SHEEPSKIN COATS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 5

SHEEPSKIN COATS

INNOVATION IN PARTS HATS OF WOOLLEN FABRIC EVENING JACKETS IN TWEED [FROM Olill OWN couukspondknt] LONDON, Jan. 10 Snug and warm for looking on at winter sports or for driving an open car on a cold winter day are the sheepskin sports coats shown in Paris. Some are normal length, but the ankle-length ones are newer and smarter. The sheepskin is used with the leather side out, natural colour, or dyed in dark brown or deep, rich red. The long coats flared a little toward the edge are reminiscent of those worn by the Cossacks. The woolly white lining is repeated for collars and cuffs, and sometimes for a panel down the front. There are gloves to match the little brown suede toques with lacing down the sides. Draped Turbans Milliners are using wool fabrics for hats, sometimes for turbans draped directly on the head. There are smart turbans and draped toques of thin woollen and in silk and wool jersey. Soft fine wool broadcloth ribbon about lOin. wide is twisted into a turban with two ends hanging to the shoulder, in the bade. This ribbon comes in a great variety of lovely colours, cyclamen, dull turquoise blue, rose-pink and dee]) purplish blue. Thin wool jersey in bright gipsy stripes makes another type of turban, with a sort of cap to cover the back of the head and hold the hat on. Wide wool ribbon in gaudy multicoloured stripes is used for a pointed Scotch bonnet.

Some of the most charming little pointed hoods for winter sports are also to be found, knitted in soft wool. Colours include "shocking" pink, pale powder blue, rose and bright, crude emerald. Suede Gloves A glove shop in Paris has an extraordinarily beautiful window display, done in turquoise blue and lacquer red. There are knitted wool sweaters, scarves and suede or wool fabric gloves in these two strong, vivid colours, which, amazingly enough, are very harmonious used together and would complement perfectly any black costume. A knitted wool sweater, for winter sports, is in black with a plain round neck and long sleeves, the front decorated with embroidery flowers in vivid red, green .and yellow wool. Popular tailored suits for occasions are in a fine ribbed wool rep that very closely resembles grosgrain or ottoman. It is lovely in deep, rich red or purple; or in pale blue for a tailored jacket oyer a black crepe dress.

Lame cocktail and dinner suits with day-length skirts have proved extremely popular. The newest model is in silver lame, and is worn with a thin black wool jersey sweater in place of a blouse. The jewel and paillette embroidery tweed evening jackets are as popular as ever. Sometimes they are worn with a plain black crepe dinner dress or with a straight, slim sheath of black wool crepe or wool jersey for cold weather.