CRINOLINES VANISH

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 13

CRINOLINES VANISH

BACK TO SIMPLE/DRESSES

Advance, news' of the importaut midseason dress parades:.in..u"b,ich Paris i dressmakers revealed ~Jho. Jiewest "twists" of the winter modes discloses j simplification all along the lino (states the "Daily. Mail"). Hooped. crinolines, such.as thero were, have disappeared. Bustles are chastened into the merest suggestions, and frocks have gone allred. Red iv all deeper shades, preferably.'Algerian- and brick, sweep the ruotlo for day wear. Cardinal red velvet and sable arc combined in regal eveuiiig gowns. Clear laqucr reds dlvido honours with pastel shades for debutante dance frocks. Tweeds, which liavu beeu temporarily under a cloud, aro returning to' fashion, and Paris dressmakers have co'mc to Britain for their cloths. '• ■' TWEEDS AGAIN. ■Mme. Schiaparolli, tho Paris dressmaker, on her wuy to Carlislo to visit a tweed and woollen factory, said: "I intend to,see every pattern that factory produces.. Tho; best, sports materials are madcrin-England and Scotland^ but tho best, of-those do not reach Paris. Many 'throw-out- patterns arc actually the most useful from the dressmaker's point of view.' Certainly tweeds arc coming buck. So.long as they arc made in the lightweights aud less bulky textures- u.Ot.h.iifg..can beat them for sports Clothes." "v ;:.:.V :Vj" ■ Jfa-ts-'-'-'fo-i^-'ifirternoon aud evening gowns-reveal nearly the wholu coiffure. A now model consists simply of crossed strips of velvet. Chic women have cut all those rolls.of hair a_t_thc...b.ack and arc; having- their ■iSaii':eHl;~qkite short and.arranged'i'nT.Hat.-icurls.alJ-j over, the head. . . •...-.• . ~ :: .