AUTUMN COLOURS
Blues and. Browns FASHION’S DICTATE Dominion Special Service. (By Mavis.) London, June 1. It has already been decreed that colours for the autumn are to be bright and cheerful aud unbroken by multicoloured stripes or checks. Many of them have been named, too, and it is interesting to note how, even in this process, Empire influence has been at work. ■ Thus, one of the new blues, which, with brown, is to dominate the colour stage of the late season, has been called “Empire blue.” A rich, deep shade of royal blue has been named “Trafalgar,” while at the opposite end of the shade card is found a delicate pastel shade called “Wellington,” "Australian” and “Cornish” blues also find a place among smart colours for the autumn. What is destined to be the most popular shade of brown has been named “Canadian Wood”—possibly in honour of the Ottawa Conference, while two very much darker shades are to be known as “African” and "Barbados” respectively. As to materials, it is rather early to pronounce upon them yet. But it is almost certain that their, monotony will be broken by fancy weaves rather than by a variation in colour.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 266, 5 August 1932, Page 4
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198AUTUMN COLOURS Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 266, 5 August 1932, Page 4
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