The FASHION REVIEW

Putaruru Press, Volume VIII, Issue 339, 22 May 1930, Page 2

The FASHION REVIEW

SUZETTE

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FACTS AND FIGURES. -

Facts about the winter frock and suit mode prove conclusively that this is a season when figures cannot lie. The mode is too revealing. Gone are the days of the straight-line-belted-about-the-hips frock, which concealed many of our figure deficiencies. Snugfitting hips, the raised waistline and long-limbed lines are characteristic of winter styles. On the under garment, then, devolves the duty of doing the best it can to aid and abet these new lines and to coax the figure as far as possible into lines of sinuous grace. It is almost axiomatic to say that the success of the outer garment this season will depend on the care with which the under garment is selected and fitted. • The autumn displays of foundation garments which I have seen certainly show a shrewd knowledge of accepted garment styles, and I think we are justified in surmising that winter will see further developments in under garment perfection. And an elastic body provides the snug hipline and an uplife brassiere gives the easy graceful line so necessary for the new feminine silhouette.

Undoubtedly because of the popularity of the princess line in frocks the one-piece garment takes precedence over the girdle and brassiere, although the latter will always be the choice of slim figureless youth. Most of the foundation garments are boneless, elastic and. adroitly contrived. Occasionally there is a sly bone or two inserted over the diaphragm for slimming purposes, and

sometimes an inner belt which does wonders for the heavy figure. The back fastening is a novel feature in many garments, and it is not nearly so hard to manage as you might imagine. It has the advantage, too, of giving a very smooth line over the hips. Some of the sidefastening garments are step-ins to the hipline, hooking from there to the top. Backs in general are lower, the result of the suntan enthusiasm last summer, and evening foundations are cut almost to the waist to conform with the decolletage lines of the evening mode The ideal foundation wardrobe for . winter includes a French batiste for * tailored things, a lace and crepe de chine with elastic inserts for afternoon, and for evening a garment—soft, subtle, very low in the back—of marvellously-light satin and embroidered net. This idea of having a foundation for every type of costume is one that will appeal to the rational-minded woman, because its wisdom is immediately apparent ; and it is really economical, too, because each article lasts much longer, and can receive much better care, than one that has to do duty morning, afternoon and night.