Metal slide fasteners are definitely decorative. They sparkle with gold, silver or diamente, and zip up or down with the aid of a tinsel bauble, a tassel, a bunch of charms or of sports tokens. Autumn frocks are zipped right up the front, the zip serving for decoration as well as for use.

Fob watches, set in leather, hang from leather thongs with tassels.

Velvet cravats, usually in contrast colour, are tucked into the necks of autumn frocks. Perhaps a velvet belt accompanies. Sashes, of two- or three-tone combinations, are newer than belts.

Ocelot fur trimmings, rather leopardlike, are used for suit collars, lapels or bandings. And still more of a craze are ocelot fur-coats, usually of three-quarter length.

Black patent-leather collars, cuffs or pocket bandings are used for grey or black suits.

Hats—practically any of the new season's hats can be classed as novelties. If your prospective new hat looks like any hat you've ever worn before, toss it aside—it isn't new. But don't buy just anything. A hat with a deep shovel front may suit you, or, quite conservative, the brim turned up all round. Almost certainly, your hat will be very small. Very likely it will have a veil, but don't put up with the latter, no matter how fascinating, if it impedes eyesight. A rather ladylike sailor has two surprising feathers that make it look like a viking helmet. Hats, by the way, are pushed well off the face, and fit snugly, some of them, to the nape of the neck.

This impudent type of headgear, that London and Paris are offering us, is certainly responsible for the boom in the hairdressing business. Curls frame the face in long rolls. The top of the head is left flat, and the coiffure curves, halfshowing the ear, to a fair length at the back, where it is curled up or under. With a side parting, there may be a fat roll of curl on the opposite temple. Remember that hair is worn longer this winter.

Handbags? Choose a new shape. Patent leather is smart, alone or in combination. Dyed crocodile is showing. Black suede looks well (suede shoes too, of course) with your black cloth coat, or black, velvet tailored suit, or what you will in black. If you aim to follow the leaders of fashion into black, crave for a silver-fox fur. I don't know whether you'll get it, but there are imitation skins, with the silver “points,” to be had.