COATS FOR BRIDGE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 December 1927, Page 17

COATS FOR BRIDGE.

FASHION'S NEW CRAZE

Tli© craze for bridge, both at private houses aud at women s clubs, where tlie tendency this season is to extend the card-room accommodation, has given new interest to the bridge coat as an item of the smart woman’s wardrobe.

The woman who attends a smart bridge party at her club to-day, ox acts a.s hostess to a group of enthusiasts in her own home, is on the lookout for a distinctive and elegant garment, tree from all iussiness and drills Beautiful velvets that are a feature of the new winter fashion are ideal fabrics tor tins type of bridge coat, which, in its latest guise, has tost the earless studio look and taken on the licit embroideries of the Orient. Many colors are subtly blended with the gleam oi precious metals and even the spa rule oi jewels, in actual cut, however, there is the strict tailor-made line, which suits the card table? A fur collar —the latest Parisan models favor chinchilla, which is one of the costliest of furs—trims the embroidered bridge coat oi tlie daytime. This can be worn out-of-doors with an appropriate afternoon dress. A typical example of the new bridge coat is in dark sapphire blue velvet with blue, grey and silver embroideries and a collar of grey fur.