DRESS REVOLUTION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 93, 10 December 1931, Page 7

DRESS REVOLUTION

Miss" LEROY SAYS BE FEMININE AND PRETTY. ROUT OF MASCULINE MODES. PARIS, Saturday. As you see, I am back in Paris again and, much as I love London, I love my gay Paris much more. London as a growing fashion centre is earning much tribute in a short time, but for me and for many others, Paris will always remain the traditional fashion centre of the world. It is the business of fashions to change. But this season, what appears to be a well-organised revolution in dress has taken place. Masculine modes are completely routed. Once again it is considered chic to be feminine, smart, to be pretty. Flounces and frills are being used liberally. Even the skirts of costumes are sometimes trimmed with rows of flat flounces and these fiounces are sometimes seen on sleeves of both jumpers and jackets, both for morning and afternoon wear. Among the new

evening' gowns arc some wnicn suggest the 1870 fashions, but it is a mere suggestion. There is an echo of 1890 fashions in a leg-o'-mutton sleeve, while the ghost of a bustle may be observed on the skirts of some of the new gowns, which are trimmed at the back with a cascade of daigonal flounces above which a large bow is placed. Subtle contrasts in colour are to be •seen. Three new colours are in evidence — Persian red, dim and coppery Persian green, dull, yet bright, and a

deep brown, called Garoubier. inese colours are intermingled and combined in a perfectly marvellous manner. By the way, "Caroubier" replaces the black which was abandoned by Paris dressmakers last year. New Summer Coats. The new, long coats for summer wear have distinct waists and skirts portions, but keep the modern silhouette, and their astrakan, seal or other short fur collars and capelets, balance the past and present completely. The coat or dress that Paris designs for summer has its fur-trimming applied so that it does not overheat, and the popular loeation for fur on such garments is the elbow region of the sleeve. Under practical long coats, are shown moulded frocks with contrasting colour de.tails, like knitted bands, yokes and stock cravats. Practical dresses are comfortably shortened by skirts widened by pleats and gores, and with waistlines usually marked by belts. Formal afternoon dresses, on the other hand, are gracefully draped, quite long, and with the waistline indicated rather by moulded draping than by straight belts. Fur trimmed velvet jackets, fitting closely, and usually in. colour, are worn over draped frocks. The Hair that Women are Wearing The hair that women are wearing

IIHllllllllIlIlllllllllIlllIlNIIIIIillHlIHlHIHHll M is being included in the feminine movement. The greatest French coiffeurs are urging women to bob again, to get rid of the Garbot complex. Wear _ your hair in little curls, or in feathery fringes over your foreheads, and cut it to what resembles a shingle in back, they urge. An imposing list of fashionable mondaines are having these hair cuts too. Such hair, above ' the newest evening decolletees sug- ! gested, is devactatingly young, for this decolletee rerninds one of nothing so much as a too-big napkin

tied around a childish neck, high m front, and closc to the sides of the neck clipped at Ihe back with a diamond clip and brought down to the sides in back. As for the wlgs for evening wear, they are many i.nd varied. They are made on Chiffon jersey foundations, ! with thin youthful curls— varnished curls. These wigs can be slipped^ on ! over your bobbed hair for evening, and they come in all natural hair colours, as well as pastel tone, in pink, blue, etc. Concerning the Modes. StockingS are as fine as usual,

chiefly because it is impossible to make them any thinner. When kid gloves are worn, it_ is noticeable that they are usually white, and, at least one size too large, which makes them more elegant, and heaps more comfortable. Bags of felt to match the hat of felt or of velvet look seasonable and smart,. and are more fashionable than those of leather. The Paris elegante does not wear much make-up. It is much more fashionable not to make-up at present, and it gives the skin a chance to breathe. Necklaces are being less worn by fashionable women, who are now wearing a jewelled pin, a flower, or a chiffon scarf instead. Handkerchiefs of finest linen and super-man size are fashionable for all day-time affairs, and they can be chosen in any colour, including black. At night, the hanky is, of course, in chiffon alone, or chiffon with lace. Pendant Earring.s Returnlng. i Pendant earrings are returning to fashion, and undoubtedly the coming season will see many brilliant jewels — real or synthicated — hanging far below the shadows of lovely curls. Frenchwomen and Englishwomen have both adopted or rather re-adop- | ted these ornaments. It is surprising indeed, considering that the whole feI minine ear has been as much hidden under bobbed hair as ever it was under the curtain-loops of the Victorian era, that before now, someone has not recollected this method of calling attention to the fact that an eai*' still . adorns the feminine head.