IDEAS FOR SCARVES.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17976, 22 March 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

IDEAS FOR SCARVES.

FOR DAY OR EVENING WEAR. Scarves continue their gay way, quite unmolested. Women love them so and they don’t seem to be able to get along without them. Many are in three or four colours of crepe de chine beautifully patched together. Useful are the great scarves, almost evening capes. They are made in all sorts of materials such as chiffon and velvet, and velvet combined. I saw a pretty one in deepest dahlia velvet worn with a white gown and deep red flowers on the shoulder, red slippers and red jewellery. If the evening wrap is of the same colour as the gown, the effect of the long, fish-tail skirt below is much more harmonious. The handkerchief and scarf continue everywhere. Sometimes the handkerchief introduces the only note of colour in a neutral-toned costume. Evening decolletees are often deep in the back, V shaped, or oval. A few are square. Trimmings are as much in abeyance as ever. Fine workmanship of the material itself, pintucks, hemstitching, etcetera, continue to take their place. The waistline often mounts in front. Many double effects are used to accustom the eye to the raised line. Narrow

belts are still seen, often many girdle effects. Many of the evening gowns are shown with accompanying handkerchiefs of chiffon, or chiffon and lace, sometimes in matching, sometimes in contrasting colours. Artificial flowers are still shown occasionally, on shoulder-straps for evening wear, and on lapels for daytime, tout they are not as general as they were. The Parisian couturiere uses scissors and pins as a painter does his brush and pigment. Black and white is the dominating impression carried away from this season’s collections. Entire black, or black on white, as well as uncompromising black or white. Intensely surprising is a black jersey dress covered with black spangles. New, are tweeds in pastel shades, combined with printed crepes and light coloured tweeds over dark dresses.