FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

DEAUVILLE'S FREAK MODES

PEARLS GO BACK TO THE SEA. (By A PARIS EXPERT.) It is rare for pearls to return to the sea. Deauville, however, has provided another interesting example of unusual happenings, for it is there that some enterprising woman-bather insists on wearing her pearls during a dip, since she declares that they add beauty to her bathe.

"After all," she said, "the sea does not affect pearls. They are born there, and it makes them even more brilliant."

And therefore she bathes in her pearls. The arm of another woman bather was covered with diamond bracelets up to the elbow. Deauville has also seen the reintroduction of another fashion in hair treatment. I mean hair dyed in different colours, sapphire blue, rose pink, pale green, canary yellow, etc.

An elderly woman was noticed at the casino recently with her hair—normally white—dyed a light sapphire blue. It left the ears partly uncovered, was short and softly waved at the back. Lapislazuli stones as ear-rings and the short coat of dark sapphire blue velvet, worn over a gown of black lace, completed the happy effect. bracelets hang from the wrists of many of the women seen round and about the casino at Deauville, and pearls are worn by the yard, and in the ears, "solitaire" pearls. Diamonds gleam on the lingers and as pins on the dress or on the hat.

Back in a Place of Honour.

Handkerchief linen, a joy because of its crisp freshness, is back in a place of honour in some charming new blouses. Mostly these are sleeveless, or have short sleeves, even in the models which feature high neck lines or Eton collars. One of these is a softened version of the tailored blouse, with inch-wide hem-

stitched pleats extending from top to bottom, and a hem-etitched jabot attached at one side of the front. Another popular model much in vogue has a high collar buttoned close round the throat, and a slanting row of little mother-'o-pearl buttons. Sometimes these buttons are in white mother-o'-pearl, sometimes in red, blue, or any other colour that fancy dictates.

Tucked net is a material appearing in summer blouses, while taffetas is a promising new material. It is shown in white, and is also dyed in jewelledtones to match accessories. Taffeta scarves, by the way, strike a new note. You can tie them in big bows, and they look awfully smart. Fine needle work, tucks, and fagoting are favoured ways of elaborating the lingerie blouse. Shaded Frocks for Evening Wear., Paris favours shading in chiffon evening gowns, lighter towards the feet. An all-over beaded frock seen is worked from the top to the hip-line, in microscopic dull beads shading from dark, to lighter towards the hem. Then the new shaded slips, to be worn under tulle frocks for evening wear are interesting. These are dark at the top and fade into the colour of the stockings, towards the hem. Under dark transparent frocks this is interesting treatment of the new trend.

The line for evening this season is one which is closely moulded over the hips, while the * skirt, usually cut en forme, starts to spread out just below, although occasionally the movement starts nearer the knees. The bodices are draped, or have a hood, both back and front, and the effect of the whole is unusually gracious and flowing. A number of evening gowns have divided skirts. As a matter of fact the two most striking innovations in Paris this season are the divided skirts and the transparent hems. Divided skirts and transparent hems and gowns are being seen in such impressive numbers that it looks as though they would soon be as firmly established in the mode as beach pyjamas.