Fashions From France

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 206, 19 November 1927, Page 21 (Supplement)

Fashions From France

Shorter Jumpers.. The Return of Pique. . Gold and Silver Trimmings. .

T'Hb new jumpers are definitely shorter; generally they * barely reach the hip-bone. The skirts worn with them are sometimes given fullness by three or four large pleats m the back, which is a novelty after so much front and side pleating.

are ‘'the thing” to wear with tailored suits nowadays, but for with tailored suits nowadays, but for those who want something even newer, and very chic, there are the new blouses of white pique. This is no relation at all to the cardboard-like pique which made the tennis-skirts of the nineties, but a very soft, fine material, with only enough substance to make it iook very crisp and fresh by contrast with, for instance, a navy-blue tailormade. Many new hats are trimmed with tiny pieces of stamped metal, gold or silver, cut in little patterns, and fixed,

an inch or two apart, all over the crown or brim. Gold on black felt is a favourite combination; I saw it also on satin and fine straw. A very fascinating printed georgette frock had a pattern entirely of seashells, carried out in shell-pink and pale pinkish-browns, on a black ground. The cuffs and hem were edged with three tiny frills of black lace, and a black lace sunshade was carried. The three-quarter length is the newest for sleeves—so new, indeed, that it is not very generally adopted j r et, and some of us, who think it ungrace-

, ful, hope that it never will be. These , j sleeves always flare at* the cuff, or j i else end in a wide cuff which comes I 5 from the elbow. | The smartest flowers for wear with ! morning tailor-mades are white pique, which look very chic and "tailored.” This year’s flowers are all conventional —that is to say, they don’t try to imitate real flowers, but only to form a piece of decoration appropriate to your costume. Flesh-coloured satin is enjoying an enormous vogue for evening wear. h * * Frocks with deeply scooped out fronts and high backs are arranged by means of a back yoke, which ends in a scarf collar tying on the shoulder. Shaded tulle evening dresses are delightful. A blue design, carried out in row upon row of shaded tulle, was made with a tight bodice and a sweeping, curved skirt. It was worn-over a silver slip.