Frills, Fads and Foibles

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 5

Frills, Fads and Foibles

Skirts Under Review Honours are divided this season between the flared shirt and the pleated one tor day frocks. The ordinary, useful kind of dress, in marocain, crepe de chine or crepe de laine, usually has the flared skirt. The more elegant one, of crepe satin, printed mousseline, or lace, is often made with a skirt which is plain on one side and has all the fullness of the flare gathered to the other, so that it dips a little, and creates a lovely draped effect. For country suits and morning ones of fine tweed and printed crepe de chine, pleating is the thing. Flat pleating is done from a yoke in some cases, but the newest idea is to have the pleats stitched down from the top to just past the hip line, whence they flute out in a manner that would have made us gasp with horror a year ago, for they are not pressed at all. A FLUTED SUIT A charming suit was made in this manner, which all slim girls would like. The coat was quite short, of bolero shape, with rounded fronts and no fastenings. The back was rather full, so that it hung away like a cape. The skirt was beautifully fitted at the waist so that no suggestion of bulk spoilt the slimness, and there was a narrow belt from which the pleats began. These were stitched in graduated fullness to a depth of seven inches, after which they fluted out like tiny flares to about four inches below- the knee. A very fine wool and silk checked material in two tones of blue was chosen for the suit. The tuck-in sleeveless blouse, of palest pink crepe

j de chine, had a round collar which | turned out over the bolero neckline. [ I The hat was of the same material as I the suit, rather large, and w-ith a dis- j | tinct bonnet droop at the sides. A i | wide band of pale pink gros grain ribj bon encircled the crown, the deeply I fringed ends hanging loosely down i I the back. HATS ARE GETTING LARGER The tiny fitted hat still has a plact in the scheme of t%ngs, especially the one of material to match the suit, or of such fine felt that it folds and drapes like flannal. But we are also to wear hats that are larger than they have .been for many seasons. These hats will still show quite a big band of forehead, but they w-ill be so carefully cut and draped that the brims will sweep into graceful curves at the sides and back. One pretty bonnetshaped hat which showed a real bun of hair beneath its brim on the nape of the neck looked very prim and rather attractive, but it must have been uncomfortable.

“Home-made Mats are Delightful.” A bedroom mat made of a yard and ahalf of plain cocoa - matting, with bindings and cross-bands of coloured carpet braid. The bath mat is composed of old bath-sheets machined together in squares, blanket-stitehed in coloured wool, and ornamented with applique rabbits.