FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 272, 16 November 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

Our Sketch, \

SKIRTS CHANGING,

THE LATEST FADS.

{By A PARISIAN EXPERT.)

Do you know there are what I call the "calm" clothes? (write our Paris correspondent). There are many of this kind to be seen. You know what I mean! Slim lines, falling soft and straight from shoulder to hem, with insets and tucks and gathers—nothing to ruffle the eyes, or make you wonder very much about anything. Soothing clothes, and very often misleading about the character of the women who wear them. You want them in the wardrobe, of course, but it is a mental laziness to wear no other kind. Pale colours in georgette, give the effect of calm, and tucks, insertions and pleats, enhance the delicate mood of them.. If you choose a simple frock in absinthe coloured chiffon, you might drug self and others into a comfortable snory slepp. I wonder if one really could affect the minds of one's friends with the colours of . one's frocks? Important Points in the Modes. As for the important points in the modes themselves, the word has already been flung to the four winds, that skirts are a little fuller, and, for formal wear, a little longer. And the waistline--another very important question! This is, as it has been for the past few seasons, a moveable feast. Many dresses show the normal waistline, in others, the waistline is creeping up towards tlie "directoire" giving a different proportion to the silhouette. The silhouette is gradually changing, so that the skirt "has greater importance than the bodice. These changes will have little effect on spoils wear, for we have reached such a satisfactory type in the pull-over, with pleated skirt, and cardigan, or short jacket, that it becomes as standardised as men's clothes, and must' vary chiefly in colours, and fabrics, which I think, will tend to follow masculins modes. As long as it remains fashionable to be sunburned, sleeveless jumpers will be used for sports, but for motoring, sleeves will be long. Sports costumes make a great feature of fabrics —patterned jersey, gold striped jersey, "rayon." and wool-tricot, the. asperic crepe, with its shimmery under-thread, and a plaid printed leather, which is used for coats. An original, type of sports jewellery, made of woven strands of coral-coloured or turquoise-coloured beads, swinging an irregular pendant, is being shown. One of Fashion's Latest Fads. Some time ago, women were wearing copies of "Early Victorian" bracelets. Now they have jumped back over the centuries and~are adorning their wrists with remarkably good copies of the ornaments worn by the women of Early Britain and Gaul, except that the roughly made gold bracelets of that period set with uncut stones have given place to beautifully finished articles in gold and silver and imitation gems. The fad, however, of a broad bracelet of polished wood or leather set in one of the precious metals is one which takes with the Parisienne. So far, the heavy necklet which our ancestresses wore has not become popular, rather, is it the necklace of closely woven gold wire which ' has taken modern fancy. This is a very sitailar ornament to that worn by one of the most beautiful -women in Italian history, the lovely Simonetta, when her likeness was immortalised in the picture now in the Chateau of Chantilly, and which is usually ascribed to Boticelli, Bare Forehead Much Liked by Parisiennes, There is an increasing tendency towards coiffures which leave the forehead bare. So popular is this vogue that one questions whether' it has not been carried out a little too far. It is a difficult coiffure to wear, and there are many women who are not the type to attempt it. With certain faces, it is ideal. Some "girts—the blondes of the Tomantic type—look remarkably well with their hair drawn severely away from their foreheads. One, seen lately, had arranged her hair after the manner of the heroines of Balzac, with a little "heart-breaker" curl drawn forward to the middle of the cheek, vastly becoming to her type of beauty. She carried out the "Balzac" idea, farther, and wore a girlish frock of white mousseline with the traditional blue silk sash, a filmy fichu, and little sleeves of the Early Victorian type.

The illustration shows a printed inousseline frock in a grey-green colouring, patterned in flowers. Two

side flips, a natural -waistline and sidepointed decolletage make this frock' the acme of fashion.

Before placing, a sponge cake in the oven, sprinkle a little fin© white sugar over the top. This forms a rich, brownlooking crust.