CONSPICUOUS AND UGLY.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18344, 2 June 1931, Page 5

CONSPICUOUS AND UGLY.

PRESENT-FASHION QLOVEB. Gloves are at present very conspicuous and very ugly. Worn in the evenings, there seems to bo an effort to draw attention to them, as though they could not otherwise ,be‘ forced upon an unwilling public. Long black gloves, for instance, are being worn with light dresses, after the manner of the Yvette Guilbert days. They throw out of proportion dresses which already need a good deal of readjustment to be a. success. • One of the most curious fashions is the wearing of deep, wann-toned brown gloves with black frocks. This occurs both in the afternoon and evening. The day gloves have immense gauntlets only, but the brown gloves which are worn with evening frocks of black velvet or silk, reach well up the upper arm and have a curious cock’s comb-like addition ail along the under arm. This tendency to serrated edges is seen almost everywhere, but only now have gloves taken it on. Otherwise, there are gloves in ail the colours which are least becoming. Black and white pass. ■ So do ail the beiges. These seem natural to the leather convention. But navyblue gloves do not look particularly well, even with blue dresses, and they are often worn with the lighter colourings. There are red gloves, and, above all, green gloves, and they are so long and are becoming so much decorated that they give a suggestion that the wearer has an excess oi arm. The idea is partly to balance up the long skirts, but it is rarely successful. Tassels a r e being worn on the tops of gloves at the back of the arm, and the ends also have little bracelets of flowers. Some of these are very attractive. Long mittens of the material are only seen here and there, but they look well in lace, having the effect of long lace sleeves with a little gap at the shoulder. The heavy leather gloves for evenings, however, need a good deal of modification before they will become attractive as well as fashionable.