Fashions From France

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 212, 26 November 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)

Fashions From France

Short Skirts Approved for Walking. . . Longer Ones for Evening Wear. . . PARIS, October 11. IT is now certain that skirts will be short for walking dresses in town and country, while longer dresses will be worn in the evening. On some black dresses made of crepe marocain the skirts are short and slim, and there is no trimming, but the surface has been worked by tucks, insertions, or stitchings. A small jewelled buckle, pin, or button fastens a slender belt. This sort of dress is meant to be worn in town under a fur or furtrimmed coat. Narrow white cuffs may be turned back on long sleeves that do not cover the wrists and are comfortably wide, and a narrow white collar turns back on the crooked neck opening. A bow and ends may finish collar and cuffs.

JEWELLED BUCKLE 'Yy’ITH clothes for sport, a little jewelled buckle or pin is put on the jumper. Bright cardigans are worn over jumper and skirt; a brown jumper suit has a red cardigan, and a beige has a green. The skirts are slim to to the knees from which they flow by means of close kilting in sections. A beige or brown skirt and jumper may be worn under a long coat of another colour. There is a brown jumper suit, which is worn under a long saxe blue coat lined and trimmed with brown fur. A plain brownish jumper is trimmed with light checked material and the skirt is made of the same material as the trimming, with a deep plain brown hem. Some tweeds are fringed at the edges and every jumper has a tie, loose or attached. Most jumpers have a narrow belt, some have jewelled or leather clasps, but they are all narrow and there is no insistence on the waistline. Among coloured afternoon ensembles there are greens, blues and violets, but black is more fashionable. Black velvet with a silver lame blouse forms one ensemble. A violet georgette dress with a double headed amethyst pin may be worn under a black coat trimmed with fur, or under a broadtail coat. PLAIN BLACK SATIN There is an ensemble of black and beige satin; the coat is of black satin lined with beige, the hem is black and the beige top is trimmed with black. A wide fur stole may be wrapped round the shoulders like a dolman. Black velvet and chinchilla make a long afternoon coat which can be worn over a coloured dress. Plain black satin dresses with no trimming but diamonds clasped to the throat are considered good taste. Many of the skirts dip to

the side. There are no heavy draperies. On every dress there are floating little scarves from two inches to four inches wide, knotted or left loose.

Lace dresses for the evening are numerous and in all colours. The lace is closely patterned and dull, not varnished. Side draperies dip below the hems. The backs are cut low or round, or with a crossover drapery to form a point. The fronts rise nearly to the base of the throat. Soft draperies float about the shoulders. On plain chiffon and satin dresses long fine silk fringe scarves drop to the hem, or short scarves lie on the shoulders. On a black dress the fringe scarf may be red and black or black mixed with another colour. Among black taffeta dresses one has a skirt cut on the cross and trimmed low down on the side with a big bow and ends. The bodice is cut like a loose bolero back and front, with a sharply pointed edge. A diamond pin or a button at the neck and waist is the only ornament. Another dress is made of lace and taffeta; the skirt has two flounces over lace-edged hems, and each is lace-edge, while the top is plain, cut low and sleeveless.