PARIS IN THE MIRROR

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 14

PARIS IN THE MIRROR

(Specially -written for "Tho Post" ','■ '•"' by "rGermaine.") PARIS, 18th July. _ Wo have had. many fabric dances this season, and' they have, all been interesting. The printed chiffon dance, was marvellous. " There were dresses in white, printed; in large flowers, and a dress of pink chiffon,, printed in tan leaves, and small red- flowers scored instant success. A white chiffon dross with large flowers, slightly draped at the waistline, had a few godets to give the skirt fullness.' The'tulle dance was extremely pretty. Every woman was dressed in filmy.''frocks of red, blue, yellow, purple, green, .and Opera-blue tulle. Some had innumerable flounces, others, had the fullness outlined by a

metal ribbon set in a scalloped design. A.i gold tulle .gown was. wonderful. It was girdled in green. r.osesy-with green roses for shoulder straps. In the velvet dance, there were velvet- dresses of every colour iri and out of the rainbow. Some of the white velvet dresses were exquisite. One, entirely embroidered in diamonds, was extraordinarily beautiful. Then, the Mouslikasha dance was quaint. In that beautiful Rodier material, soft and supple as silk, and entirely brocaded in silver and gold,. many beautiful dresses wore worn. A pink dress brocaded in gold and silver, and a White Mouslikasha gown with a silver beitj were the; most successful. The taffetas dance showed ; up the robe-de-style; therobe-de-stylo with its wide skirt, transparent hem, and long pointed corsage looks lovely in taffetas. And the taffetas seen on this occasion, ■were in delicate pastel tints and in shot Hkfifetas. MILLINERY. We have decided to lift the brims of our; hair-destroying .little hii.ts and to lift an eye at the world. Wo tilt them, over so little to the back, and just a thoiight sideways. The halo shape, you ■vfitl admit, needs wearing: a close-fitting little crown, and a brim standing out all round it. Put it in any'material you like, —it is hard. .Spear it with diamond pins of the richest,' it is-never becoming. Trim it with flowers in stiff little bouquets or pin a flimsy veil to cover tho eyes,', this helps a little bit, '.perhap.s Far 'easier, though, arc the .draped hats .with curling, dripping brims '7-rund always'to match the dress. IN PARIS WE WEAR BLACK. In Paris, we are wearing black hats and frocks. -'Wo tell everybody if is

because wo are poor, and black is economical. Nobody believes us, and wo know they don't. We are wearing black, because it looks, or we make it look, so much more luxurious than anything else. Black crepe, black satin, ..black taffetas, black georgette. You canrtrim a black frock with a brilliant tlo#er. You can hang it with jewels in masses. ..You can have an imperceptible decollctage, or a wide one. You can look as. rosy, or as pale as you will. It will make youth look younger, and strips age of. superfluous years. But it has to be "worn" properly. If black is not quite right, it is devastatingly wrong. ". '■ . THEN THERE IS WHITE. There' is also white to be considered. You can do; tho same thing with white, as you can with black. Both can dene the proprietors in the right way, and agree ; with. them in the wrong. Can you think of spotted net, and your-self-in sympathy? You will, if you try. And that is'where we are so popular, or our .dressmakers teach us to bo. We can take all the stiffness out of taffetas, and make it crisp. We-can make satin, ■limp, and soft, we can rob muslin of its starch-, wool.of its.bulk, and to everything we wear,.we add our frank determination to get the best out of life,in our own way. FABRIC FLOWERS. Almost every woman still wears fabTic ilowers of chiffon or taffatas. First, you remember we wOre artificial ones that imitated the real as closely as possible. Then, wo changed to natural flowers, and now, wo have chosen preposterous stuff blossoms. That is the sort of infinitesimal detail that is allimportant nowadays. Tho great thing is to know just the right moment to do it-not to be caught with real ilowors, when everyone who "matters," lias chiffon ones. In tho evening, I also see. these flowers, but perhaps not so often as in the daytime. THE "DEAUVILIiE" HANDKERCHIEF. : And the "Deauville" handkerchief is back once more. We thought wo had seen the last of it in September. And the makers and. arbiters did not expec.t it so'soon, but this is another example of irresistible influence of tho smart woman, who will, wear, what seems to her good, in spite of Dame Fashion. When sho plays golf or motors, she finds that she wants something to tie round herneck, to protect the triangle in front,, so she has .revived the handkerchief of silk, plain, printed, plaided, checked or striped. Usually, of crepe, sometimes, of chiffon, sometimes, it is still the winter one of heavy cravatte silk or ntrah. It is anything you like, except flowero.d—out upon the pretty prettincss of .that. NOTHING NEW IN BATHING SUITS. Nothing new in bathing suits. Tho bathing suit in many coloured "aqmaia", the new pretty Bodior material, are sometimes sleeveless, always bright and attractive. Tho new rubber capes1 are worked in tucks, or seem to be,and there is a bathing jewel. Isn't that i the limit? Yes, indeed. Some protty: baigneuses have necklaces in rubber beads, beige, red, yellow, as well as the bracelet to match. Quest cc quo vous voulez do plus.