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Fashion

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Summer Ensembles

White is becoming the accepted summer tweed overcoats that are wear of the best dressed women. worn over the most elegant lace, writes Home correspondent. crêpe, or organdle frocks. The The choice is very varied, and not dainty little dress beneath takes only for Ascot, where white chiffon in the colours used in the coat. is given the ultra-smart look by A tweed weave in grey, with fock touches of black organdle. Navy of red and purple, is one idea, the blue and pale green_are_also_coat...tallöred and fared to the chosen by débutantes. The white hem, but collarless, 50 that tailored coat of shantung or piqué glimpses of the intriguing neck- 15-appearing for smart morning line of the frock are visible. A wear in Hyde Park, with a match summary and dressy type of hat, ing pleated skirt "and'a blouse, with the accessories cleverly made up with a bolero of coarse chosen to connect all up into a string lace.

very pleasing scheme, would be

WHITE DAISIES Smarter still can be a tucked

Eton coat of black or navy organ- die-cire crowned by a tiny black sailor with a wreath of white cot- tọn dalsies and Bying vell,

A picturesque reception tollette consisted of an over-dress of white chiffon showing

fuchsia a faint slip of taffeta, tied with striped white and pucè ribbons. A shep- herdess hat all of ribbons on white straw was worn with this.

The redingote idea continues to suggest new Ideas of introducing colour schemes and variation in materials.

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ROMANTIC COATS Frocks of chints (in rather small patterns) when very gay are sober- ed by a long coat of white or bright coloured silk. Plain fabrics are usually employed for these romantic long coats. They are wonderfully effective, especially when worn over

gay trocks in crêpe, brilliant painted chiffons, or with the chintz of shiny surface. Many such coats are unlined, so that one has all the effect of the gay gowns beneath.

An ethereal lace redingote, for instance, is stiffened and tailored. as it were serge" or silk.

worn with this.

The new coats or redingotes are now mostly full-length, although there are many women who re- main faithful to the long, three- quarter raglan styles, which is a length very useful for country wear, but has not the grace of the newer redingote or long, alim, straight coat. It is curious how either the straight or Bared coat attains a similar silhouette. The dress beneath follows the svelte line.

" TRANSPARENT CAPES "Most of the latest draped effects are pushed to the back, which is why transparent capes are now so becomingly worn. In tulle and lace they fall gracefully over the chiffon, muslin, or silk frock,

In exact contrast with the pre- vailing pastel shades are some vivid Hungarian shades in striped and flowered printed chiffons and crêpes. An underskirt of yellow crêpe has a rich purple and brown- orange net design' In clematis, and nasturtiums. For 4 dinner or dance dress with very full skirt. a scarf-draped corsage and bar- baric ornaments, this model would be carried well by a brilliant brunette.

Some of the English and French dress artists are beginning to try out these strong colours as a change from the many lovely all white and delicately rain-washed tones.

There is no doubt that colour is necessary for certain types of do- men, just as too strong shades can

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Round The Shops

LANE CRAWFORD'S

June is the month for weddings and Lane Crawford, have in stock everything which the June Bride need: Beautiful wedding- gowns of white satin. Veils or tulle embroidered" with delicate applique work, or with silk silt- chery-wreaths and coronets of orange blossom, shoes of silver or satin, and all the little etceteras to complete a dainty trousseau.

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more hunting round the town to shape to suit your particular stylel match a dificult colour or And a Just drop into Mayo's one morn- they will make it for you. ing, shew them what you want and

HENRY AND CO.

All sorts of charming new sum- mer dresses and costumes have Just been unparked at Henry's in the Gloucester Arcade --Lace even- ing gowns-printed. and; sheer-

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HATS.

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Look at the Gay styles

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RIVELLE

crepe dresses, and pretty tailored FASHION NOTES

costumes in schemes. You should inspect them

attractive colours.

all.

RIVELLE'S

Something new has arrived at Rivelle's." Three-piece sets for sports-wear. What a joy to have a useful skirt to match your shorts or slacks, which you can button over them in a moment, for your journey back from the beach.

Day-frocks too in washable silk, and cotton-print are very fresh and dainty.

Floral Organza

Gowns

Floral organda, gowns are en- chanting with wide hems tipped by a line of brilliant coloured sequins, used again in a variety of design. This idea has a special. colours to re-embroider the foral

glinting quality in movement, since the sequin motifs only flash into vialon at -intervals. Corsages to these gowns are atted snugly spoil the appearance of others, with full décolletages, sometimes Dress experts take special note of. covered by bolero-jackets "of the the individual characteristica of organza. their cllerits, especially the de- butantes, before they attempt to advise them. That is why London is able to present such a well dressed look to the world.

THE PARIS HATS

Return Of Ribbons And

Bonnets

Adaptations from hats," really made to go on the head, are seen

in the diminished bowlers; which are small enough to be Charlie Chaplin hats. They merely alight on the top of the head, and are weighted perhaps with a few flowers in front and a flowing vell at at the back. The veils suggest those that used to go with the long riding habit. The bowler may be even more adapted, Ita brim being made even curlier and a ridge being introduced over the middle of its flattened

crown. From this centre-for it is hardly more--drops an enormous vell covered with spots. and rather limp, so that it falls in easy, folds, The pill-box persists, but it has

tiers are

Among the romantic gowns is

pink organza with very wide two- a new early Victorian type of pale.

tiered skirt. These shaped and show scalloped hems bordered by a fat band of "black, while the dainty count of

mounted by a mass of black tulle.

White floral printed fringe is one of the mid-season" novelties and forms a straight two-tiered outline" beneath a plain white top. The floral motifs are widely dis- persed. A point about this gown is the Grecian" plissé effect achieved through three Exed spacings simulating gatbars round the watst

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Fashion Flashes From Paris

Black still very smart for town; it is enlivened with plqué facings, braid trimming or bright=" coloured borders. And there are gay touches in hat waistbelt-and aboes,

Bhoes are very vivid and ornate again this season"

A black ensemble seen yesterday was triummed with royal blue braid. The coat was bordered with double

strands and the pockets-tour on the coat and four on the frock were defined with deur-de-lys embroidery. Shoes were royal blue to match the large felt hat

Simple le suits are made of organza: it tailors beautifmity.

Black Satin Pique blouses accompany them.

A cherry-red and a pansy-pur- ple coat was effective worn over: white crêpe de Chine dress with coloured jabót, hat and shoes to pick up the coat colourings.

Collars and belts are now drop- ped in the newest and most "chic" grown even smaller and is reminis- the face, and it is kept in place coats. Coats

NATIONAL INSPIRATIONS штар round the cent. of those which used to be by means of strings tied under the figure, or are squared and stiffen worn by the British soldier and chin. Sometimes a piece of string national; some might well have Thena plain black was worn

Some of the inspirations are ed out to add width on the which were only kept on sideways netting takes the place of the come from the kitchen table or an with a duck-egg, blue redingote. shoulders in a classic tailored style by means of an extensive strap. crown. Berets are worn hanging exhibition of Chinese porcelain. The frock was sashed in maroon, This new alliance of the masculine There is no strap here, but various over one ear in the old way but There are hats shaped like Dutch the large maroon felt hat was and feminine strikes the novel kinds of trimming, of which one. also dropping off the back of the lace caps, made of lace clipped Anished with narrow black ribbons, note in the summer ensembles. set on the side-front, resembles head. especially in the coats, capes and the sails of a windmill. A wedge in an unusual way. A broad rib them run up into a point at the

Strings are used here, but with gold ornaments. Some of Marcon shoes, or courser various wraps of charm and

shaped hat has two wings of bon is passed round the forehead. back of the head or towards the utility.

ing. Eome hats seem only a patch so that the talls hang down be their edges. Two tafls of ribbon flowers, the bat itself hardly show under the beret, and out again, front, and the hair rolls up round of towers set round the poll hind. The piece in front helps to inish them on at the back. The Sailors, whether, as caps or hats, make a thoroughly secure hat, pudding-basin, with a hole in the ... RUCHED, VELVET RIBBON

A soft blue figured crêpe frock

have the customary exaggerations and either turn up and reach out Cinemas do a good deal to revive theme of a third hat. Inside the bottom for the head, forms the in pastel tones had a hard fitted more than any sailor hat ever fashions, and bonnets have a basin is a little crown which en- leaves/ coat of black silk-mousseline, witä tiny ruches of velvet baby ribbon did dr are converted into crowna peared in several play revivals ables the basin to be set down There is something very amuning of the regal sort, with band and recently, so that urgent need to comfortably on the head. It looks, keep the hat on the head and though it could be filled with about these frivolous trimmings top in different colourings.

picturesqueness have worked to- They made a curious contrast with

gether in aid of the bonnet Bon-something. Hats of light straw are the fitted well-defined coat line.

made in the shape of a rough The fall-off hat is perhaps nets may be very small and meek, triangle, and large flowers are laid We can all appreciate the elusive charm : of() summery appeal, but

the most amusing. The ...of they may be merely hats which – formerly such finery was only pos-

or Breton sailor hat could be kept on in no other way along the brim backwards. apex is at the back of the sible for very exclusive dresses in falls oft either backwards or side- og latter contingency applies. Among the large hats the CHI really brilliant weather. Now all ways. The aldeways version is particularly to the hat which is delicate fabrics are quite easily as tipped as far as possibe over one rolled up fiercely on one side and

dattened top and similated into a practical scheme ear and is restrained by a well on has the roll broken by means of of dress.

the opposite side from falling on an engle and rolled down a Bangla, down one side Harermany shallow, andS An Interesting development in completely. The backward Verlon with equal zest on the other. The

crowns wit wraps is the thin semi-sporting is often a arge brim standing up strings start at the back here and be type of suiting, or loosely woven right sea sort of background to keep the whole steady

larger hats have little

FALLING OFF HAT

coolle

Black satin is having a come- back A neat black satin suit was arranged in the shape of y finished with white piqué lapels

And here is a smart now touch white kid bolero, with va scalloped and perforated border, over a black satin. ordinary by sash offe

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