WINTER FASHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 4 (Supplement)

WINTER FASHIONS.

Our Parisienne correspondent writes:— It is amusing to act the part of fashion's detective, to track this mode and that through ifa brief day until it is lost, amongst other back numbers, and then to witness its resurrection for another 6pell of popularity. The limp, " been - out -in - tie - rain" feather, which was introduced seme years, I ago as a fashion by a daring Parisian j ) milliner after a frightful storm had devasl tated the hate and planes worn at the , I LongchanifS races, is amongst us once j I more. I Bracelets for the Short Sleeve Vogue. j There is another "new" vogue which i circumstances have brrught into promij nence once more. It is such a pretty one, I too, that I shall be thanked for mention-. I ing it. Paris has decreed, as we all know ; I by this time, that the very short-sleeved I day-time dress shall be popular. It is, '■ | indeed, there, and may achieve a certain j | amount of success here, though it is dar- I ' ing enough and chilly enough to daunt j many girls. " I But the point is this: that with it I comes a bracelet made of velvet, with a band of little roses upon it made of gold I and silver tissue, very delicate and vague, I and most effective upon a bare wrist. \ Only one bracelet is worn, as a rule, but | two make a match! Tam-o'-Shanter. The Tam-o'-shanter, which is very much in evidence this winter, and usually, I I rejoice to say, on the head of a pretty ; girl, is another instance for reappearances. ! Sometimes it is a plain, practical Tarn, ' but more often it takes a rather elaborI ate form. Quite fascinating was a model j seen recently made of ivory suede cloth, ' skunk and "black and white broche eil'k, traced over with silver threads. Of course there was a tassel to dangle over one ear! This is a season of tassels. ' The Tarn, when worn properly, is j pressed well down over the hair, not a bit of a fringe showing in front, though something \ory like kiss-curls push themselves into prominence at the sides. Brocade and Wool. 1 The reason the cloche or bell-shape hat is so universally becoming is that it casts ' a becoming shade over the face. Madame my milliner showed me a model of this kind, with a brushed wool crown and a stretched brocade brim, very much "belled." Flat black satin sailor hats are becoming to the youthful and very useful. They are simply trimmed with a "fleur fantaisie" made up of silk, silver, or gold gauze and feathers. The flower, with a ' leaf, is laid flat on the edge of the brim ; at the left side, and there is a good , economy idea here, inasmuch as the flower may be changed and a feather be worn instead, or a little bow of ribbon perched piquantly en the brim, or even a small knot cf berries and leaves.

It is not everyone who can afford the very beautiful and very oxpensive jade bead necklace, which is a favourite wedfiintr present just now, but less costly necklaces are possible, and amongst them those made of pink and green and blue opaque beads are most effective. It is modish to wear such a necklace with a blouse of its colour, and it must extend to below the waist to be truly smart. I think the soft pink beads are the prettiest. These particular beads have 1 dull surface, and do not pretend to b«- anything more than they are, namely, just a pretty and inexpensive finish for a toilette. A string of ivorywhite beads is also most attractive. Evening Cloaks.

Some of the new evening cloaks imitate tie jumper coats to which we give such eager allegiance. I wondered at first how these apparently one->pieco garments could possibly be got on and off without disari ranging the hair most lamentably, but i soon uncovered, that by the aid of hidden J stud-fasteners the deed could be done I quit* easily. ! This being so, the jumper evening coat proves itself quite an acquisition, for it can play the part of a frock as well as a cloak, and, in fact, at the theatre is very useful in this way. A fur stole makes it warm enough for the going-home ordeal, which is ; not great on the comparatively warm nights we have had lately, even in the present congested state of public vehicles and the absence, when particularly wanted, of the taxioab.

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