FASHION NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1941, Page 2

FASHION NOTES

WHAT FILM STARS ARE WEARING. Virginia O’Brien has the perfect lapel ornament for her beige and brown tailored spprt suit. Made of wood, two tiny ski shoes dangle from a leather stick. Her large envelope bag furthers the effect with brown leather initials in the right-hand corner. Jerkins are just the thing for evening wear. Over a simple beige gown, Ann Morriss wears a red jersey jerkin with matching beige buttons down the left side, giving a military effect. With this, the actress wears red evening sandals and beige and red bag. A new note in fashion is brought to light by Mary Howard, who wears, large hat-pins with her initials in gold, lhey not only keep her hat in place, but also lend smartness to her hat. Mary Howard collects novelty handkerchiefs. Her latest acquisition is of sheer, gay cotton, printed like a piece of sheet music, with the words and notes of her favourite song, and bordered in bright colours. She wears the handkerchief tucked in the pocket of her new camel’s hair sports coat. Rosalind Russell recommends cowled monk’s habits for hostess wear. She has one in soft grey wool. Classic drapery lends glamour to the gown, and the only trimming is a huge rope girdle encircling the waist. Greer Garson achieved the unusual recently when she was seen wearing an all-black cocktail ensemble, and depended on her gloves for the only detail. They were gauntlets, in black suede striped with gold snakeskin. Stolen from the mediaeval knights of old is Ruth Hussey’s version of the off-the-face hat. Of deep black felt, the hat boasts a border of grosgrain ribbon encircling the turned-back "brim that faintly resembles a pompadour. An interesting note is the soft tulle that falls like a visor from the brow to the tip of the nose. The actress puts on this bonnet to complete the effect of a black dress of stiff bengaline.