What Belts to Wear.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 29 July 1908, Page 66

What Belts to Wear.

True art in a belt is to supplement the costume, accentuate the best lines of the figure, appear inconspicuous to the extent that the belt is unnoticed save as a charming finish to the gown, and be worn so as to leave an impression of unbroken lines in the costume.

WHITE CLOTH DRESS with embroidery worked in Oriental colours. Cuffs and band across front of vieux rose velvet. Hat and featlier boa of the same shade.

There are not many cases when the belt may sharply introduce a contrasting line of colour around the waist, but in very simple .gowns this breaking line of colour appears so effective in connection with tie, shoes, and perhaps gloves that it is its own excuse for existence. Then, too, one should remember

that the human figure isn’t a map that will bear lines in any direction over its surface. The belt that extends up and down the back in corresponding points can make a woman with a poor figure an agonising spectacle to behold, and can convert a graceful woman into something almost ridiculous. Certain makes of gowns call for certain styles of belts, and a belt, that is effective with the gown to which it properly belongs is un-

WHITE EMBROIDERED LINEN f COAT AND SKIRT, ? with collar and cuffs of green linen, worn with a green hat and feathers.

' * sightly when worn in any other way. Many women forget this. They accumulate a collection of belts of sundry sorts, and wear them in season and out to the despair of their wearers, who wonder what ean be the matter with their appearance, and seldom diyiue th« truth of the matter. f