Fashion Notes

Southland Times, Issue 20792, 5 June 1929, Page 12

Fashion Notes

(From Our Correspondent). ( London. The tucked in blouse is having a big success with tailored suits and with a certain number of sports suits. For wear with smart Saxony and fine basketware hopsacks it is made in the new satin crepe, and there are also many in heavy crepe de chine and in heavy georgette. I The very severe types are made with polo j collars and -worn with mannish ties; the dressy type have scalloped fronts, and are fastened with pearl buttons. There are also many elaborate ones in georgette of the new heavy make, and once having re-discoveerd the shirt blouse and the tucked-in look, women are taking it up with avidity. It defines the waist, and all the new coats also define it, though we have not returned to the hour-glass figure. Some of the ensembles in smart twopiece styles show a new type of fixed Medici collar. Grey and grege, the colour that is between a beige and a. grey, have had a good following among smart women, and I saw at a fashionable wedding this week a very smart outfit worn by a dark woman. The coat was of fine cloth in silver grey, with a Melici collar of krimmer, and the frock fas of grey georgette made with fluttering ends, and ends laid on the skirt over a plain underskirt. In grege I saw another good model, the coat of fine grege velour with the collar in the same tone of moire lamb, and the frock in a tailored style in grege crepella, with a small printed spot. Nut brown is also verj- fashionable for ensembles, and is being worn in outfits with light tweed coats, as many of the new hopsacks and Cumberlands are in mixtures of this colour. It goes well with yellow, which is of the, | lighter colours, the first favourite. It is I also good in heavy crepe romaine, which is being used for very smart afternoon | ensembles. One I saw at the same wedding had the coat made three-quarter length, and the sleeves only/rimmed with fox dyed the same shade. An ensemble shown at a recent fashion show had a coat of nut brown face cloth trimmed with red fox; there was a set-in panel at the back, and when the coat was removed there was a frock in brown and gold crepe made with a waisted top finished with a smart belt and a skirt made with seamed godets to take from the fullness of an ordinary godet. Another ensemble shown at the same parade was in green and silver grey, and was charming. The coat was short, and in fine cloth made with a basque effect and trimmed with a facing of grey fox made narrow and coming down both fronts; there was an overblouse in green and silver brocade which was belted at the waist in silver. 4 Many women are favouring a new chartreuse green or apple green, as it is very fresh looking, and becomes both fair and dark women. Sage green is another • popular shade, and there is a new bottle green which is a little lighter' than the usual bottle colour. Basques are shown on a number of the more dressy short coats. Some of them dip towards the back, giving a look of a man’s swallow .tail coat. They are also used on dresses, and the basque is likely to be the subject of many I experiments in design, as it is ‘a really I becoming device if carefully used. 1 i