WHEN WINTER COMES

NZ Truth, Issue 1063, 8 April 1926, Page 18

WHEN WINTER COMES

New Season's Fashion Fancies

VOGUE OF SILK MITTENS

Now that winter is almost upon us," feminine thoughts are turning 1 longingly to new frocks and hats, and lucky are . those who are able to indulge their fancy.

A MATERIAL, that is going to have , a great run is velvet, and most seductive it can be m its various guises. A velvet coat is the latest conceit for milady's wardrobe, and if you want to be up m the forefront of fashion choose for it one of the new velvets embellished with printed flowers. Paradoxical as it may sound, velvet parasols have also made their appearance. Some of them look like large flowers and their gay colors heighten the illusion, while those of more sombre hue are used.as an accompaniment to a hat

of the same shade and .material. >Strange as it may seem, mittens are coming into fashion again, but they are not much like those that look so quaint? m the old photographs of our grand-.; mothers. ' : They are made of cotton and silk or the two together and m the most delicious tints. They may be made of lace or net, btit must cover the hand down to the fingers. Amusing as they sound, they are anything but ugly and give a charming and dainty .finish .to a dance frock and a bridesmaid's toilette.