FASHION IN WANGANUI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 2

FASHION IN WANGANUI

AUTUMN IDEAS FOR THE WARDROBE. Less than a week ago winter seemed almost as far away as next spring, but rustlings of the new season have stirred since then, in the form of crisp tissue paper enveloping the first of the winter fashions, and suddenly summer clothes, so smart a few weeks ago, have become uninteresting. First, there are the new styles in materials. Not only new unerushable metal threaded crepes have been introduced, but many new velvets and laces, also silks and woollens. For daytime new woollens and tweeds are being shown in all kinds of weaves and rich colourings. Dark wine-coloured tweeds show vivid flecks of brighter shades in tiny, unobtrusive designs, in some materials the colour note is introduced in a sober background by bright threads here and there. Tweeds are very popular for morning wear, so are woollens and. jerseys in neat tweed-like designs. There are gloriously new weaves and tonings in silks—dull finishes, wavy cords, stripes, pebble and moss weaves being just a few. For evening everything is glitter. Velvets are first in importance, not velvet as we have ever imagined it, but with threads of gold or silver, with some in wonderfully fine scroll effects. Crepe fantasia lame is another lovely material, silver threaded in various designs and gorgeous night colours. Then another exquisite material is named “tinsel gorat, ’’ which glitters with a fine silver stripe and may be had in several lovely shades from cascade green, bois rose pink, ivory, flamingo to black. Plain and floral taffetas will also be worn and a certain amount of lace, one of the loveliest examples being an embossed lace interwoven with silver threads. The plain laces, too, are very beautiful in design and colouring.

Some of the frocks of silk and woollen materials are quilted, niched, crinkled and blistered in all-over patterns and tiny motifs with underlying glints of gold thread. There are dozens of fascinating and interesting points to express smartness and glitter; in fact, silver and gold intrudes in all sorts of ways. Sequin coatees and capes and such accessories as collars, cravats and. trimmings for the decolletage, as well as belts and bags. Nothing -will be complete without either silver or gold, be it lame or sequins. As for winker coats, you can follow your own inclinations as to materials and colour, gome of the smartest coats have flat fur tippets, others have entire fox skins for collars. I urs have never been more lavishly used as trimmings than they are used this winter. One or two dolman and granny capes are a Victorian note seen on a few coats. Hats are everything under the sub. from the Tyrolean and Homberg sports hat to the new large flat berets of flat crowned felts wtih medium width brims upheld with a bandeau, while some turn up sharply at the back in jaunty style. But there are styles to suit all types. Ornaments are few and sparingly used. Occasionally a little feather or tiny quill will be used, but wherever a chromium ornament is used, it is with reason—never just put on. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MANGAPURUA The monthly meeting of the Mangapurua Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mis. Bolton on March 14, Mrs. Bettjeman. presiding over a good attendance of niembefs. It was decided that Mrs. Brown and Mrs. McDonald be delegates to the federation meeting on April 10. The election of the committee for 1935 resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Bettjeman; vice-president, Mrs. Brown; secretaries, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Mowat and Miss Bettjeman. Owing to flood damage, all thought of the institute show had to be abandoned. Miss Mowat therefore gave, a report on secretaries’ work re winding up of show, and laid on the table the balance-sheet of the garden party which had been held at the home of Mrs. Mowat on March 9. The secretaries are grateful to Mrs. Mowat for the use of her beautiful grounds and to all who assisted in making the day such a success, thus enabling all expenses incurred on account of the show to be defrayed. Next month being the birthday month, it was decided to have a social afternoon on April 11 at the home or Mrs. Shaw junr. Miss Bettjeman is to arrange programme.