London Fashion Notes

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1931, Page 15

London Fashion Notes

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into sluggish middle ago, and no one admits such a thing these days! Then, to wear the Empire dresses — which have already reached the ballrooms, you need a. definite, bust, and graceful, long hips, so tho boyish figure women, have striven so hard to achieve will not do at all in fashion's newscheme of. dress. A gay little, friend who is recuperating at Monte Carlo sends me news of a fashion parade by one of tho big Parisian designers,. She says that-tin dressmakers are going to' have- it- all their, own way this season^ for everything seems so intricate and trimmed. Braiding is the newest effect on both coats.and dresses, and a mass of embroidery, either in wool, silk, or beads, is used to decorate. frocks for all hours of the day. Pine tucking is even more insistent than ever, one. lovely'little evening frock being tucked both on the bodice and round the hips in such a manner that at tho distanco it had a brocaded effe-ct. ■ •■'•..- Whole blouses of brodbrio Auglaise are shown with some of the smarter suits, and 'the scolloped and pen-wiper edge still decorate short coats and the hems of skirts. ' The jacket dress will increase its popular appeal, and Normnn Hartncll is taking many models of this type ■over to Paris with his collection" for the " Early , Showings." This consists of a one-piece dress and a tiny "monkey" jacket that stops at the waist or even just above* ;. - : It may be in tweed, crepe, velvet, or satin, according to thehour of the day for which you need it, and the jacket may be part of-the ensemble; or supply a bizarre note of colour contrast... I saw a handsome . young actress dining last week in .'one., of these frocks. The ankle-length, skirt was black vclvet> slightly -flared and fit-! ting closely over the hips.. This was'1 worn with a short black velvet coat jusfc reaching to the waist, and made with long tight: sleeves and a'white

georgette tuck-in blouse, cut low and rounded in front. ' Another black aiid white toilette seen j the same evening was worn by an'older, woman, but just as smart. This consisted of a white satin jumper, hip length and sleeveless, with a V-neck decolletagc and a'very narrow black satin belt, won! over. a black satin skirt reaching to about three inches abdve her' ankles. ■ '■■ . " Some .of the new Russian models have such- a pre-war look about them (hat ono wonders it" they can possibly become popular'; high' ■buttoned nocks and pu)lo<l-iii waisl.s showing fullness above and 'below, and flaring out nrounj] liic knees,- and below a -pleated skirt reaching halfway down the calf. Shall we like flieni? —I wonder! - It is useless' to say emancipated women will wear, what they ..like, they ilo net—they still follow fashion. Cut I Ik; imxleru designers ■ a to so clever, gradually ■insinuating a now m-odo until it is adopted -almost- before women. liavo realised how drastically fashions are, changing. The, game- of dressing well really is ' important, and, "although a woman may he born with good taste sho must still keep in constant touch willi new fashions. . ■ ■ , ,• ■' :| It is not necessarily a question of money—for who has not seen the cxpensivoly over-dressed woman . who looks a fright—'-but that "infinite capacity' for taking . pains" called genius, is invaluable, for,"it 'is details..' that counti ' ~. ,'• ' ", . \ Exquisitely' dressed hair, 'faultless shoes, 'stockings, and gloves, the right angle of the hat, the coat carried in tho latest fashion, and, of course, the right long.th-skirt—none of these things need.be a, question of money, but it is the care-, taken over them, .which .is ,of the greatest importance in "tho' scheme of dress. :Tako care of your han'ds^k'oep your complexion clear (drinking lots of water will help more than creami),!and make1 up with discretion, are three golden rules of beauty. If'you can havo all your beauty preparations of the same perfume, so much the better. Do, please, resist tho temptation to make up' in public. Men hate | it and really resent having their illusion^. ;,spoiled. Thoy love ;to: see peach bloom complexions, but they, do not love to see them J>ufc onl BOTH BIBLEY,