Dresses of the Week

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16986, 9 March 1923, Page 10

Dresses of the Week

"STELLA"

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Although it will be some time beforewarmer ciothes are needed, most v.umen. as soon as the summer holiiduv* arc over, cast their thoughts forward to .Easter time and its attendant fesuvuics; and this, of course. means that they must also give attention l> their wardrobes. mat they may be reatiy with suitahie clothe.-, for every occasion that r;av arise. race i, a grun deal ol interest, am. a great deal of speculation going on as thing very drastic y°, l tier ir. win u-e pienty o-r variety Doth or style and iiiaitnai ior evei vone to choose fro hi. lvn it ted suits are to be a. great lea tuie ol tins season s veai, a„u every f.vssibie uesign ami variation of sty o tractive will bcT me coatsTaim skills ion ones will take their place tor'win-

ter wear. A skirt u. rifioeti knitting worn with a plainly knit jumper will ;,<• being trimmed witn barals or cuffs an i collar of fancy knitting in one or mors colours. A good design i.s knitted in rather large squares, these squares being •.* ... lined by a different coloured thread, so as to show a large check design. This might be used for u skirt to be wore with a plain jumper, or the plain jumjie - might have trimmings of the ckx;fc. pattern. Another variation is tc have a sk'./t of rough tweed in a large check d>sign, and a pJain.lv knitted jumper with trimmings in the colour ol the check of the skirt. Many adaptations rf this idea will lie worked cut by clever knitters, and those women who. arcunable to knit their own suits are already placing orders with other women, often privately, so that mam « girl can earn some extra pocket moil v iD her spare time if she [ikes. Jumpers of every conceivable typ3 will be worn, but the very last word will be the jumper of suede! ft sounds rather hard at first-, but when one thinks of the beautifully soft suede in all colours that can be had nowadays, cue realises that, such jumper coats will be the very thing for motoi ing. They will be rruite easv to make I'ot very little cut or fit- will he requited, and the seams, instead of being stitched or sewn by hand will be evolved ...

punching a series of holes in the sue I°. close to the edges to be joined together, and then lacing the pieces together with strips of the same mat- rial. Even the sleeves will be put i:t in this wav. and then lower edges, turned back to form cuffs, will be ‘iru i'shed off with buttons. For the motorist proper, she wh;i drives a car. a jumper of sued© in ta ;> o" brown would be ideal, as it would not readily show the dust, but the gun choose any ol t.He more delicate shad--, such as old rose or jade or blue, wit ) equanimity. Hats continue large in brim and verc simply trimnnd. but with the autum , the smaller brim will make its appeala nee. and .be almost unversally worn. The useful null-on shapes ol straw, vei vet or satin, will be much in evidence, for thev are suitable ior almost any occasion, and certainly. for business girls in tlie city .or for general wvuin the country, there is no better Lit to be had In England and France the woman have been appealed to iii the intrtv est-s of the leather industry, as it has la'en languishing to such an exte: : that matters have become very serious for the workers. One wonders if the big Gainsborough hats. with their graceful lines and long sweeping plumes, will again come into fa-shion. 1 hardlv think so, except for very- special occasions, for the world has moved on at such a naco. and we with it. that it seems unlike!- that we shill ever revert to the old fa-shions, wh.rti required so much more leisure than ike modern woman has to give them, clothes, especially hats, that were quite suitable for visiting a few years ag.’. when one walked or drove i,n a carriage. ,are not by any means sensible for rushing about iu trams, trains, and motorcars. Fine silk braid was utilised to trim a smart little coat frock. The frock was in biscuit coloured face cloth, witli a jacket-like bodice, on which the cuff a collar and two narrow panels down the front- were of the braid. The front panels continued for a few inches dcw.i the skirt and were finished with metal ornaments. Braid, also composed a very wide band from hip to hip. across the back of the skirt and another at the hem. The close-fitting little hat of ]uilo brown straw was trimmed with a chon of ostrich feathers. The decided chill in the air of recent

days has led to a disappearance, tc % great extent, of the summer frock, ayri light costumes and cloth frocks ara being worn. Possibly the smartest ««- tume of the week was one in brown -duvetyn. Worn over a triiir blouse of deep cream georgette, the coat fitted lightly t<> the hips and then swung away in wonderfully arranged toms. Two very novel point® were collar, the long, straight back pieo© l ° . which wns edged with still long >r fringe j. and the cuffs which were extremely wide, the narrow sleeves being graceful!v shaped into them. Tha hat was a little null-on shape in brown velvet, encircled with a cream heron feather. Another pretty model, a frock this time, was in fine navy gabardine. Th© long bodice was swathed ever the full skirt, which reached to the ankles, aud. Irom the shoulders hu-ng a graceful cape. The sleeves, which matched tit© collar, were of pearl grey georgett% heavily tucked, tight from elbow to wrist, and coming well down over tit© hand. The, pretty hat of black velvet bad a transparent brirm lightly embroidered. and was finished at one suH with a large velvet bow. ! Black velvet, which will be in gr? it ] demand this winter for afternoon-, and | evenings, constituted a charming litt’e afternoon frock. Out with extrema simplicity, as indeed a velvet frock must be. the only trimming was meditlious of bright coloured silk embroidery at the long waist line and on the slight!*: full skirt. Exceedingly simple and yet effective was a little frock of jade green gabardine It- was cut quite straight from shoulder to hem and its sole trimming was a narrow dcrabk panel down th * centre front nf bun coloured cloth, which, in its turn, wac finished vi-’i tiny buttons. A narrow ?>ash of tb * ! two colours was loosely tied round the j waist. The cuffs vpto also of the buff | material and the hat was a- buff coin o-_ | ed felt with a sash of green vilkTwo shades of gabardine were combined to give a. particularly smart T feet in another frock. The main nart of the frock was navy and the front panel was dark grev edged with vnricolonred fanev braid. The side panels longer than the fro-nt and back, were trimmed with two wide hands of grov. finished with the -same- braid. A cbm little hat of navy satin wreathed wi+H heron plumes completed the effect.