LATEST MACKINTOSHES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1939, Page 8

LATEST MACKINTOSHES

LOVELY AND ATTRACTIVE. The 1939 French Derby, which has just been run in the pleasant setting of Chantilly, provided the opportunity of a quite unexpected showing of new mackintoshes, and spectators who had been admiring smart dresses one minute as the sun was shining on the racefield, the next minute were able to see them all covered with lovely light rubber capes and coats. Mackintoshes are no longer merely convenient accessories. A famous Parisian specialist,' in rubber clothing of the Boulevard Haussmann realised that the Parisienne must be as attractive on rainy days as on sunny days. Adopting the slogan “La mode appliquee au caoutchouc” (fashions applied to rubber), he created and presented a number of very original and highly-worked models. His recent collection showed a mackintosh for every occasion—evening, seaside, and sports —in gay and lovely shades, pastels, violet, etc., and white and black, followed by a multitude of patterns, striped crepes, and woollens, on dark or light background, whose combinations of materials and designs give the most youthful effects.

Many have a pointed hood lined in material of another colour. Often the mackintosh is lined in woollen for warmth. There are a great number of capes. One called "Negresco” is made in white satin, very ample. “Bon Dada” is a simple straight coat an white rubberised woollen, of which the collar and front and bottom hems are trimmed with velvet imitation leopard’s skin design. It is fastened with three big square buttons on the front. “Troubadour,” another design, is in light satin and has a flared effect and wide scallops at the hem. Rubber bands are stitched underneath to keep the coat closely waterproof. A big fancy buckle fastens a small collar under the chin. -Another very smart mackintosh is in white rubberised satin, for which the edge is highly worked with five superposed cords. “Le Furet,” for sports wear, is in striped woollen with big sqtiare pockets of material forming a combination of geometrical design trimmed with leather lacing matching the buttons. Another, very graceful, has a tight-fitting bodice, full skirt, square shoulders, and a wide belt.