ROSES ON SLEEVES

Shannon News, 17 May 1927, Page 1

ROSES ON SLEEVES

At an Important mannequin'parade a clever young dr v ess designer had a brilliant idea. He fixed a rose on the arm of one of his mannequins, just where- the sort, of lace mitteps, that covered her 1 forearm- commence^. By the end of tho afternoon-,hs was deluged with orders for that-particu-lar model, for the well-dresed tvomen present were quick to realise-:; that here was an, original, and. attractive fashion that was certain to catch on. The frock in question was made of fine black lace, simply cut, with a full, skirt, had the tight-fitting; mitten sleeve® that- are considered so much smarter than all bare arm of ordinary sleeves in Paris at the moment. The rose, a big flat affair in deep red tulle, on the right arm attached to the' band that helped to keep the top of the mitten in position, was the only touch of colour about fhe ■ whole dress.

Another frock: at the samei' . dressshow which also was trimmed with a flower on the sleeve, was: of soft’silver grey chiffon. Instead of { tightfitting mitten-like - sleeves, this; model had sort of wings of the same grey chiffon This time the flower, also big and flat, was a pink carnation. The whole dress had a delightfully fairylike effect, and several pretty young debutantes were ordering sim-; ilar models.

With still another evening frock: the flower was not attached to a. sleeve, but vforn-.on a bare arm and > kept in place by a narrow.. band of gold ribbon.