THE TREND OF FASHION

Shannon News, 24 December 1929, Page 2

THE TREND OF FASHION

The uneven hem effect in drapery clocs, not seem to have attracted the best people- in London, according to one critic of the Ascot froeking. She says the lumpy and untidy appearance of those who wanted to be ultra-smart and essayed the original to such an-ex-tent that they became freaks and nothing ni;ve, was frankly amusing. Dress-. K.wi'!! r;o balance to them dabbed down on one side, or trailed the ground in the stupidest way, or hung in bits or pieces all round. Sloppy bodices "were neither one thing nor the ether, and what the dressmakers- ideas were it is difficult to say. This uneven hem business became like a bundle of rags. One saw nothing but the straight hem worn by the Royal ladies, and how charming they looked! I thought the gowns in the Royal pavilion by far the most delightful.' The Duchess of York and Princess Mary both kept to their own styles. On this, the "ladies', day," the Duchess wore a dainty gowti of pearl tinted silk lace, neither pink nor grey'in its colouring, matched by a small' brimmed hat of line lace, and was much admired by those who recognised her. Princess Mary (Viscountess Lasccllcs), wearing a dress of line.pink lace beneath a beige georgette coat, and a wide pink crinoline hat, wreathed with silk leaves to tone, arrived early with Viscount Lascollc!-, and was in the Royal box to gi'cct the Duke of Connaught and his party from Bagshot Park. Lady Patricia Ramsay wore a chiffon gown in black and nasturtium yellow colourings, wit!) a Urge picture' uat in creamy straw. Princess Ingvid of Sweden was '• dressed in palest, shrimp pink georgette and lace, with a large hat to match.