No Figure Camouflage

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19337, 29 May 1937, Page 10

No Figure Camouflage

MOKMAN Hartnell anil Molyneux have planned English spring fashions with due consideration of the climate, and the social events for which they will he required. There is no camouflaging of the figure this year, coats, with tlie exception of the swagger variety, and day frocks, as well as evening frocks, are moulded in line, writes a London correspondent. Necklines on the new evening frocks are often square, and rather higher at the hack Ilian those of last year, but they are decollete, with corsage posies at the front. Every gown seems to have its short closely-fitting jacket or cape-like wrap. Sunray pleating is still used on skirts for evening gowns, and also appears on day frocks, sports skirts, and on sleeves. The bolero coat reappears —length a few inches above the waistline. An outdoor fashion is the introduction of an appliqued dog on a pullover, coat or hat. Aberdeen terriers are the favourites, possibly because their rather quaint outline is not difficult to draw. One designer has produced a perfectly plain bowler hat for women, exactly the same as is worn on the hunting field, but in straw. For those who find a severe style trying, there are the beflowered lints, with crowns that bend sympathetically over the forehead, and those in which all edges are softened with a veil.