FASHIONS FROM PARIS

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 14

FASHIONS FROM PARIS

(i-romOnrLadyCorr^po^. PARIS, January jn A HOOP ON ThE HORIZON—t£ BUSTLE TO THE FORJ* 7* Generally speaking, there is i'fck. of repose ia the world of dress JU3 date of the calendar-the period. The couturiers -of PaWl? reached the height of their eon, and at the same time menced to create styles for early i2p ■ The director of a well-knowa %&& the Place Vendome told mc tSfjg entire season had been a g OQ 4 £&. fact, his house has resumed eomltlE of its aspect of before the war* Tt "mannequins" were kept trottuw Teiu? day as if the flock of foreign arrived to see the new styles £S spring. Truth to tell, foreigner in the vast number of ehonL It is the Parisienne who is onie'S: i turning her fancy toward dwelling on details, emphasis mvJt laid on the fact that the modei'S |5 Third Empire are making progress. The crinoline is an wtibE if l T irC f' P ett i. c ° at io 'm dutYf 1 , skirt di3tender—while the bustle 'iriu, generally takes the form of:» inS. drapery, finds very graceful 'toS, on some of the spring models.' modes of 1916 will most certainly £, the hunched back and the train%Ti in one — worn with the short" njvj£ petticoat. AN EIGHT DAYS OLD PAKS« CREATIOX: A few new models were creata& week for some foreign buyers wfo f|, asking for advanced spring Parisian creation, eight day's bla-'ijfi dress carried out in black taffetaiTlfi has already taken the fancy of thiS ere. At the back of this Rown jj i enormous " empiecement" of him ftfc. tas, on which alights a butterflv-lHiiifc the antennae and veining bcine of hta jet. The full skirt has two *$! each feather-boned at the hem, the flare excessive. Black velvet Nfci are sewn to the top of the upper tern where it joins the skirt. AU'ikjrfr this showing, by the way, were;«si rately trimmed with ruffles, bajjii"™ ings and draperies kinda[ p{fc aise effects, both straight and' dr»a were in evidence, also people prophesy the return' trimmed shoulder, but it is to be beS they are wrong. ■ OUR SKETCH. • : Some wonderfully dainty and .(Kpti* ing blousee are now to be seen, deti|W in styles that are distinctive ud'ij inal, and carried out in the most ful fabrics imaginable. A most «tt* tive model will be found illustrate! has been carried out in whit* qwpi* chine, arranged with a high collar »t Ik back and a tiny decollette in front, nl becomingly decorated with Unci «f 1$

stitching. Quite a new note if •OTff by the side frill, which is atiadjeljf the right hand revere. Very is the taffetas skirt, whichis J* the above, and which has out in a lovely shade of amethyjt, ft* with a very full flare, and arranged .ijg wide pleats, it is finUhed-atthe.*** and hips by two deep flounces, •■"*** lonee" of the silk at the hem belli"<P|,: in keeping with the general style *P"* frock. . • . . ' . ."-i\« "TOMMY'S" WAY OF LOpKIjKJ|v . at-it. j :;.;■*!' The wave, of Early Victorianiiß'jp has swept over the * cultivated fc>«jg| world, with its attendant and flounces and frippery, is a-*- : *pj2| fdiversion, and distracts our-'ttewft from dwelling too insistently o» ■* Badness and sorrow of the present " Tommy," too, approves of this ■'•J fashions. All the " boys " in blue I have spoken to—those eWfIP , from the trenches on their cinq jours"—declare that ' notEnMjJgiven them • greater pleasure Oβ: ■*< return than the eight of pretty; rw" ennes in all the dainty finery t&'Jfc*-?. new clothes. All seem agreed *JJ-' : point—the wide skirts, the floaMWgc puffings, even the ghost of the cri**f? and all the rest of the pretty f«w«" "conceits of dress," are much mow? , their taste than the sheath .of horW* of the past.

hints.' .; ;■■';; ! 'ffi Black corduroy is said to be coefof* for the shorter sport skirt 3. \'-^jjCorded broadcloth is a fabric anwk.'jfj; , for skirts. ; Beadings appear on some neW-WMir and cuffs sets for trimming. , ■ . iy m . . Floral patterned velvet some novelty hand-bags. : ~; ;*jl j Black and white is a dominant ft* and nothing is more telling generally becoming. . 1' I Black enamel and Rhine stones *? j combined in many ways in jewellery. " " ; -'.',- -.fj