FOR EVENING GOWNS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1687, 1 March 1913, Page 15

FOR EVENING GOWNS.

The models of the very newest sWcs of evening gowns aro calculated to make even tho most en ightened J™* (writes a correspondent m an, Australiiill paper). There is so very litllo of that which gives any idea of a firm covering, and the audacious effect of c ?tremely b< shoulders and back is accentuated by laj ers and folds of palest pink tul o o • nmon which are introduced on all evening gowns, no matter what (he fundamental colour scheme. In fact, the flesh-coloured finish to the decolletage is now c £" ered just as essential to a ball gowni a tho lace tucker of a few seasons ago. But the tucker was sometimes described as a modesty," whereas the palo pmk eftect is just the reverse. It must bo that the first impression given bjtli«o toilettes is somewhat startling, but the 'madanie" in charge explan s with a politely veiled contempt for the Jack oi enthusiasm that thi ..styles nio y French." This is just tho assurance needed,- for we know it is not expected, nor is it possible, that tho *3 can wear any e? tr ° m % or nowever with tho aplomb of a Parisian- However there is one feature that will P™ba' 3 > be appreciated by many whose a 1 ™ 3 ,, 1 "? not their strong point, that is tlmt long rucked sleeves, preferably of Uesft coloured tulle, are to be woin ing gowns of all kinds. It is a fact that many women suffer intensely f arms particularly from tho should®r to the elbow, and to them the J° f nß ' t » H for parent sleeve will be a it is quite surprising that warmtli We is even in one laver of either ninon or tuilo. Besides all this, th°re fte eranomy of shorter glovos to bo though