ENGLISH FASHIONS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 27 January 1923, Page 16

ENGLISH FASHIONS

STAGELAND AND BRIDESMAIDS,

Some specially-beautiful frock 3 are mentioned by " The Tattler "• aa baying attracted attention at one-of Che theatres in London. The writer says: " Notable exceptions to the general rule are the three frocks wosn by Miss Jose CoUina, which represent the last words in the story, of fashion. Throughout the play she assumes lovely Cleopatra headdresses of diamonds and pearls. In the first act she is seen in, a pale coral-pink charmeuse dress, which is embroidered with server and crystals) in which all the colours of the rainbow shine; it is cat quite straight, and supplemented with' a cleverly introduced ■'• U ' shaped silvertissue vest, on which alights a superb diamond brooch. TUEQUOISE BEUE !AM> SILVER. " No more lovely colour scheme could have been created than the turquoise blue and silver of this clever actress's dress in the second act. The upper portion consists of a coat-of-mail corselet expressed in opalescent sequins, crystals, and silver beads, accompanied by . a j plaque girdle of tusquoise. In the last [ scene she wears a still more radiant dress. It is of silver tissue vofled with I net- embroidered with silver, and crystal I beads, hemmed with ermine tails; the train, which springs from the sbouldeia,. k of silver zenana outlined with ermine. White silk bell-rope cords and tassele fall from the right shoulder. Her evening cloak is of bright emerald-green chiffon velvet, collared with, black fpx, and embroidered with gold; it is lined with gold tissue. It i» attached to thff arms by silken coeds, so that it neverimpedes Bie weaver's movements. ; BiapESttAlDS' DRESSES, ** The three elder daughters of &*■ Countess of Alexandrowna (Miss Violet. Marley, Miss Cecil© Bishop, and Miss Holly Harben) all weaa« the same froak» which are very suitable for bridesmaids; the colour, scheme is cleep cafe-aurlait. The skirts are of silver lace misted with cafe-ao-lait chiffon, supplemented with velvet tunics of the same shade hemmed with swansdown, the magyar bodices being of chiffon trimmed wife swansdown in like manner. Miss Amy Augarde, as Countess Alexandrowna, is seen in a wonderful dress of the crinoline persuasion. It is of silk of a peculiar olive-green nuance, the full skirt being relieved with large blue and silver motifs, a stomacher of silver lace being an important feature of the corsage. NEW. TAILOR-MADES. ■" The tailor-mades were of absorbing 1 interest, especially one that was expressed in a new fabric known by the name of crocodile duvetyn; it is really duvetyh stamped to suggest the skin of a crocodile. The skirt was straight and narrow, while the coat was arranged to reveal a waistcoat of embroidered lac-quer-coloured sued*. The blue gabaiI dine suits were generously trimmed with | braid, and so were the coat frocks of | this material. There were several instances of the ' detached ' collar«-i.e., a dog collar of the same material as the dress; the decolletages seea in alliance with the same were generally boatnshape, and there was no attempt to cover up the neck. Quite long trains were features of. many of the evening dresses; they were provided with ribbon bracelets I so that they could be easily held up."