PARADES OF BEAUTY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 94, 22 April 1931, Page 13

PARADES OF BEAUTY

LONDON DRESS SHOWS

. The London dress show season is now in full swing, states the "Daily Mail.". Some of the parades are held in tho salons of the designers,,while many are staged in ballroo. is or private banqueting rooms of West End hotels. Orchestras play during tho parades, flowers fill tho stage, and often caviare and sandwiches are served to the women guests, who sit at tables dotted about thO room. One notable display took place recently in a- Bond street restaurant. Fashion experts and actresses were invited, and • thirty of Europe's .loveliest; mannequins wore 150 gowns. ■ ■■vi.he--pa?.ade opened .with-'the appear-, anep ofr.A'Bdrea Mijinsk.a, who. was one of Epstein's models. She.was draped ta rsugge'str.Miudity, and represented the perfectiifigure. Then fallowed, thirfcysis:.gQwftsj- each in one :6f ■ tlio season's fashionable materials aiid; i'syrhbolising a' traditional characteristic-- of women. .was represented by, a feathered gowii:;- ■ It was.merged with georgette and .tulle rand. had fringes of ostrich featheijin shades of opaline green and yellow1.; "Charm" was carried out in a lovely face gown; "Dignity" in brocade; "Bomance" was expressed in velvet and fur; satin typified "Beauty," and "Athletic Grace" was a sports suit in linen with a" Crocheted top, through which the throat and shoulders could tan'in tho sun. Tweed indicated "Commonsense." ■ " ■

Women's make-up was shown in gowns signifying rouge and various colours of powder. The lipstick was represented by a gold gown worn with a cap of flame sequins. The skirt of the gown was slashed to show petticoats of'flame net. One of the most striking gowns was a lovely white satin and vivid green embroidered with diamente. It looked like an Empire gown with a graceful shoulder wrap. The mannequin unbuttoned four buttons at the front and the wrap fell, to resume its place as four skirt panels, transforming the gown into a Josephine model.