HOLLYWOOD FASHIONS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 July 1938, Page 14

HOLLYWOOD FASHIONS.

BACK COME THE CURVES

Damd Fashion turns ttyimbs’ down on string-beam effects' at Hollywood. Wide shoulders, slim waist, and skirt length that best suits you is the edict if you are to be well dressed. Seasons mean gardens to some of us, tonics to others' —but to the majority of womankind it means just ■one thing—fashions! (says a Hollywood writer). “What will they wear?” “What shall 1 wear?" Silhouette, colour, line, fabric, millinery, necklines—maids and matrons everywhere engage in absorbed discussions of these and other points of style. And so it is at Hollywood. “This is a year for feminine figures” decreed Robert Kalloch. Columbia Studios’ stylist, for such starry beings as Irene Dunne, Claudette Colbcit, Mary Astor and Joan Blondell. If you have had any sneaking notion that there would be a return to tho “boyish" vogue, dismiss it now. No straight lines. Curves, Curves, Curves. . . 11 “The emphasis this season is all the bosom line,” continued' the expert. “Waistlines 1 must look smart tho smaller tho better—so we still have the broadshouldered effect. Women will not give- that up if they can help it, because it helps lessen the hipline and flatters most figures. “[ do not use many belts; merely define the waistline by the cut oi the gown, thus slendering the wearer without calling attention to that zone. Occasionally. I have used a wide belt, for a special effect, but, naturally. I am careful who wears 1 it.” There is what. Mr Kalloch calls a "musical-comedy fcbling” about clothes for 1935. "This is a gay year. There is a glitter to fashions, to tunc with belter Mmes. Clothes have an air of fancy dress, especially for playtime or evening wear, and that, is good, for most people feel happier ami freer in something that takes them out of themselves. ~ "Prints are blighter and the liguic s in them much, much larger than ever. Sometimes one. flower forms the whole front breadth of a skirl.

"The very full skirt, lor evening is still with us for (hose who find it flattering. Brilliance is the ke.vnnlo with flowers' in the hair and orchids, gardenias, exotic blooms (taught with jewels right above the. forehead. ’ The peasant, vogue is the great thing in playtime and sports clothes, says the. authority, and this carries over even into evening things. ••[ls hard to tell whore styles originate. This peasant fad may have come from Ihe importation of the Guatemala pottery you see eyeijwhere; or it may have developed because the. Rumanian political crisis pul that country in the news; or because people naturally re-act from the Coronation pomp and circumstance. Who knows? At any rate peasant styles' are ismart, and will be smarter as the season advances. "This means bright colours, fullness in skirts, square bodices, wide girdles, embroidery in gay yarns which develops into brilliance in decoration of any kind, and floweis. flowers everywhere. . "Materials for hats' this year are leghorn, panama, silk ribbon, silk or wool fabric or tweed 1 to match the costume, and, of course, straws of various weaves. It is smart to have a hat made to match your suit, or your printed dress; if you use sil v have it; stitched to give it body and shape.” IMPORTANCE OR GLOVES. Mr Kalloch expressed' a. dislike tor the peasantry looking scarf bonnets, shown rather widely, that tic under the chin. "These are usually very cheap and they look it,” he said. “They nitty lie permissible on very young girls or children, but they do nothing at all for older girls.” When the expert, talks of “glitter” and brilliance and the mad colour that, will brighten 1938, he does not mean that you may throw discretion to the winds and go in for it wildly. “Never wear anything that seems too busy,” he recommended. “Suppose you have chosen a gaily printed dress, with enormous flowers in a light background; do not wear coloured gloves, a trick hat, something daring in footwear, and a, striped peasant bag with it! The eye of the beholder will be kept busy leaping from the, dress to the gloves, to the feet, to the bag. and to the hat. Nobody will over have time to look at the wearer, and the whole effect will be dizzying.

“Put the emphasis of your costume where you. can afford to allow the eye to rest. If your waistline is l nothing Io brag about, draw' the glance to a lovely pin or clip at the throat, or to the amazing flower in your hat.” Veils will continue good through the spring season, according to Mr Kalloch, and flowers will be. used on shoulders for street and. afternoon as' well as evening.

Gloves have, their own importance., "They will wear long evening gloves’ again, of suede and antelope, in colours, instead of simply black or white, and the gloves' will reach nearly to the shoulders,” he prophesied. “Stockings grow more important as the hemline lifts,” of course. “The safest shoe style for the girl whoso feet are not her biggest asset is the plain pump, either of black or white or of the colour of your suit or gown,” recommended the expert. “Shoes will continue to bo opentoed, with clogs coming into favour for playtime. Personally, 1 think clogs are ugly,s)Ut there may be some sense to them in the sand. There are various Mexican sandals- for those who agree with me about the look of clogs. “Flat-heeled footwear is good Uns year, probably, the result of the peasant trend.”