TREND OF THE NEW MODES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 26 (Supplement)

TREND OF THE NEW MODES.

Black velvet, black panne, and black brcitschwanz are being largely used for the making of town costumes, with fur i and bright embroideries to trim them, says a London correspondent with reference to I the autumn fashions. Gold and silver I cloth are put with black, and often one j. meets distinguished suits and dresses which j have heavy fur borders. Leopard is a great favourite this season, and promises to become still more popular when winter arrives; tiger skin, zebra, and gazelle appear quite often in bunds, ; and the flat-haired skins are frequently ! used for applique embroidery; being cut ! out in floral motifs and set in coats of j velours de lainc. i Short coats are almost entirely reserved for the tailor-made costume. Afternoon i touts, on the other hand, are either three- >. quarter length or quite long. . The same i coat, for instance, which is three-quarter length on a tall woman, will be a full length one on a short figure, and both! are correct. Fur capes are worn both day! and night : many are reversible, having exquisite linings of delicate silk or brocade or metal tissues. When the owner! goes to the theatre, she turns her after- i noon cape lining without, and voila ! a I most rich-looking evening cloak. At Karlsbad and other fashionable Con j linental spas, furs have been prominent all through the summer, for, indued, they were considered indispensable towards the! evening, when the bent of the day (which j was not great) gave way to chilly breezes. i Shawls of mole skin were much worn, and ! were in all sizes, wide and long, small , and short. On coat dresses the soft straight collar | which folds round the throat and fastens, at the side or in the centre front, is again ; see/), while on coats, collars are cut high j to fold warmly under the chin. I'll is! put on to everything. Tt pipes the edges j of cloth panels, scarf edges, and apron J draperies: it appears in bauds on tunics,! and on the wide, comfortable coat sleeves. ' A novelty which is being used in many i ways is that of making checks of two kinds of fur—-for instance, lustre audi natural gazelle, mole and seal, ermine and | shaved coney, or two versions of rabbit. Capelincs and shoulder capes are much worn in Paris just now. They are either made entirely of fur. or fur trimmed, and they look very handsome.