Mannequin Parade.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 2

Mannequin Parade.

One of the main attractions at the Convent garden party on Saturday way the mannequin parade staged by “Rosie Lee,” with the Alisses Evclyt Wright, Shirley Latham, Molly Benjamin and D. Robertson as the mannequins. The display was well arranged and was watched by a large number of interested spectators. The various styles and the weave of tho latest materials came in for much admiration. Angora woollens, furrowed and rippled . fabrics, and corded materials were shown in jacket suits, costumes and coats. Each one of the garments showed some specially important feature. A blackberry suit of angora with faint check effect was smartly cut and featured a tic bow at the throat. There were well-cut suits in moss green angora, diagonal cloth in wine and other colours featuring the closedin throat, cravat effect, new shoulder lines and sleeves. Particularly admired was a black corduroy velvet suit with three-quarter length coat and wool blouse in black and white tartan. The yoke on the coat extended well down the arm to meet the gauged sleeve top, and was tied in front with a long cravat tie. Some suits had jackets in tartan effect and the pockets and belted-in waists were points of interest in other suits. Lovely fox fur collars complete with head and tail adorned the coats that were next displayed. Well designod } in materials with furrowed, rippled or corded, surfaces in mulberry, the new blues and greys featured the latest in sleeves. With the outfits were worn toques and turbans in the new styles. For afternoon wear the mannequins showed some covetable frocks, one of brown fancy diagonal material having a rainbow collar and slot tie. Chalk white pique was used with fine effect on a hollyberry red woollen frock, while a two-piece effect was given to another frock, with a loose basque, belted and with pockets. Tartans and checks used in uncommon ways gave distinction to a number of afternoon frocks. Next came dinner and evening frocks in variety and style. Cire lace allied with georgette, cotele, satin and lustred floral satin being some of the materials. A matron’s frock of brown lace and georgette had the new big sleeves set in from the waist. Frocks' moulding the figure from shoulder to knee, the lowered shoulder line and some slightly trained were a joy to behold. One mannequin wore a beautiful frock of mulberry coloured cotele with deep cowl sleeves opened to reveal the top of the arm and the open circle being heavily piped with gold brocade. Another wore an ice blue cotele with silver sequin epaulettes, and a third was in a flame georgette cut on unusual lines and girdled with a wide band of black cire ribbon, and still another in an effective frock of pastel green with a cowl neckline and frilled sleeve linings of a new shade of pinky mauve. The parade finished with a bridal display, a bride appearing in a beautiful frock of white cire lace and satin, handsome long veil of silver embroidered tulle. She was attended by maids in attractive frocks of cotele crepe in blue and pink tonings. It was interesting to note that all the beautiful garments shown wore moderately priced. There was nothing over five guineas. the majority being priced at three to three and a-half guineas.