A PARISIENNE'S NOTEBOOK.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 268, 24 December 1928, Page 2

A PARISIENNE'S NOTEBOOK.

NEW SEASON RUMOURS. (By Yvonne Rodier) As always, at the beginning of a new season, all manner of sartorial rumours ate rife. There a-e daily predictions that the old ..laborato train, the bustle, and even the eiluoline are to beeomo faits accomplis. But all T-esnlvinfT itself into the

usual limited display of outre modes at the Paris collections. They invoke interest and conjecture, but they do not typify the season’s more general trend. It is true that trains—in sucn modified forms as side-panels and ‘floats’—are a notable feature of the draping vogue, and that bustle effects in the shape of huge bows continue tv. characterise the picture-frock- But all these, have been with us for some time. Such draperies, that constitute a pronounced phase of modern dress, are more uneven than ever, and take on a very definite flip at the back. On blouses and simple lace dinner gowns with short hasquo appears, the basque being notably in keeping witn all sorts of other drapery, pleats, ana gathers. In the ease of basqued models there is much closer fitting and shaping at the waistline. Sashes: are to be worn again, and the wide side or back bow is apparently to reign supreme among the wealth of drapery motifs. Ba Mode, >n brief, has become really and very definitely picturesque; yet, notwithstanding this insistent trend, the modern woman is equally insistent on the preservation of the slim silhouette, even though it departs from “la garcon'ne” ideal of a while ago. One of the great Paris areas artists is showing a lovely range of woven fabrics suitable for country dressing Despite the brilliance of their colouring, the designs are exquisitely blend-

ed in such manner as to show a soft surface weave. B ight heliotrope, for example, is “brushed** with grey; yeLlow or blue with white. The same subtle weaving characterises the new* est cheeks. Into hopsacks and certain makes of serge is introduced a most attractive woven-over stripe. Quite a number of tweed fabrics are loosely woven in basketwo'k designs. Flecks harmonise delightfully into he softer schemes of shadings. Nothing ‘ 1 loud** or ‘ ‘ sudden* * is permitted. French tailors are still much enamoured of English flannel and suitings, and there is a great demand for British tweeds as well as for artificial silks of English manufacture. Quaint new dress accessories include tiny vanity boxes of enamel, inlaid with lacquered designs, and fitted with clasps and hinges of diamonds and other stones. There is some lovely engraved work on square cigarette or “ make-up *> boxes. Very decorative are the latest shoes for evening wear. Crepe de chine shoes “dc fantaisie,** to match the dress, have trimmings and straps of jewelled embroideries.

Fans are carried with picture frocks, and large flat pochettes of black velvet or moire, with tops and monograms in marquisette or finest enamel work. A slender anklet in diamonds is the last word in chic.