Dresses of the Week

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16875, 27 October 1922, Page 10

Dresses of the Week

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“STELLA "

j Clothes, say what you will, are porj enially interesting—they are more—j they are history. Every # day women \ are studying the ethics of dress, and * with Carnival Week quickly approack- • iug, dress designers are indeed busy. ; The dress designers may he perfect in j their work, but their whole effect can easily bo spoiled if the wearer does j not know how to put on her lovely ! garment or errs in choosing the right , , r ' j colour effect. j An elegant gown can so easily he spoilt by iust the wrong touch ot ! colour being introduced. The other : day i saw worn with a pretty silk dress a pair of go s i stockings, and of course : vou can imagine the result. M hen | anv type of dress is exploited from all ! sides ’it always means that if the I models are prettv and becoming. a ! certain number 'or women will wear j them, with little sense of fitness . J hat j is, a so-called sports hat may be wort’ ' unsuited/ Iu spite of the fact that Race Wools is so near at hand. I have seen man 5 smart frocks this week, one oi th< most striking being a dress with cape to match. Tt was of a deep cream} tan tone, and the collar of the cape was appliquecl with flowers and leaves The girdle and the top of 'the sleeves of the dress were trimmed in the same manner. The small round hat was oi georgette crepe and exactly matcher the dress in colour, and was also trimmed with similar flowers. A tall well-known Christchurch artist one afternoon was wearing a navy blue gabardine coat frock worked witl: rounded motifs in grey wool 011 skirt and bodice. Her grey suede shoes and stockings toned with the wool, and bei hat was a French model of royal blue coque feathers. Over this was worn a smart mole fur coat made with Magyar sleeves.

- f On linen frocks of plain colour, [ .'“eyelet'’ and hand drawn thread | work is much in evidence. One won- | 1 ders how the worker can have such 1 | patience to pull so many threads and j - j put in such intricate work. An at- j • • ti active one which a Alerivale girl i j l I working at is of pale grey linen with 1 ; a becoming neck ruffle of organdi hem- ( stitched at edge. A grey leather girdle .]isto he used on this frock. Her I eyelet work round the hem of the c | skirt, cuffs and bodice show great en- | i durance, and her grey linen hat just ; - j fits in with the frock. 1 i The wife of a well-known journalist at r ! a social gathering last week wore n 5 ! smart tailored henna gabardine suit, - i embroidered in self-coloured silk braid. 1 i With this was worn a hat of gold and 1 brown tinsel, with a cluster of black, ; | Cherries on brim. .. ! Another journalist’s wife was one , i (lav wearing a coat for these un- " I pleasant winds which take us unawares, \ of navy gabardine with sulphur bands of gabardine on hips and sleeves. I Openings at the side showed a gor- ' i geous silk lining of floral taffetas, f which made one wish the coat was rec vcrsiblc. The small hat was of black 0 pedal straw with soft edge of black r Faille ribbon banded with same. u A model worn at an evening was a • crepe de chine in a lovely new dull • pink shade. The bodice and skirt were “ cll t i n one piece, the skirt having hangf ing panels at either side. These 1 panels fell from file waist line to a ‘ I few inches beh the edge of the skirt. -i Round the waist was a girdle of tiny t pink flowers made of crepe de chine, c One afternoon the wife of a shipping l manager was wearing a tomato red t ! silk stockinette frock with the original 1 trimming; of small soft leather spots .- liberally placed on skirt and sleeves. 3 Her straw hat was of the same shade i as her dress, lined with navy silk and i on one side under the brim was a huge loose navy bow.

f Bends are playing an important par on Eaost of the present day dresses On n dress of apple green georgett • crepe. T saw a girdle made of palj green glass beads. The dress v.a i a straight one-piece—the skirt liavinj ! looped panels of the same materia edged with a double row of the sam beads. A hat of the same colour witl tiny organdi petals looked very dainty but wo want nice warm days for sue] attire! ! A young public school teacher wa • wearing an uncommon chintz froc! i with navy background covered wit small butterflies in various hues. He hat was of shrimp pink, with tagt straw crown, a brim of crinoline an tagel, slightly drooped, trimmed wit Faille ribbon fringed at side., and i dainty posy. • Worn over a gray georgette froe a bride had a very smart navy coal The lower part of the coat, was of larg frills of taffetas, with a faint lining c cerise showing, aud the sleeves an bodice were of gabardine, with tin ! cerise buttons on collar and cuffs. Sh i had on an attractive hat of grey ped; straw, with soft edge of grey ribbo pleated round brim. A violinist of one of our pictui | theatres was wearing a brown eu with a light fawn stripe. Her eroclic silk vefit matched the stripe, as ah did her liat of brown straw, trinnne i with wallfloV.c ; . Brown shoes an stockings, of course, went with this. A pretty girl who arrived from En< land last week, was in a- ten room on morning wearing a, simple salmon pin tussore frock trimmed with manv whit buttons. With this she had a whit transparent lace hat with pink rose round brim. STELLA. We are not in ourselves wiser or he” ter than our fathers.— Sir Svdnev Ru: sell-Wells.