FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 213, 8 September 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

| CARE OF CLOTHES. THE "POLISH" OF THE PARISIENNE 4 (By A PARISIAN EXPERT.) What strikes one very forcibly about the Parisiennes is their polish. They are all so trim and neat, so well finished off. Their hair is glossy, and, by-the-way. how extraordinarily well the hair is cut and waved, and arranged on Frenchwomen's heads! Not a hair out of place, and such nice lines in the waves. Complexions are very much made up. but the make-up is of the best. Hands are exquisitely manicured, and feet perfectly shod. Pearls are the favourite jewels. Strings, ropes of them >iro worn. Some are real, some are not, but only those who wear them could teii, I imagine. The Parisiienne is frankly material, in a highly civilised way, and can meet men on their own ground there. But she wraps all her feelings and tastes in flowers, as it were, not the flowers of the field, but hot-house flowers. She likes luxury, and knows how to use it. She keeps her head, in spite of it, as a rule, and is its mistress, not its slave. She has acquired a "boudoir" mind, but at the back of it, lies a fund of sound common sense. You can feel it

when she talks to you, and you quickly realise it when you have any business dealings with her. Not all the perfumes, gold tissues, and pearls in the world will suffice to hide that. Another Point About Her. There's another point about the Parisienne. She knows how to look after ber clothes. Clothes like that. They appreciate being brushed and mended, and neatly folded away to refit when not in use. Dresses like to feel that they will not be asked to sit down on dusty seats, and fur coats ar© grateful when they are turned up from a railway seat, knowing that they will not have their lovely surface worn away by rubbing against something rougher than themselves. It is in little attentions such as these that the Parisienne shows her liking for her clothes. She also loves jewellery. She. seems j to have lost some of the old tradition! that too many jewels worn at the same' time are bad taste. She still wears one! ring in preference to more, but she loads! her arms with bracelets and her neck and shoulders with ropes of pearls. She girdles her waist with precious stones, and clasps her draperies with buckles. She pins her plain felt hat with clusters of diamonds and pearls, and decorates her handbag with a jewelled monogram. She 13 always seeking some new way of wearing beautiful gems. You Can't Get Away from Lame. You can't get away from lame. It's not so popular as it was, but it is here. Gold or silver, shot or plain, it lines things, makes up into skirts and jumpers. Gold and silver lace, too, are much used, and many of the lame things are sewn with jewels or sequins. Untrimmed satin shoes are worn both f<— day time and in the evening. Beige, black and grey, are usual. They arej rnrv comfortable-, and reallv wear ns

I well as thin kid. The question of stockings lie* imsettled. You see fantastic silk things, shaded about the calves, and you see lace-trimmed and embroidered things, but the beige and fleah-coloured stockings are the kinds that are most seen, with her® and there a dark taupe colour. Hints. Evening dresses have floating chiffon wings on both shoulders or on one only. There are little white kid coats to wear over whatever sort of dress you Like. There are tussore coats shaped a little to the waist, with some flaro at the sides. There is a new little waistbelt, just a ribbon, about two inches wide, carried round the hips, and made into a bowthat is held by a buckle. On a black and white dress, there if a black silk belt. On a blue and whiU dress a blue silk belt. These little nothings give to a woman's dress that touch of exclu>;iveneas which bespeaks refinement. Fitted hips are part of the new modes, and they prove to be a detail that reiterates slimness, the while leaving the figure below, full, by means of devious routes, whether tiers, pleats, gathers, side flares, or whatever device you may prefer. Ribbons—those versatile silken weavings, with their thousand and one pur poses to serve! They come rustling, fluttering, in gay floating banner-like bans of colour, thin, delicate stripsmere threads of blue or lavender, and, what are they but ribbon?

Our Sketch. In powder - blue crepe - georgette, trimmed in little plissees, with a blue waxed ribbon ceinture, new sleeves, and a two-tier skirt, this dress is original in many unexpected ways.