Fashions and Furbelows.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18947, 18 December 1929, Page 13

Fashions and Furbelows.

LEAVES FROM A FRENCHWOMAN’S DIARY. (13v COLLINE ROUFF.) What shall we do with our necks this teason? This is always an important question, because it is one thing to choose a frock, but quite another to be feure that the neck line will play its part and suit our individual style. Tall, thin women have suffered much in the past when .the V neck was the only thing offered, and round, plump women have been made to look ridiculous beta use of the boat-shaped or rounded styles. Fashion, however, is in a kind mood just now and has made provision for all types of figure. The Favourite Neckline. The -V neck is still the most popular. It has always been the favourite, because. for those who can wear it, it is very smart. Yokes are used on a good many frocks this season, and invariably a yoked frock has a V neck, cut rather wide from the shoulders and not too deep. A neck-line of this type is usually entirely plain. It is always best to leave a shallow opening of any kind unadorned. The deeper V often has a narrow fold all round, turned down like a little collar and ending in an apparently careless bow at the point of the V. This is becoming to the fortunate possessor of a flat figure and a fairly long neck, but not to tfie'pfump, who would be wise to avoid bows. Scarf Finishes. Quite a pretty idea is that of having a long, narrow scarf of the material attached at the back of the neck of a frock. The attachment is often only for a couple of inches. Then the loose scarf is brought round and tied in a knot, either under the chin or at one side. Nearly all the sports frocks have this scarf finish, which goes well with the V-opening. / The jabot is immensely popular. One *s not surprised for there is nothing so delightfully feminine as a soft froth

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of lace, georgette or crepe de chine on a frock. Gold Net on Green. A little frock of darkest green plain ring velvet had a kilted jabot. The bodice finished at the real waistline in front, but sloped down considerably at the back, and was slightly pouched. The V-shape neck was finished with a narrow stitched band, and from the point fell the very full jabot, which was of gold net, edged with dark green crepe de chine to tone with the velvet. The sleeves of the frock were long and fitted closely to the wrist, and they were finished with little frills of net and crepe falling to the finger-tips. A new scarf neck-line which is very attractive is cut in a fairly deep oval and buttoned across with a point and one large button. Round the neck, and arranged inside the frock, is a loose fold of contrasting material such as soft handkerchief foulard, crepe de chine, or georgette. This fold passes under the little point and finishes in a loose bow. Round necks may have slots worked into them, through which are drawn tabs of beautifully embroidered lawn, edged with soft lace. A very small scarf of lace may be drawn through instead, and left with the two ends hanging loose or caught with a bar brooch of stones. The stones should take up the colour of some other ornament—the necklace of sparkling Venetian glass beads, or the pin in the hat. A favourite idea is to have the tabs of metal lame, gold, or silver, shot with a colour to match the frock. Pleated Frills. The cross-over line is still yery much in evidence. Not the cross-over bodice, but the neck-line in which one side folds right over the other half of the V, ending with a point of the material and a lovely button, jewelled or enamelled, c.r else with a bow of the stuff drawn through a buckle. Then there is the idea of the round or V neck with a pleated frill outlining it and continuing down the front of the bodice, and ending on the hip at the kside.