NEW JEWEL FASHIONS

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18395, 31 July 1931, Page 5

NEW JEWEL FASHIONS

PRECIOUS STONES IN BROOCHES. Jewels continue to play an important -role in the costume ensemble. Pearls are still considered the most exquisite finishing touch for any toilette. This season their lustre is to be set off b'y unusual colour combinations. It is the mode, so the word oomes from abroad, to combine their milky whiteness with jade, lapis, rose qunrtis ;and ‘even coral. These arrangements are favoured for daytime use and lend an air of smartness to any gown worn at luncheon or tea. It is said that Paris jewellers are kept busy resetting stones; hairlooms worthy of a place in a museum are being rejuvenated by settings able to modern modes. Diamonds, once given a prominent place in earrings and necklaces, are set in shoulder bands. What is true of diamonds is also true of rubies and emeralds. Many of these handsome gems are removed from parures that do not conform to the svelte lines of to-day and placed in brooches. For the moment Paris seems to be interested in very large brooches —frequently the only form of jewelled decoration worn by well-dressed women. For the summer, we are Informed, these large pins, designed to be a part of the costume, will replace necklets. No longer need there be worry that a gown will slip from the shoulder or that a pin will give way, loosening lingerie from its moorings, for Jewellers have brought forth the old-fash-ioned gem chain to serve a new purpose. It has acquired the function of a shoulder strap. Fitted at either end with clips that firmly grasp gown and hidden shoulder straps, it is not only decorative, but makes the shoulderless dress safe.