ERRORS IN DRESS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 June 1928, Page 17

ERRORS IN DRESS.

Einglish women to-day take great pnue in their appearance. At one ume i. were unxav ouraoiy compared, wii.ii x' leiicu women m matters or mess, uut now me repioaon tnat taiey arc unXiu\ uuu careless aoout ciotiies is no longer true, is early every woman dresses m a ioeconniig and practical iashion. j. Here are exceptions oi course, out vney are becoming rarer every day. xxxere is, however, stm a great ueaiio ue learned oy tire average woman. She does not always qn-oose her colours wren the greatest care, ana sometimes sue mixes tneiii with uiirortunate results. it is rather amusing to watch a number or women in a railway station oil w;alking along a street, and notice the little error that so many of tiiem. have made. One woman, 'per,naps, will be wearing a pretty winecoloured dress with a coat of the same slrade and a long roll collo-r oi soft brown fur. Her hat matches her fur exactly; her gloves, too, are brown; but her feet are not part of the ensemble, for they are shod 'in black patent leather shoes and grey silk stockings. How much nicer she would have looked if her shoes had been in the same soft brown shade as her fur and her stockings a tone or so lighterf Another girl wears a pretty and expensive navy and red dress under a fawn coat and with a green hat I Separately all her clothes are charming; collectively they are disastrous. A very common fault is wearing the wrong shoes and stockings. -Often a girl will wear high-heeled thin shoes in patent leather or glace hid and thin silk stockings with a tweed overcoat or suit or a woollen jumper and skirt. If she changed them for stockings in fine wool or? a mixture of silk and wool, with neat one-strap brown leather shoes, she would be far better dressed. Thin silk stockings and light shoes should be reserved for wear with ■afternoon frocks. For wearing with a tailored suit for town nothing is so hi ice as near-silk stockings in a sh ade to tone with the suit. They combine an attractive silky _ appearance with hard-wearing qualities and warmth. Shoes should harmonise with the suit, and be neat and well-cut. -Gloves, too, are very important. One often sees thin light-coloured kid or suede gloves w r orn with country clothes. Strong, pull-on gloves of strong leather, chamois, doeskin, or washing suede would be in far better taste.