The Matching Craze

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 10

The Matching Craze

rYKLICACY, which has conio to be the kovnotc of dressing for the really smart woman, applies to every detail of her toilette. Ibo imo hue of her costume, the surface of tho fabric that makes it, its color, wou d nil bo ruined if a bag were earned which was too heavy to harmonise with the delicate silhouettes, it the leather of shoes, bag or gloves wore too shinv or too dull to lorra a fine textural harmony with the di-ess tissue In the evening particular!}, the finesse of accessories is important. The vogue for silk evening shoes dved to match the gown is a nntuial outgrowth of the smartest woman s feeling for a close harmony in evening dross. k A good principle w to shoes dyed in a darker shade of the gown’s color. The principle also am'lioH to the handbag. It should harmonise with the gown, but not bo identical. The evening bug ghpuld be small, so as not to break the delicate evening silhouette. The large plain colored chiffon handkerchief is again revived ancVM forms one of the prettiest evening accessories.