FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 20

FASHION NOTES.

ill! An Expert.) I" \ills, .May 17, 1020. ; N,,t iiiiiv in trurt" circle*, but also ". :im>> iilt ' '■<' crucial public , in France, tin , rlii"l topic of conversation is the new I'ar-rpiiiOiiiH! decree forbiddinpr the impcirtat "mi 11 f L'otidri regarded as oi secondary , imp"! , ,i"i■!• l.i tin , nation's needs. Ap- , |.mvii] nf .mil protest npiin=t tin , iiiea-r-i;ri'- iii'i 1 heard, Imt pencrally speaking iiii.-Mi!-.' riii , jiiiiilit , tlii , bun is accepted us ,im imperative t-tep towards the stabilisation nf t'\<'h!im:r tii avert disaster, line i-iVi'i'l nf the restrictions of i:n imvi . n;i\ in' a rndval change in la.-h----inn.. 'I ~'• -diori eskirt is doomed, aicnrd--1 in- t.i HillK' people liv the ban om the I iiupitrtatiiMi if >ilk stooki)i<;'». For it. ; i.. in >il!c htni-kiiiji-i that ]ii~ the prin-j i i-pf.l cliiirm in wdiui'ii cif tlio plicn-t skirt. , And a., I In , iniii'li-favmircd lino hosiery l:a- licri'ti'fon , i-imu , mostly from uhroailj ! i In , prii'i' nf tin , hiimr-niiulc nrtii'le will i mar lii-ynnd tin' inortiM nf many fie;:;Hitc-. Su t!ip return of the lonjr skirt I niiiv l>o I'xpivtpil to I'oiKTiil much dis-l ina\-.' Ailhcrcncp to utraijtht lines ami simjpliiitv. in njipiisitinn to nil forms of ■ i-r'.noliiK's an.l p:\niers. slioulil llnd ; mi , ni t<i support tlu-ir positions in the i IpmiH of Millie, llornat, one of the bent | I iif |ire-ent-iliiv ailresM , .", who is playin;: I ttiii part ill" tin- ile-erte.l wife in "L' J Hi.mine en llal.il."" at tin , Thciltre dr, 1 Vurietii , !-, Slio in iliv.--ed i" some charm,- , in;j; gown*. e\;i|o'tiim a mode for wliioh, for nioiv i ha n one ipasoii, will very i likely triinnpli in tin , end. Lnek of niftI leiia'l of all Mirt? nr.iy partiiilly necuuut I for their faviHir. but a Ktruiifii'r reason i> the fact that many men admire these elolucto, and that tlio women who have taken ; .n niu-li troulilc In make their j bodies sleiulcr ami Aipplc enough to j wear the simple line, wi;' very i'JvL'iy 'refuse ii mode wliieli is generally so ! liocoiniiiiT to thoM' heavier, perhaps loss cnei'L'etie-mohls who disdain constitu-1 tionald nnd baths of static electricity, I and who 'iidiilfje in any sweet and fluil'y j foods which tempt their palate. That: ostridi trimming holds its own, is proved by the adnnration excited by, I Dorziafs white jialletted pawn with cascades nf |on«» white, ostrich fronds down each s'lle of the hkirt. I'aris milliners seem to think that hats to be really smart, mast be "amusing," which is only a new way of saying "eccentric." Many milliners seem to 'have! gone straight to the Kitchen for tlioir; inspiration. One milliner, early in the! season, introduced hats made "of shiny metal braid and are nothing more in I design, shape and fabrication, than lids > of common copper or nicklc plated '. kitchen kettles. OUR SKETCH. A beautiful Par's gown of tete-de-1 talFetaa forms tno subject of our I illustration on this page. It ehowa tile high back, the long sleeves, and the bustle—the bustle in thi s case consisting

of three wide puffs superposed. The front of the skirt is made quite plain, and gathered slightly to the waist, the decollctagc a V, the sc'hcme completed with a narrow centre of cherry ribbon fastening in front with a bow and ends.