PARIS DECREES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 10

PARIS DECREES

the latest fashions

Panama cuffs on gloves to match the panama hat worn with them. lh° cults are embroidered to match the leather hand round the hat. For more simple wear, the cuHs are piped m the inline co ours us the striped ribbon that trims the hat. If you would carry the ensemble idea to its .smartest limit, you will have the cuffs of your gloves embroidered with a floral motif to match the posy or bloom chat decorates yom buttonhole. . . Silk sunshades embroidered 111 clieni le in varied bright shades. Hats draped in a series ol tiny lolcu at the huso of the crow'll at the back. Others pinched into a narrow pleat at uio side or a narrow box pleat in 1 rout. Green kid fitted with Hat, low heels for house shoes. As these are fitted with side flaps, they look tidier than slippers and yet are every bit as comfortable. Lorgnettes, which are becoming more and more irequent and moi e and more ornamental, i lie latest, modes show short handles in mareassite lined on the outside with diamond chips. Jade and matrix amethyst ionn the handles of others. ‘Wristlet watch bands of braided gold as one ol the latest crazes. I lie watch face is chosen in amber to match. Frontage yellow, which is the shade in which the new stockings are coming to us. with 'ong, slender openwork clocks. These are for evening wear and mav bo taken as a. lorccast- ol the Vogue for yellow which threatens to iinside fashion both for sports and evening wear. Pink zenias with glossy leaves, which, are among the latest additions to the floral world for wear in the buttonhole. For evening wear, there are largo chiffon roses and huge organdie cactus dahlias. Some women are even returning to nature and wearing real carnations, four at a time, in a row that extends from the shoulder down the side of the corsage. Necklets composed of three strands of tinv seed pearls twisted into a rope and fastened with a barrel-shaped, diamondstudded c asp. Others of the same type are finished with a gland and tassels of seed pearls. Lace is figuring once more 'in lingerie themes. The latest is the bed jacket of lace lined with pink crepe de chine and trimmed with rings of shirred pink ribbon. Bien entendu, the lace is ecru or beige in shade, for white is quite taboo for lingerie purposes. Bracelets and necklets of narrow coils of pliable gold and silver that have lometlung of the sleek sinuosity of tlio snake about them, have ousted the big link and stone bracelets from the world of novelty jewellery. There are necklets to match. Striped hat bands have proved so very smart that "he idea is being carried into the fie'd of sport, where hats are noiv to be seen trimmed with a band of college colours, to match blazer and tie. Turbans for evening wear count among the novelties of Hie moment. They come in lame and in crepe georgette ; if in the latter fabric, they are usually matched by an ostrich feather fan the same shade. Shark skin and enamel are figuring largely.as handles in the world of umbrellas and sunshades. The shark skin comes in bewitching pastel shades of red, blue, grey and green and handles that it decorates are mc'itied to he curved in shape, whereas handles ot enamel are inclined to be plain and straight. Black antelope is the latest skin to engage the attention of the bag makers of Paris. It is to be seen made up into day, as well as evening bags, for the latter, in vanity types with broad bands of cut stones placed at the top and in a deep band across the lower half. •

Madeleine Vinnet is showing something unusual in the way of sports nose. These are stockings in rich, heavy silk which give the appearance of having been crocheted and hand-knitted in their original patterns and self stripings. Dyed fur in every bright shade as well as tho neutral beige, grege and grey, I wrote of last month, is the rage of the moment. Vanck is showing wonderful samples as a trimming for sports coats and suits as well as for afternoon and day and evening frocks of all types. The latest ensemble is no less than one composed of lint, bag and umbrella of visca straw. The daintiest sets are to be seen trimmed with ribbon and flowers discreetly added.