Some Fashion Novelties

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12423, 17 April 1926, Page 15

Some Fashion Novelties

By the way in which a dress or Wrap is finished,off, the discerning may descry its origin. The Parisienne has always had an eye for detail, and whatever emanates from a good French house lias always some little sign to indicate the touch of the French designer. ’ To-day Paris is laying great stress

on the band of gold- galon that must appear os a finish to every coat and cape lining. Just inside, where the silk meets the outer material, comes a broad hand of gold, plain oP elaborate in type* ns befits the nature of the garment. It creates a very dainty effect when this is opened. Sfes Parisienno has also decided that

she is tired of the plain black moire ribbon for her watch bracelet and her crystal pendant, so she has abandoned this for a narrow ribbon of grey or fawn, sometimes shot with colour or else adorned with swastikas or key pattern. Even a silver watch is (transformed into something quite charming, merely through being “fix-

ed up” with a fancy hand of this description ; while a simple plaque of carved and coloured wood gains effectiveness by being nicely hung. Bunches of tiny fruits in place of posies of flowers are commending themselves to the Parisienne; raspberries and strawberries proving a welcome Um rospbqds agd j