EVE’S DINNER JACKET

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 42, 13 November 1926, Page 18

EVE’S DINNER JACKET

Eve is distinctly taking to the new dinner jacket, or “smoking,” as the Parisienne calls it. tint the Englishwoman declines to wear it instead of the glittering, short, decollete frocks which, brightened with a big orchid at the shoulder, adorn her good looks so well in the evening. No; she lias adapted it to her own taste time ; she has also pressed its influence into the service of her tailor-mades. The double-breasted suit for general wear, so popular until just now’, is becoming demode. The new tailored suit is being designed almost like Adam's single-breasted dinner jacket, even down "to the long rolled silk lapel. , , ine skirt is usually pleated, thougn I have seen models made in black cheviot throughout which have narrow, straight skirts, braided on the side scams as Adam’s trousers are braided, and pressed with a line down either iront, as trousers are pressed. The skirt to go with these suits is quite masculine, with a collar of the still wing variety. But not every woman will wear what the smart modistes call the “shirt to match”! lhey prefer the contrast of a frilly, frivolous blouse. The dinner jacket for the street, is less masculine in details usually. The Pleated skirt is m lighter or darker material than the coat, a checked navy blue and white skirt with a plain dark blue coat being especially favoured. Shirts and collars to go with these nre of soft "silk not too severely tailored. The ultra-fashionables, of course, ajipear in the dinner jacket in the evening on informal occasions. It is voted so new and amusing, and one smart woman I -saw the other night had one in peach beige kasha. The skirt had the fullness concentrated : u a cluster of inverted pleats at the centre front -very fetching. The 'jacket opened to reveal a white-gold lame lining, and the blouse was of gold lame with a rufl collar and cuffs made of lame in tinv pleatings. Another enchanting model 1 saw—the wearer was a beautiful young Englishwoman who is much in Paris—had a gold latne jacket with a green undertone, and a skirt of pleated gold cloth. The skirt was of fine handkerchief linen with a stock collar and ruffled gilei of the same material edged with lace. Enough to convert the most feminine enemy of masculine fashions to the “smoking.”

So often a frock gets a small greasespot, and is at once regarded as soiled and onlv worm on occasions that do' not matter. The waste need not be, as a timely application French chalk may easily restore the gown to its original spotless condition. , Lay the dress out somewhere where it can stay for a day or two without being moved, and place a little French chalk lightly on the soiled part. Leave this on for some hours, and then shake the chalk off again, replacing it with fresh chalk and repeating the process several times for a few days until the chalk has entirely absorbed the greasemark.