SUMMER SILKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

SUMMER SILKS.

Numerous ax© the silk fabrics, particularly, of crepe texture,, designed tto suit the gracefully draped dresses , and coats for the coming season. Silt maroc&ins (creped and plain), crepe trioot, silk cashmeres, poplins, gabardines, crepe meteors, find crepe de chines, will be the most frequently used; and the colouring in these are . in all the new putty, browns, and " burnt** shades, havanna, nut, russet, mastic, and black. < ' ™. ' s Crepe de chine appears in endless varieties; plain* or figured in wonderful combination of Eastern hues; in twotoned effeots only, or in threeblue, black, and rose being the newest. A novelty in a particularly rich • thick .fabric shows lovely Roman, striping® of varie- • gated tints ' •* Foulards are ** broche" or figured; but their popularity seems rather vailed by the new shantungs for whole gowns., Both are used for the upper part of threepiece suits, and in the general run of cases when thus employed, the same design is chosen for the lining of the coat N —a rule which applies. when georgettes, ninons, or other fabrics are requisitioned also. -As regards the figuring of such silks, the Paisley patterns (in which the Paisley is oftimes but faintly represented) and the Egyptian appear 1 ; chief favourites. There are other numberless " fancy" silks of curious and wonderful patterns and colourings, many of which *r« enhanced by the introduction of the greater brilliance of artificial silk touches. Some are designed rather more exclusively for the frilled and fluffy styles now gaining in favour. These show- the influence of Early Victorian rosebuds or floral decorations of the Pompadour period. Zenanas will ' continue to be used for cloaks and coats, and all kinds of blistered, " crocodile" and puckered silks will be found to come under' this . heading, whatever individual salesmen may desire to name' them.