ACCESSORIES IMPORTANT

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33189, 31 March 1973, Page 7

ACCESSORIES IMPORTANT

( By

P.A.-Reuter

correspondent JUDY OWEN)

| FLORENCE. March 30. t If everyone is to don | several layers of tweed, even the dinner parties, f next autumn and winter, 1 more effort will have to <r be dedicated to accessor- ? ies, make-up and the X other details that make an outfit not just | “fashion,” but chic. 4' Starting with the face. — there is little remarkable new to report from the B Florence collections on view ■ [at Palazzo Pitti this week to ■ ■] impress the buyers. The lips g are still wet-looking and ■ carmine. The eyebrows are all but ■ gone. Not satisfied with ■ plucking down to a thin ■ dine, many of the manne- ■ \ quins have shaved them ■ .entirely. But a few are going 1 to the other extreme, and ■ going heavy with the pencil ■ with the maximum fullness Ii at the outer arch of the ■ brow. Rouge is heavy, eyeliner I i might never have existed I and false eyelashes are miniI mal, though most have given I them up. Hair is shorter than ever. I The henna rinses of last I [year have turned into I blatantly peroxided locks. I i Combs and barrettes are I ;things of the past. I Since the look calls for coI ! ordinated separates (shirt 1“ iopen at the throat, skirt, i sweater and jacket), the key accessory is a foulard at the throat. | At a special accessories ■ 1 salon the newest scarves

I were those such as Pidizeta’s .printed on pure silk with J checks. Prince of Wales (weave and jacquards, to ‘match the tweed of a jacket. Coloured or transparent ; perspex, plastic, “ivory,” [tortoise shell and “gold” [were the costume jeweller’s preferred raw materials for 1 yard-long beaded necklaces (that harked back to Chanel. The Milanese designer, [Biki, made slave bracelet i wristwatches of burnished silver with navy or brown faces. Sharra Pagano’s necklaces in ivory were made of two “ivory” tusks with a golf-ball-sized bead in the centre. Umbrellas looked so hand- | some that one longed for I rain. They were generally (larger than usual, and had enormous handles, and [wooden knobs at the end of 'each spoke. [ Since trouser waistlines are higher, belts are l narrower, and saddler’s [reported good sales of halfinch red leather belts for (both men and women.

But handbags are bigger and bulkier than ever, with (no clear line drawn between men’s and women’s nor [between city purse and (overnight bag or laundry bag. Geb of Bologna, which [furnishes Italian school- [ children with book bags, has expanded its market by adapting school satchels into I women’s beach bags. [ For everyday use, there was a big shoulder bag shaped like the mail pouches on the pony express. This zipped into a single bag or could be thrown over a horse should the need arise. On the fur scene, the trick was to dye fur jackets the same pine green or navy blue as the outfit below. Important furs • for evening were decidedly neglected in favour of still costly sport jackets, somewhere between the so-called fun furs and traditional fur coats, and- leather that had been gilded or otherwise metallised was used for even battle jackets. Industrial design. — Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Societv of Industrial Designers were: President, Mr K R. Trevelyan (Wellington); council. Messrs M. V. Askew (Christchurch), D. A. Hatcher (Auckland i. K. P. G. Hawkins (Auckland), D. Haynes (Auckland), P F. Haychornthwaite (Auckland). A G. Jackson (Auckland). S Mauger (Auckland). M. H. Smythe (Auckland). C. N. Tritton (Auckland); H G Luhman (Welling-