COLOURFUL CLOTHES.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXI, Issue 5595, 4 July 1930, Page 5

COLOURFUL CLOTHES.

Drab days are here, and with them rain, but streets this winter are to look as bright and gay in wet, weather, as in fine, and the colours of the rainbow to shine in the new niackincoats and fascinating umbrellas which have already made their appearance in the ships (says a writer in an ... exchange). In scarlets, royal blues, and wine colours, fresh greens and smart browns will be- forgotten those dark and sombre “macs” and umbrellas, which were always associated with the , gloom of a wet day, as in melancholy dirge, they dripped their moisture on to over-wet pavements. As every woman knows, the influence of smart and brightly hued clothes is a very real and this new whim of fashion should have a very cheering effect on a more or less depressed community. Certainly the newest and one of the most attractive types of raincoat is the, leatherette, which, -lighter than real leather and lined with woollen

material, is a cosy garment; procurable in royal blue and navy, scarlet,, .cherry, jade, and bottle green, and two shades of brown. A novel and very sensible idea is in' a reversible raglan coat, which, to all appearance, is an ordinary kasha in biege or grey for fine weather, displaying on its reverse side a smart and cheerful tartan waterproof. Fancy satin coats, proofed and rubber lined, having inverted pleats at the side, are also obtainable in the newest colours, L as are plainer styles, with .belts in r, shot and artificial silk, in vieux rose,. 6s beige, and blues of varying shades.*, ; In keeping, with the brightness of the new' raiments' is the colourful variety of the? season’s umbrellas, which are here in plain arid bordered hues most pleasing to behold. The shades mostly favoured are wine, plum, navy, browns, and green. Handles in. crpoks, semi-crooks, and striking Hird designs are’ as attractive as the covers. The very latest idea is an umbrella of short, packing size in a morocco leather case and handbag combined. The latter, when not 'in use, folds up into.a smart wallet, || with zip fastener. . -' To cofnplete the picture, the homely golosh has been superseded by light x and fancy but effective footholds in smart little cases.