BERRY COLOURS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 12

BERRY COLOURS.

THE NEWEST SHADES.

The latest tint to win its way into the range of fabric hues in fashionable London is spindleberry red —a blend of lilac pink and magenta. The craze for this colour is said to be a concession to mid-Victorian vogues, which employed il lavishly in the satin bonnets, niches, and ball gowns of the period. Spindleberry-red is a rliflicult colour to wear, and should be avoided by women with high complexions. It is predicted that the colour will probably bring about a change in cosmetics, at least amongst ultra-fashionable women, who are already growing tiled of the deeply sunburnt effects. Spindleberry-red looks well in combination with grey, especially the softer shades, such as dove and platinum. Grey, by the way, is superseding the range of beige shades, and many platinum and pewter gradations of the colour are appearing in the spring collections overseas. '"iey is a hue becoming to wo'iien of all ages, and is useful as a contrast for practically every bright colour. Wild blackberry, heather brown, ceiestial bjue, plum-red, beige-gold, fuchsia, sapphire blue, and turf green are outstanding colours in fashionable America's range of hues for evening wear, according to Paramount's Travis Banton. Evening ensembles, ho advises, should be narrowed down to one colour, and the same applies to street costumes, unless a check of plaid is used. Here the colours should be limited to not more than three.

One very striking sports suit was of gay checkered rough crepe. The ensemble was a two-piece affair in black and white. The checks were much larger than usual, and the coat was made along swagger lines with a wide tailored collar which stood high at the back.

A note of chic was added to the suit by means of black accessories, which included a little .down-over-the-eye beret, long gloves with big cuffs, and a black crepe handbag, together with a smart black ascot ecarf of reversible crepe satin.