ABYSSINIAN FASHIONS
WhimsicaiJy enough the "sort of war" in Abyssinia is already having its fashionable reactions at London, states an exchange. West End jewellers are now making a prominent display of heavy gold necklaces, modelled on those reputed- to be worn by Ethiopian belles in Addis Ababa, as the very latest "chic" feminine adornment. The huge gold nuggets are strung together to form a high collar which clings to the wearer's throat on its flattened curves. Similarly there are velvet throat bands decorated with tiny diamond-studded replicas of Ethiopian spears. Or the latter can be adapted for wearing in the coiffure of fashionable and wealthy dames who follow the latest gyrations of fickle La Mode. Abyssinian sandals, barbaric in appearance but comfortable to wear, are another symptom of pro-Ethiopian sympathy in feminine Mayfair. The sandals have flat-heeled soles secured by gilded or vivid scarlet leather straps thickly encrusted with gems. So far no Piccadilly clubmen, however,' have shown signs of growing Ethiopian beards or frizzing their hair.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 20, 24 January 1936, Page 15
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167ABYSSINIAN FASHIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 20, 24 January 1936, Page 15
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