CONTRASTED SURFACES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22250, 26 October 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)

CONTRASTED SURFACES

SATIN WITH WOOL POPULAR USED TO BREAK DESIGN [SPECIAL TO N.Z. HERALD —COPYRIGHT] LONDON, August 123 Satin, which has been rather neglected by fashion as a material for daytime clothes, has returned to the mode this season. Simple dresses of satin are extremely useful for dressy afternoon occasions, especially in the darker shades; #nd they need no trimming beyond clever design with the beautiful material itself. The addition of a white ilower at the throat will give them all the elaboration they need for quite festive occasions. As a trimmiug for woollen dresses, designers are making great play with satin that matches the dre&s material. As you will see by the two models sketched, the contrasting surfaces of satin and wool are used to create the design of the bodices and are used in large quantities as part of the dress and no mere trimming. It is smart this season for the satin to match the woollen fabric exactly; the latter can bo a thin woollen crepe or a rough-surfaced fancy wool material. In the case of pale coloured woollens, however, I have seen one or two models that have used the satin as a sharp contrast. Smart Colour Contrasts Black with stone beige, navy and dark brown used with beige, stone grey, lime green, and amber yellow are contrasts that are smart and becoming. The two models sketched also show the fashionable dropped shoulder line, deep arm-hole, and front fullness in the skirts achieved by stitched gores and impressed pleats. These points recur all through the newest models for the coming season and give an up-to-date look to simple frocks. Wide sleeves in one piece with the bodice can stop at the elbow or con-

Gold Ornaments Javonred There is a great vogue for elaborate gold ornaments to be worn with plain black dresses. Some of these are made in silver gilt metal in the form of flowers for a shoulder spray and a matching head-dress. Others have thick necklaces of gilded leather that lie in uated strands, like a yoke on a black dress with a belt to match. This gold idea was further exploited in the new material of a black dress, which had small plaques of gilt kid attached all over the surtace, with a gilded flower at the throat and one fastened to the front of a forward draped toque. Other new materials include woollen fabrics with tiny tufts of silk twist hooked in at intervals all over the surface. Fringes are back in favour, and the fringe and the tufts in the*e new materials are made to mat( *- model in navy blue with black silk tufts had a collar of deep fringe attached to a gathered neckline.