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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 8 (November 1939)

White for Summer

White for Summer

For freshness and smartness, for any hour of the day, choose white.

For that early game of tennis, slip into an extremely simple white linen, sleeveless, with a very short flared skirt. (Yes, above the knees!). The peter-pan collar, the belt and the pocket monogram may be in colour.

For the seaside promenade or for any outdoor holiday occasion, wear a white linen jacket with elbow sleeves and mannish revers. If your frock or trouser suit is of navy, have the jacket piped to match, and you'll double the style value.

For town (coffee at eleven, a little luncheon party, afternoon meeting) be suitably clad and very smart in your slim dark frock with white peter-pan collar and belt, worn under a white swagger coat; your turban, of course, is also of white.

Equally smart is a suit of dark grey or black when freshened with a front of white broderie anglaise and a white hat, miniature sailor style, with the crown swathed in black ribbon which hangs in wide tails at the back. The same hat will look delightful with your plainest black frock, especially if collar and cuffs are white.

Veils can do astonishing things to white hats. A cheeky “young” gob hat, held in place by a back band of white ribbon, becomes older, more experienced, when draped with dark veiling.

I have seen the sweetest “granny” bonnet in white (or black) for the young, complete even to white ribbon ties under the chin.

For the evening reception be soigné in chalk-white crepe, deftly draped. The corsage is deceivingly simple, with slim, plain shoulder straps, and three tiny diamenté clips to hold the front fullness in place.

In contrasting mode is the picture frock, the young girl's dream, in white muslin, huge-skirted, frilled and furbelowed. If you love muslin, but not dead white, combine white and black, white for frill and black for furbelow, excitingly commingled. Or choose the same material, the same style, in a rich, strong shade of royal blue.