Frills and Furbelows
THE LATEST FROM PARIS By PAULINE COURLANDER , All Rights Reserved
Frocks of the “Picture” persuasion are creating quite a sensation at the dress shows. They billow so seductively, “frou-frou” so charmingly, that most women, I imagine, will includo one or more, in their wardrobes.
The “Picture” frock appears in many guises. It may be merely tho well-beloved bouffant gown, with a. fitting bodice and a full, spreading skirt. Perhaps its spreading skirt is further adorned with picot-edged flounces, or with frills of delicate lace; or it may bo made to stand out from the hips hr means of tiny cane or wire “hoops ns were the dresses of our grandmothers. In whatever form it presents itself, tho picture frock cannot be wrong, so long as its wearer looks
“right” in it! Quite apart from the bouffant gown, a charming effect of frilly fullness may be secured with separate over panels, which float out from the natural waistline, leaving visible the slim skirt beneath. This is a very pretty style for the young girl’s dance frock and one model expressed it beautifully in very fino cloth of silver over which floated loose shell pink lace panels, the pattern oF the lace being picked out with shaded sequins. Silver shoes and the new silk net stockings in shell pink ; a huge single ostrich feather fan in the same shade, and a sequin embroidered net filet encircling the shingled head of the wearer were complementary details which helped this toilette to stand out as one of the daintiest in the salon. #
For afternoon frocks with long sleeves, the lace or embroidered chiffon puff is finding many admirers. Similar lace or chiffon is used on the skirt in the form of full inset side panels, which flare out like godets. These side flares supply the reason as it were, for the introduction of the puffs on the sleeves. One of the most useful, as well as the most charming “little frock jnoa‘ els is expressed in georgette printed in an all-over tracerv design which is rather refreshing after the floral nattorns which have held sway during the gjOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOdOOOOO
past months. Cut without sleeves and with a moderately high neck, the gown maintains long, slim lines to below the hips, whence it flares suddenly into a sort of glorified flounce. The waistbelt, which is noticeable on most of the new models, encircles the hips and the bodice pouches over it in tho approved manner. Tho new and very artistic broche georgette is to have a great vogue for afternoon frocks, as well as for evening gowns and wraps. Such exquisite combinations of shades would scarcely be possible in any other material ; hut here tho vivid tones and tile subdued ones harmonise so perfectly that they produce a colour poem which will charm the most fas--1 tidioua amongst us. j One of the chief joys about this material is tho fact that it needs no trimming whatever. The lovely « shades, the delightful way in which > they are grouped, and the light airil ness of the georgette demand that s tho gown be left quite unadorned. 1 To trim a frock liko this would be to spoil it; thorefore, though broche georgette is not cheap, it is a sound e proposition for tho woman of modest t means. Afternoon frocks may have 1 long, wing-like sleeves of plain georo getto in the same colour as the foundation ; and 1 hose arc often edged with narrow hands of the broche; alternatively for matron’s .wear, .tfeey
may be hemmed with the new soft velvet in exactly the same shade. Somo wonderful trimming effects are obtained with nothing more than row upon row of tiny pin tucks. On crepe or georgette, or even on chiffon, these minute tucks are worked in criss-cross designs, in squares, in plaid or check patterns, or they aro
simply used running straight down and round the gown. In whatever manner they are employed, they are distinctly attractive the very simplicity of the trimming and the excellence of the work which is necessary
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 15
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680Frills and Furbelows New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 15
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