GARTER-SKIRTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1927, Page 12

GARTER-SKIRTS.

WOMEN'S FASHIONS

What women will wear this spring was more or less decided by the buyers at the Drapery Exhibition, at the Koyal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London.

The garter-skirt was launched at the exhibition. It solves the problem of short, light skirts and summer winds. The fulness is pithered into gurters. which can be worn above or below the knee.

The ekirt somewhat reseinl>lo« the child's nursery "crawler," and is made for dancing as well as for sport. Women buyers were unanimous in liking the new three-piece suit. The coat now has no sleeves, while the jumper has sleeves, and tin; coat can be dispensed with at will.

A particularly pretty suit was in red wi'li decorative cuts to show cream. The jumper and sleeves were cream, heavily embroidered.

A loose-flowing tie, fastened with n bow under the collar, or tied with rabbits , ears at the side, is making a bid for popularity. Scarves of all kinds accompany the gowns, with or without fringe.

The exhibition, which was opened by the Lord Mayor, Sir Rowland Blades, M.P., is purely a trade show, the public not being admitted.

The Lord Mayor declared that it was essential that women—and men who bought things for women—should l>r encouraged to ask, when shopping, "Air these British goods?"