There’s a delicious excitement in these new clothes . . . such froufrou and femininity ’ this new woman must be mysterious and alluring . . . rakish and demure . . . she be veiled—she revels in hats that are the purest fantasy! After dark materials will be sumptions . . . velvets, moires, brocades—so beloved of fl S our g ran dmothers ... or romantic shimmering georgettes .. . whispering folds of I taffeta. And from fashion’s whirling kaleidoscope emerge greens, green-blues, lllTv^reds and all the purply pinks. Truly a season that fortells the revival of eighteenth century sophistication and magnificance. WEDNESDAY, MARCH Ist. Bags Of incredibly soft suede—nicked, tucked or shirred—or firm smooth calf bags with the new flat capacious base—they’ve all Liners the tricks of shape to identify them as 1 * Y Iy. very J fl.>9. | 1( , s jfi V p|y provoking in their MARGARET WILLIAMS subtle power to merge with the new ox I blood—teal blue—valley green—and quite a 1 Every browny tan . Gipsy wine and «ild 1 cherry created by Prestige Billowing Waltz Frocks Gloves B. Dinner Gowns with a great deal of I/ Of smooth kid and soft rich suede shirring, draping and swathing and leg o' / with a significance in detail and a trickery mutton sleeves that, shrug upwards—neck- I o f euff treatment. lines are, high and demure . . eocktail . frocks the last word in smartness. ' £ Scarves Wool Angora Frocks I " ispy things of georgette or paisley Splashed with gilt—(heck skirts with I velvet, cravats —are here also stripes are nifty plain .jackets . . . tailored jersey wool I predominent . . . chiefly horizontal suits . . . classic, tweed suits with perhaps V a faintly military dash —a few have / I matching swagger coats. Shorter, straighter skirts .. . hour glass waists .. . BBqgEMF Flowers new colours—ox blood, storm blue, peony x —— red primella, parma. violet. \l / Picked from dewy gardens-or that s how \ I / convincing they are—they re. being worn \ I / in bunchy masses this autumn. •1 . . \\ / (MILLINERY SHOWROOM) Sophisticated Straight Goats / With lavish detail in Persian lamb and J ' luxurious fur collars . . . as casual foils M to all this elegance are the free-an’-easy P slim fitting and square shoul- x. dered . . . it’s a point, worth remembering. too. that coals are buttoning high for 1939. ' XX. KW -sAßfeoi MAK,ON CALLOWAY > V « X? -d!? >• • ' *'Z He R JI Hats V f-U t A A ——— 1 I l ’ A ■ ■ Show veils and more veils—cascades of ‘ 4A VA B sprouting plumes single, features at P fj 4 V impertinent, angles . . . brims droop—are. upswept or softly rolling—even just W plainly flat ... a. marvellous crop of hats / infected with a- quaint, period charm. > / Fashion demands more f M B yß NORAH MEEHAN. ' / than ever a properly H Mb agl own grej i/TV / /Tj corseted figure—with the 1 M B ■ Z\ Ki new “Edwardian” feeling I V i the art of moulding the Dazzlinz Bird Colours j i figure to the current line . . . . • i • y A/\ j of beauty comes into its in dignified mounts ami soil shivery -/./ ' — z own again. See for your- dr feather bandeaux ... tn perch high on OIIV vnno PPRIFI sel( our 1933 BerlPi anrt miladv’s hat. BUY YOUR BcßLtl Modaire models. BEFORE YOUR FROCK OLIVE barton windows, mal ives
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 49, 28 February 1939, Page 5
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