LA MODE FROM DAY TO DAY.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 269, 3 January 1929, Page 5

LA MODE FROM DAY TO DAY.

TRANSPARENCIES, DRAPERIES. The transpart hem is a feature of the vogue for the longer skirt, and so attractive are some of the new gowns thus treated that they deserve short descriptions. i One of the most charming is an afternoon frock in caramel colour taffetas, moulded to the figure as far as the waistline and billowing out below it into innumerable flares. The bodice fastens down the front with blonde buttons, and the short V-shaped neckline is finished with a narrow folded fichu of blonde net. Net ruffles edge tluJ long, fitting sleeves, and a deep transparent net hem brings the skirt to within an inch or two of the ankles. Another version of the transparent hem as applied to-day dresses is seen in the model i cherry-red georgette over a short, slim foundation of matching silk. The slip reaches but a few inches below the knees and is as tight as our frocks were a year or sc ago. Over this billows a skirt of the georgette, cut in deep transparent petals, the top of which briish thg ankles. The bodice is likewise cut in petal points over the skirt, the tip of each point coming well down towards the hip-line. An evening frock may dip almost to the ground at the back and front, leaving the sides only a little more than kn.ee-length; alternatively, it may dip at each side, leaving back and front quite short. Again t it may have a transparent hem, in w’hich case a pretty model to copy is one in hyacinth blue tulle—layers and 1.. ers of it, fluting out from the waistline like the petals of a flower. The lowest tulle tier is perfectly transparent, but the airy fabric is lightly wired so that it stands out steadily without the aid of a foundation.

The little net packet has established itself firmly among the dainty accessories in at least one famous collection. In gold or silver mesh, it is cut like a short sac suit, and it may have long sleeves or no sleeves at all; it depends whether it accompanies an afternoon dress or an evening one. For day wear, however, it is usually expressed in silk or mercerised net with light lines of metal thread running through it, much after the manner of the modern jumper.

The draped gown should be worn with a coiled coiffure! This appears to be the decision of one important French designer whose mannequins wear their long hair demurely parted in the centre, dra n low over the ears and coiled loosely in the nape of the neck. This particular artist shows more draped gown s than anything else, and his long-haired mannequins look so distinguished in his exquisitely draped models that one is bound to admit his decision is good. The blouse-frock i s among the most practical of the toilettes for morning 'i. Car k° me * The skirt, smartly cut short and slim-looking— though plenty of fulness is introduced by means of inverted pleats—is made of suiting in one of the numerous brown shades or in grey; alternatively, it may be in a light, loosely woven tweed or hopsaek or again in black and white check or blue and beige stripe. To accompany this is a selection of blouses, each one harmonising perfectly with the skirt, but each one quite different from the Others. Thus 13 a really practical fashion brought smartly up-to-date, for the ensemble in each case appears as a complcte frock.

One of the prettiest of the new belts for a day frock is a shapely little affair, the lower edge of which just rests on tile hips. Sometimes it is narrow eriving the effect of a “medium” waistline; sometimes it is quite wide, suggesting the corseJet. Any width may be exploited, according to the figure and the length of waist which best suits