DARING SWIMMING SUITS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 January 1935, Page 9

DARING SWIMMING SUITS.

LONDON’S LATEST. London has suddenly become swimming-suit conscious (writes the London correspondent of the “Sydney Morning Herald”). With every wayside roadhouse and hotel boasting its own swimming pool, and dozens of others being installed in private houses in readiness for next summer, British manufacturers have concentrated on providing really new and nifty ideas in beach -wear. England may lack the golden sands and sunshine of Australia, but she can certainly do her bit in the way of providing some exciting new outfits for Australian girls whose hobby is covering the water front I To-day, I saw’ a collection of new season’s models that were remarkable for their news value. According to the latest fashion trends, no swimming suit with pretensions to chic will have any back to it at all. The proprieties are duly observed, either by twin ribbons of the material tied at the back of the neck, or else by a new arrangement of the popular crossed harness straps. Instead of these springing from the waistline at the back they are made much shorter, and are carried high up across the shoulder blades and fixed under the arms, resulting in an increased expanse of bare back. Many are without the top-piece or “skirt” around the hips, and are in the form of trunks, pure and simple. What Australian beach inspectors willjiave to say about that later on remains to be seen!

An interesting new departure in ’construction is that 1935 bathing suits are built on corset lines, many of them in a heavy spring knit which has tremendous elasticity, and holds and supports the figure. Tops are tailored and brassiere-moulded; and the corset illusion is carried still further by amusing laced effects. Fronts are laced up, skirts are laced onto tops by thin woollen cords. One effective model of turquoise rib knit was laced with white at the middle and up the front of the brassiere. The cross-over harness suits are fitted with an elastic at the back of the waist to keep them taut, no matter how low the back is cut.

Another new departure in trousers effects was seen in the model of offwhite wool, its short trunks flared at the ends, showing a tightly fitting, shorter lining in fine wool. This suit was darted at the waist in a most ingenious manner, and was accompanied by a knee-length wrap coat with a decorative shoulder yoke in two shades of sage green.GINGHAM DESIGNS. Someone had a brain-wave over introducing the fresh, crisp designs of the gaily patterned cotton ginghams, which women wear so much at holiday time, into wool jerseys and flannels for swimming suits and beach frocks. The colourings are exquisite, in softly vivid checks and tartans. There is a very lovely sun-pink which combines cleverly with turquoise or peacock green. A brilliant starfish red is another exciting colour for the beach, there is a new deep suntan shade, and plenty of yellow, Henna, and orange—all of them newcomers to the swimming world. One of the most sensational new swimming suit fabric developments consist of a las’tex lace, in fish-net design, posed over a lining of fine jersey in contrasting colour. The lastex mesh grips the figure tightly, and varied combinations may be obtained with the use of different colours. A section of the jersey is often cut away round the waist, revealing the flesh with daring effect beneath the lastex mesh. The new beach caps, also in wove; 1 w 001, are worn weir back on the head, with a high front brim, and are inspired by “Marianne” the French official symbol of liberty—a statue which is to be seen in all public buildings in France. A bright red beach cape was big enough to be used as -a personal tent for undressing on the beach, and was done up with enormous cork buttons.

SUITS FOR CABARET. (By a Paris Fashion Expert). The -new cabaret suits bring blouses of chiffon, silk voile and georgette as their features. These items contrast in vivid or light colours, such as nasturtium yellow, turquoise blue, and an off-mauve-white to go with the black suits which are correct for specified cinema and cabaret occasions. Fabrics for these suits are of moire, velvet, satin, or mat crepe. Coats rather than jackets uro worn, and resemble the slim-fitted Victorian top with leg o’ mutton or "bishop" sleeves and fairly full skirted lines. Tendencies are not exaggerated. Both types of sleeves apply to blouses made from the softer fabrics and a fillip is given to the material by a silver lame short tailored collar line with little flat how tic.

Skirts of the cabaret ensembles are slim, with side or centre back splits. Should you prefer a frock, skirts aro j'ist as slender if line, but Jean PatoT"spplies a flat width that has the air of a wide loose box-pleat hanging down tho centre front. You can visualise tho pleat in brilliant satin on mat satin, streaming, •as it were, from an equally wide oblong set in chemisier fashion through the bodice, with the brilliant side carried over tho shoulders and across the back into a flat caped effect from either side of the panel. Skirls are of moderate length and belts of black glace kid, box call', or patent leather arc usually placed on coats. High-necked corsages with subtle transparency aro featured by Jean Patou for the latest edition in dinner gowns. He brings much charm to one of these corsages by giving it long sleeves and flat, swooping movements smothered with brilliant jet bead embroideries on a mousseline de sol? base! The straight ground-length skirt if good. It is of finest black wooll-n j.-rsov. and wrap? over tow. rd.-; mu side of the back in th- most graceful manner, with a tio ol the lain it knotted at front, waistline. Imagine the effect of jet against mat black and th© beads executed to •v, rn , h chert, tailored neckband, with c- little flat bow tic fastening.

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