ENGLISH FASHIONS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 15

ENGLISH FASHIONS

EVENING GOWNS AND COLOURS-

, I had hinted some time ago that white would .be^. the most chic wear for evening, writes "Gyp." And sure enough it is; with the exception, perhaps, of the all-black toilette, which may;, or may not, be relieved- by one single brilliant splash of colour. But one can't always ' dine or dance in a white gown; its too j expensive.". So there are displayed for pur edification some loyejy colour schemes. Coral, for instance, is beloved; so is green, in a deeper and more vivid ' shade than the pale.;. almond of last year; "gea-blue" is 'a lovely, shade,. rather misty-looking,' as though the sun were breaking over a deep blue pool. I Soft dove-breast grey is lovely with "sea-blue," and usually it forms, in thin ininou or gorgette, a pleated berthe and cuffs, or the entire sleeve. For sleeves" of a different material and colour f rom j the gown are not least among pretty conceits :of the moment. With coral, deep cream-., ninon sleeves are, liked; with green, a paler green'or beige. ■ , Talking of "sleeves, it is pleasing to note their continued popularity.1 Even evening gowns sometimes exploit long wings of some flimsy material. I loved' a black velvet dinner frock. Almost severe in its classical simplicity, it was treated. „; t o .'.transparent black ninon, sleeves" which fell, like graceful drapery, to the ground. One could not help comparing the superb dignity of this creaitiqn'. with- the >\ine nextrjloori. . Here .the :'g'dwn was also of black "velvet, also •very' plain, but without sleeves! And if mannequins, who ar.e supposed to be beautiful and toknow' all about the art of ". make-up, can'rfot camouflage Vied elbows, how then shall we? . There is rather an attractive new black-and-white toilette which deserves mention. Black1 and while taffetas is the best material to choose; and" the stripes are thin white ones.on a black ground, instead of heavy black ones'on a white ground; they run horizontally instead of vertically, and, to obtain the necessary length of line, the gown fastens, in front, a .little to the left. It is a perfectly straight little model,, with a* square neck,Mong, pointed sleeves, narrow black eire ribbon binding neck, sleeves and'the fold-over front panel. EGYPTIAN SCARVES.. . For evening wear, or fori day wear if you feel you need a cheering up, are some charming Egyptian embroidered scarves. Light as a, feather, they will convey the sense of being "covered". ■ that some women miss when they are in low-cut evening dress,- sans sleeves. Worked on to: fine cream net in conventional lines and squares and triangles are' the silver, gold,*1 green, jor red tissue embroideries associated, in these later , days, with, the great Cleopatra. They catch the light and scintillate in a most expensive mariner, though they are really quite cheap.