COLOURS FOR EVENING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19418, 28 August 1926, Page 6 (Supplement)

COLOURS FOR EVENING.

Silver is the most extravagant of all evening wear, and though so many new materials supposed to be untarnishable are being produced, only the gold fabrics appear to prove suited to the bad fogs or moist atmosphere of London, says an overseas writer. Ormolu gold is finding great popularity this year, and is being used to embroider Some of the more popular colours—a lo'vely deep geranium which has just appeared to compete with the clove carnation, and a delicate palm-green which is competing with chartreuse, green. A lovely* dress of the latter colour in georgette was designed for the first court for a young girl; it had a deep border of pink coque feathers tipped with silver. A great number of embroidered net and lace trains have been chosen this year, which can be used later for scarves and for transparent coats which are being made this in such large quantities. The heavy velvet train has practically disappeared, and no velvet trains have been chosen by younger women, though some of the, dowagers do not object to restricted movement from weighty materials. A groat many flowers are being used to secure the front or side trimming that is very popular. The lightest and most charming of these are made of muslin and net dyed in flower colours—tipped with diamante. These muslin flowers are not as deep in tone as those made of silk, but they look better in the evening, leather flowers are also being used, but these get tossed-looking very easily. There are more and more sleeves being worn in the evening, hut r.ir ilwnvs transparent and nearly always tight to the elbow, and then falling in semimedieval lines. A great number of little

coats in flowered chiffon are being made with sleeves for house wear. For tennis and boat'ng the sleeveless dress will be worn, but the garden party dress will have sleeves, and gradually the bare arm, which has produced some'horrible sights, will disappear for good. Caracul is a favourite for trimming for race-coats; it is trimming satins, facecloth, and georgettes, according to the occasion or time of day they are to be Worn,