Fashion Hints for Islands Women
pp. 63-64 · Read in the full issue
By Therese
modern girl has a vivid personality that is reflected in her clothes and clever choice of accessories. In the fashion world, she is queen of all she surveys. From the top of her head to the tips of her toes, chic, charm, and sophistication are delightfully expressed.
Hats are quaint and amusing, and are worn at all angles. They are thrust back ward, pushed forward, and literally stuck on the side of the head; and all are banked with flowers. Jaunty little posies perched on the crown of the Breton sailor, mock its severity. Two large flowers trim the front of a shady straw. A pill-box covers its entire crown with riotous blooms, or circles its brim with flower? and berries.
Continuing the floral note, marguerites print themselves all over the navy silk afternoon dress which boasts a coat of navy linen lace and follows the decree for ensembles with amazing success.
Enormous flowers cut from the new prints are appliqued on plain fabrics making a lovely splash of colour. Deli cate flower petals are woven into a white organdy frock and flower splashed organdy makes the loveliest bridesmaid and picture frocks.
Little Spring suits and two pieces are indispensables light colourful things with soft feminine silhouettes. Marvel lous opportunities are offered the in genious minded to-day. Detail is so im portant and colour sense such an asset, that is no end to the wonderful results that can be achieved.
Patterned coats go over plain frocks, and plain coats over patterned frocks in the glad, mad rush of transformation.
White coats are le dernier cri. Crisp cool looking coats of pique are worn over dark frocks and a scarlet scarf knots at the throat making brilliant contrast.
Pale blue allied with bottle green is as delightful as it is surprising. The jacket is blue with military flaps and the slim, neat skirt is of bottle green.
Amber and black and rose and navy are other smart colour combinations.
Stripes are in the vanguard of fashion.
Multi-coloured striped jackets top plain coloured skirts, and vice versa. Add a hat in one of the lesser colours and all is well.
Shirtmaker frocks are as popular as ever. Double-breasted, square-necked, flared, and pleated skirts, they are all here again. The buttons that trim them, the materials that make them, and the variance of styles, make them indis pensables.
Boleros are seen everywhere. Bolero and sash of brilliant colours top the printed silk dress. Vivid sashes flaunt themselves on frocks of every variety.
Ric rac braid trims cotton and linen frocks and a quaint charm is the result.
There are lots of short sleeves, full at the top and fitting well above or below the elbow. Bodices are shirred, necklines
and hems are scalloped, and bare necks adorn themselves with huge beads in their hour of nakedness.
Will the new fashion of shorter even ing and informal frocks become uni versal ? Seven to ten inches from the floor is the new length and already they are being tried out on the leaders of fashion. They certainly lack the charm of the floor length frock, but perhaps there are other things to commend them, A pleated chiffon dance frock in two or more colours swirls out over a taffeta foundation. A bolero jacket covers the strapless bodice. There is a pleasant
return to the low decolletage for evening, and lovely flowers are worn with almost every toilette.
Jane Eyre frocks with billowing skirts are full of modest charm and are really delightful for the ingenue. Evening gowns that give treble performances are possessions above rubies. Foundations may be of plain colour, with little bolero
jackets and trailing sashes to contrast.
Whisk away the jacket and let black net float out and about, or cover the founda tion with a flower scattered organza.
Have coloured hems on your day and evening frocks, add splashes of colour wherever your ingenuity suggests a scarf, a handkerchief, or flowers. Don sashes fora’ll hours. Wear coloured shoes and gloves.
Feet twinkle on their way for evening.
Sandals are sequin-trimmed; corded silk shoes have flower motifs of rhinestones; satin shoes have gold and silver trims; and so on. Two tone shoes for daytime wear are cool and chic. The open-toed shoe for day wear has disappeared ex cept for beach wear, and as fast as one
style disappears another takes its place.
Evening wraps are lovely—some so lovely that one hates to be parted from them even in the dance. Lengths may be whatever one desires —short, medium, or floor length. Often they hug the neck line, adding trailing scarves of brillian: colour. Bolero jackets, striped taffeta coats, and the little jackets that nip in at the waist are gay possessions. Stif fened lace floor length coats are a direc L gift of the gods. Nets and tulles float diaphanously, the dream of the ingenue come true.
Empire nighties, ribbon threaded, are the essence of feminity. Exquisite voiles, flower sprigged, make delightful tropical nightgowns that launder beautifully.