THE DIRECTOIRE DYING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 473, 3 April 1909, Page 10

THE DIRECTOIRE DYING.

Has the dirge of the ultra-Directoiro gown been, sung at last?, aska the London correspondent of an Australian paper. The ■cry "this is really too much," "this is going too far," has been .raised so often that I should hesitate to endorse a prophecy on that ground. But another consideration is- said to have driven the halfdozen or so Parisian creators who decide these questions to admit that a now style > is now essential.. At last they have re-' iuctantly come to. tho conclusion that the perfection of figure which is so essential to the proper wearing of the Directoiro stvle, is the enddwment of tho few rather than the many. So far, long crepe de chino scarves and gauzo draperies have been used to conceal the worst' points of the figure. Before nest autumn more drastic methods will bo possible. During the summer months, by slow and subtle degrees, tho skirt is to . grow larger until the "basket" gown Louis Quinzo age is reached.. Before next Christmas, long waists and heavily flounced hips are to be as common as their opposites aro ,to-day. The change cannot be a sudden one, for the "stuffs" for spring and summer wear havo long been decided upon, and they aro all of the most filmy character. But after-tho Fates have Spoken.