ELIZABETH ANNE TAKES A WALK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19270, 6 January 1931, Page 10

ELIZABETH ANNE TAKES A WALK.

SOME NOVELTIES FROM THE SHOPPING CENTRE.

I don’t know whether it is an effort to increase the consumption of rubber on the part of fashion designers, but at any rate the latest novelty in the way of “ jewellery ” is the rubber necklace. And very, very charming these new necklaces are, and so light to wear and soft to the touch. They are made of a dozen or more strands or thongs of fine rubber caught together here and there with metal beads. The main attraction of these new necklaces lies in the lovely colourings the rubber strands are made in. Some of these

“ beads ” have a long end of thongs allowed to hang loose down the front or back, as you like.

Cushions of sponge are the very latest! You can cut your cushions any shape or size you like, because sponge rubber can now be bought by the yard. It’s light and resilient, and impervious to damp; it doesn’t harbour dust, so that you can see how ideal sponge rubber cushions are! And they’re so simple to cover. You pop them inside gay cotton covers as easily as you slip a letter into an envelope—and you have uncrushable cushions that are just the thing for the beach or the garden.