THREAT TO PARIS FASHIONS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 September 1925, Page 17

THREAT TO PARIS FASHIONS.

ENGLISH COLOURS FIRST IN THE FIELD.

For the first time in many years, English dyers and manufacturers have been first in the field in creating the colours for the next season’s fashions, and, instead of leading, Paris is following London in adopting shades for new season clothes. The new colours, eight in all, have l>een created by British dyers, manufacturers and merchants, to standardise to some degree the production of fashionable colours, instead of allowing each firm to work on its own. This co-operation has already overcome- the English inclination towards French fashion prophecies, and all the leading English houses are making up their new season goods in the new colours created by their own dyers. The new shades include two autumn tints, cedarwood and burnt oak, and also a delightful compromise between jade and eau-de-nil; this is called nilesque. Veronese, an improvement on last season’s rather obvious pillarbox Ted, vellum, [described- by its. name and the new favourite shade worn by Her Muicsty, arc other new colours, all to be worn by England’s smartest women. No longer is the English woman to look towards Paris every time she wishes to have a new colour for her clothes.