STYLES AND COLOURS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 5

STYLES AND COLOURS

Colours are especially charming this year, and vhe shades or, green that are co popular are really 'lovely. It is just as well to be cautious in the choosing of them, for the most beautiful shades are net always the most becoming. Some of these greens make the wearers look very pale, and unless you have a very clear skin or bright colour you may find ~greei£ thrown a tint into your face which is” not at all becoming. ‘ "Black" is very popular, - and it •» nearly always becoming. The chief thing to remember about it is that it comes in very expensive." 'Paitly 'became it must be good,"" cheap black is never worth while in 'any material, and all its etceteras must be gof.d as well. The most effectiveTrocks are those in black, with splashes of brilliant colour introduced in - the belt or trimmings. If the principal colour is repeated in the shoes the whole effect is very charming. One reason for the -popularity of black may be its “thinning” qualities. Everybody wants to look slim nowadays—slim and straight, “like a drainpipe,” as one fashion article said—and nothing makes one look quite so slim as black. Black coats with long straight lines seem to he very much in demand, and they oettainly do make quite plump nguret look degrees thinner. * Lace is still very popular, and it if so charming that one wonders why it ever goes out of fashion at all. In black or colours it is so soft and filmy, and has the great advantage of not crushing. A Tittle lace frock is a delightful thing to have. . It can. be easily made, it needs little or no trimming, and can be varied by wearing it with different coloured slips. Care must be taken to have these "slips just right or the whole effect is ruined. Think how useful a black -lace frock would he with a black slip for ordinary occasions, and say a silver or gold one for special functions. The ulna lends itself to endless adaptations, and should appeal to those who have lifliny ongngenients and not & very large purse.