LACES AND RIBBONS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 201, 28 August 1935, Page 2

LACES AND RIBBONS

fashionable again. NEW STYLE SCARVES. There is ever a fascination about lovely laces, and few women and girls can resist lace-trimmed undies. The lace department in a drapery establishment never fails to be interesting to the feminine sex, who will spend hours admiring the transparent weaves and intricate designs running the cobwebby threads. After being pushed in the background of fashion for several years, laces are to be worn again, and are more beautiful in design than .ever before, with softly tinted shades entirely new. Palo rose-beige Richelieu lace, seen in the lace department of a Wanganui store this week, is very, very lovely, with its design made on net all ready to be scalloped out. There is one in a pretty pansy design that comes in several widths. Venetian point is interspersed in the design. An interesting linen lace with a daffodil design is also in the same rosebeige shade, as well as in white. Equally attractive is another lace with a three and fdur-leafed shamrock. A poppy design is featured on another cobwebby fabric in a new shade of deep oyster. Rose-beige seems to be the favourite shade, and strange as it sounds, the colour looks lovely on white and is popular for trimming undies. Insertion lace is also back in favour but under a now guise, a very charming one following the fashion in spots. A daintly-gathered edge is a feature of this fine cobwebby product of needles and bobbins. Refinement and charm are shown in the valenci ’nnes lace for baby lingerie, which is exquisite in its delicate stitchery. For (he delight of children, some of these laces are worked with a design of animals. in between being a flower spray. An elephant, a pheasant, and even the homely pig figured in pieces shown me. And little lace edgings are the sweetest things imaginable. Even baby will wear spot designs on these fashionable trimmings of 1935, not only on clothes, but they will adorn cots, bassinette and nursery curtains, for which double tierc I. lace is made. For godets in petticoats there are wide laces of lovely design and gossamer texture, some in conventional patterns or plain designs. Some patterns are a delicate tracery like a transparent, tapestry. There is also fluted gophered frilling for collars and fronts. Ribbons, 100, are different to those we have been used to. They now come in a double satin effect, with satin finish on both sides, and not one side cotton as formerly manufactured. New shoulder strapping ribbons are in fancy suede, while taffeta ribbons are of wide widths suitable for bows on children’s hair. Narrow ribbons designed for little party frocks are also very lovely, and besides plain ones, some show tiny rosebuds on a background of either blue, pink or green, and what is most uncommon, a black background. The latest handkerchiefs, too, are exquisite in tint. Some are in soft colourings, others in pastel-toning blended with gayer colours, in striped and check patterns, overcheck designs, and also floral. They are the prettiest seen for years. The Paisley pattern has reappeared, but this time shows off to perfection in scarves. It is seen in the triangular neckwear, which also features group' of spots. One new style of scarf, named the Mexicana. can be arranged in various ways according to the in dividual taste of the wearer. It. is e£ fective worn as a cowl, with the ends tied at the back, worn over one shoul der, or turned round back to front in cape effect. Very smart, are those with multi-coloured floral trails on a dark background.