WRAPS FOR EVENING.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 109, 14 November 1928, Page 13

WRAPS FOR EVENING.

♦ One of the prettiest of the newer ideas is seen in the evening wrap, writes a London correspondent. For warm 'weather, or for wear in warmed apartments or theatres or hotels, the heavy wrap is worse than useless, and the shoulder wrap does not fulfil the useful function of covering, and protecting delicate gowns. It has been decided that the coming season shall see the universal use of the chiffon wrap with' the velvet yoke to cover the neck and shoulders. The wraps of this description are too light in weight to be a nuisance to anybody; they give warmth where it might be needed, and they protect the gown as well as lending additional., attractiveness to it through their transparency. Probably the idea has arisen from the continued and enhanced popularity of the georgette coat for warm weather. The georgette scarf for the neck has a strong attraction here, for older women, while the younger ones are trying hard to like the apache handkerchief. The later is a snare, because it needs to be worn by particularly smart girls to avoid the impression that it is crude. It has boen sold in fair numbers to take the plainness from the neck of the knitted jumper, which still holds pride of place in sports suits, especially when worn with a closely-kilted silk skirt. In this style, canary yellow has beaten all other shades in popularity. The only touch of relief has been found in the colours introduced either by hand-painting or Batik

An appreciated attention which is bocoming an annual affair is the presentation of a wreath of flowers from tho Women's National Reserve of Wellington district on Armistice Day to the Sydney Cenotaph. A card goes with the wreath from the reserve with kindly sentiments of memory and appreciation of the bravery of the Australian soldiers who fought and died in tho Great War. The presentation is arranged by Mrs. Hadfield, now resident in Sydney, and this year was carried out by Mr. G. P. Natusch (formerly of Wellington), who was a lieutenant in the New Zealand Forces. The Association of ex-Service Men in Sydney sent cards of admission to the official stand in Martin place for the New Zealand representatives, and one of the best places is given to the New Zealand wreath, which is always specially made and emblematical as far as possible of the country, the brotherly sentiments of the soldiers, and the kind thoughts of the New Zealand women.