FORTHCOMING FASHIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 3 February 1934, Page 28 (Supplement)

FORTHCOMING FASHIONS.

Satin or Velvet for the Autumn Bride. ■ COSTUME JEWELLERY. (By A PARIS EXPERT.) Brides this year have a wealth of ideas Co draw upon. There is the conventional white satin and velvet, supple and silvery in sheen, silk, with threads of metal, and—tulle. There is, as you will see, a wide range from which to choose, according to the need, the hour, the plans of the occasion, the dimensions of the purse. A wedding-gown can be the most becoming or the most hideously unbecoming dress in the world. The one thing to remember about it is that the more conventional it is the better it can be. Some girls think they :an’t wear white, and so choose silver, or

caiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiiiiiiiiiiicaiiii one of the pastel colours that it is the fashion to use for brides' dresses just now. There's not one girl in a million, though, who can’t wear white. If she can’t wear dead-white, she can wear cream or ivory, pearl or pale flesh pink. Lace must not be forgotten where the bridal dress is concerned. Almost every bride has lace that has belonged to her mother or her grandmother that may be included in her wedding outfit. Flower Muffs a New Note For Weddings. Swathed in voluminous veils and trains, the bride of this season has to plan well to make sure that her bouquet isn’t lost completely in the tulle and silk. And while she is planning, she certainly will take into consideration that the "newest and smartest of brides’ bouquets is the flower muff. Florists are making them in gardenias, roses or practically any flower desired, and are featuring them for both brides and bridesmaids. Particularly suitable for the bridesmaids, because matching hats may be made from rose or daisy petals, these muffs form tbe ideal complement. Usually silk, satin, or chiffon form the main base with lilies of the valley, sweet peas or violets sewn or pinned on in clusters. At present muffs, as well as bouquets, are carried fairly high. Millinery as Seen in Paris. Paris modistes are still making berets, because women are still liking berets. And even if women didn’t still like berets, they’d like these berets, if you see what, I mean. The latest versions are more dashing than ever, with a nice tilt up at the back, and a bang down over the eye. The new models have grown up with a vengeance. They are mammoth specimens of familiar flowers —they are like the famous calla-lilies of Rome that make those anywhere else look insignificant. Tliebe over-grown berets have endless

possibilities. In some cases they seem to have been pushed over by the wind to make a big visor over the left eye. Or, again, they produce a sort of brim that can be turned up in front. All the new berets are very soft, a. note very much in the current mode, and it is obvious that dark green, brown, coral, and grey velvet berets will be worn with dark coats and tailored suits. Apart from these new berets, the formula seems to be brimmed felts, to go with sports clothes (and always a feather poised at a jaunty angle, as if some chance wind had blown it there), and stitched, shirred or draped velvet things for formal wear, that are apt to be built up towards the bayk in interesting ways. In every case, the forehead is pretty well covered. Indeed, there are no end of discreet little hats with discreet little brims to be seen, and these, as I have just said, are worn straight and well down over the nose, instead of on one side. This is the line for many of the small brimmed hats. Fashion Snap Shots. Women this season are going to be bothered with as many pockets as men. The idea, of course, originated with the

imHiiiicainimmiiuiiiiiiiimiuiiimiiiinsiiiimiiiiic: * anxiety of dressmakers to add a severely t practical trimming to sports suite. As a matter of fact, some of the newest , jackets have as many as eight pockets—- : four on each side, and many women have ’ decided that they are six too many. . Scarves are as fashionable as ever. By j the way, the smart way to wear your r new scarf is to wrap it a couple of times * round the throat, and throw both ends back over the shoulders. Thus you will achieve the fashionable choked look in front. * Costume jewellery io becoming an 1 increasingly inseparable part of the dress, j* which it is designed to complete, j Brooches, with a heavy 1900 look to them, are placed at the base of the high necks of the afternoon dress. Or a pair of ' bracelets on one arm and worn over the , sleeves, will be the only decoration of a plain black dress. 3 Choker necklaces are being put abide [ by women who value their necks; it is . a well-known fact tTiat to tighten your neck is a sure way of ruining it, of ageing it. Also, if your neck is short, don’t ’ wear a choker necklace. “ It is quite possible that we may see a return to coloured stockings, dyed to " match our evening frocks. Certainly, , under the long, full skirts of a chiffon or tulle evening dress, a silk instep of the same shade as the slipper or gown looks charming. Also, the powder blue lace evening frocks grade beautifully into the dyed-to-match hose and satin slipper, the matched colour being less conspicus. ous than a beige-hyplien would be. Years e ago, we did this, of course, but the hose n quality of other days was usually a heavier one, and had a tendency to make g ankles appear thick, which the sheer e nothings of to-day forbid. Stockings for day wear still are dark, h A real brown, and occasionally elephant - grey, but when very dark they must be e very thin. Heavier silk stockings must e be chosen in a lighter tone, as the skin t. doesn’t lighten them. The dark stocking s ie> just a film over the legs,