CHARLESTON MAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19550, 1 February 1927, Page 7

CHARLESTON MAD.

London is Charleston mad. Eveii in'tho ar&ssteakfcJ-k** salons' ohifcv'nnot get away fromsijiy The manneipiins have now iutrodncbct ft "Charleston \VaIU to show off their autumn and winter clothes, arid so catching is tho rhjrthrn. that, after tho .show, ono finds oneself ''Charlestonirig'*-intoHho lift and out, into the street/says an" English writer; : Tiiia mannequin's walk—-which is adopted by hundreds-of women—is not tho.'Heask interesting f>Hrt of the dross lure women from their homes at different periods of tho year, 'Wb hftvei 1 iho ice-maiden 1 mannequin who floats away t front inquisitive hands and is never known' to melt} and 1 he jnannenuin with' the'fiifed sruilo 'KUJd Httljlrgirl walk. ■"Women tjtfkver i walkochcs'lik'S seals£jtand prowled in a purely feline manner,' sjnjd it has all bcou the fault of the mann^q|j||ns. This year they have found a new walk and aro creeping about with their knees and heels slightly knocking as though they were practising tho Charleston. These charming mannequins are showing us'the new Avay to wear our wintefrMurs. They slip them over their heads like, jjocklaces, with tho tails » hanging straight d6wn in front, ' 1 Another way is to pull the fur la,.fino Bide, with tho tail falling over ofufship. In this way ft plain, imkimmed cbal' appears to own a fur collar and Severn. ' ■ The te r will bo pony skin. It is of golden colour and very curly and cosy looking. , Another pleasing fur is spotted gazelle. This is a very small animal, so tho coats—which aro usually hip length-ware jmklo - paich liko shapes. —v, Willi these coats aro worn lints that are distinctly- cowgirl *<4t. is Wado of brown velour wiih" % very high crown encircled by »• broad st^p ; oi white ciilfjskin. ' ' J? ' ; i