WET WEATHER FASHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19349, 9 June 1926, Page 9

WET WEATHER FASHIONS.

Tweeds are more suitable than cloth or even woollies to wear wilder your mackintosh on days when tho rain comes down in torrents; I mean those inew, soft tweeds in small patterns. We are getting very tired of the large designs, I think, and this year the vogue is all for that soft finely-woven herring-bone tweed, says an English writer. All the same, some women look well in plaids and large patterned tweeds, and a skirt of this material worn, with a plain jumper trimmed with tweed of the same pattern as the skirt, and a tweed coat to match is very becoming to a certain type.

Little double-breasted tweed coats in. various colours are very smart for sports and country wear, and for morning wear in town. They are very useful, too, because they can protect the little frock worn underneath from a sudden shower of rain quite effectively. There are no end of new woolly cashmere cloths this season manufactured in our English mills and dyed in the prettiest colourings. It is not a bad idea to have a three-piece of this type of material in some shade such as blue, golden brown or green, and have your mack to match. Many women are wearing leather or leatherette coats, and these are v~»y useful, the red leather always being p. ,-'.jcularly smart. Hats for wet weather need not be unbecoming. A soft felt to match one's mackintosh always looks well and there is a new type of hat made of gros grain ribbon which has been waterproofed. This is particularly useful also for rainy days.

Always, if yon can, have your umbrella to match your mackintosh. It is the real note of chic just now,' aud a black umbrella, even if it has a bright handle, spoils the effect of a brightly-coloured hat and mackintosh. Many of the new raincoats are beiing made with short hiplength capes. Wet weather shoes are an all-important consideration. One requires to have good thick soles; some of the lizard skit; shoes made with the Cuban heels are admirable for the purpose, and you. can get neat brogues in strong calf both;in brown and in grey. Nowadays also, you can buy goloshes in either of these shades if you wish to be doubly sure keeping your feet dry, ' Very useful are the rubber spats for protecting tho back of thfr stockings from mud, and in these days of very short skirts muddy stockings in Wet weather are apt to be an eyesore. Flesh-coloured stockings ahvays look out of nlaee on a damp day. Jn this respect brown and taupe are them ost suitable shades to wear.