Furbelows

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12199, 25 July 1925, Page 15

Furbelows

The Latest Fashion Hints §

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YVONNE RODIER.)

A RIOT OF RIBBONS 1 - Gold, silver, and all the elusive hues of the rainbow, the sunset, and the dawn; of bird’s plumage an<j) of flowers. It is'a riot of ribbons. Ribbons of infinite narrowness to coil into the ■ flowers whose colours, they borrow. Ribbons wide enough to swathe into Gainsborough ,sashes; os to stitch together into a gown .of exquisite daintiness, or of regal allure. Ribbons to fashion sonsie little hats that need, no other adornment save the picot edge that makes them at onfie chic and decorative. Ribbons - that bring instant visualisation of .delectable cushions for. my lady’s boudoir. Ribbons that suggest a hundred themes of beauty, distinction, and feminine charm. THE RIBBON FROCK

A famous artistes model made herself an. all-ribbon dress that evoked, little gasps of admiration when it made its first appearance in a well-known studio. It had a long, mediaeval bodice and a long, rather full skirt—faithful to the type its wearer had made her own. And it was fashioned entirely of lengths of old gold satin ribbon alternating with lustrous'black, - the strips sewn together with ‘‘faggot” stitchary. There -was a, girdle, too, of closelyplaited, narrow ribbons in the same shades. The girdle had very long ends, one. finished with an'old gold ribbon flower, the other with a black. BOUDOIR CAPS ♦ Then the most fascinating- boudoir caps owe their charm to ribbons in exquisite pastel shades; the * lilac, the blue, the pale amber, the elusive rose of a summer dawn; allied (to strips of beautiful lace, and adorned' with ribbon posies, . To complete the them? there is the- dressing-jacket en suite, made so simply because the ribbon is so beautiful in itself that it demands no elaborate treatment. , . EVENING GOWNS On the most recherche evening gowns that leave the ateliers, the ribbon sash-bow and train, is conspicuously'distinguished. - Most often.two ribbons are used; one as a lining in a

delicately contrasting hue. Ribbon likewise plays its part in the new “evening sports clothes’* innovation. That is tp say, the evening casaquin worn pver a slim skirt. One of our foremost modistes recently displayed a lovely model on these lines. The skirt was of oyster grey satin, and the casaquin composed of alternate/ stripe of oyster grey and periwinkle, blue

.satin ribbon, with a tiny stripe of, gold ribbon in between . * HANDBAGS ' Ruched ribbon opera hags are very, very “spensy ’’ things to buy, but clever fingers can fashion them at homo at a tithe of the cost; an item, to be cansidered when, it is, decreed that our. theatre hag must match the elusive shade of each individual gown. Some of tho most fascinating nightie cases, too, are made of narrow ruched •ribbon in exquisite shot effects to emphasise the main colour themes of my lady’s sleeping apartment.