The TREND of FASHION

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 80, 21 April 1937, Page 14

The TREND of FASHION

j From our London I Correspondent

JJEW models in dresses and hats are now being shown by the London and Paris designers and modistes, and one or two features point the way fashion will take when the season actually begins. The pencil slim skirt has practically disappeared. There is usually .some fullness now — introduced by the bias cut or by pleats in the costume skirt and the walking dress,. by gathers in the house dress and the formal afternoon frock. When the latter method is adopted, the skirt is gathered right across the back and the fullness is regulated by gauging, honeycombing, or shirring, for an inch or two below the waist, after which the material is left to flow out in rather an attractive way. Alternatively, the fronfc and back of the skirt may be left flat and plain, while the fullness is concentrated at the sides, again regulated by decorative stitching.'This gives a quaint pannier-like look, which can be

slender figure, but not by women of more ample proportions. The Pointed Bodice. The side fullness was charming in a deep sapphire blue moire afternoon model, the moulded bodice of which, plain and fitted by seams, dipped in a point in front and fastened up to the small square neck line with sparkling blue buttons. The slightly bunchy sides of the skirt below the waist, the little pointed bodice, and the faint rustling stiffness of the moire combined. to create a desirable frock. A further piquant note was supplied by " -puff sleeves finishing above the, elbows. Another pointed bodice-^-ae-tually a jacket "top"— was part' of an evening ensemble which combined black velvet wit'h black and silver brocaded lame. The black skirt was long, streamline for the most part, but "kicking. out" with some fullness at the hem.. The iacket was double breasted,

a model made with a long skirt in which the fullness at the hem is extended to a short train. The bodice is like a hip-length coat, the fronts • cut away squarely below the waist, fastened wit'h' buttons above it, and comnleted bv a flat collar with ' is the the nd ess ' ;he ' in It ihe ■rer Led •ed ;ed itts a nd ed nt. ;he jrs nd an to

crisp white bows and collars. A •smart finish for a dark dress is a flat bow of white pique, about 2in-. wide, with ends that fall half-way to the waist. Another is a fold of organdie, 3in. or 4in. wide, ciit on the cross, • turned" over the bateau neck line of a frobk- that buttons at the back,.