Here and There.

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 268, 7 September 1933, Page 2

Here and There.

Fashion Hints. Hemlines are dismissed with just the fewest of words. Skirts are straight, slim and simple. Everything is piled up and around the high, wide and ever-widening shoulder sections. The natural girlish silhouette gives women the world over cause to hope that: “ Be yourself ” is coming back into style. Metal bathing costumes—partly metal at least—are the latest thing in French beach wear. The fashionable bathing girl’s costumes this summer has a non-flexible collar and a flexible girdle, both in chromium, and the bather’s monogram in metal. Chromium is the lightest of metals, and these accessories won’t add more than two ounces to the weight of the costume. And they are rustless.

The vogue for feathers has given someone the idea of trimming gloves with ostrich to match the trimming of the dress.

Skirts are extremely slender-look- j ing. Closely sewn pleats and straight folds of fabric often sewn j to below the knees, accentuate the [ straightness. Day-frocks are length- 1 ened, evening frocks are very long. ! There are artistic ornaments used, I metal galloon embroidered with gilt, ! and silver clips, brooches, and catch- ! es. A few touches of embroidery, 1 multi-colour ostrich feather trim- j mings; while scarves, gloves and . frivolities of all kinds lend original j notes to many ensembles. Cock and ' ostrich feathers not only trim dress- j es, but gauntlet gloves and hats. The last-named have important-looking j crowns, and are no longer flat and , small. Large or Small Hats—Which? j The popularity of large or small j hats is about equally divided during > these midsummer days, depending very much on the occasion they are worn (writes Ruth Sibley to the Wellington Evening Post). The fashionable small hat is often high and difficult to wear, with the J result that many women who favour I close, . small hats are turning to al

brimmed small model, which forms a becoming frame to the face. To wear the square-crowned hat or the very popular “ fez ” successfully one must have a small head, because any crown that does not follow the line of the head closely is bound to accentuate the size of the head. Folds and pleats have the same effect.

Luckily, the closely moulded crown is by no means dead, and is still worn by wise women who know that the size of their head makes the wearing of the newer type of millinery a very tricky business. These remarks also apply to the saucerlike shapes, which look ridiculous perched on a large head, however beautifully the hair is curled at the back.

But the wide shoulders have had a great deal to do in popularising the wider hat, as an important brim seems to balance the masses of frills which are often a dominant note of the arms or shoulders of summer dresses.

The Mid-season Coat. ;i

The mid-season coat is an important feature of the present styles. Most of the really smart coats are without collars, but there are exceptions, a few models having immense cape-like collars and broad revers. In some models the cape is not very noticeable, preference being given to coats with simple shoulders and sleeves. These are mostly of threequarter or dress length, while for the evening bolero jackets have successfully replaced the other form.

Broad belts are an interesting item that the Parisian dressmaker is for her day-time coats. Varying in width from .five to six inches across, these belts give a very straight line and almost abolish the waistline.

White is prominent among the summer coats, and at a well-known dressmaker’s there was shown a strikingly lovely example of a white pique full-length coat, with scarf collar of ruby-- d velvet, and a furrf’ ther touch of red in the piping round the edges of the broad belt. In many cases, these white coats are worn with dark dresses, so that a very chic contrast is afforded.