CLOUDS OF TULLE

Shannon News, 9 November 1928, Page 4

CLOUDS OF TULLE

AND A FEW PEARLS. SOME PARISIAN DANCE FROCKS. ~~ PARIS. Youth . summer’ . tulle . clouds and clouds of it, in the delicate green of the jonquils . or peach blossoms . or in creamy soft, off-white . a scrap of for a skirt. . . a fbw pearls . . and that’s all! But nothing can be more suited to a. dance than this sort of frock, so satin for a bodice . . a scrap of tulle exquisitely simple in repose, so lovely in movement. Lace dresses in all shades of Bordeaux, of scarlet, of flesh, are quite numerous and always perfect. There are many jet gowns, some made of jet materials, others simply having jet fringes and panels. Silver bugles on white, and silver bugles on grey make two exquisite evening gowns. When in motion this silver fringed gown looks like a dripping, shimmering fountain on a moonlight night. It lingers in one’s memory. A charming novelty, whore the evening dress is concerned, is the. skirt reade entirely of ostrich feathers. The corsage of such a skirt is usually in tulle or chiffon. Even on this the prevailing mode is seen, and the delicate fronds fall lower at the back so as to gave the uneven hem-line which fashion demands.

It seems impossible, on looking back at a few seasons ago, that the same women who are wearing the charming hats which the modistes are wearing to-day, could ever have accepted those which were fashionalffe then; for, to be frank, they were horrible. But it was, to a great extent, the fault of the women themselves, for having demanded plain shapes, the modistes, very naturaly, gave into them. Today, however, modistes have grown wiser, and out of the depths of their wider knowledge, they are showing

women just how delightful hats can be.

The wide-brimmed cloche is a good example of what I mean, and when it. is cut on good lines, few shapes can vie with it for charm. The brim Haring a little from the face, shades if, and gives it a becoming softness, and the crown is rather low, but not too low, while a pleat which is placed at the side, breaks the line just where it is necessary.

The skull-cap is losing ground daily. There is nothing really very interesting about it, and except, in u few sensational cases, those, for instance, showing a “parting,” a “peak” and “curls,” at each side, it is hardly seen at all.

The new straws are cut on wide lines, and sometimes have a handful of pleats in tho brim on either side. The eyebrow point reappears in the straw hats for summer wear. A brim on a straw hat will sometimes be cut into an 1 exaggerated .point reaching from ear to ear.