THE FADS OF PARIS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1708, 27 March 1913, Page 2

THE FADS OF PARIS.

The charming Pnri6ienn.es, " whose caprices in fashions are an inexhaustible source of wonder and entertainment nil over tho world, have transferred their attention from their heads to their feet. The question Whether hats shall ■bo smaller and how they are to Ira trimmed lias lost interest largely owing to tho daring action of Madame Bartet, the leading lady of the Comedie Francaise, who recently appeared at t'lie theatre without any 6tickings. She wore nothing but sandals on her feet, and she has expressed the firm conviotiOn' that beauty alid hygiene alike called for the abandonment of boots and shoes indoors, to say nothing of a stockings. 1 Masculine Opinion at once ranged itself on the side of Madamo Bartet, but her sisters took quite a different view. Probably they thought pretty footwear to be an indispensable . part of the toilet, or else thoy lacked confidence in the unadorned charms of their extremities. Whatever 'bo tho reason, the new style has certainly not found favour. The, smart Parisienne, far from abandoning her shoes, has begun to adorn thein with diamonds stuck- in the heels, and she has also gone a step further by bejewelling her stockings. The very latest idea is to have small pearls sewn on to the stocking so that they show round the ankle. Daring women with woll-shaped limbs even nave a vertical line of pearls extending half way up tho oalf. Expensive things aro always admired by tlie sex, 60 th 6 fashion has set in. for platinum jewellery, platinum now being up to over .£lO the ounce. Little bowknots of black tullo, fastened with small buckles of diamonds set in platinum, are the correct tiling. They are worn in the hair or as dress ornaments, and range from. .£3 to <£200 in price. Other "notes" —expensive ones—are struck with other combinations of platinum and diamonds. To quote Charles Kingsley—Men must work and weep and pay, while women must play. 1 ■ ■ " .