LATEST FASHIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 8

LATEST FASHIONS

FROM LONDON AND PARIS. London makes the new thick-soled shoes in layers of cork covered alternately with blue and mauve grosgrain and georgette, and tied to the foot with a thong of blue-mauve georgette. The Paris House shows rows and rows of gold beads looped and looped to form an unusual necklace and bracelet to match. Slimmer skirts are a feature of 1938 fashions, and Chanel uses two contrary fabrics to make a chiaroscuro dress with a narrow skirt of dull black crepe and a bodice and long graceful panel of bright metallised lace in green and candy pink cascading down the skirt. Ideal for sport is a checked shortsleeved waistcoat in turquoise and brown cashmere, with a ribbed green cardigan to match. To provide brilliant colour contrast, Lanvin has a red velvet bolero for wear over a simple frock of black wool. The frock is made with a high rounded neckline, and the bolero is scalloped and soutached. A sandal of lime green jersey, which wraps about the instep like a bandage and ties at the ankle over a platform heel, has been designed for summer nights. To wear in the lapel of your black suit Paquin has made a little turquoise fly with white wings. With a black summer sheer frock wear a pair of pink gloves stitched in black and finished at the wrist with little black grosgrain bows. An amusing conceit of Schiaparelli is an absurd little cow, with a zipper up her spine, which is a purse for small coins. It is made of white leather with brown markings. For summer Paquin has designed a red organza parasol with great fluttering poppies of the same material around the edges. Chanel tucks a wax tuberose close to one ear, and leaves' it there when she puts on her navy beret. Suzy’s new hats are no larger than a leaf, tipped well forward —one in black velvet has a curly emerald-green and red ostrich feather laid on the minute crown, and another is reminiscent of a Victorian riding hat with a veil standing stiffly away at the back. For spring travel Darlings of London have designed a ragian coat in black and white shepherd’s plaid, to be worn with Scotch bonnet with an eagle feather. New autumn fabrics abroad show a definite trend towards very soft materials with surfaces either worked in relief or mossy like a duvetyn.