LINGERIE FINISHES

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1929, Page 18

LINGERIE FINISHES

THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT.

A NEW MAGPIE NOTION.

(By Diana Dane.—Special to News.)

London, June 6.

Dainty lingerie finishes to frocks and suits are increasingly in evidence. Even a formal model of sleek black satin is made more attractive by the addition of a turnover collar of embroidered organid, cut in one with a little vest which fastens up to the throat with tiny fancy pearl buttons. The matching gauntlet culls are similarly effective on the long close-fitting sleeves. This particular gown is made with a three-tiered skirt, and a plain bodice cut high' at the back and in a V point in front. The white organdi vest, embroidered •with small black dots and having the scalloped edges buttonholed in black silk, fills in this V, the neat little collar, likewise embroidered, bringing the whole “into line,” so to speak. Taffetas suits are in high favour for formal morning and informal afternoon wear. It is a splendid stand-by, the little taffetas model, for it has an amiable habit of looking “right” for innumerable occasions. A black “snowflake” taffetas ensemble illustrates the prevalent magpie mode in a most original way, the dark background of the material being flecked with “flakes” of white. The side-pleated skirt is accompanied by a hip-length sac coat, cut quite straight down the front and fastening at the neck with a huge bow of

self material. The white taffetas blouse which completes the ensemble is smartly tucked in horizontal lines round the hips, and in a vertical pattern from shoulders to waist.

White batiste blouses—tucked, pleated or gathered into very smart yokes —are a feature of the tweed and cloth tailored mode Some are exceedingly trim in design, with a cravat finish at the neck; others, more feminine, are completed by charming little collars edged with kilted frills, and have kilted jabots reaching to the waist. Berets for sports are made in a new very flexible straw, as well as in superfine felt and cloth. The linen canvas beret, overworked in a cross-stich pattern in tha gayest of colours, is another millinery novelty—one which might be copied at home, given a good shape to use as pattern. Delightful “little Victorian bouquets of natural flowers are carried with the pretty “feminine” evening frocks of the moment. Fewer shoulder and hip posies are worn, and flowered fabrics are, of course, independent of either natural or artificial blossoms. Buttonholes for the daytime are made of muslin, crystal, raffia, felt, or leather, according to the type of gown or suit. ' Black or pastel-tinted antelope shoes for evening wear are hand-painted with flowers that match the floral design on the printed chiffon or mousseline frock —an idea for the amateur artist!

The “matching craze” among the elite has spread even to dog leashes! In the French holiday resorts there is, naturally, a “fashion” in dogs, with police-dogs and airedales first favourites among the larger breeds. Apart from these, 0 Sealyham,s wire-haired terriers and, of course, the lordly Pekingese, have things very much their own way. It is amusing to see these canine aristocrats walking demurely at the ends of leads which are specially made, to match their owners’ toilettes.