PASTEL COATS ARE MODISH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 January 1939, Page 2

PASTEL COATS ARE MODISH

By ELEANOR GUNN New York—lt s natural, of course, for a woman to wear most often her best or ■ most flattering colour but, for all that there arc ways and means of making the seasoi’s best colours yours. I’ve been doirg a little research work on the subject, and find that yellow and pink have rivals. Yellow |is much worn, ard pink, especially with black, is sees in quantities, but I find that importaat sportswear houses say that turquoise-, especially for the sports coat, is the winning shade, followed closely by cherry, dusty pink and for the conservatives, natural or beige. Time was when a summer coat, the sort one wore or carried, was always white. This is no longer true. High colours and pastels have forced white into the background. Women like coral, [ or cherry, or some such vivid shade, as a contrast to their white dresses. According to interviews with designI ers who returned from the recent I Paris midseason openings, and from rej views of collections seen to date. Paris |is definitely interested in colour. This j interest in colour is manifested not only in dresses done in a single colour, but the two-colour idea is also highly regarded. Many of those returning from Paris talked about shades of green as being significant, and they mentioned esepcially a shade close to Hunter’s green. This, they pointed out, is a shade that can be developed both in daytime and evening fashions, in sheers, cloky crepes, in velvets and in woollens WITH LACE LAPELS Paris—Paquin solves the glamour problem with sophistication in a series of dressy afternoon suits with draped jackets and small but rippling collars of fox. Paquin also makes a fetching black suit with its lapels and diamond shaped pockets trimmed in ruffled white lace. The wearer of Paquin's white ermine and navy wool suit, probably would prefer an escort without dinner jacket. This model has a small fitted bolero of ermine from which flares a wide pool peplum. It is worn over a simple blue afternoon dress with a pique jabot. PALM READING GLOVES With unusual odds and ends are Maggy Rouff’s white kid gloves, whose backs are plain, hand-stitched of course, but the palms are plainly marked with a red heart line, a green head line and a black life line. The lines are formed by the words “ligne de quelque chose** (whatever it happens to be) finely embroidered in silk.