Fashion Hints for Islands Women

By Therese

NEW fashions are bursting on us with unrivalled splendour. The approach ing season will be full of glamour and attraction. Designers and manufac turers have sought inspiration from na ture, using brilliant combinations of colours that we never dreamed possible.

Glorious fabrics are printed or woven with lovely and exotic blooms, blending half a dozen brilliant colours with superb artistry; lames are presented in stripes and floral, velvets are patterned and plain, and the richness of their pile and the depth of colour are breath-taking.

Taffetas and layer on layer of tulle are used for crinolines with delightful effect.

When several pastel shades of tulle are used, a misty rainbow effect is achieved, and rhinestones scattered here and there glisten like raindrops.

Your figure must be slim for the black taffetas evening frock with its buttons down the front and its square decolletage trimmed with ruched velvet in sea green and cherry. The skirt fits the hips snugly and is almost wide enough to be a crino line.

Black and white is its usual sophisti cated self in a frock for festive hours. Of black sheer chiffon, the dress is tucked from neck to hem line, slimly fitting the figure to the knees, then flaring widely to the hem. It is worn over a white slip, with huge white roses trailing over one shoulder and topping a shoulder-length veil of tulle with charming effect.

Grey is fast gaining popularity—in

men’s eyes, a woman who wears grey is instinctively right. When she chooses misty grey chiffon made on Grecian lines worn over a gleaming satin slip, they hand her the laurel leaves which she twines in her hair, EVENING coats are distinctive and luxurious. An evening coat of soft blue romaine is simply made with monk’s sleeves and tied at the waist with a narrow girdle. Natural blue fox fur edges the floor length hem. White taffeta cloque is equally lovely, and a coat, form fitting and Edwardian, has a real leg o’ mutton sleeves to give it further distinc tion.

The autumn sports story is a gay one.

Plaids, great big bold ones, are used for jackets, blouses, skirts and ensembles.

You will see plain jackets, check skirts, plain capes lined with check all in one ensemble, and they are amazingly chic, too. If stripes are properly treated they can do wonders for you. A cereal col oured (outstanding beige shade) tweed suit has a double-breasted coat and a slim short skirt, while a matching coat striped ,in brown is thrown over the shoulders. Worn with a new “squash” hat and good high cut Oxford in rich brown with matching gloves and bag, it reaches perfection.

Striped jersey is another fashion fav ourite and is ideal for two piece suits.

One of blue with white stripes is zipped right up the jacket front. The skirt is

absolutely plain—and therein lies its smartness.

Silk frocks are always chic and to greet the milder weather heavier silks are pre sented. Boleros are still popular and are undoubtedly attractive. A navy ribbed ottoman ensemble has its short skirt cut on the cross, and adds a gay blouse and girdle of brilliantly patterned silk. The shoes that accompany it are navy, as are the gloves and little pill box hat with a jaunty feather sticking upright on one side.

Rows of faggotting trim the bodice of a clipper blue crepe frock and are re peated in the sleeves. The neckline is high and sports a narrow band of white waffle pique and a tiny tailored bow.

All interest lies in the bodice of a frock of cloque in cabbage red. The shoulders are broadened making the hips incredibly slender. Diagonal tucks, saw edged sleeves, and collar are other high lights.

BLOUSES loom large in the wardrobe, and for those who can wear them it will be a definite blouse and skirt season for sports and morning wear. A coat matching the skirt or in complete contrast, will give both blouse and skirt

dual individuality, lengthening their hours of duty.

The waist-coat blouse is new and different. In black velvet with a green suede front, it achieves distinction worn with

a black woollen skirt and a sack coat of astrachan. A little cap of astrachan with a green feather aloft is the hat to go with it.

Shoes axe cut up as high or higher than ever, but no more open toes for the streets. Lace-ups and courts vie for popu larity, and the sandal is relegated to the ball-room. Suede is linked with patent leather and kid, the result being most at tractive. All the new vintage shades are easily matched with shoes, and several shades of green are also procurable.

Bags are offered in infinite variety and in as many shades as the lovely materials on the market. Belt and bag sets match up with the shoes. Belts are narrow, and those that are wide at the back, narrow down in the front, or vice verse.

DRESS -MAKER jewellery for day wear has returned with a rush; so bring out the old-fashioned necklaces of your ancestors that you secretly thought looked like dog collars! They are just the thing demanded by Fashion. Rings, brace lets, and clips—produce them all and make a bold bid to be in the vanguard of Fashion. But when night falls and you don the crinoline, pearls and pastel flowers are called for.

The demand for flowers never wanes.

Real and artificial, they fill a romantic role in the lives of our clothes. For day wear there are tiny button-holes of brilliant colours to gay your tailleurs, and for evenings huge blooms make a glam ourous addition to your toilette.

Mr. and Mrs. G. F. H. Gee, of Rabaul, New Guinea, received many congratula tions on March 16 on the birth of a daughter—Jean Patricia.