Fashion Notes

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 15 June 1935, Page 12

Fashion Notes

I Sundries for Winter Wear i ' " Clothes seem to have grown very affectionate over the past months (writes Georgia Rivers in “The Australian Journal”) ; more and more of them show an inclination to clasp their owners round the neck. I cannot remember a time when there was so many 'high and charming neck-lines. If I were going away for a trip and wanted to travel as lightly as possible, I’d choose for iny afternoon frocks two fairly high, close-fitting neck j hands, and then pack a box full of all i the collars I coutd lay my hands on. ! JEVen the coats are following the same idea. Quite a number of them button | rfcross the chest with a delightful ‘ swagger, and all the capes, «: course, fasten at the neck. i Speaking of capes, have you bought j one of the long rubber ones yet ? They I are not made of the ordinary rainproof material, but of smooth rubber like a bathing-cap, and can be bought in practically all -colours. They are very popular at present, probably because of the lightness and cheapness. Being long, they give plenty of protec- ( tion from the rain. They are finished jat the neck with a flat neck-band or

a tiny collar, and I have seen quite a number worn over tweed overcoats for extra protection. I should imagine they would prove very handy for golfers* for they could he rolled into almost no space in a bag, and could be easily flung over

the shoulders after playing a shot. Though a full round might be tiresome in a floating cape, they would be decidely preferable to soaked shoulders should a sudden shower •come down. The Collar Craze As for collars, the city teems with them. Tiny rolled things like our grandmothers wore—the sort of collars that the word “natty” might hare been invented for—large, branching affairs, firm to the neck, but spraying out in scallops or squares over the shoulders, heavy, white quilted ones (these are particularly smart just now, and, worn with cuffs of the same material. should make almost any plain, dark frcrfck look distinguished), ruchings, pleatings, Chinese collars, Peter Pan collars, stocks, bibs made of every material from lame to linen, big bows at the ba .e of the neck, flowers, jabots —these are only a few of the varied necklines that are making the newly dressed windows look so charming at present.

\ \ Woollen Jackets Follow I Spoits clothes have joined in this follow-the-leader game, and very few V necks are seen on the newer tables. The Puritan pullover is a very demure I affair. To its round neck is attalched l a narrow frill of white or contrasting • wool. Below this, in front," are two I other little frills, one exactly above 1 the other, while smaller ones are inserted in the sleeves to give the impression of a cuff. We have all grown so used to the word “pullover,” but we will have to drop it, if sports clothes continue as they are going at present, for most of ' the new woollies do not pull over the | head, but button to the neck. Which makes them very handy indeed, for, if you don't want to give the impression that you are about to stride out into a wild and windy blast, you can leave the top buttons open, insert a dainty front and feel ready to preside over an afternoon tea table. The gypsy ja'cket- is a charming thing. Made in brilliant colours and buttoned to the neck, it has a handkerchief scarf knotted in frant and slipped through two slots. Others have scarf and collars fitting firmly to the neck with the end of the scarf falling to the waist. Others, again, are finished with charming -collars and cuffs after the style of a frock. More Recruits Even the evening frocks are trending in this direction. The -high boatnecks lend themselves to very effective shoulder-ornaments, and the occasional coda red nefck ip as chic a. thing as any first-with-the-latest maiden could desire. It really seems as though we women were doing penance this autumn for the scanty beach attire for which w c were reproved so severely last summer. What a pitv that all penances aren't such pretty and appropriate ones!