Fashion Hints for Islands Women
pp. 61-62 · Read in the full issue
By Therese
PERFECTION lies in little things, and so the craze for novel accessories continues.
Little white dogs march in solemn pro cession across the front of a halo hat of navy taffeta. Little red dogs of ferocious mien keep guard on the lapel of a jacket.
Delicate trifles of lace go to the making
of fascinating fans. Glittering gold and
silver kid makes evening bags, belts, and most attractive flowers. Scintillating buckles and clips in exquisite designs trim evening gowns.
Gloves are both short and long. Eight button gloves are becoming with the three-quarter or push-up sleeve. White gloves hold their own and are always smart. Suede gloves are discreetly decor ated with metal motifs. Almost indis tinguishable from the real thing, suede fabric gloves come in a variety of colours.
Flowers in suede and leather add a striking touch to daytime clothes. Belts are worn to match them. Scarves are more intriguing than ever. Spots, stripes and jig-saw designs gay the dullest dress.
Hats are chic and amusing. Narrow and medium brims are popular, as are no brims at all. Brimless hats sporC stif fened veils, standing out like brims, and the very newest veils fly out from the back. Crowns soar or squash as flat as any pancake. Either style is in accor dance with fashion’s decree.
All the chic of the hat depends on the angle at which it is worn. Usually a tilt to the right eye and slightly forward creates the greatest degree of chic, though the enchanting Mary Queen of Scots’ bonnet is won off the face and is full of charm.
The new materials for evening wear are little short of heavenly—cloth of gold rich and supple with never a metal thread to dim its brightness; rhinestone studded crepe; satins embossed with sil ver and gold; floral lacquered satins; and sequin scattered georgettes. Black spangled net floats like a cloud over shin ing sheaths of brilliantly coloured satin.
Many evening gowns are high of neck, with low decolletage. Most important of all, sleeves, whether short or long are the dernier cri. Fashion is very varied in her evening mood. G9wns are gayed with brilliant touches of colour, or glitter and sparkle with every movement.
A vivid green brace’et catches the green of the sash on the black cloque gown which buttons to the neck with myriads of buttons.
A gold lame dress sheathing the figure adds crimson velvet epaulettes. A panel buckled to the waist sweeps to the floor.
Voluminous net floats over the skirt of a slim satin evening gown. It is detachable, to give service as a cape.
Shirred and flaring out like a lamp shade, a gold taffeta evening dress ex udes Victorian charm. The hips are slim, and the shirs run from the hipline to the hem.
A black satin dinner gown is romance itself with its stiffened puff sleeves
springing from a net yoke. The skirt sweeps back into heavy folds.
The Russian influence continues to sway us. Tunics are definitely to the fore, and evolved in lace, lacquered satin, lames and brightly floral taffetas, art delightful for festive occasions. In most instances the skirt beneath is column slim, the more daring, slit to reveal a well turned nether limb.
A Tsigany sash of scarlet and green,
ties round the waist of a navy lace frock and endows it with charm.
Lovely beyond belief, a dinner dress of gold cloth sweeps out from moulded hips. Its sleeves, shirred at the. shoul ders are three-quarter length. The bodice swathes high at the neck line.
Organza makes the sweetest and most ethereal of dresses for the ingenue, and a gown of misty grey swathes itself with pink, like the first pale flush of dawn.
The swathing ties in a sash, which reaches to the floor.
The line for day clothes is straight and youthful. Skirts are short and some times the shorter skirt mode is adopted
tor evening wear with varied success.
Shoulders are broad, though more roun ded than squared.
White is most favoured for trimming especially with black and all shades of blue. Off wdiite is definitely better with brown giving a softer contrast.
With this the natural chamois glove is perfection.
Black with blackberry is one of the chic combinations the new season offers.
Black hat, shoes, and a black belt worn with a double breasted cardigan is chic personified. Through a tab at the neck, a fringed scarf of palest lavender is slotted. A slim black skirt completes the ensemble.
Sports clothes show a trend towards novel details about the neck and shoul
der line. Skirts are short, either flared or pleated.
A white linen jacket suit outlined with dahlia red fringe pins a two-tore posy on its lapel.
A large black straw hat tops a haze blue georgette frock, printed with clus ters of pink chrysanthemums. One large bloom trims the hat.
Pin tucks are well in use on plain coloured frocks and form a delightful trimming note.
Paisley dresses, blouses and scarves are really charming, the soft mellow col ours toning wdth almost every colour.
Striped cotton dresses add brilliant cowboy scarves and a gay sombero is added for beach wear. The übiquitous sandal accompanies it.