FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

SCARVES AS DECORATION. QUAINT MILLINERY. (By An Expert.) PARIS, December 28. recent party, writes our correspondent, several frocks of lace and tulle had pink roses tucked away here ind theie in the folds, and one or two were of white and silver tissue, while a vionnet handkerchief-frock of white •repe de chine was worn by a blonde lancer. The Vicomtesse de Saint Croi* • ore a simple gown of grey crepe with rey pearls, while a pale grey tulle scarf raw n low about the corsage and tied ii; i fuffy bow on the left shoulder, had ong ends falling to the knees. Araonf. ither guests present was Maurice . hevallier, the well-known comedian with his pretty little wife, who wasdressed in a gold tissue frock, literally j

studded with stones synthetic but amazingly beautiful all the same! Her shoes were of gold, and her stockings in gold lace, while a scarf of gold net completed the decolletage. Several ropes of enormous pearls (synthetic!) added to the regal magnificence of this toilette. Indeed, she looked more like a tiny •Japanese idol in a wonderful Parisian frock, than anything else under the. sun!

Embroidery for Evening Frocks. Embroidery 011 evening frocks, and embroidery at its finest, will be one of the most ingenious and attractive novelties which the January "collections" will ■show. About eight hundred absolutely new samples of embroidery for evening irowns have been prepared. One of the most effective novelties, is the use of ;i ribbon in different colours, with a silver edge to it, for the making of llowers applied to the background, and further decorated with bead work. One of the models which will presently make (heir bow to the public is made of white net. Green and silver shaded ribbons are laid the whole length of the gown, and the entire background covered with -•mall silver beads. A design of small flowers in green ribbons, with leaves in turquoise blue beads, was worked into the skirt. Another charming sample is in white crepe georgette, with rather big lowers of silver lace, and leaves embroidered in silver beads. One line of gowns is ultra-modern in design, showing geometric figures in multi-coloured beads.

Th? use of ptrass and small pearls is to prevail in the smartest gowns, and tiie designs of these are numerous and certainly gorgeous in effect. Some models show a novel use of small wooden beads, and of a newly invented effect like a round bead in appearance, made of compressed cotton, and painted to match' the rest of the gown. Hew Millinery Quaint. The new millinery is certainly quaint. There is the phrygian cap, for instance, one which, with its cut-away effect in front, suits the majority of women far better than did the lindberg hat, or even the different versions of it which 1

are still very much the mode. Then there is the model made after the fashion of the hats worn by the gallants at the Court of Louis IX. Another model is almost an exact copy of an ancient Japanese helmet. This new chapeau, which is as tight-fitting as the most modern hat, is decorated with wide, outspreading wings on either side, and is seen in fine felt and taupe with delightful results.

A Little Veil Which adds Charm and Softness. Large hats being as dead as the proverbial door nail (the reason for this in vinter is on account of the. big fur collars which our couterieres insist pon); small hats are, therefore, morel convenient, and Dame Fashion, who is more sensible than one would think, has

ocreed that they shall be the mode this easou. To make them even more atraetive, the modistes have added the little veil which falls just over the eyes, •ne of fashion's latest caprices this— nd a very charming one into the argain! It leaves the eyes in a pretty hadow, which adds softness to the face • f those who are young, and is doubly elcomed by those who wish to look young.

One of the new black Velt hats, whose only trimming is a magnificent jewel, with one of the new little veils, is as pretty a millinery-novelty as can be met with anywhere. Our Sketch. This putty-coloured dress, with an embroidered pattern in leaf-green, has a cross-over effect on the corsage, which has been achieved by means of bieses. The pointed, floating side draperies and inc scarf aro artiste accessories. i