FASHION COLOUR CARD.

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 September 1934, Page 9

FASHION COLOUR CARD.

(By a London Fashion Expert). Nine months ago it was decided what colours women would wear this autumn. It is now possible to see all the new shades illustrated in beautiful fabrics of' British manufacture. "Women indirectly get what they want,” I was told by a member of the British Colour Council. Matters of topical interest affect fashion acutely, and so it was that tho Persian Exhibition awoke appreciation of rich, deep colours; tile industrial slump occasioned a wave of strong patriotic feeling in 1932, with a marked emphasis on the red, white and blue theme.

This factor has not dominated the 1934 autumn shades. They are rather the result of the British woman’s inherent good taste expressing itself in the evolution of colour. With the exquisite dyestuffs now in use and the resultant increased delicacy in tones she found great pleasure and beauty in the pastel shades. Once having reached this high standard, she would not willingly revert to crude colours. So it is that women this autumn will still wear beautiful soft shades but with a depth and warmth that makes. them suitable for the chillier days. "Postillion Green” is likely to prove a, firm favourite in the coming days, with "Wigwam Brown” a close run-ner-up, the former inspired by the big top-coat of the old-time coachman, the latter, with that hint of red whieh the Indian’s tent conjures up, and with which a rich deep red, “Emberust,” will often be allieu. Rich dark mauves, too, will have a strong following, with “Victorian Plum” holding a prominent place. To this “Fog Grey” gives a very unusual and pleasing relief, especially for the older woman. “Moorhen” and “Old Thatch” are the newest versions of greys verging on to beige. They look well in soft tweeds and angoras. Many phases of life and interest have been scanner to give each new colour the appropriate name, which just catches the subtle difference it expresses. In the wine shades we have “Vintage” and “Oporto”; in the blues “Airway,” “Ti’ooper,” and "Cadet.” “Waverley,” a. greenish saxe blue, is a distinct change. The green group speaks of rippling water in “Cascade” and “Capri,” with “Sylvan.” “Moorhen,” and “March Brown” to conjure up visions of the English countryside. Dusky Green, Lucifcr---a flaming red as its name suggests—and Spindrift, will form the new tri-colour scheme for the autumn. Spindrift is Ihe newest, of the offwhites with the green hue of waves mingled with seafoam.

THE RED-HAIRED. Not so long ago the red-haired girl was made to feel an object of derision She was called “Carrots” or “Ginger,” or something equally objectionable, and if she showed a Utile temper she was told that was only to be expected from a “hot-head. .But times are changed. The red-haired girl is now firmly established in favour. At least one widely-read novelist will have none for his heroine save a girl with coppery-red tresses. A report of the English Medical Research Council issued some time ago gave statistics which showed that there are more red-haired boys than red-haired girls in the community. It is this rarity, perhaps, that confers distinction on the “red head” and makes her the centre of attraction at social gatherings. Blonde and brunette girls in the United States of America have found tho position so intoleiablc that they have formed a league which has for its object the counteracting of the influence of their red-haired sisters.