ASCOT FASHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 5

ASCOT FASHIONS.

Fashions were entertainingly varied, and many were the contrasts at Ascot on the third day. For -'nstance, some milliners had prepared hats of enormously wide brim dimensions, as well as brimless caps that fitted the head like skull caps. The wide picture models were usually of crinoline or fine Bankok, simply banded with velvet and finished with a few large flowers on the brim and others underneath it as well—these flowers, so often of muslin, are delicate in texture, dainty in colour, and have no weight. The skull-cap is trimmed with flat plumage, of which tufts drooping at each side form ear pieces. Expensive as are the shapes of Bankok, one may perhaps designate as the luxury hat of this summer the real hand-made Leghorn. Very few are worn, for they are the most exclusive, and of course, far too expensive to be general. They are very attractive. Bankoks and crinolines are in numerous colourings, but no shades are more favoured than crimson, cherry, red, beige and light pink. —— —-- Looking from the stand on to the Royal enclosure on to what suggests a herbaceous border, one cannot help being struck by the prevalence of red* in all its hues—port wine, vermillion, cherry, crimson, hydrangea, coral, dark fuschia. Not only for entire dresses, but for all the details that go to complete an effective ensemble are all these tones prominent. Perhaps here it may be that" hat, shoes, handbag are of "scarlet, with a black dress; perhaps there it is _ a dress of beige lace finished with crimson hat or feather boa to correspond. Popular, too, are all tones of orange, spa-green, cyclamen and the pinky beiges. An effective ensemble is a frock of beige georgette, worn with shoes of jade, with a shady hat of jade, a necklace of jade and crystal, and a small pochette of shagreen. Attention to small details is all-important, and care must be taken that all colour touches are an exact match. Kid shoes of brilliant hues look far happier on a turf setting than they do on street pavements, and they are rapidly becoming more popular. Snoes of sapphire and navy; jade and emerald and aquamarine: scarlet and crimson, make the shops look very gay. Shoes of patent leather may have the richness of" brown treacle or the pallor of honey. Some of the kid have been treated with a process that suggests a surface of mother-of-pearl. Navy blue kid shoes look effeotive with a beige dress.