Fashions with which Paris is Bored

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 6, 30 September 1937, Page 14

Fashions with which Paris is Bored

rpHE well-dressed Parisian woman subscribes to the dictum that when , all the world adopts a certain; style— then is the time to drop it. Taking a walk through one of the shopping districts and observing both the clbthes in the shops and those on the women who passed by, I came to the fegretful conclusion that much wliich is fashionable elsewhere has already 'bored the niost quickly bored capital in Europe. Paris, for instance, is tired of big puffed sleeves. The weariness reflects Itself in even the cheaper shops, which have followed the big estahlishments in cutting sleeves raglan style or simply gathered in at the shoulders. "

Paris • is very tired too,- of the flat crowns and the big square dip over the nose which characterises our- brims. She is also "tired of flat under-arm handbags. So are we. But whereas =we have to go to some expensive shop to get away from the envelope and nuniature gladstonebag shapes, Paris is providing . at the momenf quite cheap little panama-straw bags, tlie shape of the old-fashioned container for reels of cotton, gathered at the neck by .loops of coloured cord. If the envelope shape is shown, the bags are big, and made not of leathejvbm'of flat beads like tiddly-winka- t)verlapping each other. • " Paris^ ig^Qt exactly tired of checks

Something 'Different and, plaids— she has merely been attached to them for so long that sHe does not feature.'them in her windows as they are featured in other cities this seasoxi. Paris is never, never tired of blacjs&and v white— black with a lot of whi/te for summer, I "Saw-e white dress m plain fine wqoilen- material cut absolufely plain frojsi slightly jgatheied 'dfit«ddpss to hem, ^and ornamented with black woollen ivyleaves appliqued in a double row from neck to hem, giving'^the effect of a redigote. The pale pastel shades, the soft Gloucester blues and "dirty" pinks we love, have ceased fo interest Paris. And it is safe to predict that Ihe stronger, if still mixed, tones seen just now in the Hue de la Paix— the mustard-yellows, the strong blue-greens and Indian reds— will be echoed ia other parts of the world later on. - Wait Awhile Before You . ,L v .Tell yourself you're a failure. Think! Look back. Write down, if necessary, all the* efforts you have made in different directions and recall the outcome of eacl^ struggle. Not bad? Of course not! Ysgj % just silly even to dream youj^l _• failure! • Give way to despauj^^Q^ie}low_£0rnc_ where-perhapsaCite close at hand-may -.ber'tb^^Saior your ill which,. viewed to-day, seems black and serious. Put all the energy that despair demands from you into ways and means of escape from the evil. Tliere is always a way out. It is for you to find. Call your schoolboy son hopeless. What if he does prefer his football, bicycle or boxing gloves to his text books? Rest assured that he will come to his examination days a brighter, fresher, keenerminded lad than his pal c'who lives for books alone. Post the letter which, as you write, seems the only answer to the unkind treatment you have received. Into it, perhaps, you have put bitterness, anger, resentment and, may be, a little cruelty —all expressions of your worst self— foreign to your true disposition. Tomorrow you will have regained your balance, and will be able to smile as you tear up the notepaper. Say "The latest fashions are not for mc." There is, in. to-day's r^nge, jrc+ the model, whether it be ha^, dress, or coat that will bring out all' tlie ' most attractive features of face and figure. Slioe Sense. Save time and tcmpcr when setting out to buy a pair of slioes by deciding to gct what you want. Having fixed in your mind what colour you would like, keep your . . . Original choice, and don't straightway surroimd yourself with pairs in . . . Every colour of the rainbow, afterwards announcing that you'll keep the black after all. Styles should be remembered. Don't ask to see lace-ups if you know they aren't flattering to your feet. Equally important is what you are prepared to pay. Nothing is likely to make you feel more dissatisfied than trying on two - guinea models when you know you can alford to pay only half the amount. Start off early if the day to make your purchase. It is not fair to . . . Expect tired toes to take kindly to being crammed inlo siifl new shb««.