FASHION NEWS FROM FRANCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 769, 16 September 1929, Page 5

FASHION NEWS FROM FRANCE

Many beautiful gowns for the dance, the restaurant, and the Casino are being prepared for the time when flowered chiffons must make room for something different. Naturally, the various houses have their own colours and materials, and their models are hall-marked, so that their clients have no need to say: “This is an X model, or a Y model.” This is known, and the model is always perfect. Each woman can thus follow the lead of the house she likes best. And when she finds she is a little smarter than her friends she is pleased and thinks she has chosen her clothes well! Finding the Right Mode For instance, one house this season will make all models for day, sports and evening wear in lovely deep vel-low-browns and soft reds. These are the colours for the brunette. Another house, tired of so much decided colour, has chosen greys and pinks of all shades. Here are the tones for the blondes. And how restful and gracious is grey! One lovely evening gown of grey tulle was made with a long straight bodice reaching to the hips. From there it had many flounces, till the skirt reached the ankles in front and rested on the ground at the back for about six trailing inches. Each of the flounces was hemmed with fine horsehair braid in a delicate coral tint. The old-fashioned necklace, earrings and very broad bracelets, of carved coral mounted in silver, were the inspiration for the frock, and the little slippers of coral-coloured panne were, of course, made to match. For a change, the evening bag was not a sac, but a circular one of flat dull silver pailettes, with a dull silver clasp. $ Too Many Handbags Once we thought we were lucky if we had g,s many as three handbags and an extra one for travelling. But now they have become so numerous that they are a nuisance. The bag, scarf, flower and hat of red crepe de chine look charming with a marine blue jersey suit; but then so does the set composed of white and red plaited straw! The first, second and third times one goes out in an ensemble so in all details, all is well; after that, unless one has unlimited space to range all the articles of the same kind together, the task becomes irksome. The Parisienne has now compromised by having one or two pochettes that may be carried with several suits, and for this purpose the big flat one of black suede or antelope, lined with moire, is a wise choice. For evening, the silver or gold kid bag, with an inlaid panel of the same material as the frock by way of ornament, is very new. If the gown is of chiffon or lame, the effect is delightful; if of rich-coloured crepe satin, it is still good, but if a one-tone frock of more flimsy stuff, such as tulle, net or mousseline, is worn, a design of seed pearls looks beautiful on the silver pochette.