Dress As You Like If It Suits You

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 270, 13 November 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)

Dress As You Like If It Suits You

I school of torment to be fashionable i« . going the way of all fake schools —into the dustbin. ~ i Readers, tills summer, let the lines . and colours your wear choose you, because there's a real affinity. If you ' have a long face, don't let any high- " powered millinery saleswoman persuade ! you that a high, off-the-forehead hat [ will do other than make your face as , long as old Dobbin'«. If your skin is even slightly sallow, avoid the most " beautiful blue in the world, unless it is : navy, for it will be very unbecoming to . you. If you run to fle«h around the . neck, shoulders and upper arms, permit no human creature in this wide world to inveigle you into a low-cut revealing ■ evening dress. If your ankles are . larger than they should be, leave the . brief tight skirt severely alone. Snub it ruthlessly. If your waistline is ', ample, though athletic, you needn't . advertise it by a glaring belt, or sash, , or girdle, or by any such tricks. ' Fashions this year are -so varied that . they are kind to all types of women. ' and it's just too bad. readers, if you , don't take advantage of this new trend. i Fruit is a decorative element much ; appreciated by milliners, but this

Fashion Notes From Paris.

season bunches only are used. Tiny oranges, diminutive apples, strawberries, grapes and tiny lemons are all seen. By the way, I saw the other day at the exhibition a mad little hat which was entirely covered by small tomatoes, veiled in a bright red-meshed tulle. It was amazing, but it suited the wearer to perfection. She was dark and petite, and very French. Some milliners show fantasies that are intended to accompany their hats: a waistcoat, or scarf, or girdle, embroidered with the same motifs as the hat itself. Hats are often trimmed or entirely covered with roses this season. Rises of all colours, green, blue, scarlet, pink and yellow. And a rose of the same kind placed at the girdle is smart and looks cheerful. Most of the new hats are perched over the forehead and some of them com-

pletely eclipse one eye. And, lightly poised on these creations, we find small birds preparing themselves as for flight: Birds of paradise, bows of ribbon and taffeta that of the wrist and place with a slight turn of the wrist and place with a taste that is always sure, always new. Jewelled hats are the latest invention of Paris milliners., encouraged by the success of the jewelled ornaments, which they imposed on their client* last season. A model of the jewelled hat was shown to a few people recently. It was topless, the brim entirely covered with seed pearls on a black satin background. Over this soft ground there ran lines of sparkling diamonds, which ran round the brim and lit up the ensemble in a wonderful manner. "Ou allons nous?" murmured a Parfsienne present, who tried on the hat and sat in rapt contemplation- of her image in the mirror for some minutes. One way and another jewellery is in special favour, with a movement towards original designs of Second Empire manner. Jewelled hats and jewelled slippers, scintillating pailleted and beaded frocks of every colour of the rainbow—this is what we are promised in the near future. Where other hats are concerned there are some minute "sailors" that positively belong to the youth and beauty of Paris. Little black bonnets tie under the chin. Veils form a gathered panel with a heading over the back hair. A decided Spanish influence is noticed in a starched black straw chapeau with a Spanish bandeau. And there are some, afternoon hats that are worn back off the brow, but most of the smart hats are perched over fche forehead, and some of them completely eclipse one eye.