FASHION GOSSIP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 12

FASHION GOSSIP.

NOTES FROM OVERSEAS. liri«»Til frocks fax popular for daneiiiColors most scon at the smart overseas coni res arc crimson ami ro.se ! shades, the light blues including aquamarine, light but vibrant greens, ipurplo and dahlia lines. Supple metal fabrics backed with satins are being made up on classic lines for evening. Sometimes metal is combined with satin, the satin serving for flic skirt with flaying fullness introduced at Ihe back, and metal appearing in the long-sleeved juniper, with godet fullness at the hips. | Net is still extremely popular for formal afternoon and evening wear, i Elbow sleeves finished with flaring j ruffles are seen on som.- of t he models.*. Black in tint and Canton crepe is' much worn in the day time, lightened frequently wilh touches of white in the form of vesteos or collars and e u IT's. | Other effective treatments include draped necklines, sleeves with a snug , under and outer Haring section, skirt fullness placed at the back, bodices that button down the back, wooden belts, scalloped outlines and seamings. Hld If LIVING COSTS FOR GIRLS. The cost of living in New York is now so high that .Miss Frances Perkins, New York Slate Industrial Commissioner, in an address before the Association to Provide Proper Housing for Girls, declared that tlie lowest cost for a room and three meals daily tor n working girl in New York is ; 59s a week. Miss Perkins added Hint a beginner’s wage for girls was 52s to (ids a week. She urged that wages should be increased to permit girls to live properly. .