FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 99, 28 April 1928, Page 15

FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON

(From "Tho Post's" Roprosontatlvo.l LONDON", nth March. These are indeed hectic, days fur Hid fashion expert, when all the exclusive dressmakers arc tumbling over each other in their eagerness to be the first il^ tho lield with their new collections. Kvery day this week 1 have attended dress parades, and next week it is even more intense, for they are two-deep each day, so that if my dress impressions are a. trifle chaotic you must put il. down to if surfeit of good things. Tho M.aison Arthur show, held in Iho Palm Court of tho Hotel Cecil, is usually the first of tho season. This has becomo such an important) social alTiiir and. attracts so many well-dressed people that interest is 'apt to lie divided between tho frocks of the guests 'and those worn by the lovely mannequins. The former Lady Clifford drew all eyes to her tall and willowy llgnro descending the illuminated steps info tho centre of tho tearoom. Sho was dressed

in 'oxquisito black, with idii^rnilicodt. silver fox "f urn and utiny black liml, with her famous diamond leal! brooch na itH Nnlo ornament. An thin- diamond brooch cost v thousand pounds, wo ull decided Unit miy further trimming would have seemed HliporAuOUH. . Miss Mabel Green, who whh'iim populur overseas >)s li'oro1 on Iho London stage, was another attractive personality Umt drow much, favourable eommont. Truly, hlio looked lovely, and younger tlum over, Her winored satin dross and tiny foR. lint Id match, worn with a magnificent saTilo coal, wiih Iho most graciously liocoining ensemble .1. Iravo seen for months. Incidentally, it sable coat in <»n<; ol' Iho iHOHt longed for garmeats ol' Ihn modern woman of fashion. If her poeItotfl will not allow sable mlio liiim to bo content with mini;, which, by Iho way, luih bocomo tromi'iuloiiHly costly and is now made into tho niosl unluiliovably Hiipplo coalN. If nlm can plun^o (in a kccoiul fur wrap blio cliod.ii'H an crniiiii! coat or cupu for ovoniiiKi 'or nt Uio niomciil it. nocium to l>o tlio hallmark, of opukwiuo to woar an (tniiitio cloak lo the rrnlnurant or tlipiilrc. This in a Nlyh^ lluit will nppunl to l.ho ntar« that l.wlnklo on I lie Hliif;o or llic.kor on Ihi! (lliiih, ami i[iiilo in l<i'i'|iin^ with Bonn! of tho I'anliiHtic. Niilnrii'M omi huars about. Ho '[ iinagiuii its oxuluhivt'iioart will bo llenliiij;. 1 was rolinvcd to find that most of the London shows have I'liininati'd Urn occontricitio.s which wcro Inuiir.lu'.d at sown oC tho t-rifty prcHontnlioiiH in Paris. Tho dayiirno skirts aro a. littlo longor, but Mint is all to tho good, but in vory fow iiiHtuneoH win tho ItidootiM hnlf-way longth tittomptod, and whon it wnf) it xvas pronoiinood dowdy and rllnmiflHod accordingly. Tailor-mades in tho form of coiil-h and skirts, two-pioco onaonibloa, and tho rovivod coat-frock and capo-frock aro somo of tho most interesting Henm shown in London this week. Tho coals and skiMs usually favour the sbrtrt coat, sonietimc\s close lltliiiK and buttoned, like a man's dinner coat with a link button. A/jain, some liaim sipiare ami loosely from the shoulders, wilh an upstanding collar, The chief interest in the two-piece eusemblo is that tho l\iaU>rinl ol! the dress is repeated in the lining of thocoat. Thin is vastly attractive when tho frock is of ouo of the many coloured patterned cropo do chines, and tho coat iniido of tho predominating colour. Coat-frocks show much less severity thaii wo have been accustomed 10, and tho iaeronsod fullness of tho skirl:!,

which is :i pronounced feature of fill tlio modes, in used with grout, effect, in l.heso vnry useful Kanuculs. Oho 1 particularly lilted wim in navy lilun crcpeJla. Tho bodice, which had i|iiilc, :i. snug-lilting effect, li.'iil :i. long narrow roll-over collar that emphasised lh(! cross-over lino find fastened nearly on Ilio lii]> wil.h » row ol' live large whil.o ]i(.'iirl litiMons starting :il'. tho waist niid continuing down Iho.skirl, m tho same cro.ss'ovor line. Tho skirl, mm quite plain at tho back, but hncl v very llnrcd i'roul, »nd l-lio sleeves woro modified bishop sleeves Hint had Uv9 pieces of white, cropo inserted in them (Hil.lined wil-h wiivy linos ol' dull silver embroidery. This ciubroidory was repealed on tlio long roll col-l.-ii1, n iid Iho "touch ol' while" was ulho used to linish Ilii! -neck in a. lilt lo vost of tucked while .eropo Hint luid Jin outstanding collar Unit opened in I ho I'roul, ami Cell in two stole ends wil.h dsirk blue monograms on each. As I mentioned in a previous lei lev, Mm-" touch of while" aI; the neck mid wrists is ono of thi; pronounced features ol! this season '» mode, and is being exploited by all Iho dressmakers. This is whert! Iho womnn , with Uni clever lingers scores. It is an extravagant; I'iisliion, needing constant renewing, for onco wliilo has lost its pristine freshness Ilio whole' charm is lost, ho thai, the clever ones can. make many litl.lo lingerie sels in orgnndi, (ji'iirgoflo, crnpe, or c.liepi; do rhino, and docorn Id them witli delicate embroidery or ..tiny lace, frills or insert ions, for ono can never have: 100 many ol! these dainty accessories. , 1 have enclosed, v sketch of an ullriismart laiior-mnilo which was carried out in navy and white, anil would look well in many colour enmbinnl.inns. The upstanding collar, is shown on 111'nuy of tho itoiv ihodols, both nil Mhort. ami long coals', »ttii'l give's n deiddedly mow ell'l'd. Tho little hat. 1 have, sketched.is one ol 'llio olils'llihilili^; successes, and wbhi. ■ with- Or Wlthoiil. nil (\Vo-voil. tn slllliy black hlkhv, used in revei'.so directioiiH lo create striped effect, cut up lo reveal ono eyebrow, nnd onuiniontod only with a hniidsoino diainoud ornament. — Ruth Hibley.