ABOVE AND BELOW

NZ Truth, Issue 1209, 31 January 1929, Page 15

ABOVE AND BELOW

Parisian Dressmakers Busy

New ideas m dress- modelling! It is always the clarion cry of the fashionable side of feminine society. Necklines were the rage last year. Nqw Paris has taken to the creation of iiew icleas m the sleeve and skirt. '•'•;•

TO mention a few things about skirt! — when smart women started wear ing the kerchief m a' swathec fashiori around the hips, the -dress makers, fell on this as an idea, anc evolved the swathed and knotted 'kerchief yoked skirt with' pleats, below. The line is exquisitely graceful, an. does not accentuate hip fulness. ; , They alffo'-took a trip to Japan and brought bac"k a skirt line called the "Nippon." This is composed of a flat t back;' panel above - ■-,-.- fulne^Si ;f ailing longer at: the back, anc Jhe '"sleeves" a, la the Japanese kimono which fall from the waistline arouric the hips. This idea is principally- carried ou m stiff printed taffetas or printed vel vet, and is essentially for the afternoon Another skirt ha.s a short, eircula: flounce falling from the-. waist, and be, low; that another flounce .with a straigh

Front Tlie East

s back' and fulness, m the 'front kept m - place by a flat bow at the knees. 1 • A gift from a renaissance bishop is - the graceful sleeve evolved for chiffon 1 frocks. ■:..' . - , It is tight to the elbow, ending m a point just below the elbow on the in--1 side of the arm, and -'then, belling out until it is caught m unevenly at the wrist tvith a narrow band. Ariojher bell-' .shaped sleeve is made bf flexible- fur, which stands out ...I. : ., "above the elbow i and is finished with a belt of the same i, fabric as the. frock or coat, i The latest coat sleeve has a muff '._' cuff m ring:? of fur/ m. a contrasting t color, and a .paddle-shaped piece of - the material falling from just above i. the elbow. /ff "J. -,J" t\. It willr be rioted that sleeves above - the elbow are plain and tight, and t take their decoration hearer the cuff.