FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 47, 24 February 1923, Page 24

FASHION NOTES.

I» ___, (By AN* EXPERT.)

PARIS, October 25. ! In the new day-dresses, the fancy belts ! seem to have vanished. Ihe waistline is still Iqng, and in almost every model, a narrow band is inserted to join the skirt to the bodice, which is invariably i straight, loose and flat. For afternoon and evening, a silhouette which is daring to a degree lor these days of straigni lines and wide waists, is frequently noted. Below the bodice, which blouses |at a normal waistline, tho material of : the skirt is drawn tightly over the hips by a sash or self-drapery in an uncompromisingly and revealing fashion, and until one observes tin. as a matter of fact, the lines are rendered as adjustable 'as the prevailing slip-on garments, by 1 tying the sash at will, one wonders how 'just anybody can look well in it. If we counted up what some of the characteristics of this present season • arc, it might be as well to mention first of all, the yards and miles of braiding. , Then there are the skirts with the three little pleats on either side. Skirts pleated any way at all, are fashionable. A pleated skirt, with a blouse, is almost smarter now, than a one-piece dress. . There is further, that Spanish-dancer feeling in afternoon and evening dress, which is obtained by putting a ruflle round the skirt. Greek designs, in printed effects, and in embroidery, are good. The wrapped feeling is prevalent , everywhere. The draped dress, with low neck, and formal train, is not neglected.

What the woman of fashion likes about a new form of coat, is that you can wear it in the day-time, and-at night' too. That is to say, it is not a highly specialised coat. It is of black kashaThis material has all the softness of that old frienrl cashmere, and is more interesting. This coat has a lot of character given it by wide bands of black fox fur. Nothing ia smarter than a fiat surface of material, with fur-trimmings thrown up high and shaggy in pronounced relief. Should you want a lighter material for thi3 kind of coat, let mc recommend black Marocain and ostrich. The new coats and skirts are of mannish severity, and are worn with blouses which button closely under the chin. Suits with 30-inch coats, bloused and drawn tightly under the hips, or hanging in loose, swinging lines, are worn with blouses of harmonising georgette, which also finish at the hips, in a band of the heavier material which composes the suit. Again, enats cut on flaring directoire lines, reach to within a few inches of the narrow skirt, underneath. Black and gage-green are one of the approved and extremely pretty colourschemes for autumn. Brown, is though, the rage of the diiy. It is a very sad colour, however, and should oniy be worn by very pale women with red lips. Grey is like a charming person that you don't mind having round always—like someone who has a gracious personality which puts everyone else at ease, and gives all the world a sense of selfpleasure. That is why I suppose, it is so lashionablc just new. Coat frocks of a supremely simple order are to be seen, effected in light hucd kasha, buttoned severely up to the throat, where the prettiest finish is provided in crisp little outstanding frills, or else a demure turn-down collar of white organdy, cuffs corresponding. Organdy, tucked in vertical groups, is responsible for same of the daintiest of these lingerie adjuncts, a small, striped muslin handkerchief being tucked into an absurd 1 it♦ Jo pocket, introduced o?i one side of the front, above the traist. OUR SKETCH. This interesting tailleur, with its hiplength coat, has been developed in brown velours-delaine, the collar, p«rt of trie puffs, and the band at the foot of the coat, being of. leopard-skin, while the rovers and the cuffs-proper are of soft, brown kid.