TO COVER YOUR GOWN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 14

TO COVER YOUR GOWN.

The evening wrap is almost move of a problem than the evening gown, and though it is not so essential to an evening’s happiness as is a well-out frock, it certainly can spoil one's toilette for the journey to and fro. There is such infinite variety nowadays, however, that no wrap need lack originality and it need not necessarily be expensive. While the elaborate brocades in tinsels or velvets remain rather costly, a plain velvet continues to be correct and has the advantage of wearing very well. And with velvet it is a mistake to think that real velvet must of necessity be used. When black is chosen a real chiffon velvet is almost essential; black velveteen usually looks dowdy, but with colours it is altogether different. Corise or blue velvet finished with white foxaline look particularly attractive at night. Smarter still, perhaps, are the self-coloured ostrich collar and cuffs. These fall so softly that there can hardly be a more graceful finish. White fur always looks well at night, and for this reason white fur coats and capes will always bo popular; but fur is impossible during the warmer weather and so the fur coat —always a compromise for evening wear —cannot be an all-the-year-round solution. Coats ousted the cloak some time ago. They are easier to manage and present a tidier and often more graceful outline, but with the increasing' popularity of the robes de style for evening wear cloaks will doubtless come into their own again. To cover adequately and attractively the longer and more billowy gowns a coat must be longer and built with a flare. The first difficulty might be surmounted by lengthening a coat with wide bands of fur to match the collar and cuffs—if not already trimmed this way. Many girls who have indulged in one of these long, graceful frocks realise, when they come to wear them, that they had not considered what they should wear over them. Where coats are impossible and capes or cloaks not available an embroidered or plain silk shawl is most eminently suitable as a covering, providing the night is warm. Shawls looks absolutely right with this type of frock. Paisley trimmed with beaver or beige fox makes a dignified wrap for the older woman, while a combination of black and -white is unendingly smart for young or old. An embroidered Chinese jacket is originality itself. But it must only be worn by the girl who can afford to look original. A more unusual cloak for the tall and gracious type of woman is that made shaped like a monk’s cowl. Jt may be made of some dim brocaded silk with a vivid contrasting lining. And if you have a little money to spend and you still want some ideas, study the plays and see what the actresses wear; few plays see the evening through without “ changing for dinner.”