NEW LONDON STYLES

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31781, 11 September 1968, Page 3

NEW LONDON STYLES

(By

DELLA DENMAN, N.Z.P.A.

correspondent) LONDON, Sept. 10. A cavalcade of fashion pranced and danced round the Piccadilly night club, the Carousel, today as the London Associated Fashion Designers held their 1968 autumn show. The first six models swept on to the stage in almost identical cat-suits in the new season’s colour—Burgundy.

This colour, it has been predicted, will be worn throughout the winter. Apart from the reds, Wallis Stores showed a set of black and white garments, a black, crushed-velvet pants-suit with low v-neck and wide trousers, a high-necked black tunic-suit with big patch pockets and gilt buttons, and a remarkable see-through chiffon dress with huge flowing sleeves and a midriff of fur.

Ricci Reed produced a series of “ton-up” suits—snappy black and white striped tops with black trousers, slick leather tunics with chain belts, and the miniest black leather mini-skirts with matching bibs. In the coat line. Mono showed a set of very wearable dual-coloured ensembles—a Burgundy coat with pink helmet and pink knee-length socks, a navy coat with yellow stripes and buttons and navy

and yellow socks, and a scarlet coat with red and black striped socks and a red beret. Simon Massey produced a set of garments straight from the Kings Road—a white satin shift with long sleeves and plunging neck-line, a searing red chiffon dress with wide, balloon sleeves and a gathered skirt, and a full-length velvet skirt and matching waistcoat with white frilly blouse.

The most dramatic group, with an eastern accent, came from Hilderbrand—a white silk pyjama suit, a jade-green wrap-over dress, and a slinky black temple dress. The finale was arranged by the International Wool Secretariat Each of the London designers contributed one black-and-white number and the models swept out in a flurry of pure new wool.