SIMPLICITY CAN BE STRIKING!

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 5

SIMPLICITY CAN BE STRIKING!

A DEBUTANTE’S UNUSUAL DANCE DRESS Some of the daintiest dresses notv appearing at dances are fashioned very simply from sirot net. It may be white net, or shell pink, or fairy- ! like green, or pastel blue, but it is j always spotted in self colour, and it i is always made up in youthful styles | —for it is worn by youthful folk! I saw a lovely little frock a night or ttvo ago. Made of dead white spot ! net, it had a simple bodice moulded | softly to the figure by means of tiny i darts placed upward from the waist- ! line. The skirt, a billowing mass of I gathered net, was hemmed with vivid

green velvet flowers—a flash. o£ bright colour that looked charming above the twinkling white satin-clad feet of the debutante dancer. Even more engaging were the full half-sleeves of similar net, which were caught just above the elbows and at the wrists with bracelets of velvet flowers to match those on the skirt. Further, to accentuate the colour note, a large net handkerchief, bordered with miniature green blossoms, was carried in the hand —for picturesque styles now require the 'kerchief to be carried in the Old World manner. The effect of this dress—so unusual. yet so simple that it is surprising no one thought of it before —was to cause quite a gasp of admiration and interest among the sophisticated crowd of well-groomed men and perfectly gowned women who thronged the fashionable ballroom. D.D.