WOMAN’S WORLD

Wairarapa Age, 5 May 1934, Page 3

WOMAN’S WORLD

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs. E. F. Barton and Miss I. Barton, Lansdowne, have returned from a visit to Marlborough Sounds. Mrs. N. M. Irwin, Pownall Street, is visiting Christchurch. Miss McFarlane, who has been spending some time in Wellington, is staying with Mrs. A. R. Bunny, Cole Street.

Mrs. Hassell, Feilding, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. Garland, Second Street.

The Misses Jordan, who have been visiting Mrs. T. Jordan, the Terrace, have returned to Wellington.

Mrs. Fowler, Hastings, is the guest of Mrs. Sydney Smith, Lansdowne.

Miss M. Beetham, Perry Street, leaves to-day to stay with Mrs. D. H. Rutherford, Makuri.

Mrs. and Miss Hamilton, Essex Street, left yesterday for Christchurch on a round of visits to relations.

Mittens are the newest craze —mittens of black, white and every coloured lace to match the evening dress. They can also be worn in the afternoon, and are really an economy notion, for the long, loose rucked-up velvet gloves. seen at smart dress shows are costly fancies.

The newest jumpers have padded Shoulders, which give the fashionable “broad” look. You can remove the padding if you wish. It consists only of buckram stitched into the shoulder seams. These jumpers have caps to match in both colour and material. For this reason many autumn suits will consist of a matching jumper and cap and jacket or long coat and skirt of a contrasting shade and material. The jacket or coat and skirt will be of rough black tweed, or homespun, for instance and the jumper and cap of pink wool.

Corded rucking, which is just now a prime favourite as a trimming, looks its best made in velvet or taffeta, but can be fashioned in almost any “gatherable ’ ’ material. To make it, cut straight strips of stuff 2 to 2| times the finished length needed. Two inches is an average width for the strips. Crease a single turning along each long edge, fold the crease over a fine piping cord and stitch, enclosing the cord closely but not stitching through it. If the stitching is by machine, it is easier to do it first, the right width to make a tight fit for the cord, and run the latter in afterwards. When it is stitched, ruck the strip fully over the cords. To turn curves, ruck more fully on the inner edge of the curve than on the outer one. Any end not concealed in a seam should be coiled into a spiral. When stitching the rucking to the garment hide vour stitches in the fullness.

The low-crowned hats now fashionable call for careful hair-dressing, a London writer observes, because whichever way the hats are tilted, a good deal of hair is exposed; and although hair-dressing is fuller and softer, with plenty of curls round the neck and face, do not let those curls riot. The crown of a well-chosen ensemble is a sleek, well-groomed head. Among the new brimmed hats, the “sailor” type is the bost pronounced. Again, there are many variations, from the quite flat brim with shallow, squarish crown to the over-grown saucer type, or the “curate” hat with the edges slightly purled, and round, shallow crown encircled by a sinople cord tied in front. These sailor types are generally becoming, and can be very simply trimmed with a corded ribbon and yet look chic. But several milliners are trimming the under-brims with flat ruckings of ribbon, coque feathers, or flower petals stuck tightly to the brim. These are definitely flattering and are worn slightly back to show the underbrim trimming. Several lovely black hats have a sweeping turned-back brim. In satin they are most becoming, and satin is one of the millinery fabrics of the moment. A very new line in felt hats shows the brim rolled well back on one side, to show half the hair and down over the ear on the other. There are some attractive little silk hats with softly rolled crowns and brims that have becoming bound edges. In pale colours these are trimmed with a black velvet ribbon that goes halfway round and then across the crown, tying in a smart .crooked bow across the front. A short black veil of very open mesh softens the brim and flatters the eyes. Other becoming hats fit the crown of the head, with the brims turned straight back in front against the crown and the brim (shorter in the back) either turned down to cover the nape of the neck or rolled back to show a row of close curls. Some of these brims are of closely-pleated ribbon, with plain rib-, bon crowns; others are of felt, straw, or crinoline. There is one lovely little model for wearing with a dinner dress for restaurant dining. This is made of . black horse-hair, and the black transparency is very becoming, with brim turned sharply back “halo” fashion, sometimes tied back with a narrow bow, or fastened back with a brilliant brooch. This kind of hat has taken the place of the elaborate toque, and needs dressing up to, but is charming when worn with a high-necked black satin dinner dress and handsome earrings.