EARLY SUMMER FASHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 17

EARLY SUMMER FASHIONS.

Included in the early summer fashions are some delightful sports ensembles, consisting of pleated dresses of soft-toned crepe de chine and coats of a rough-sur-faced silk material rgpembling "terry towelling"—the newest fabric for both long and short summer coats. The most popular two-piece of the moment is the frock of crepe do chine and coat of some other material very carefully matched in colouring. No fastenings are on the simple, straighlrdown wrap coat. Quite coarse tweed is used for jumpers which are worn with very finely pleated crepe de chine skirts. A ooat of the same tweed completes a very smart suit of this description.

The very latest and most fashionable material for coats is frisca—a delightfully soft, "spongy" production. Brightly coloured—sometimes multi-coloured—feathers and fluffy furs appear on eight out of every ten of the snmm<tr coats now being shown at the principal dressmakers. White fur is much used on black silk coats; on brown coats beige fur appears. Grebe, coque feathers and short feathers taken from the breasts of certain birds are repeatedly used for coat trimmings. Masses of flowers seem a little incongruous on felt hats, yet the effect is quite charming. For race wear large felt hats in pastel tones, trimmed with roses and other flowers clustered on the wide brims, will be much in evidence Some of tho most attractive of these felts are in a particularly charming shade of mauve. The two-piece "floral" suit has appeared. This consists of one of the fashionable frocks of floral-patierrred georgette, which is worn under a silk coat lined with strips of the georgette. One of the loveliest patterns in floral georgette shows daisies on a black ground. A very low hip-line is shown in the newest "tailored" georgette evening frocks, which are quite "skin-tight" to a point nearly throe inches below the hips, and then widen out into layer upon layer of soft flounces, handkerchief points or frills.

"Spectrum" frocks are now more up to date than shaded frocks. The naw evening dance gowns look as if variously coloured shafts of light had been thrown on certain portions of the material, giving a curious effect of light and shadow. As many as seven distinct colours are used for one dress. Crude colours are placed together without any attempt at blending.