SKATING FASHIONABLE.

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

SKATING FASHIONABLE.

. DANCE CLUBS NEGLECTED. '

8 Fashionable clubs and hotel? in XjOSdon have hail a thinner time than usual this winter, according to what one hears from overseas. Smurt folk who used to patronise them for dinner dances hnvo ‘decided that, for the present anyway, they like skating bettor. Two of the most exclusive haunts of the skaters —the Park Lane Ice Club and the London Ice Link—ace » throflged with fashionable men hud women between 9 o’clock and midnight. Recording to one fashion, observer, the feminine skating costumes nt theso clubs fall into two categories—the . . special velvet ensemble of the more dressy order, anti the ordinary sports, 8 outfit, such as is worn by day. As '

the ‘popularity of skating grows, she gays, so will the demand for special skating suits. . Women will then dine in public restaurants and go on afters wards to their skating elubs. The velvet garment of the moment is a simple affair, knee length, Hared, and of one piece, rarely broken by any decoration or color, except wlfen used to underline the full skirt—a charming effect when the skater is waltzing or doing fancy turns, 'Black jacket suits made on simple lines with cardigan jackets, tuck-in Idonses, and circular skirts pleated all round, are much worn by tin* younger folk especially.