WHAT PARIS SAYS WE ARE TO WEAR

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1020, 10 July 1930, Page 28

WHAT PARIS SAYS WE ARE TO WEAR

It is good to know that two-pieco suits are to remain with us this season, in their most practical form. After so many changes we could not have been surprised if they had beeu removed from the dress salons and something altogether more exotic left in their place. Actually, however, the best designers know what the busy modern woman wants arid, what is more, they take pains to supply the demand. Of course, there are a few changes in the two-piece suits—they have capes on the coats, and some of the jackets have decided waistlines—but these small differences only enhance our pleasure in the useful little eu sembles. THE TWO-PIECE AT ITS BEST For morning wear, suits are made of chiffon tweed or soft woollen cloth The tweed coat goes over a frock ol similar tweed in a much lighter weight, or else over one in woollen material iu the samo tone. For it is no longer permissible to pop a tweed coat over any kind of dress. A very engaging little morning suif for spring comprised smart coat of light diagonally woven wool in oatmeal colour and crepe de chine dress in the same shade. The coat was straight-cut, with a sticlied band down the middle of the back, a small standup collar of kangaroo fur, and rows of narrow petersham ribbons in brown, scarlet and oatmeal, stitched inside the fronts. The frock was “etched" all over with fine broken brown lines; it had a long, straight bodice with the waistline indicated by a narrow belt of the material, and was prettily finished with a white organdi collar edged with narrow lace. Each season the woollens seem to get lighter and lighter in weight witl. out losing any of their warmth. This is more marked than ever with the new spring fabrics. Cumberland tweeds are among the first favourites, and are newest when bordered. These new borders are useful in tailoring, as they lend themselves to trimmings for lapels, pockets and skirts. Writing of tweeds, and tweed ensembles, which now include hat and handbag of the same material, calls to mind a paragraph in a Sydney journal. Not content with appearing garbed in tweed from top to toe, a smart woman appeared on the Sydney station platform recently followed by a porter carrying a suitcase, liatbox and golf- bag of the same material! Wool laces have appeared in a muchimproved form, small designs replacing larger ones, which used to require backing. These are delightful for afternoon frocks and are particularly attractive for short jackets to wear over sports frocks. They are also charming in coat and skirt effects, worn with a georgette blouse, and smartly belted. And this brings us to the threepiece suit, which is to have an immence vogue this spring and summer. Skirts, of course, will just cover the knee for sports wear, and are nearly always made with slim-fitting hip yoke. Quite often they are belted. Blouses are almost always of the tuck-in variety, but buttons, pin-tuck-ing, smocking, stitching and pleating may all be used to give them the much-sought after individual touch. The accompanying jacket may be the fashionable three-quarter length, finger-tip length, or merely hip length, and is particularly smart if it follows the short bolero mode. The new cape jackets also make an attractive finish to these little suits, which offer endless scope in the matter of design and material employed. Thdy are specially youthful and charming when made of fresh-printed cottons that will be offered this season. Indeed, that little Cinderella of other days, Miss Cotton, has evidently been to the ball and met the Prince, and is now about to live happily ever after. Her drudgery days of mere usefulness are ended for the greatest dress- ' makers of Paris have now acknowledged her royal right to recognition. Cotton hats, to match the various ensembles, are the very newest thing. These are most often quite plain with wide stitched brims.

A really splendid idea is the linen or cotton beach hat with wide brim which buttons on to a close-fitting toque. Unbutton the brim, if you will, and wear just the turban. Tho summer-weight crushable straw hats with cotton-faced brims are equally attractive and an organdifaced hat with wide sweeping brim is infinitely becoming. The dear old cotton “shirt-waist” of other days lias returned to us and is seen all the way from tailored pique severity to batiste embroidered to a rich stiffness in white cotton desigtis.

White pique, by the way, it the v<|'y smartest trimming for the darkcoloured day frocks we are wearing just now, and when the hot summer days come the crispness of white pique frocks will stand us in good stead for all-day wear. One of the now materials is waffle pique, well named because of its tiny squared surface.

| Cotton mesh is another material | which has received Paris recognition ! and will be much worn this spring. , There is faconne madras for shirt ! frocks, and this material will be i found to tub indefinitely. Some of the nicest of the new season's ensembles are made of voile de laine. This is a useful material and one which, being semi-transparent, looks well over a patterned frock. Crepe de laine is another nice material. A little heavier than the voile, it is useful for cape-coats which must have a good deal of hard wear. The coutouriers have turned their ! astute sartorial attention to organdie and given it the loving detail of workmanship they have always lavished on silk. They have given us a summer thrill in little jackets of Velveteen which take years off our age when worn with long, flaring frocks. Velveteen is youthful in its simplicity and therefore well adapted to the perkiness of the short coat. If you are very young and 'Crave ruffles and floppy hats, there are dotted muslins. These belong in the category of afternoon cottons, which also embraces eyelet embroider”. voile, organdi and cotton net. These voiles and organdis and cotton nets are delightful for the many informal little summer-time evening functions, as they adapt themselves very gracefully to the new lines of the evening mode. ; Net is prettiest when combined with lace and makes such a “handy” frock ; to have in one’s wardrobe as it crushes l so very much less easily than organdi. Lace is among the favourites for the more formal evening gown, and is j very striking when two different ! shades are used in the same gown. A most distinctive frock of this type had a long slender corkage of ivory lace, finishing at the hips with two peplum frills. The ankle-length skirt, ! which was quite circular, was of deep ’ absinthe green. This idea would be ■ equally striking carried out in flesh ! pink and black, or pale orchid-mauve and deep amethyst. Chiffon retains its place iu feminiue affections and continues in floral j mood to grace all evening functions j with its filmy charm. One of the en-! deal ing attractions of chiffon is that I it is so peculiarly adaptable to the j mood and the occasion. For smart sophistication one turns! i to the supple satin with its lustrous j sheen. An effective evening ensemble | combines plain satin frock with pat-1 terned wrap on a self-toned ground. An attribute of satin is that it throws up the gleam of good jewels to better advantage than almost any other material. LOVELY JEWELS Never before have jewels beeu quite so lovely. Nor has there ever been quite such a diversity in thendesign and execution. There are jewels for every occasion, ! from the brightly lined wooden beads that are sucli a fitting finish to our morning suits to the elaboratelv wrought and mounted jewels with which we complement our evening ensembles. The most beautiful are ofteu in sets of three pieces, combining necklace, ring and ear-rings, although in many cases the ear-rings are replaced by a bracelet. Exquisitely jewelled bracelets are becoming very fashionable indeed, and the newest ones show considerable originality of craftsmanship. The brooch is returning to favour, too, and long discarded family “pieces” will acquire a new charm : when pinned to the corsage of an afternoon or evening gown. A new “set” that the smart youug j thing will want for her very own ts i the jewelled cigarette case with matching index finger ring.

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