THE JACKET SUIT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20802, 10 August 1937, Page 10

THE JACKET SUIT

The query “What shall I wear?" can be answered at any time during the day by “a jacket suit.” It is right for the business woman setting off for town in the early morning; for the woman who comes in later to shop; for those who have luncheon appointments; and for women attending matinees or taking friends to tea. Any woman appears suitably dressed In a well-cut suit until the sun goes down, and the majority of women look their best in tailored lines. Accessories, of course, contribute greatly towards the achievement of that air of good grooming, and these are usually determined by the hour of the day. A matching tweed coat is a useful addition to the outfit if days are to be spent in the teeth of a wind. This year the topcoat is not usually made In the same material as the suit. It may show the same pattern in a different weave, and be of a heavier cloth. Sometimes its severity Is broken by a collar of fur.

Quite often the jacket and skirt of a two-piece suit do not come from the same roll. Plain jackets have plaid skirts, the background to the plaid reflecting the colour of the coat. For greater contrast a cream jacket sometimes tops a black skirt.

The jacket suit varies in type. We have those with strictly-tailored lines, changing little from season to season, except in length of skirt, breadth of shoulder, and width of lapel. Then there Is the dressmaker suit, which shows more decorative touches in accordance with the general fashion trend.