PARIS MODELS.

Otaki Mail, Volume 27, 28 November 1919, Page 4

PARIS MODELS.

Although the full shows of. Paris models will not be seen in London for a fortnight or more, reports from visitors to the collections of the leading houses show what may be expected, says the “Weekly Dispatch” of September 4tli. The most important matter is to ascertain the new silhouette, since half the secret of smart dressing is “to know where to stick out.” This autumn wc are to stick out on the kips,

while at the same time remaining as waistlcss as before. Englishwomen with their straight slim figures prefer i the straight outline, and though the bunchy pannier gown, artisticallydraped, will dominate our fashions there will be others in which tho slimness is preserved. Such are the tunic dresses, with their straight foundaj tions of eharmeuse and Iney transparent overdresses wired or draped so as to produce the desired outline, while not disguising the slim figure below. Others are practically our old friend the chemise dress metamorphosed by ■row upon row of tulle frills at the hips iu the same or more often a contrasting colour, or bv a curious fine-shaped frill sticking out stiffly along the side scam of the skirt and growing wider towards the waist. The new clothes will require skilful wearing, their success depending entirely on the co-operation of the coutueriere and the wearer. Fashion is once mure creating styles as suitable only for the Leisured classes as are the long finger nails and the bound foot of ! the Chinese aristocrat. Buttonless wraps depend for their effect on the graceful way in which they are gathered no by the wearer. They are not for the woman who carries parcels or runs for a tram car.

Is the flapper changing? asks an Eugliswomau. Those I have seen recently in holiday places were not athletic or tomboyish. but interested in dress, and sat about all day long talking languidly or reading a novelette, ’fhe young girl of a decade ago, striving agginst prejudice, swam, walked, and golfed fiercely, trying to outdo her brothers. £?o this sat.s.gn it happens ifcfit the middle-aged aunt dons hobJiiiiis ftiii} climbs mountains while her flapper niece rei-lmcs in a nanintock and cuts chocolates.