STRAWS IN FASHION’S BREEZE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20761, 23 June 1937, Page 10

STRAWS IN FASHION’S BREEZE

Tlie open neck—V, U, or round—seems to have disappeared entirely from smart frocks. Necklines are high, whether made with a modified cowl, a straight line, or one or two peaks at the throat.

Little suits are an indispensable item in a modern woman’s wardrobe, and the coats can be either in bolero cr fitted slimly to the . waist and flaring into a little peplum. The skirt must always be pencil-slim. A simpler movement in hats Is noticeable overseas, and smaller brimmed shapes are being converted into cloche types, perhaps an indication of Queen Elizabeth’s influence on fashion. For bridesmaids, it would appear that the mushroom shapes will be the most popular. A huge bunch of tulips in brick-red shades on a pink belt, makes all the difference to a black day frock of Mainbocher. In the United States, too, men are wearing off-white shark skin, with plaid summerbunds, for formal wear. It will not be long before this fashion will have its repercussion on women’s clothes.

Apparently hats to wear with important Ascot frocks cannot be too large. A white hat with a red feather crown went back to “cart wheel” days. Tire crown matched the brief red feather jacket with which it was worn. Another touch of red —the red of a Peeress’s Coronation robe—was introduced in the swathed velvet belt which broke the slim line of the white crepe frock, as if to remind people that it was destined for Royal Ascot and Coronation year.