THE ZIP

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4229, 10 January 1940, Page 4

THE ZIP

CAPTURES THE LIMELIGHT. The London collections repeat the Paris reasons for using zips this season to make elaborate dresses such as crinolines a practical proposition; to make it possible to don long sleeved, high necked frecks without disarranging curls; and to give corset waists a trim, tight fit, says our overseas shop hound. But London houses also have some ideas of their own about zipps. Stlebel uses them in the shoulders of his new silk jumpers and in the side seams, opening upwards from the hem. Motley features them cleverly; a black plastic zipp down the front of a swing skirt day frock has jet embroidery on either side of the waist. Wholesale houses play up the neat style of zipp frock that is as suitable for work as play. One typical of this style has the zipp in the dual role of utility and decoration. It is in pale blue flannel, with flared skirt, double patch pockets, white spot navy hankie, a navy plastic zipp and one of the new narrow belts in navy, hardly wider than the zipp. Although plastic zipps are sold in a number of opaque colours, the trade shows a decided preference for the crystal type which reflects the colour of the tape. A range of 44 colours gives a wide choice. Among topical pastels and seasonal colours are beiges, {links, mauves, reds, greens, yellows, blues.