FASHIONS AT ASCOT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19372, 9 July 1937, Page 2

FASHIONS AT ASCOT

18IN. BRIMS FOR HATS TAILORED SILK SUITS LONDON, June 14. Women are determined to make the first Royal Ascot in the reign of King George and Queen Elizabeth one of the finest fashion parades yet seen. The Queen and the Royal Duchesses are providing several ensembles of various lengths, although English and French fashion houses have decreed that there will be more mid-calf length frocks than ever before. Hats will be smaller, harmonising with the shorter skirts. Many tailored silk suits are expected to be worn, the vogue having been set by the Duchess of Kent, who frequently wears printed silk tailored suits. Norman Hartnell has designed a dressy model of olive-green romaine cut on mofulded lines, 'with tight sleeves and a loose jacket trimmed with quantities of reddish-brown fox fur. A large hat of olive-green felt, with a saurcer brim, is worth with it. Felt hatis are popular, but straws are worn with silks, and much lace and crepo-de-chene are in the forefront of the mode. Debutantes are favouring halo hats of black lacquered sitraw, and edged with almond blossom. The average brim of garden party straw hats is 18 inches across, instead of last year's 25 inches. The colours in greatest demand include Wedgewood blue, beige, white patterned with black, shell pink, chalk white, black, and crimson.