Show Zd Oft 0 U. U S R I By BJ HEATHER IEATHER NAPIER American Field Service Sen ice Exchange Student From New Zealand White skirts skirls striped cotton blazers suede flats with suede j jackets and black watch tartan slacks have all been fads in clothes in New Zealand during the past year car or so Perhaps comparable to these here are ski sweaters keds and culottes However I think that in New Zealand we wc had a era cra craon on a ac c certain type article to a far greater r extent than here Last summer that was at the commencement of oC 1960 I remember how nearly every body had to have a white pleated skirt but some to be in fashion yet a little different purchased white straight skirts These were worn with a striped summer sum mer weight cotton coHon blazer with I gold bold or silver er buttons and were I just perfect for lor holiday wear at atthe atthe atthe the beach and also back in town The cotton blazers were also worn with summer slacks or shorter matadors as we call them Then as the colder weather came around suede jackets were all the go Similarly these proved pro useful with slacks and also straight skirts skirls and high heels Mostly these Ulese were hip length again those who had to tobe tobe tobe be different had length and of course the in inevitable evitable gold and silver buttons Popular colors were in of green grcen and brown and also red Black watch tartan slacks were this last winter win ter and so were all aU different colored suede flats fIats Regarding more marc dres dyes s y clothes hats completely cover er covered cd ed with flowers and often basin shaped were cr very fashionable large smart bags to carry when shopping instead of oC a small hand bag and of oC course more often than not and half haU the time merely for the thc look of oC ita ita it ita a matching long pointed umbrella umbrella um um- brella referred to as a slim jim |