FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6801, 3 January 1929, Page 11

FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN

LONDON. What are children’s new winter clothes going to be like this Y ear Like grown-ups, children do have fashions Most of them wear tweeds for every day. Lately the grown-ups have chosen for them pretty light colours, such as pale'brown like the autumn leaves, dust-colour, or green, the colour of a willow tree. They wear these not only in the autumn, but an through the winter; the tweecl is strong, and-when it goes to the cleaners it comes back looking the same as when it was first made up. Some of the children wear cherry-red felt hats, others green ones. But what the young people are to wear for best.is oven more important. There is a great deal of blue, and some red, and many coats have fur collars and cuffs. Hats to correspond are offered. Skirts to match tho coats are in vogue, with junipers that have stripes running round in bright hues, such as blue, green and yellow. One model seen was a pretty yellow tweed coat that had little pockets embroidered in green, red and some other colour, and dust-colour fur on the collar and cuffs. This is to be worn with a cap to match which has a band of embroidery like the coat; it comes to the top and falls over the small ear with a tassel. Some of the little girls have velour coats, the. colour of milk chocolate, with nutria fur collar and cuffs, and caps with fur bands round them and emb v oidcred silk tops. The writer saw a little girl in a yellow duvotyn coat, the colour of baby ducks,i with black velvet at tho bottom. Indoor dresses are being of printed delaine, a new material. Some of it is light navy blue with small pink and light blue flowers. It appears also in cherry-red and grey, always with the same, pattern. A delaine frock in blue with strappings of chcrry-rcd is smart if worn with a cardigan coat. Velvet, too, has the same sort of pattern, and children’s dresses arc being made of this material.. Some party dresses arc being made of stiff taffeta with full skirts, greatly resembling thaso that woro fashionable in ISBO. Others are fashioned of flowered, chiffon. Still others aro of net stitched with silver thread, and the tiny tots will wear cream muslin and lace—the, sort of muslin that has a little sthrrh in it. They generally wear with these satin petticoats, sometimes white, sometimes pink. Cardigans are made with sleeves and often of a fabric that feels .like suede. Rouud the edges they are finished off with coloured wool embroidery and the pockets also have wool embroidery. Caps may bo had to match and these suits are particularly jolly in cherryred. In winter weather a tweed coat can bo worn over the cardigan.

Boys like leather coats for tho winter, tho shiny sort with a cloth collar and cuffs. They come in dark blue, red and green. Cloth caps may be had to match the collar and cuffs.