CLOTHES AND COLOUR
i riRESSING AN A D\‘lcNTl ’R E. | • (‘li;Hh-s win bo s.> many I hitm.s. .: business. ;• pastime, an anxiety, or a ;,,ka. Th, v can express conlidt-m-e ili.- ni.' y. pm Ila- las- urn.-It n> stic(•oss. i>r Hirn failure a rout. Atid n.'v Mollies or,- Hie. wry J adv'-ni tiro. !<>r they roprose.m wit ;t w>- liotio : > 1..- insio'id of witat j.v--i-o',.in !i\ ncktiow b'd'.’a* Wo are.” This iim vii s of a writer in a Sydtt- y p ; .p, r. ami -Im has tin ny ittl erosi ing i liines io >a\ abocl i lie mb. - inure of dressing Num io' e ■ knows t xacfly wlutl i! ? !at(-t am! most titgonioiis fashion is • i>ing to d-.> in ns. I: may make saints, wiwhos oniiaws of its. Bitt. '.vlt<-n we ii;rn f-.is'nion Io <>; r own purposes, i! Is a ■ if W • ■ bouse arms for Ibe ;d! :.ii veil’ nr”s. i !'.■• e.xpbd•mion <.f mtrsolves. There ate m> rtth'-s for sm-ii an ..n [.-■ii,-.i-e. 1; may end in disaster ot du oiH; of ilio Ii tt ml nd modern slay. s| iintelit I'.'- pultl'u ity. bill ’.o Im w ho’.iy j ; a.i isfmc nry it mi-si disco ver. mst m-wi cotimry <t a m-w way of i.iet'king i-te
(-.1 ri-crnd. but a imw version ui i/m'sei l .'. There- :'ii'" m> rules. I su’d, for i v< ry woman must plan l;> r ov. :. osciJpr.di . Ail sin- can do is to take ncto of tlio mines by wlrch others have reaciied tiioir goal, or fallen i'-y ihe V. ay. 'i'licre are, of course, a lew dangers, well-known as glaciers which guard ;.y.-pv ( .>c», or the shifting sands of th-? Sahara. Patterns are aimm.'.; tho most dost i net ive. Hardly any woni;:i| is imiimv'-d by a pattern. Why should alio be? t ; iho civil!-- d form ;.f t:-t!<u>ing. ('ioilies an- only rial!' mJ vent a rtiits win' n. i Imy lol! .Hist a i-itlc more aiio'ji ihe \v<-aror tlmn the war!'! .'ilrrady knows. I ’a'.sir.; to'too busy talking aboiil Hn-ins-'-!ves to tmiib'e iilmut Hie person inside them. Amuher siynposi before v.'e- reach Hu- um-lmi'ied realms win re om-ii v onmii imtsl v-.-n'iii for In-rself Ulm-k i--. iw.l easy tn '.•.'ear. Hoav.-n alum.'hums Imw ihe iailacy grew. It is . of Hi.- most monstroti.-- the worlu ha - ki-owti. Black’ van ’>•• im Huil'-iy smart wiHnnit being at all bo-i-'inilng. and, to b“ smart tn all. it dm got. io bi l ’■■'.'ice as well thought out ns any colotir. Th,.. \-< :-y youn;.' :iinl tlm very fair ecu wear l.lm-k wiih sin cess. A taw I i ; ,. mi.hih-a-’. d w< ar it with .ii--r.-mHoii Tie- 'Md. Ih- brown. Um ,-rl.j-,t. ('ll Inn lal. Hl<- I "<> Itiill. ail. ihf u u.-crfa n :Tmiibt m-V.-r • a r i I al all. i.' ra ml ni'ii It l i- 'i i 1 v. h; l< ■ hair, win' -..mild loci. io', e] > in sil >. *-r grey ami tim hydrangea sb.mh-s, are erttn- | )md black. ()i In r gc-m-rai ions are aii n il'i ila 1 <'-d by ii. ilkwk m'.-c--j( wels I'.-al om'-s '. figur.' also r< a! ( ,mi tin iin.-.iiaka !>l-■ <-oi!s<-i<>iism'-.s of success.
Y,-(. for ov.-rymm tln-iv is a special cob-mi Ii is only a qin-sti.ni of finding ii. Tim foi l untile know it by im mim-t. Thu.-'- Hie Vicereine snrroitmls If v ii I, purple, ami 1 lie Ijuooi’. of Evvjil with tlm indigo him- Hiat Wl . see in Hm rulms of the Pharaohs. I do not know if tin* om- draws Imi i m r-y and Hi otlier iwr pliii<><on!:V I'ri.ni tin • e <•<■)].mrs. rt-pi oseiiting m - i-ording lo Hm m i wi si iim<lii-al scitmee ihe quint oi-'scnci • of physical ami spiritu;il lorcc, hut v'-rtai n if is ’b- 1 ' cold! -S have different ettects on dily ysm p-.-op'. ’. Tin- cleverest hospi'•ais in X w York :1m n -mtmus ,-.f -. 1- <j ;• m a. Hit . - dmi r ■ '-I-. -ms i-.aiml tlm beds. ''lot I m„--. !>:-ovid.- Hm same, im-ntai on- • tm ii .v : -.r un-mai ml vmit \<m ni, Icl heal: li.’- in red. s;: v.-ige in r.r-mi. Imt-iMii in y -ih'.w. oidintir.v in him'. c:.rtlil><Himi in brown, am! c<mipleteiy irrecist ibn- in white, or the iliier way round 1 doii’l know, but you must timl om. Most im i: dislike brov in mlore white, ami pin ; tom-bing f:'.i:h t- ! H’-‘‘ woman wim wears gre-y Imcmis • smimm: l.m fund;:im-m-'tll.v "rigbi.’’ Mos: w-nu'n ’.'-.-I ;. rrific'i of while. flmil.Hi: 1 . of grey. ..-ml .-ompimmly safe in brown. Put v.iiiio now that ii bus so nitiiiy j'l.ides. is llie easio-:; ami tin- kind •• i of <1 i -gii isos. H (■'■’•'ch dot's im host with hair blooming in herbaceous s' : 'inymmss ami comjiiexions t h -t have slipped.
Of cours.'. nmvail.nys. v.<- dress t n‘ mirselvcs. init to nmlm a spec! aeiila i' ■success of it no ought lo dress for the s' r 1!’ or m’l'.'--s i.bat nobody else knows. Perhaps w-- do. Pc: Imps, inside tlm most, conventional there is an adventuress with an undaunted sense of humour, hence Hm modern lint. as r;- ''Curious as a -mlluun in Hi • siratosphe.re. , . , . Thr- liiiit* has got'm when we tln-uglit of :i d;’< S'- wii hot'.i its natural complomonrs in the way of shoes. Imr, gloves stookings, 1';?n ami so on, but if i*still sonwtliiiig of ni' adveniur'? uj think of if ns siViio.'- io the di>li m one ’ •; person a I i t s.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1938, Page 5
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