PARIS GROWING WINGS.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 494, 30 March 1933, Page 7

PARIS GROWING WINGS.

Paris is growing wings! It's well- ' known reputation for alluring naugh- j tiness is certainly not visibly isustained through the medium of evening fashions. On the contrary, the ec- 1 static comment "Just too heavenly," fits neatly the winged ethereal delicacy of present evening modes. They 1 look ready to flit off into rarer atmo- ! spheres, so fragile is their .appearance; j not only the mo'st invisible chiffon, of which these smart evening gowns are made, but also their winged draperies, contribute to this illusion. Fashion, like the ancient Oriental philosophers, is bent on getting rid of the ponderou's- weight of the flesh. Vamperish clothes are out of the picture, just as professional vampires are out of the picture. The newest mode cultivatea( mystery of another sort, a veiling of definite Istraightline contours producing an allure of more subtlety. The dressmakers have a reason for this sudden "taking to the veil." Chiffon draperies so handled aid youth or create an illulsaon of it. The suggestion of mystery in diaphanous drapery is excellent for the modern girl with her hard-boiled downrightness. It is equally charming for the older woman, since it has the result of giving'an added youthfulnesis of aspect, a youthful aspect such as no mere cut of line of harsher material can do, however, expert. Chiffon wings and other draperies are the heart of the Paris fashioms. Chiffon draperies on Paris gowns are cut and arranged hy the costumier who creates them, iand they stay where they are put. There's the p'oint, if you understand what I mean.