful appearance. Lames will be much worn Not to be forgotten is Lyons lace whose daintiness the Pansienne appreciates more and more and more, and besides the classic Chantilly, Valenciennes, Paris Point and Alencon, there is a great variety of other laces highly worked with new processes, re-embroidered with chenille or coarse gimp. • , . . Most of the dresses have a simple outline, but others are highly worked and adorned abundantly with various embroideries.' They are very wide or falling straight down on to the ground. Some.dresses are entirely quilted. Flared skirts, for day wear, have a tendency to widen. Frocks generally are being fastened under the chin and often have a small straight collar; sleeves are wide and bloused or raglan. Some afternoon frocks are made°of discrete lame, and a novelty for cocktail-time Js the trousers-skirt. Hoods are seen both on dresses and coats. One evening dress has a hood embroidered ‘with sequins, making a triangular ornament at the back; hoods on coats are bordered with a band of fur. Winter coats will have very large gathered fur collars. Milliners show very unusual' hats, generally placed well forward in the 1900 fashion. Many hats suggest the Middle Ages. Ostrich feathers, big birds, or flowers, ornament them. One is heart-shaped, with a long pheasant feather in the middle. Broadbrimmed hats are turned up at the back. Wide ribbons flow at the back of a flat toque, and there are many pointed crowns trimmed with a long scarf wound round from the top of the hat and hanging low. Fur toques are high, and taupe and velvet are worked in many complicated and original ways.