Drifting With Fash ion s Tide

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 921, 14 March 1930, Page 5

Drifting With Fash ion s Tide

Gowns Have Length Even those of us who declared emphatically earlier in the year that we would have nothing to do with the longer frocks promised for autumn find ourselves helplessly drifting with the tide. The first fatal slip in the direction of accepting what seems like the inevitable is taken when we qualify ; our first decision and agree to wear longer frocks “just for evening.” j Having made this concession, it is ! a simple matter to drift still further with the tide, until we finally find , ourselves in a sea which extends out ■ : to and beyond the horizon, and ineludes in its depths all the items and etceteras of dress down to so small a , thing as a handkerchief. It is in the formal evening gowns that, we can plainly read prophecies of the mode to come. Outstanding features of the new silhouette, no matter whether it be in daytime or evening themes, are the lower hem-lines and j the higher waistlines. These charac- | teristics are to be found in every tj'pe | —that is to say, in every type of • ! formal frock for afternoon and even- ; ing wear, none other, j Though we may complain, practi- i j’cally every one of us will profit by | ! the inches that are to be added to our i j skirts—even to those planned for ; street and sports wear. ! Slight irregularities will be noted— ! ' a street frock, for example, may dip 1 a trifle in the back, or the hemline may be the least bit irregular, but it j will be necessary to glance a second time to realise that this is so. ! If, therefore, you are having saletime bargain lengths converted into frocks for the coming season be care- , ful ill planning detail. Length you ! must have in your new frocks, but ; not too uneven a line; this is the rule I for street clothes. ! Extremes are not good taste, and the longer skirt with the even hemline is more than likely to prove the most graceful idea of the new season. THE THREE-QUARTER COAT [ The three-quarter-length evening , coat, with a dip at the back, is con- , sidered much more chic this year than , a long one. A coat of chiffon velvet, framed at the hem and cuffs with t : matching fur, is very becoming, and i so useful.