ADD A TARTAN SKIRT , TO YOUR SPORTS WEAR,

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 134, 8 June 1931, Page 10

ADD A TARTAN SKIRT , TO YOUR SPORTS WEAR,

SCOTTISH PLAIDS ARE CONSIDERED SMARTS If fashion has her way there will be many Scottish clan plaids “ borrowed * this winter, for dress experts have do* creed that much tartan shall be worn, Scots will probably not rise in wrath, but will congratulate Paris designers on reverting to the patterns and col* ours evolved by Highland ancestors, who translated the glowering blues and purples of their native hills into the medium of material. Coatee and Skirt. Plaid skirts for sports are exit actly a novelty, but this autumn it ii the plaid coatee and the pale skirt that will be the last word in fashion. If th 4 tartan is a vivid one the skirt and the accessories should be kept very sub. dued. Blouses of tartan worn with light suits form a combination botlj new and interesting. Plaid Shoes. The reversion to plaid designs it going as far as to include footwear Pumps and sandal styles alike are being manufactured from plaid linen, of which the background is usually white, and the plaiding in delicate pastels. The same treatment is being carried out in natural lines, which show plaid designs lightly stitched in either threiii or four colours. These plaid fabric shoes are not con* sidered the correct thing to wear witl* matching plaid ensembles, but are de* signed only to wear with monotone fabrics. One t3 r pe shows brown kid stitched in a tracery of plaid in tan, and the black patent shoe has also beets treated in this way. The same ided can be carried out in calf or kid, witl| the same colour underlay for the pern forations, with a lighter or darker cob our underlaid. j Varied Patterns. Plaids and checks are popular for usg in contrasting jackets and skirts. Ths patterns range from small pin checks and faint line plaids to large block checks and bold, heavy plaids. Flan* nel, jersey, wool crepe, and men’s suite ings are used alone or in combination for these outfits. A plaided brown, \'ellow, and beige flannel jacket, for instance, can be worn with a brown flannel skirt, a V-necked >-ellow jersejj jumper, and a beige men’s silk tailored blouse. For Sports Wear. With thoughts soon to be turned t<s the healthy winter sport of skating, oi% for the more fortunate ones, of a holb day amidst the snow, the question o| what to wear again becomes a pressing one. Lines of the sports suit do not alter radically from season to season, but they do vary enough to keep stef» with changing fashions in This*\’ear, for example, jackets are inclined to be shorter and belts are apt to be raised a little higher. As foil materials, they also show' a slight variation from last season. This is where the use of plaids and tartans comes in. Because of the many gay combinations in which the fabrics are obtainable they are destined to a great degree of popu!arit\'. A tartan fabric makes a more attractive kilt than almost any other material, and as pleats are already giving promise of displacing flares, kilted skirts of plaided materials will be an item in the smartest outfit* for the new season's sports wear,