The dirdnl dresses, inspired by the peasant costumes of the Austrian Tyrol and Switzerland, will be one of the most important features o£ the new spring dresses. The dirdnl frock at top left of the above sketch is of Bayadere print on a navy ground with red sash and bows. On the swing is seen rucked taffeta in gipsy stripcs in brown, yellow, green and red. The figure hat in hand wears a dirdnl dress in silk mesh candy striped in yellow, blue, green and brown, on a grey ground, and suitable for spec- tator sports wear. An evening version is made of "black lace with bands of net Ineertions and worn over two slips, the first of net and the second Gaugin pink taffeta.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 211, 22 September 1937, Page 14

The dirdnl dresses, inspired by the peasant costumes of the Austrian Tyrol and Switzerland, will be one of the most important features o£ the new spring dresses. The dirdnl frock at top left of the above sketch is of Bayadere print on a navy ground with red sash and bows. On the swing is seen rucked taffeta in gipsy stripcs in brown, yellow, green and red. The figure hat in hand wears a dirdnl dress in silk mesh candy striped in yellow, blue, green and brown, on a grey ground, and suitable for spectator sports wear. An evening version is made of "black lace with bands of net Ineertions and worn over two slips, the first of net and the second Gaugin pink taffeta.