CORRECT DRESSING.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1924, Page 10

CORRECT DRESSING.

While it has always been true that the little things of fashion have played their important part in correct grooming aud costuming, it was never as true as to-day, when there is a penfect rage for colours and designs that have taken their inspiration from so many lands and peoples that one is hard put to it, keeping one’s style adjuncts consistent. “One cannot be Egyptian as to headdress and ear-rings, and Persian or Chinese as to bracelets and girdle, that is, if the general effect is to be artistic,” says a contemporary. “Nor can one wear several colours, even with a dark costume as a background, unless it be in a string of beads or a carefully thought out combination of the slender jewelled ’bracelets that are so popular, i “A picture shows how consistent the 1 decorative scheme may be. In the headdress and girdle—and incidentally the trimming of the frock itself—pearls, jet and crystal, are utilised, and the motif is Egyptian. Two things make the latter plain—the loops that fall over the ears and the ornaments o-f jet and crystal—-and it is Egyptian in inspiration at its best, since it is beautiful without being overdone. “Just at present the prevailing fashion in accessories is touched by the accessory or jewel mode .that prevailed in the valley of the Nile more than 3000 years ago. Bracelets, strings of beads, ear-rings—even the ornamental ; frame of the smart new, handbags—have sphinxes, lotus blossoms, and the strange characters and decorations of an old civilisation carved upon them. “There is a perfect passion for Egyp.tian reds, blues, greens snd’ gold, and one of more of these colours is sure to appear in fashionable ears’ or on fashionable arms some time through the day or evening. “The fashionable ear-ring i e very, very long, sometimes touching the shoulder, and tassels and pendants prevail not infrequently matching other costume jewellery decorations. Precious and semi-precious stones, metals, jade, lapis, jet and crystals are all used, and certain would-be-different styles copy quaint mosaics, very bldfashioned, indeed.

j “Generally speaking, it seemp to be a time of revivals in the world of accessories, for we have the choker necklace once again, and the hand-painted medallion—a thing of rare loveliness and delicate charm. These medallions portray lovely ladies of olden times, and are reminiscent of courts and.-kinge. “Tlie Peter Pan collar has brought | the bar pin back, and, apropos r.of this type of neckwear, it is seen?/ every where, on young and old, slender ?and plump, alike. j “Hatpins—as ornaments—arej - black again, and they are following the vogue for veils with great persistence. The two-headed hatpin is the favourite, and it goes without saying that it has no utilitarian purpose, since the hat of to-day fits perfectly, and’needs, no anchorage. These pins are used alone, or in combination with veils, for trimming.”