LONDON FASHIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16152, 29 November 1924, Page 13 (Supplement)

LONDON FASHIONS.

HATBAND HANDBAGS. (From a Lady Correspondent.) The cloohe hat has conquered London as it has conquered Paris; it is everywhere, with high crown, short back, and sheltering brim. It presents, however, opportunities for originality in treatment and trirnming which are a continual source of enjoyment, and act, as Mr justice. McCardie would put it, as a tonic to the hat-hunter. _ ... Easter is the time for new Parisian or home-designed which are less easily copied than a French model. Something that cannot be copied is the quest of almost every woman. One London milliner has used real coral to decorate a coral pink crepe de Chipe cloche, and a mount made of pearshaded pearls and silver is arranged on a white Bangkok banded with lines of silver. Cameos are set with pieces of mellow old shell round a shady hat that being of their tone lends them depth, and these jewelled hats are trimmed with a touch no copy can attain. Hand-plaited Panamas in rare designs are among the spring novelties ; they are blocked in cloche shapes edged and lined with their dominant colouring, and finished at the with narrow ribbon streamers of the same colour. The weavers in Manila who plait them make only about three hats a month, for no design is dupli°atThe novelty and beauty _ of two “ware” hats worn by Miss Faith Celli in “The Great Broxopp” have been much admired. The more re mark able is a round tissue cap with an orange top shot with gold and made of gold, oranee and brown swathtngs. From it hangs a ' wttnderful tassel shaded orange, beige, and gold over yard long and caught into the cap with an nrance flower. The other is a little blue 6 hat with'two fans of .blue leaves

at either side. . Some kinds of plumage d ® cult to get just now; there is strong demand for them for new u • In trimming. But those w . secured a sufficiency are _ showng many new designs. An Interims. model in coarse straw in an eartn brown colour had the crown decorated with gay coloured ostrich tips stitched Inland looting«■£*»"»£ Mother had* ” tucied SSI hi and Silky hats avtth bright 'embroidered crowns are a l '"™* “J le?WI«. «■«_ toB E” 6 a ßaSk hi appear to be S l ?“ rt?BE wreathed in what looks like a singed father with a soft spikiness about it i !ery ornate lettuce-green crinoline Ss.sv»HS SfSr^srrrjsa —which always looks well for tennis.

Handbags. New handbags show variations of the two favourite shapes, the roun •W’ bag and the flat pochette. A n .w flat frame is the principal variation of the former; it is decorated n One marcasite and onyx ornaments in narrow strips, twined sometimes to form a slender device; an onyx button” pressed to open it, and the owners monogram is mounted on the tab. The newest fabric for these bags is ori moni. ll l* shades of brown to g° with the sea son’s gowns. There has been, and , s a big demand for the Aubusson ta’nestrv bags, which look their best n P pochette "shape. They 'are decorated in the style of Saracen embroidery of the eighth century, in silk and wool on linen, some in Watteau pictures, and others in floral designs, and they are everlasting, since only the linings need occasional renewal. For the summer there are bright stamped cotton crepe pochettes in brilliant colours! looking like fantastically bound books A new leather pochette, though not very large, is as comprehensive in its contents as a suit-case and has fittings for cigarettes, matches nowder, cards, mirror, notes, and a purse. The bead bag is temporarily eclipsed. For dances there are unobtrusive small vanity cases in -black moire with marcasite mounts and wrist attachments. The gold and platinum bag is rare now in the daytime, but a new small size with a flap to coyer the opening is. carried in the evening. Its stripings show the red olf copper-gold and the grey of the platinum For those who have tired of cigarette cases there is a tiny cigarette box in ivory with onyx and diamond mounts, which fits into the handbag.