lit actually combines most strategically with the bustle outline playing up graceful height and concurring with the interest at the back. Headdresses for evening wear fade out of the picture a lot, leaving a few bold exceptions. .But on the whole it is in ■ the daytime that hats and heads are emphasised with a new "top heavy" look achieved by bonnets and wide confections of straw, plush, and silk. Waterfalls of-lace., from'the back of some tip-tilted sailor, hats are designed jto complement the bustle fullness of I the accompanying gown with all interj est drawn towards the back. As to wasp waists, starched petticoats, stiff boned belts, and the rest,, Paris has forgotten them along with j crinolines and startling short skirts. M.R.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1939, Page 19

lit actually combines most strategically with the bustle outline playing up graceful height and concurring with the interest at the back. Headdresses for evening wear fade out of the picture a lot, leaving a few bold exceptions. .But on the whole it is in ■ the daytime that hats and heads are emphasised with a new "top heavy" look achieved by bonnets and wide confections of straw, plush, and silk. Waterfalls of-lace., from'the back of some tip-tilted sailor, hats are designed jto complement the bustle fullness of I the accompanying gown with all interj est drawn towards the back. As to wasp waists, starched petticoats, stiff boned belts, and the rest,, Paris has forgotten them along with j crinolines and startling short skirts. M.R.