Coats Decide Colour Schemes

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

Coats Decide Colour Schemes

When Summer Suns Betray Us

[si'kciai, to n.z. ii r; It A 1.1) —copyright! LONDON. Dec. !) 'pi 10 coat is übiquitous in this year's fashions and so we find that every smart ensemble;, even for the height of summer, is supplied with a. little coat to match or moreof'ten to contrast. Very often one coat is used for several frocks, in which case the other ensemble must match or tone with the jacket, which is usually a neutral colour. J have previously mentioned the white jacket fashion, which was practically all-prevailing in London and New York, and which was adapted for very smart occasions as well as sporting affairs. Mack being very fashionable for town near, the white jacket gave it a summery aspect, and permitted a clever touch of colour to add distinction. White with a black velvet collar made a specially attractive ensemble worn with a black silk skirt and a deep red chiffon blouse. The black hat in simple sailor shape completed the effect. Some Intriguing Examples Crisp cream silk made the sleeveless jacket ensemble I have sketched. Pique or linen would be just as successful, and would have the added advantage of being easy to keep fresh. This style displays to advantage the full sleeves

of the frock patterned in cream and beige on a brown ground. Another dress with this model was made of cream silk, with large brown flowers, and short full, puff-sleeves that reached the elbows. Popular Printed Jackets Almost as great a favourite as the white jacket is the printed tailored jacket, worn with a plain coloured skirt. These jackets arc made in linen, taifeta. silk or cotton, printed usually with flower designs, either large or small.

When such jackets are strictly tailored, the lapels match tho skirt; thus a white jacket printed with gay coloured flowers is worn over a black skirt and has black lapels. These are worn over blouses with jabot fronts and are sometimes made of the same crepe as tho jacket, or of mousseliue to match tho skirt.

1 have sketched another type of printed jacket that completes a frock of two materials. The frock was black, with tho yoke and sleeves of white crepe printed in black and red, a colour scheme that is always striking. This kind of loose, swing coat in bold patterned crepes or cottons is worn over perfectly plain coloured frocks, both dark and light. I'"or holiday wear the chintz coat in very gay colourings is a delightful finish to a linen or pique dress, while a pale pink linen jacket worn over a navy dress, is this season's smart colour scheme, only rivalled by pale yellow used in the same wav with brown and black.

PEA-SHELLING AS A PROFESSION

Shelling peas for the family dinner is a tedious and finger-soiling job, but imagine taking up the work as a profession! In Covent Garden there are women who can shell eight quarts in an hour, and their work is done early in the morning when London is asleep. The shelled peas are bought up by the London hotels and big restaurants, thereby saving time that would have to be spent by their own staffs. The peas start to come in fronr overseas to Covcnt Garden in January from Algeria, Italy and France, and the English peas come all. In the autumn. thosPsame women go to the hop fields of Kent, and, when nil the hops are picked, they can find work in London warehouses, sorting seeds, until tho pea-shelling season starts again.