FASHION INFLUENCE
Handbags, buttonholes, hats, and frocks have gone " to sea " in London. The giant liner Queen Mary is responsible (states the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald). It is now fashionable to own a liner handbag. The most popular are shaped and coloured to resemble tjie Queen Mary herself. My own handbag looks like this. The bottom is black leather, the top quarter is white leather with holes punched to resemble portholes. The clasp is three red funnels. From the centre funnel to the front of the bag is a silver chain bearing a miniature anchor. In keeping with these bags are the new round sailor hats. These are like American sailor caps, and are worn in wool and silk mixtures of all colours, as well as in white pique. The little hats are exceptionally becoming and are splendid for motoring, as it is impossible for them to blow away. Frocks show the same trend. Heavy white silk or pique sailor girl dresses with square collars are being displayed for tennis wear; while Queen Mary blue, a soft bluey-green seawater colour, is a new favourite for organdie blouses. For travelling, there are new silkcovered rubber-lined zip-fastened toilet bags, decorated with a gay design of seagulls, anchors, and miniature liners.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22964, 20 August 1936, Page 17
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211FASHION INFLUENCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22964, 20 August 1936, Page 17
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