PARIS IN THE MIRROR

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 92, 15 October 1927, Page 15

PARIS IN THE MIRROR

I (Written for "The Post" by. "Germaine.") PAEIS, 17th August. How many women realise that the week which is just passing lias heralded one of the most important events in the. world of fashion? For it was the "opening" of the collections for autumn and winter models of the great Paris houses, which will continue for the next two or three weeks. Here at last are the visions, materialised in silks, satins, muslins, kashas, of the fashion artists who, behind jealously ; guarded doors, have for months past, been creating, with quick, deft _ fingers and unerring touch, the exquisite models which are now being shown to the privileged few. These decide for the feminine world that important question, "What shall we wear this season?" Whether the "straight" line shall remain, whether we shall wear our waists in the region*, of our knees, or in the normal position, or betwixt aha between, or whether our sleeves shall reach to our wrists during the day or be conspicuous by their absence. Their decisions will be received with relief. One thing is'certain* and that

.is that the short skirt is to stay with us. The silhouette—a most important matter—remains slender, and no heavymaterials are, apparently, to be tolerated. The fashion indeed has changed more in the direction of the material than anywhere else, id materials are to be light, dainty, and colourful,. r ALL A-FLUTTER. There is a new gauze attracting notice in Paris just now. " In a wellknown atelier of the rue de la Paix the couturier showed me a dress of it. This gauze is made and woven of pineapple fibre,, spun in the good old way upon native wheels, and dyed in those tender shades for evening dresses which will make a ballroom a memorable sight. T^e; women wearing them will resemble multicoloured elegant . butterflies. all arflutter. ' With these new gauze dresses, large, lace and painted, fans, with' sticks, of ivory - or tortoiseshell, will.be carried. Pearls are' destined to decorate thebe frocks, and now that Japanese.fishermen have'found a way of making real pearls, the price of which many of us.can rise to, ropes and ropes of these pearly bijoux go to' decorate the front of a corsage, with earrings and head-dress to match. ' THE NEW CLOTHES LOOK VERY WELL. , The dressmakers continued to "star" the scarf, and, the majority of them have made it their strongest feature in; the demi-season modes which are the forerunners 'of the autumn styles. They either incorporate it in the dress or. show it as a,separate garment and a "necessary adjunct. -■ This is especially true with- black ■frocks. ■ There ia nothing prettier, than these scarves'to brighten up a" black dress, with some striking colour about the neck. One of the smartest of these scarves is a Chinese lacquer red Mad-junga-crepe, long enough to wrap around the neck twice, and still have the ends reach below the. waistline. The expanse of red is broken by two or three rows of blue Chinese flowers across the ends. This scarf was seen at the Deauville Casino worn with a black coat, and thrown carelessly over one shoulder, with the ends hanging long at the back." Another new scarf whi^h is causing heads to turn is the "Coromandal" design on Tchin-Tchin crepe. The name alone explains the Chinese effect. All. tho dressmakers have apparently taken a fancy to this <(CoromandalV scarf, for there is scarcely an establishment in Paris which is not featuring it. Scarves of this type are particularly attractive for sports costumes, and will be strong for the coming autumn season. THE WAISTLINE. The waistline in the spring openings was a much disputed point, and threequarters of the dresses seen were belfc■leas.., Now, though, it is moving so