FASHION NOTES

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1932, Page 19 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES

THE SEASON’S COLOUR SCHEMES.

NEW MATERIALS AND DETAILS.

(By Colline Rouff.-—Special, to News.) One feature of the new season’s fashions is quite definite —blue will be all the vogue. Bright royal, a lovely cornflower, a deep sky, and a soft dark blue that is not navy and not royal but misty, and most becoming to blondes. These colours will be favoured for suits, walking frocks, semi-formal and evening gowns. The cornflower and the royal tones look exquisite by artificial especially in the new patterned, laces, soft satin, marocain, and a beautiful crepe, with, a crinkled crepon surWhen we have had enough of blue, we shall return to the old favourite brown. Not the very sombre browns of the last season, but lighter, gayer brown with lots of red and tinges of rust in it, for we are to prepare to look rather Red Indian. Beige is also taking a new lease of life. Not the dreary, dirty putty shades, but those with a good tinge of pink, a distinct leaning towards primrose, or the warm. sandy beige, all of which are perfect with the new browns. For sports clothes we are to go back to white, and concentrate on bright accessories. Once, more I must mention corduroy velvet, and point out how chic it is for all sports and semi-sports suits. Now it is appearing in white, for skirts and three-quarter length coats, and long coats to wear over bright silk or -woollen dresses. PLAIN OR PRINTED? Wo want to know if printed materials are to be in fashion again. Yes, but there will be a subtle difference, the most popular design being the small broken check with an over-line that will give a ’blurred effect. As an alternative there will be ,the small spot with, a blurred surface which looks woven into the material. Elower patterns are Just little buds, or else tiny conventional flowers with small leaves and circles and dots. ■ . / These are all silks; but fine woollens, such as wool crepe, wool georgette, delaine, and wool voile, are patterned, too. Thicker woollens are not printed, but woven in patterns. Here again checks are important, some being, tiny, others quite large and broken. ’Stripes are seen in scarves, hat bands, bags, and belts, and very fine pin-stripes appear in the latest suiting materials. .Some new fine.wool fabrics have tiny ' fine silk stripes, while others have flecks of white or coloured silk. NOTES BROM EVERYWHERE.

The evening frock with the wide “braces” crossed over at the back continues to be very smart. The gown is quite simple —a moulded skirt, and a bodice which fits above the waist and has a softly draped neck-line held by the two bands which disappear into, the waist belt. Some of the new moulded gowns are cut entirely on the cross, which means a great deal of material, but also a lovely clinging line. An original pinafore line is given to walking and sports dresses by a quaint scarf-like arrangement, fashioned with a shaped collar that passes round the back of the neck, then broadens into panels like the fronts of waistcoats. These two panels cross in front, and button on to a wide band that meets them from the back. The effect is rather that of a cut-away waistcoat. Made of the same woollen material as the skirt, and worn over a tuck-in blouse, it helps to make a smart little walking suit. Evening coats of velvet are made on the lines of a jacket, with revers, and three buttons down the front, but have full, long sleeves with wide cuffs. Coats and jackets for very young people button right up to the throat, some in a straight line, others with a double-breasted panel.

TRAY CLOTHS AS TABLE MATS.

DAINTY

(By M.L.)

Having long ago abandoned the traycloth as superfluous, I have been surprised to find it freely featured lately in the shop-windows of the leading household linen firms. Inquiry elicited the fact that these small oval cloths, some plain linen, some filet lace, others elaborate drawn-threadwork, are not intended for trays, but are used in place of the small dinner-table mats, formerly in fashion. The reason for the innovation is that their shape and greater size enable them to take side or and tumblers, and so not only create a better effect, but at the same time give the polished table 'better protection. Also the quantity of small circular d’oyleys that complicate the laundry question is thus ruled out.

These oblong cloths form a dainty bit of work for odd moments, for though the centres may be kept solid for greater protection against heat, the edges are made as dainty and flimsy as possible. Hand-weaving stitches, Richelieu cutouts and inset crochet all help to enrich the borders.

Similar oblongs are used on the backs of chairs, wherb they protect the covers from too sleek heads. But still in the shops they are known as tray-cloths. Another of the little cloth’s functions is that of a table centre in place of the table sash which is at present in the background. Housewives prefer the worked linen beneath a flower bowl.

If Women Were at No. 10. The Prime Minister was welcomed by Sir James Barrie, as Chancellor of Edinburgh University, when he opened new buildings at the university recently (states' 3 the Daily Mail). Mr. MacDonald, afterwards addressing women students, said: “The only practical people I have met in the course of many years have been the women. They are great chancellors of the exchequer. Had women been in control of the Bank of England or the City, or had they been sitting at 10, Downing Street dum g the last three years, there would have been no crisis.”

BEAUTY HINTS FROM SWEDEN.

REMEDIES TOR HOME USE.

To cure obstinate redness about the neck and chest, mix two tablespoonsful of honey -with half a tablespoonful of toilet oatmeal, by standing the cup containing the honey in a pan of boiling water and sprinkling in the oatmeal. Smear this paste on the skin at bedtime and leave it on all night. Repeat the treatment until the skin is white.

The Swedish girl whose skin is roughened by the wind uses honey and marrow cream. Boil half a small vegetable marrow until soft, pour off the liquid, strain, and for every two ounces of the pulp add half a teaspoonful of liquid honey, ten drops of rose-water, and enough toilet oatmeal to form a cream. Apply after washing, and wash off next morning in warm water to which six drops of simple tincture .of benzoin have been added. To clear the complexion, use a honey and camphor mixture, made by mixing together equal parts of liquid honey and camphor. Apply the lotion after the evening wash and very gently massage the skin until all moisture disappears. It is a remedy for enlarged pores, and is healing to a tender skin. An “anti-shine” pack popular in Sweden is prepared by making bran into a paste with buttermilk, and adding ten drops of liquid honey. Apply the mask to the face on alternate nights, tying a bandage loosely over it. Remove with warm water mixed with ten drops of witch hazel.

Egg-and-honey is a good mixture for removing wind or sun wrinkles. Melt a teaspoonful of honey; beat an egg to a froth, add the honey, and beat for two minutes. Apply thi£ last thing at night after washing, massaging upwards across the face to the ears. ( > • • ■ - u - ■ DAINTY ENTREE. Ingredients: Four breast fillets from a fowl; two tablespoonsful of flour; salt and pepper; milk; a few cloves of garlic; parsley; one white .of an egg; whole eggs as required; creamily mashed potatoes. ' Cut the fillets from the breast of a raw fowl, grill them on both sides, and cut them into strips. Add salt and pepper to the flour, then gradually mix in sufficient milk to make a very stiff batter. Skin and pound the garlic; add it to the batter, with chopped parsley and the stiffly whipped egg white. Dip each chicken strip into this batter, fry golden brown, and drain. Arrange four strips on each individual plate, crisscross fashion, break an egg in each centre space, arrange mashed potatoes round, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and heat in the oven till the eggs set. Serve hot.