Kings purple is one of the deep rich shades which are taking the place of black this autumn, and another is a dark brown with a wine-red cast which is inspired by the portraits of the Louis XIV period, and which has been nonicd Monarch Brown. Both these shades lend themselves to fur-trimmed coats and suits, to romantic velvet evening coats, and to the stiff, rich materials used for evening gowns, Dark royal blue and deep ruby red are also seen for evening and for day time in subdued and softened shades under full-length fur coats.
Vintage and Flower Shades All wine colours are flattering and easy to wear, and the whole gamut, from the deep brown cast of wine dregs to the light red wine shades, is in the new winter range. Grouped with these are the younger evening colours of petunia, fuchsia, and cyclamen, and there are also the soft purple flower tones of parma violet, heliotrope, and lilac, Blues include a dark grey-blue an a greenish blue known as "petrol. "Hunter's green" is a blue-green, and "bronze" a green with a deep golden cast.
Contrasting or Matching Accessories The choice of accessories with a coloured costume is not an easy matter and great care must be taken in combining colours. One way is to match accessories in contrast to the costume. For instance, shoes, bag, and gloves of dark wine with a grey-blue or bronze-green costume brown gloves shoes, and bag with hunter's green. Black may be worn with' wine-red, and plum-brown with maw or grey. One or two accessories may be matched with some detail or trimming of the costume, the others matching the basic colour.
A sage-green suède bag and hat may be worn with a brown costume, the gloves and shoes in brown. Newest and smartest of all is to have one colour scheme from head to foot.
The vintage and brown colours are most easily adapted to this idea and itis also smart in very deep purple or dark green.
To wear with purple and violet ensembles there are suède handbags and gloves in soft violet colourings and button-holes of shaded velvet parma violets. With the various wine shades several shades of cyclamen and fuchsia may be combined as access sory colours.
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