A COAT ECONOMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20384, 12 October 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

A COAT ECONOMY.

" A coat nowadays," says Fashion, " must be a blood relation to the frock it is worn with." _ . Jf tho coat is plain and tho dress flowered, tho flowered stuff must reappear on tho coat cither as rovers, collar lining, or coat lining. . ... But this at once limits the uso of the coat Nover can it be worn quito satisfactorily with frocks other than tho one made for it, It is a bright idea, therefore, instead of using the frock material, to lino your little stand-up coljar and a tho way down the inside the fronts with three stripes of different colours. letersham ribbon could be bought and sewn down bv one edge only, each strip slightly overlapping, or you could buy that threecoloured wool ribbon that is now sold for hats. . , , Or, cheaper still, darn in wool of three colours on a strip of soft curtain net, and sow it in info place. There is ono thing to be remembered: The threo colours must bo part of a definite dress chene. ' The original coat and frock is black, say, with tho flowers on the frock in greens and yellows, and a sort of sand colour. Probably you have also a yellow frock, or one that tones with yellow, and perhaps a green one. Tho idea, then, is to havo tho threo colour stripes of your coat in sand, yellow and green. Then either frock looks part of a scheme. If also your simple black hat is trimmed with black, sand and (rreen, or yellow—not green and yellow—for ono ribbon stripe ought always to match your hat—your ensemble will be above criticism.