TWEEN SEASON MODES

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 232, 2 October 1935, Page 14

TWEEN SEASON MODES

EASTERN INFLUENCE GROWING “East of Suez” and glamorous nights would seem to be the inspiration for the new mode. Clothes for tropical and cruising wear are in great evidence and holiday making is in the air. There is a new and attractive panama cloth, which appears in trim suits with unlined coats to match and, in some cases, is twisted into little turbans to complete the outfits. A sun suit made of this material had wide blue trousers, a negligible bodice embroidered with blue birds, and was accompanied by a -sunshade that seemed somewhat superfluous. but was most effective.

Fine flannel, dyed in cool pastel shades, is a welcome change from the eternal off-greys and beiges, and the plainly cut flannel suites one of the most useful possessions in the between season wardrobe.

For the afternoon a lovely grey crepe dress, printed with exotic morning glories in their natural colouring, has been shown, worn with a wide Mexican hat swathed in white like a topee. • Another model in stone grey cloque had a veritable breastplate of gold braid, worked in frogs like the front of a guardsman’s coat and fastened with what looked like picture hooks. Both these models had wide bishop sleeves, tightly gauged at the wrists. Bishop and raglan sleeves, by the way, are a noticeable feature of afternoon gowns.

A surprising outfit consisted of a natural linen dress looking as though it had been splashed all over with blue-black ink, worn with a fine blue wool coat which was fastened with corks presumably from the ink bottle l Bed Ticking Suit.

Since the upholsterers have taken to brighter bedding something had to oe done with all the bales of black and white striped ticking with which all self-respecting mattresses used tG be covered. Schiaparelli, who is always an amusing designer and believes in making her clients laugh, has come to the rescue and her suit of striped ticking is likely to create a new fashion. I only hope that the idea will not spread to sun blinds and cushion covers! The suit was beautifully cut, the front of the skirt diagonally and the back on the straight of the material. It was worn with a black crepe blouse liberally sprinkled with white new moons and a perfectly flat Chinese hat. This designer also remembers that occasionally it rains and has given an entirely new aspect to a wet day with a raspberry red mackintosh over-checked in white and worn with a plain black cloth dress and a small red hat which is not unlike a flying helmet. After Sunset.

All the glamour of the East has been exploited in evening gowns, and if they are not Oriental they are classically Greek, or of the picture persuasion—Saris, Turkish trousers, spangles, dolmans, in fact all the Oriental tricks. A gown of transparent black muslin striped in silver swept back in the peacock silhouette, had a sari of the same material. Another, of black cloque, had a sari of glittering sequins, and as the young mannequin walked dow the steps she looked like a Crusader in his helmet of mail. There was a blue linen model covered with gilt stars that was most intriguing. The dress was backless and tied round the neck like a sun-bathing suit with a gold cord. Hound the waist three lengths of thicker gold cord were twisted. Heavy tassels and a small head-dress of the blue linen, like an Irish kerchief, finished the ensemble.

Scherezade herself would have been enchanted with the yellow and white striped muslin model, cut with a trousered effect and worn with flat-heeled gold sandals. There is a very definite technique about the wearing of the sari. It is no haphazard affair thrown casually over the head, but once it is mastered it is a charming complement to the gown beneath.

Blue and white chintz was the medium chosen for a pretty party frock. It was made with a bustle and had enormous sleeves. On the shoulder, there was a spray of flowers cut from the material and buttonhole-stitc 1 ed round the edges. Another gown was in strawberry georgette,, printed all over with puce coloured bows. Real old-fashioned puce taffetas made the sash and a puce straw hat completed the scheme. Trying, but on the blonde mannequin undeniably attractive. For very grand occasions there was a sumptuous gown in midnight blue satin with a provocative cerise petticoat showing below it. A very beautiful cloak of crinkle taffetas in the same cerise shade hung from the shoulders. This dress had large pockets lined with cerise—an engaging notion and worthy of a special handkerchief. Literary Wedding. _ A wedding-'-'with a literary atmosphere about it was celebrated in a quiet Surrey church when Miss Elizabeth Bonn, daughter of Sir Ernest and Lady Benn, married Mr. Paul Shinkman. Sir Ernest Benn is the head of the well-known firm of publishers and Mr. Shinknan is an American writer of wide reputation. The little church of St. Peter’s at Tandridge, where the wedding took place, is one of the most picturesque in the county. There was a countrified air about the frocks of the two small bridesmaids, as muslin, sprigged with simple field flowers in their natural colours, was chosen for the dresses. Instead of a retinue of grown-up attendants Miss Benn had a matron of honour, the Hon. Mrs. Eliot Hodgkin. The bride wore a Tudor gown, fastened high at the neck with small buttons and she was the proud possessor of a beautiful heirloom veil of old lace. Paris and New York wire chosen for the honeymoon. Fewer Trained Skirts.

However tempting a bargain an evening frock with a short train may be, beware of purchasing it unless there is a possibility of your being able to alter it yourself or get it brought up-to-date at a reasonable cost. For few of the newer evening gowms do more than touch the ground at the back, and the jaunty little train which has had such a vogue may soon be seen no longer. Where the train is a three-corner affair set into the centre seam at the back of the skirt, to adapt it is not, a difficult matter.