WHAT PARIS IS WEARING

Shannon News, 28 October 1927, Page 3

WHAT PARIS IS WEARING

Wedding frocks of the season are mostly old mediaeval style long, tight sleeves, square neck and lovely trains, the lace pattern outlined in pearls. With these charming gowns are worn Juliette caps made of strings of inter-crossed seed pearls. Period frocks -emain still in vogue and old-world models with long full skirts came in for much admiration in the season’s shqwings.

The new silhouette can be summed up as being long and slender, but broken and varied by the many fluted pleated, and gathered treatments of the skirt, which sets off the fluted bodices and quite high waistline.

Navy blue and pink seem to be the favourite colour contrasts, and cute little felt hats are trimmed with the two-toned feathers. The black and flesh combination still has its devotees, however, and is fashioned to give clear nude effects. A bigli-waistod frock has a fleshcoloured georgette bodice under silk net, with a large mesh.

A black lace dress can serve many purposes—over a black slip for bridge in the afternoon, over a flesh slip for dinner wear, and over a gold lame for parties. As long sleeves are worn so much, the gown is equally suitable with or without sleeves. And the Parisian adds her own touch in the way of shoulder flowers and jewellery, according to the occasion. Sprays of taffeta flowers with petals so exaggerated in length that they fall a foot or two down the dress, bows of tulle, leaves and no flowers which exactly match frocks, mante dewdrops—these are the newest notes.