PARIS FASHIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23101, 28 July 1938, Page 4

PARIS FASHIONS

NOVELTIES FOR summer BRONZE AND TAN SHADES GAINSBOROUGH STYLE HATS "Tin' fashionable shade for (i 11ni 1 s is mi longer rod. I ho\ must he bronze to in;*t •li tlif now .similes ol brown with which dressmakers are trving in 11-1111 it tin' \\ omen ol Paris instead ul' I hi• ii" everlasi ing hlark." This comment on modern fashions was made liy Mrs. .1. -M. Winton, ol Wellington, who arrived at A ink la nil yes teniav by the Pangitata alter a holiday tour abroad. "The now bronze ami tan shades are very J Mllllll ar in both London and Paris I < 11- afternoon ensi 'in liles. added Mrs. Winton. " I trull/.)' fingernails are also favoured for evening wear with cream, ...•rii, llame and green frocks. Initials and monograms arc popular fingernail ilecni'ations, hut adopled mainly by tin' wealthv or ult ra-niorlern. '' Hhnises for the summer must lie spotted, lull with either very small or loallv enormous spots. Hats are I a rye lirimiiD'd ami vi-ry much in I lie Gainsborough style, trimmed with Ih.wefs or velvet ribbons I ooless shoi's and oitilol ullra-shoer stockings or hare logs for day and evening wear are anions the summers l'a>hions. In fact, it is very seldom that Krench women wear stockings m tin 1 summer. Mrs. Winton tlescrihed the new Irock silhouette as either very striking in cut and colour combination, or else very dainty. The latest craze in ornaments was ill,' vegetable theme, enamel and diamond onions, ruby beetroots, topaz, carrots, and jade cabbages being used for hair clips, charm bracelets, belt buckles and cravat pins.