RED MAKES HEADLINES

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 4

RED MAKES HEADLINES

FASHIONS FOR SUMMER What is new for summer fashions? is the question on everyone’s lips at the moment. I’ll tell you as briefly as possible. First and foremost, a brand-new crop of fabric favourites is forecast. They are shantung, ! South American cottons of all des- ! criptions, and Macclesfield silks, to mention a sprinkling. \ Then there are new colours. You will be seeing red at all smart gatherings by way of separate jackets, accessories, hats, and play 1 suits. Especially where beach clothes are concerned is red a not- ; able colour theme. It looks well too | for summer rainy day regalia. Red i umbrella, red macintosh, and red goloshes, and one of the new rainhats made of red oiled silk with a i matching wimple scarf make an eye- ! catching combination to twine about I the throat. Plaids with a prepondi erance towards red are thrilling new i cotton novelties and look most up I to date when blended with white for ! frocks or draped headwear. Incon- : gruously enough, it is with the white j dresses of classic Grecian inspiraj tion that the addition of plaid is most i favoured. The plaid is inserted as : a waistband; it makes the sleeves or jis used for a draped panel from throat to hem.

Chintzes Are Back “Cottage” gowns in summer chintzes are the newest version of the beloved housecoat. As the name implies, they are of lovely floral patternings such as rambled rose designs or lilacs in pastel blue and mauve. Hats continue to go their flowery way and most probably will hold to the same course right through the season. Flower hats certainly seem to be growing on us ! Shoe fashions are newest with low , heels and especially “wedge” heels. I The wedges are made from many I different materials and come in j various seasonable colours to fit in with your wardrobe. I Play togs and formal clothes have i both become addicted to materials I that are rough to the touch. That is. they are most often of tussore, rajah, j or shantung or linen, j Dark shades that are currently j new again and due for a future of | limelight are brown and navy. For | the meantime they have completely j monopolised the field, j Shirt frocks show no abating in | their smartness and versatility in ! looking right for any occasion, j They come in both light and dark fabrics. —M.R.