HER LADYSHIP

Southland Times, Issue 18975, 23 June 1923, Page 14 (Supplement)

HER LADYSHIP

NOTES FROM PARIS POINTS ABOUT THE FASHIONS. LONDON, April 20. A small Tailleur hat of ribbon may boast either a huge fan on the side or a bow that projects six or seven inches beyond the brim, and at right angles. Both effects are good, and so is that which is combined with the aid of fruit trimming. The mannish two-piece suit is at its best in a plain cloth, with few fixings, and colour foil should appear in the hat or vest only. The shirt waist will be in the scheme of things with the appearance of the threepiece. Fussy women are electing to wear it buttoned to the chin with a satin stock, but every woman may really be a law unto herself so long as she recognises the claims of an old favourite. Printed crepe morocain is a lovely medium for a quite new pyjama of Eastern origin and Parisian adaptation. It has harem trousers and angel sleeves, a V-neck, and an altogether reckless air of its own, and is withal quite a practicable garment. A turban with jewelled ear tassels is the most fitting of complements. There is no getting away from the hat of the bell persuasion. It is the pet of all hats, and is being done to death through sheer affection. Its popularity is accounted for by its becomingness to almost any face. A new version is of metal and blue brocade wreathed with silver wheat-ears, and on the extreme edge of the drooping brim is draped a short nose veil in a matching blue. A large crepe morocain scarf with fringe, and the owner’s monogram worked in one end in a rather large design covering the size of a saucer, is one of the charming notions of the moment. Muffs, too, carry the intimate hieroglyphic, and, the idea is accepted so seriously by those who make fetish of being correct, that a smaller replica is seen on the back of gloves. VARIETY IN HANDKERCHIEFS SOME OF THE NEW IDEAS. LONDON, April 16. Paris has decreed that the newest handkerchiefs shall be round, octagonal or rectangular. They are decidedly quaint, being ornamented with uncommon devices. Sets of seven are each embroidered with the name of a day of the week. Others have the date of the month worked on them in coloured silks and others again are ornamented with a pen portrait of their owner. Special symbols such as the swastika, a “new” moon or a black cat are embroidered in the corners. These uncommon handkerchiefs are carried in the tiny breast pocket of a jumper, on the wrist through a bone ring attached to a floral ribbon wristlet, or in a handbag. One square handkerchief has a motif and a flat tassel at one corner which hangs out of the pocket. This year we have hankerchiefs to match or to correspond with every kind of dress, every popular pattern in material and every up-to-date colouring from the true Havana shades to flame and colour. Among the novelties for women the Persian and Paisley patterns on fine mercerised lawn are perhaps the prettiest and, when worn with a gown carrying the same design, will add

to its charm if care be taken to choose the correct colouring also. A fine lawn with delicate sketches in pen and ink, filled in with bright colours, of humming and other birds is decidedly dainty; and quaint caricatures, on white ground, are extremely effective. Tennis girls are especially provided for; tennis figures are seen against very blue skies, and lurid sunsets which would make their eyes ache and cause hopeless confusion with the racquets and balls border their landscape. Egyptian designs increase daily. The general tendency is for pictures on handkerchiefs rather than designs, and the latter are of a more distinct and definite order than last year. One with a large pink rose in the centre of a white ground with a small pink border is pretty. Then there is a picture on blue and rose silk of a harlequin and columbine in brilliant garments with mauve faces and hands, mauve and yellow lanterns surrounding them; also a waterfall scene with blue sky and water, red roses and emerald green leaves against which background a troubadour plays to his lady—both with yellow faces and brilliantly hued clothes.