FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 93, 19 April 1919, Page 16

FASHION NOTES.

(By an Expert.) PARIS, February IT. Paris has begun to wake up after a long period of half heated pandering to Dame Fashion, and surely there never . were etylt-e more bewilderingly lovely, | I nor materials so sun.pU.ou,> as ll J ere ,f" th» Reason. -It ought not to be d i ffi cult to please anyone with help and sug- I L-estions As the eeaeon advances one notices a sudden and enthusiastic desire on the part of the Paris houses to introduce a wider variety of colourings. ■Vnvthing that might add colour to a frock is welcome, and used profuselycoloured frrnpes, embroideries in wool and Silk, and really lovely comhumtions of mutcrials. Of course, Ihc different houeerf offer different novelties and colours. "1 have seen the new sprtnff lines," said a buyer j to mc this week, -and I almost plunged in an.i bought, but then I remembered that the war is over, and that I don t know how morft customers feel about it; T am poms to wait a little Ion?" until lam perfectly pure." 1 think that buyer's remarks are very wise. Suppose* for instanep, we fro in for i those colours which are now all the vosue, and then find that every woman in Paris wants black clothes. It ha* been a long time since we had a black reason, but T can very well remember that when we had the last one, it was very. very black. Of course, a black ' reason means usually a Week and whit" ' one in a general way, but, as far as : garments arc concerned, it means black unit* and ennts, and a larjic proportion 'of Mack skirts and drwaee. I have a ' •'feelintj" that French women will <:o ' .-..mnlctelv "nutty" on the subject of ' I.lack if they take it up at all. Tarn ' not sure they "ill take it up, hut I am ' ■'nine to feel my way alonp until I am , sure. i There are several no-called psyschoi logical reasons why a jrrcat demand for » black parments would be n logical out--1 come of the end of the war. The dei termincd cheerfulness of the war period, i when the taut nerves of most -women demanded that they put as much colour r nn.! srnicty into their clothes as possible, was the kind of condition which ■ usually produces a decided reaction. To s a wowan who has worn briprht colours . whifr in the utmost anxiety, the cone trawt of a new wardrobe of black frarmenta may come a? a very welcome relief. Such a wardrobe may better exJ pret-s her state of mind in victory than ' would ~till more vividly coloured clothes ' than those she wore durinp the strupiiie. I With the passinc of the preatest need t : for fiaerifioinp one's personal feeling? I to the pood of the general moral, many ■ women are likely to permit themselves • i the luxury of wearing mourninjr. There I ir> no reason why such action should t iifTcct style in general, but the hii-torv » of such movements indicates that it will •■ Tli" spread of the custom of wearins j 1 «liite moumina is very noticeable ill I Paris, and with the closing of the wai

will probably displace to a great extent the trying all-black mourning. Many Parisiennes have combined white and bln-ek for mourning. OUR SKETCH. A Kuecessful model is shown on this page which is different from others, because of the quaint embroideries with which the tunic and the corsage are

. trimmed —a riot of sprawling designs in , blue and crimson and metallic threads r> on a sand-coloured ground over a brown 3 s-atin petticoat, narrow at the hem, and widening slightly at the hips. This . i froi-k is excellent for the woman who is ~ thiii, and wishes to be smart and up-to- . i date. "i — s i To make a lis;ht crust for pudding? — '. Mix equal quantities of Hour and line (1 breadcrumbs, and into these rub a small ■a quantity of butter. This makes a dcliv cious and easily-digested crust. s The secret of successful pressing is to c press till the garment is dry. In hanging d a 'pressed garment to air button all the v buttons so a* to bring it into normal 1. shapo. Tailors sometimes carefully tr baste together the buttonholes of a n man's coat while it is being pressed bo r that the fronts may draw as one piece.