MODES OF THE MOMENT IN PARIS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 9

MODES OF THE MOMENT IN PARIS.

Trains are. the craze of the moment.4n, tho "City of Incomparable Dress," as a famous visitor from your country has gallantly—and truly—christened Paris recently (writes the." "Weeklyy'Sc6temaiS').,;'Traifis;of !: .lace, .'of brocade,'.of silk satin, and of any and every material which can • add to the .grace and glories"of gowns which are already the acme of perfection and radiance in things sartorial. For surely never ; .have, our; frocks been so. gorgeous and so '/wonderfully, beautiful withal, and tho woman who cannot look charming in the apparel: which Dame Modo decrees, just ' now, deserves to be—well, deserves to be a mail! Blit to-return to qui' trains.- The ~ Tcally, chic notion is "for- the - ' flowing t length which sweeps from, the, §houlder to the ground, to be fashioned; of -some delicate'and transparent material which i will give the.effect of a veiling, and.yet. .will bo sufficiently heavy not to blow all aroimd our feet. This happy , medium is , 'fouiid by -our clever coutouriers in silk, -muslin, and bead-bespangled net (we 6till dDto on beads), which, is weighted at. edges.and sides by -bullion./embroider-; ies and metal fringes, Or even with weights , concealed in the narrow hems of the -train, itself., . Another, point, for .the smart.. lonian to note specially is. that the n.ew- ( est .train must be a thing apart from tho frock itself; that is to say, it must be attached by-clasps or motifs to the shiulder,. 1 Whence tailing in independent 'folds" ofjgraco to a yard or yards behind the feet. i Shaped, too, these trains .must be in somo , original form, points, escallops or squared double ends. lii the. craze to . differentiI ate'from tho trains, of the past'the new ' idea allows of quite a different material .to-tho frock being used.' Thus a charming creation I saw tho othev day was {built of "fluide" green charmeuse, tho (train being made of a rich purple-blue jmousselline de soie, with tasse'lled fringo lof silver cord. Another model showed a itrain' of heavy brocado on a gossamer ifrqck of . chiffon and lace, sncli as this 'being the incongruities which aro yet the . l>eloyed of our, smart , mondaines, The great "swirl" coats which are such a.viiluable feature of .fashion wheri' wo are , shivering like tropic- birds in tho cold . wind, are almost all-. distinguished by . Tori' wide collars -and .lingo tiirncd-back cuffs. This applies to. every form of. big - coat—fur, cloth, or velvet'. There seems 'to be a desire for simplicity in their appearance otherwise, r.r.d beyond a little -braiding, bauds ;of^-different",material, or ■ perhaps an edging of ihe softer'fur, they are left almost severely,untrimmed.. The , plain hat v.-it'lf its o.no-fiingle "plume, or its peat'bow,.-.of ribbon; is-a fitiadditioiito the wear of these practical coats, which, I -.may add ■"'may ■ yet,- notwithstanding their soverityV.lje 100k,,>