Current Gossip

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)

Current Gossip

Paris shops are showing amusing designs in garden furniture, aluminium, rubber, and unbreakable glass being the most popular materials. . There are armchairs wirh long, sloping seats and backs set at just the right angle for comfort, and ehairs with tub seats and oval backs of metal. One of this type is made of green American eloth woven in a basket design for the seat, and a matching green aluminium frame.

Remember, when considering a new evening gown, that an expert dyer can restore sparkle and appeal to last year’s gown—even the most delicate. of materials can be dyed any colour with perfectly satisfactory results. Phone 63-723, Dominion Dyers, Ltd., Petone.

Queen Elizabeth has bought a unique cutlery set for personal use. It consists of nine dozen pieces with handles of green, yellow, amber, and orange enamel on a blue ground.

An even floor surface means long life to carpets and linoleum.. Phone 45-962, Dominion Floor Surfacing Co.

Costume jewellery is at its high peak in fashion. Amusing and gay accessories of fine craftsmanship and design, such as tiny ebony hands with gold and rhinestone nails, each spelling a letter of the alphabet in the language of the deaf and dumb, are the choice of the smart woman to add lilt and dash to her newest costume.

!c ft A smart'ensemble has a chic little frock of grey crepe, with a sash and bolero of raspberry. Another has a tan skirt with a honey beige top and a bolero of tan appliqued with beige. A very smart bolero frock is navy blue, with heavy white crocheted lace edging round the bolero. Wilson's, 5? Willis Street.

Among the valuable articles specially made for a recent picture were a rare necklace of little jewelled hands,

which spell in deaf-and-dumb language the name of the star; jewelled flower pins of rare stones, and jewelled brooches, pins, and clasps made in the signs of the zodiac.

A knowledge of dressmaking.and cutting gives your dresses a dainty distinctiveness admired by all. Simply taught at Hollywood S 00l of Dressmaking. 46 Mercer Street. Tel. 44-311.

For your spring wardrobe it will be smart to have gay checked linen hats to match your sports shirts. They can be easily washed and look bright if starched and then ironed to give them a glaze.

Half prices attract every woman on the watch for bargains, and everything at Fashion < use, Wi’ is Street, is halfprice for just a few more days. They certainly offer most wonderful value.

In buying silver, your equity is always secure, and, of course, old silver has an appreciating value. Robin and Co., 17 Grey St., have just unpacked a glorious solid silver tray, handsomely chased with a repousse rim and handles. A four-piece silver tea and coffee service with spiral fluting, is very solid and beautifully designed.

Mrs. Flora Drennan, Sydney, who is 61 years old, claims to be the first woman athlete to ran in spikes, and still has her shoes with their original laces. Mrs. Drennan has won 61 trophies and nine gold medals, and she can still nip I

Wire baskets for ferns or hot-house plants, in all sizes, are a feature at the Disabled Soldiers’ Shop. A lovely lot of new shopping baskets in attractive patterns has just arrived. * » *

Two new colour schemes are introduced in the season’s furnishing notes —yellow- and green, blue and white, or red and white, and aluminium and wood painted to match, used for outdoor tables and chairs. One suite con sists of a blue wooden table bordered with blue aluminium, and chairs with wooden seats and backs, and solid tubular legs of aluminium. » * * ,

It is amazing w’hat an expert can do with a fur. An old wrap becomes a super-modern cape; a piece of old coat is modelled into a beautiful coatee.. Wellington is the home of the cleverest fur tailors in New Zealand—you must have heard of them —Fur Tailors, 63 Manners Street.

Turkish Baths for women are new at Joyce’s Turkish Baths, Lambton Quay. The equipment is the very latest, and a trained nurse and masseuse is in a’tendance. Ring 45-940 (Over Garland’s). « * *

A new idea for parties at women’s clubs is a “hen party.” The rooms are turned into a “ben-roost” for the evening and decorated in true barnyard style. Of course, the idea is that no men are present.

Perfect cut and distinctive style are assured in a costume by Oxford Tailors, “Evening Post” Buildings.

Tailored leather for sports wear has put in a welcome appearance. An example is a practical boxy coat in leather in a new shade of soft greygreen worn over a double wrap skirt in grey-green corduroy. With this ensemble a pale yellow paisley head-scarf tied under the chin, peasant fashion, is worn.

The most important functions of the skin are those of protection. Should the surface skin be destroyed the underlying nerves become stimulated. Result—pain and irritation. This can be cured by the famous and unfailing Klexema Treatment. .Tel. 42-882, Klexema Rooms, Panama Street.

Snips for your spring note-book: Piqiie gloves can have starched gauntlets and you can easily make bagcovers for winter bags of stlfi’ white marcella.

Be free of washday worries. A perfect wash is assured —Telephone 63-000, Ideal Bag Wash Laundry. ‘ « « » >

A church in. Karnes, Texas, advertised : “We assure you one and all that you are always welcome. The pastor never preaches long sermons."

Your new season’s frocks cut out, stitched, or completely made by Hollywood. 496 Mercer Street. Tel. 44-311.

Stripes of all dimensions win the race for popularity this spring. Though black and white and navy and white are in favour, and, of course, always smart, it is the gorgeous stripes in such wonderful colour combinations that have stirred the smart world to real enthusiasm. In all materials from georgettes and sheer silks, to crepes uncrushable linens, taffetas and satins, they flaunt their brilliance. The most striking of all. perhaps, are the beautiful heavy taffeta-backed satins, thick and lustrous. One, .for instance, has even half-inch stripes in half a dozen colours, with fuchsia and blue predominating. Another—black, crimson, gi-een, beige- and a dull pink. These are perfect for evening gowns, bridge or long theatre coats. The taffetas are mostly in light grounds with heaps of colour. There’s a line of soft satins with narrower even stripes in black, cherry and white, black, crimson an grey, black, gold and cream—lovely for smart vests to wear under coats or for corselette belts on a plain frock. These are just a few from an outstanding collection of the smartest striped at Thomson’s Silk Shop, 60 Willis St.

A useful travelling topcoat for spring is in red, green, and black plaid blanket cloth with a flattened swagger back and the fronts trimmed with live patch pockets—two on the bust, two on the hips, and an odd one just above the waistline on the left front.