POPULARITY OF RED

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1005, 23 June 1930, Page 5

POPULARITY OF RED

tones to suit every type Red is very fashionable again and. although many people are rather afraid of its vividness, it is quite easy to wear, for there are tones to suit every type. Very fair women, ami those with white or grey hair, should choose rich, deep, warm tones. Colours which suit fair women will also suit those with white hair, who must not make the mistake of dressing as if they still had dark tresses. Dark women look better in the clearer, brighter flame reds. RED IN THE MORNING For morning wear useful little suits of red tweed are being made. The frocks are produced in very tine jersey tweed, trimmed with small collars and ruffs of white pique or linen. One such frock was finished with strawberry pink linen collar and cuffs and looked quite well, too. The straight, well-cut coats are usually as long as the frocks, for they are intended chiefly for holiday travel and motoring. As a rule, the coats have flecks of brown, black, beige or white, but red is the predominating shade, whether it be brick or cerise. The accompanying hat may be a beret of the swathed material, a fine felt that picks up the colour, or a new doche shape of mixed felt and straw. RED IN THE AFTERNOON Red afternoon suits may be very plain, or very fanciful, but they must

be perfectly fashioned. Wool voile with tiny white spots is the newest thing to choose for the coat and skirt, the coat being seven-eighths length, and the skirt four inches below the knees. The best coat for this style of suit is the straight one, with a back that is cut rather full to hang with a slight flare: it has no fastenings, but is tied at the throat with strings of the material. The frock might be made with a long princess bodice and a kilted Skirt, for this spotted material looks very well arranged in small, wellpressed pleats. A narrow belt of the wool voile should be worn rather closely round the natural waist, or, if your figure can stand it. a tiny bit higher. The V-neck of the bodice is best trimmed with a narrow kilting of the same material. This simple ensemble could be completed by a rather wide hat of fine straw exactly matching the background in colour, lined with the suit material, and the result would be exceptionally attractive. Another very smart ensemble comprised a well-cut coat, with little elbow capes over the arms of cardinal red wool crepe, and a frock of mousseliue de soie in the same hue. The skirt of one such model was made to flare and dip at the back, the front of the bodice being cut on the cross, so that the whole gave a beautifully careless draped “line.” Poppy red mousseline de soie and crepe georgette are popular for evening gowns with long flowing lines, accompanied by short theatre coats made of panne to tone, or rich broche lame, or black velvet. Sometimes one sees a very new short cape of black velvet, lined with the gown material shirred all over.