FASHIONABLE COLOURS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 335, 23 October 1908, Page 3

FASHIONABLE COLOURS.

Colours drop in and'out of fashion with extraordinary rapidity, and range, of those suitable for outdoor wear is curiously limited, siys an Australian paper. Navy blue is the exception, for it is the standby of many,, and its popularity never varies, summer or winter. But in the paler shades blue has.its ups and downs. For example, blue is announced as the season's colour, • but only tho colder' tints are permissible. So sky, nattier, cornflour, Wedgwood, and all other varieties of the neutral tones are in demand. A year or so ago we wero. all for bluey-green turquoise, . and would not look at any other shade; but now turquoise is taboo, except in narrow ribbon for threading underwear, Pink is another colour that has to be chosen with discretion. In the "faded" and "old" tints it has a fairly good daylight effect, especially in linen or Shantung silk, but as affording a note of con-trast-it is usually a failure, and the full . rosy tones are always best avoided. Last year purple hats, sunshades, belts, shoes,, and handbags were the feature of most toilets with which this adaptable colour could be blended, and this year it is fairly certain that the winter fancy for bright green will, last. 1 At . all events, there is no . doubt that, when properly chosen, it strikes a most effective note. Yet vivid green only looks weir in velvet or in the glossy makes of silk. Woollen, material and dull silks, such as glace or Japanese, are commonplace, and even ostrich feathers should be shunned unless they are of exceptional quality. The blending of white and black for gowns and hats is oven- more popular than ever, but'to be successful it must be always white and black, not black and white. There aro prophecies that yellow will see tho bright light of day again, but ,that is not at all certain, for ' this hue needs an artificial light to be becoming. . Still we are open to conviction, , and it is said that a rich shade of amber, known as "pale ale," is having a tremendous . vogue in London and Paris.,