FASHION PORTENTS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 37, 22 March 1935, Page 55

FASHION PORTENTS

o-oo A Broadcast F orecast. (@xtracts from a talk prepared by the Home ‘Science Extension service of the University of Ofugo, delivered by Aunt Pat from 8YA ' * vecently.) PrASHION designers have turued -back the pages of the history buoks to get inspiration for our winter clothes. A touch of picturesqueness in our modern frocks suggests rather than actual ly portrays the costumes of lung agu. This romantic tendency in, dress is reStrained, for fashion designers cater to a practical world-they do uot -forget that the women of to-day live in the machine age and run around not in gilded carriages, but in’ shilling taxis, or the mundane tramecar. (Variety of style provides ample seléction for every type. No deadly finger points at you and says that you: must wear such and-such. Take it or leave it alone. No-one silhouette predominates. .1t’s freedom of choice, and every woman. tor herself. Your suit is not stereotyped in design -it may be tailored and fitted to the figure~-it may be loose and belted at the waistline. Colour takes a dare this ‘winter and appears in-many unusual combinations, All beige, grey or brown . tweeds seem dull. Three colours are often worn together in the daytime, two-colour schemes at night. We find an attractive colour alliance in an olive -green tweed with violet, green and yellow in the, searf and wide belt. Purple is a new out-of-door colour. Capes are being worn on every conceivable occasion. . The newest town cape is a long one about three inches above your skirt. It _is broad at the shoulders and wraps close -to the bady, and could be worn with a sombrero. hat-a wide rolled brim with pointed crown. All. the high hats shooting up will certainly change, the human skyline this winter. Cossack hats, gnome peaks, Witch of TEndor crowns, harlequin points, rabhit ears, volcanic cones with their crests pushed in-they appear on both brimmed and brimless hats. Crowns are tied with gay sashes, pierced with quills, thatched with feathers, or peaked to give a crown you can drape at'will. Happily, however, there’s no law against flat hats-there being any number of flat tricornes, shallow pill boxes . and low crowns ‘about. Winter coats seemingly follow no-hide-bound restrictions. Your ceat may stop above the skirt hem or go full length. It may be belted or unbeltedit may have fur or none. It may fit ‘or flare. Sometimes the hems are circled with fur. Some fall loose and wide ‘from a small turnover collar, Some button up the front, while doublebreasted reefers have big circular collars. Necklines go in for the s same liberty. Tlat furs, are largely worn-but again we find those furs which stand bushily up abort the neck, Black is a good coat colour for the coming winter. Green follows close behind. often trimmed with brown or black fur.