FASHION’S FORECAST.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 15

FASHION’S FORECAST.

SHOULDER TRIMMING. When shall we return to the unbroken shoulder line? 'There seems very little prospect of it just now! The flowers that are added to our evening frocks grow more and more startling. At a dress show held recently the leaning was toward feather flowers again, allied to frosted silver leaves. They were very large, and poised on stalks, instead of nestling against the figure, so that they swayed with every movement of the wearer.

But instead of flowers you may have, a shoulder knot! A frock of the new metallic brocade, in pink and silver,

had a bow on the shoulder of the same material, with two long ends, one reaching to the waist, and the other to the hem. The ends were bordered with red and black bands.

To wear an ordinary leather coat is o be ordinary. But to wear a coat

aade from the skin of a shark, is to be

In the latest fashion. 'Some clever scientist has discovered how to make shark-skin soft, and how to dye it. You may have it . corrugated, or you may have it plain. The corrugated kind is mostly to be used for shoes; the plain for coats. And they are talking of stockings made rtorn a thread spun from the fibre in the skin which will never wear out.

Shall we go back to lace sewn in sleeves and neck? It looks like it. One of the house frocks had long sleeves, from which froths out some lovely lace, and a V-neck softened by a turnover of lace ending in two flat

tabs. And at another dress show several neat frock coats had narrow military collars with a little frill of Valenciennes lace sewn in. A jumper suit of gold lame is the newest notion worn, with a floppy flower of powder blue and a hat to match. And the new “knitted” jumpers of metal thread and chenille are most attractive. Sometimes the chenille forms narrow lines, sometimes there are varying widths. In all eases these are attractive whether allied to silken or angora skirts. Angora is the last word in woollen material; it has 'ousted all the others. It is as soft as silk, and as warm as tleec.v wool, and drapes well! .For evening wear a glace lame is attractive. These are often patterned with Japanese geenes made familiar to us in, or rather on, lacquer cabinets. Steel embroideries are essential if you'd be really smart this year, and magpie effects are the hall-mark of good taste. A picture frock of black taffeta, with the new picture skirt, had embroideries of steel and white beads about the waistline and the bodice.