MODERN MODES IN MAYFAIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

MODERN MODES IN MAYFAIR.

CHECKED COATS FOR SPORTS The tiniest designs are found on mostof the new dress materials, but quite big. hold checks seem to be favouritefor fabrics intended for use as wrap coats. They uo nor come into the category of ciothes tor “dressy” functions. but cheeked coats are figuring m all the collections for snorts and informal wear. Uno very attractive coat, to De snnped on over a sports frock, was os rough cream woollen fabric with broneu checks of dull red and bright blue. It sounds a little crude, but the two colours were blended so beautifully that the effect was most attractive. THE COTTON FLOWER. Buttonholes, except of real nowera are not seen a great deal on frocKS anu long coats. But no coat and snirt suit is complete without one. Most of them are white —gardenias of ivory satin and camellias of soft white crepe ae crunu. Biit these are only for smart wear. In the morning the buttonhole ie of white linen, pique, or some otHer cotton 1 material. t What looked like a spray o r stocks—real ones—proved on examination to be made Of pique, the odges ' (slightly pinked to give a realistic effecu EVERYDAY HANDBAGS. The flat handbag is the correct one for all occasions just now. And it han been improved and enlarged until it wi l ’ carry, without a bulged effect, nearly everything that could be pushed into tins more useful ordinary shape. It is much longer than it was. and sometimes hao a loop at the top, instead of in one side, by which it may be earned. In many shops a bag is offered with a quite rdasonablv priced dress or costume, showing how much a part it has become of the smart woman's ensemble. For daytime use the pochette is of the same material as the costume. For the evening it is a little smaller and made of ge.orgette. satin, or crepe de chine, like the frock. COLOUR SCHEMES. Red and leaf green seem to be dividing the honours so’~far as colours are concerned just now. The former is not a very good shade to choose unless you can have many frocks, for there is no doubt that it is a little “tiring,” and Is likely to be remembered bv all and sundry. The dull tones are. very beautiful this season, especially in lace. For those who can wear them, too, tho lacquer tones are rich-looking. Green has been so softened and beautified that practically everyone can wear it now in one shade or another. Theie is a tone in which a suggestion ot bronze appears, and this comes up beautifully in some of the thinner fabrics.

Embroideries which may be manipulated into unique and beautiful bags, brass and enamel work, leather work, and hand painted pottery —all are assured of a welcome in the new home. A friend can give the couple what an acquaintance cannot—a real luxury gift, something which they might not buy for thcnisclves, such a gift, say, -as a particularly comfortable chair, a nig, or a set of glass baking dishes. Businesslike though it may appear, the practice of compiling a list of desired presents from which friends may choose has much commend it. It avoids a plethora of teaspoons, coffse spoons, sandwich sets, fruit sete and butter dishes. There is always one pre - sent which never fails to please —a blue bowl, glass for choice. There is no flower which does not look lovely in it.