LONDON FASHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 4 (Supplement)

LONDON FASHIONS.

Our London correspondent writes : — Velours delaine iB requisitioned for most outdoor garb. It certainly has much to recommend it, and its soft, velvety finish by no means hides its light under a bushel. Neutral tones for the time being are abandoned, save for a particular shade of grey possessed of tender melancholy, ideally suitable to tho mood of the moment, and Paris elects to pin her fancy to bright lemon, drake blue, begonia, russet, and the various shades of biege, one with a brownish tint being especially attractive, and bidding fair to enjoy tremendous vogue, perhaps owing to the fact that it harmonises so admirably with the cosy light furs now being adopted so generally. An amusing trimming is the band of contrasting material which is entirely strewn with stitchery. For example, with a trotteur of vert degris burella the effect of a biscuit-hued band bearing vert-de-gris stitchery was very happy. A large collar of double evolution and deep pagoda sleeves were fabricated of biscuit wool, and boasted profuse stitchery also. Immense Collars.

The collar is assuming immense proportions at the moment, and forms the most striking feature of every suit or wrap, no matter whether it appears in cachc-nez or capu-hon guise. Those collars of fichu design capable of threo evolutions will be given considerable prominence. Many are twisted negligibly round the neck and knotted after tho manner of a peasant's kerchief. Most coats are specially equipped for holding these scarves.

Besides the fichu type of collar which constitutes the last wurd in this season's ideas, and is being fashioned in material of every brand, and furs both lung and short haired, light and dark, the finger of fashion also points to that of Scutch plaid, 'terminated usually by two big pompoms, this novel atlair accompanies a plainly-tailored coat as a rule that is bereft of any other adornment save, perhaps, a few rows of stitchery, and arrives within our midst disguised sometimes in scarf, sometimes in fichu form, and in accompaniment with a pleated skirt fairly curtailed as to length, in which plaid is chiefly conspicuous. Fascinating to a degree and decreet withal is this toilette where the coat of swallow velours delaine is hemmed by a deep band of scotch plaid laying claim to streaks of black, yellow, blue, and green. A pelerine scarf of the same plaid is draped round the shoulders, fringed copiously with wool and capable of attaching itself to the jacket in front by means of an enormous button or being left to float gracefully over the back. The skirt is composed entirely of the plaid, and boasts pockets of exceeding originality. In certain of the London shops large collars are just now to be seen made in various shapes, and carried out in furs that are really durable. With a view to the renovation of last year's coats, these collars are worthy of careful consideration, sinco they are by no means extravagant in price, and they lend at once an air of cosy comfort to the plainest and simplest garment. They are useful, too, for wearing with an ordinary coat and skirt. With a muff to match they will certainly give a new lease of life to any tailor-made costume not in its first youth. For those who can afford them the long fur coats bought at their present comparatively moderate prices cannot fail to prove a good investment, since furs will undoubtedly become more and more expensive as time goes on. The coats in dirk musquash are durable and effective, 1 but the most becoming coats 0/ all are those which are made in seal-dyed musquash and finished with big collars, cuffs, and a bordering flounce of skunk.

"No-Rubbing" Laundry Help, used with " Golden Rule" Bonn if the happy combination fur washing a'.'. . Utiles clean without rubbing, barkac*"'' .' sin wry "f former days—Hutchinson Uius., Ltd., Universal Providers*