The FASHION REVIEW

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1110, 31 March 1930, Page 2

The FASHION REVIEW

BY SUZETTE

The much-heralded silhouette is now an established fact after all these months of forecasts and advanced advices. Waistlines are now normal, skirts are longer, while the fullness starts low with fascinating flounces that dip and swirl in unbelievably-lovely effects and at the same time preserve that slimness so essential to the modern idea of perfect smartness. Paris decrees black, brown, green and the purplish reds for day time wear, and any of these .colours will be good for your new season’s coat. You are deciding on a new coat, of course, this winter. It will be essential, for your last year's model will be unmistakably passe, and, no matter how smart your frock and hat may be, that back-number coat will mar what might otherwise have been perfection. You will have a wonderful selection of materials, a variety that we have not had for many seasons. Tweeds in colourful hues, interesting weaves, exceedingly light and supple in weight, are outstanding for street and sports wear. The velours and face cloths in solid .colours, brown, dark' red, bottle greem and black, are a delightful variation, and are correctly ciit into elegant styles for formal occasions. These coats are among the foremost in adopting the new silhouette, with the lengthened line, moulded waist, flared or uneven tyemline that fashion approves. French designers have been quick to introduce,- through clever seamings, fitted panels and ingeniously-designed flares, a subtlety of design, high in fashion, yet preserving the essential slimness.so characteristic of this season’s models.- To these coats fur is added with a lavish hand. In many of the outstanding models the fur is on the outside, of the collar, and often reaches from the cuff almost to the elbow. Tweed coats, too, or tweed mixtures, adopt fur, whereas formerly they have been essentially plain, and a high luxurious collar of fur marks the tweed coat as distinctly of this season.

Broadtail is a material that is making a deep impression this winter. Its fine silky texture makes it an ideal medium for the formal or semiformal coat expression, while it combines beauty and warmth to a pleasing degree. Combined with velour or face cloth, broadtail may be converted into a variety of models new and individual' and suitable for all occasions. Coats vary in length, from five to seven-eighths length in the ensembles to those that are five inches below the knees in models worn over newer frocks. s , The new evening coats are a miracle of loveliness, ingeniously designed for expression in a variety of new materials. Soft fur is the favourite trimmirg, and to be really smart these wraps must be quite | short when worn over the trailing • lengths of the princess evening modes. As Easter comes closer, and .winter approaches, Suzette’s friends will become more interested in the forecast for the evening vogue. The new evening gowns are masterpieces of designs and colour, and you must surely be anxious to hear all about them. , j I