When Thoughts Turn To Summer Clothes

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 10

When Thoughts Turn To Summer Clothes

RESPITE the l'act that summer i: •some distance oil', Gisborne womei will be interested in the trend ii dress fashions shown in the mid season displays in London. The mid season shows are always rather satisfying affairs, The sensationalism of the earlier shows has hud time to settle down, and one is shown only the variations of the modes .that are proving .successful. Safe —but by no means dull —was the character of the shows of mid May in London. Woollen outfits suitable for the New Zealand spring, were most effective when carried out in pastel checks; the light and dark shades of one color 2ontrnst-cd.. . These woollen frocks, completed with little capes or jackets, were remarkable for the intricacy of resign employed. Fine wool was :reatcd just ;is if it were silk-—shir-ed and pleated in the modisa new leason ! s fashion. Even on coats llie icw gathered yoke idea is exploited. •fathered Necklines. Gathered and -’smocked necklines ire finding favor with women slender ■nough to wear them. One smart Muyair beauty was at the Berkley one lay in a long dark blue crepe coat ined with rough tree-bark crepe in a ovely shade of pale hyacinth blue, ’he frock underneath, in the same rec-bnrk crepe, had a smocked houlder-yokc, and was smocked gain at the wrists. With this she wore one of the new large-brimmed hats in navy blue ‘‘osier” straw —| similar in shape to . one which the Duchess of Kent has in white. -On the other side of the room was a woman wearing a trim raped outfit —the slim skirt and box cape of rough brown woollen, under which she wore a tailored blouse of dark striped gold lame, with a Peter Pan collar and bow showing above the eollarless neckline ol’ the cape. Grey is being worn a good deal in the daytime at Home; and one pale grey wool at tractive outfit had a skirt pleated at the back in knife pleats as far as the knees, and was worn with a short swing-back coat, which had huge rovers of pearl stitched taffeta. Taffeta in Pavor. Taffeta is in high,favor for jubilee evening wear. Some of the most ef- 1 fective taffeta evening gowns have huge flower prints scattered irregu-j larly on a pasted ground, off-shoulder decolletages, with big flower ruches arranged round the edge, and full, sweeping skirts. A few elegant frocks, in. taffeta or satin, serve as a striking background for these more festive color schemes. | One of the smartest black frocks was of thick black djehesse satin, and was made quite simply, with a slight train. The bodice was finished with a large bow, caught with a huge square mother-of-pearl'-buckle. The- ■wearer had long swinging earrings of motherof pearl, made in the semblance of, tiny hunches of grapes, complete with loaves. Just Too Bad. ‘‘Are you quite sure this bus is going to Shepherd's Bush?” ‘‘lf it isn’t lady,” said the conductor, ‘‘l’m in a worse mess than t you are.” J