A Military Air Goes Into Sports Coats

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 173, 24 July 1941, Page 15

A Military Air Goes Into Sports Coats

(By SHEILAH GRAHAM) Rosemary Lane. photogenic Warner Brothers starlet, bought a couple of attractive hats with which to greet the early spring—one of shiny black straw, trimmed with moire ribbon. The front of the hat is square, the back trimmed with bands of the ribbon. The other chapeau is a rough straw, braid breton in black. The brim is manipulated to form part of the crown. Trimming notes are black grosgrain strips, veiling at. the back, and a smart white quill tipped in bright blue.

The military air is predominant in Rita Johnson's sport coat. The Metro actress' reefer coat is double-breasted and buttoning to a soft folded collar, and is high-lighu.d with tremendous knapsack pockets on each side. Accessories are a suede slouch hat in blue, with bag and gloves in a matching shade. For a recent week-end in the desert. Miss Johnson wore a -light blue linen skirt, gathered at the waist into a wide cummerbund. The skirt was topped by a sheer linen blouse in white, covered with gay

embroidery in vivid reds, greens and blues. Soft white angora socks and white play shoes completed the ensemble.

Petticoats are here to stay and Ann Rutherford wears one with her cotton evening dress. Of yellow voile with small pink and" blue flowers, the petticoat features a tremendous ruffle encircling the hemline.

Diana Lewis (Mrs. William Powelli owns a two-piece plaid linen play dress, featuring a very flared skirt, backless bodice and wide red leather band. Over it goes a little box-jacket in the same plaid.

A tremendous pocket is the important, feature of Greer Garson's black dinner suit. Of deep black wool, the gown has a slim skirt. The draped blouse is high-lighted with a huge tie of gilt embroidery across the neckline. The shoulders are full and graduate into long, tight sleeves. From the belt line, a huge pocket, mufflike in appearance, falls to finger-tip length. Greer tops her outfit with a dinner cap in black, smartly accented by the gold embroidery of the dress.

Ilona Massey's tweed suit is made of black and white herringbone. The skirt falls in flares. The blouse, a soft white crepe, is open at the neck and features tiny emerald-green studs. Smartly tailored is the fingertip length jacket with extreme shoulders and long sleeves. The waistline is accented by a cummerbund in the brilliant green of the

studs. Accessories are a casual hat in black with a green feather thrust jauntily through the crown, black suede shoes, envelope bag and gloves.

Orry Kelly, of Warner Brothers, says that this will definitely be a "lace ridden season," and to prove his point started the lace ball rolling with lovely gowns of this material

Merle Oberon wears a frock combining lace and faille. Black lace is used for a low-hipped bodice, grey faille for a bouffant skirt. The bodice of the latter has long, tight sleeves and a low, square neck, with shoulders slightly squared by means of a tucked puff. The gowns Brenda Marshall and Flora Robson wear as Spanish senorita and Elizabeth the Queen respectively are in lace or thin lace over satin or velvet. Cobweb silver lace over sky blue satin with a large collar of the lace, mother of pearl discs dotting the skirt front, and a rope of pearls around the waist make a beautiful gown for Brenda. Black lace over royal scarlet velvet is used for Miss Robson.—"Auckland Star" and N.A.N.A.