FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 24

FASHION NOTES.

PARIS, December 13, 1922. From now until the end of the month, the great dressmakers, millinery and furrier houses in Paris arc holding shows of winter models, writes our Paris correspondent. The latest models, reveal that the star of the bolero is in the ascendent, and that of panniers on the wane. Dark colours in velours, cash- ] mere, duveteen, velveteen, and crepe de j chine rule the day-time choice. Young girls for evening wear will find themselves able to revel in taffetas of brightest carmine, azure, and green. Evening dresses will be long waisted, subtly draped and folded, and the skirt measurement will be a matter of choice. Bi.lowing tulle skirts are still in favour, and certain couturieres have brought forth models thaf remind one of the frocks in 1912-13. (And it is said that every seven years we renew ourselves completely.) Clinging draperies mould the figure, to end in long and narrow trains. With five yards of crepe de chine, One can make a frock that has neither commencement nor finish. Whatever the new or old, or semi-new silhouette may be, there are details, however, that most decidedly remain la grande vogue. Lace for evening wear. Embroidery for our day frocke. Ana if one changes roi>nd the sentence, and talks 6f "embroidery in the evening and lace in the daytime" .... it will be equally true, jn-a3-much as we wear dancing frocks at teatime that autrefoii, would have been perfectly de raise at the opera. While on the subject of frocke for evening wear, a few words on head dress may not come amiss. 'Both flowers and I feathers for ornamentation are fashionable, and invariably they a-e arranged in bands. A band of motal, cloth or velvet encircling the head, with flowers over the ears, is pretty for the young girl, or a plain jewelled-band is. more effective on account of its simplicity. Frequently we see coiffures in gold or eilver lace, aluminium or copper embroidery, .combined with tulle, fur or flowers, forming, a bandeau set tight on the head, and coming down almost to the eyes. The hair is still dressed low on the back of the head, and large combs of carved shell are posed stiffly in the back. One of these combs, tall and wide and very prettily carved, adorns the most severe coiffure—the hair drawn tightly back from the face, and tucked under in the back, with not co much as a hair Jut of place. Very remarkable was a great carved comb of brilliant green jide worn at the Premiere of Peer Gynt, at the Theatre Mogadon It topped a simple frock of green taffetas and green tulle. Aβ for hats for day wear, they are large or small.and always delightful. The plume of cogue is lord of all he surveys. Chanteclor is a great personage, worthy of attention, and la mode periodically plucks his tail feathers, and constructs of them the most fashionable item on ncr winter list. The long, glossy green feathers shaped like the curved blade of the dagger, are extraordinarily becoming to the majority. Very important toques are literally covered with cogue feathers. A charming little fur toque I have seen has the cogue plumee introduced under the soft fur in front, through which tho ends of the plumesare thVust, the feathers falling lightly over the hair behind. Frequently a scarf of tulle einbroHered with fur, falls from a brilliant metallic silver toque, twists about the neck, and descends negligently on to the shoulder. OUR SKETCH. This season scarcely a one-piece frock ventures forth without the chaperon.ige of a cape., The frock of our illustration is carried i out in sepia marocain, cape

lined in scarlet niousseline, the graceful side draperies being likewise of this brilliantly coloured fabric. Observe the ceinture of enamelled green leaves and flowers.