Paris in the Mirror

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1933, Page 7

Paris in the Mirror

Written for "The Post": by Germain*.

PARIS, 23rd November. Autumn styles are making their bow in society. Some very new and lively] fashions are being rushed. .Ola, familiar modes that ivero "out" last season, are ' to be found in the best circles. They droop, wanly, ou tho fringes.. They are too insipid in colour, too picturesque in line. Too long. Too fussy. Even tho tailored suit has changed so that it is scarcely recognisable. A new kind of tailleur, having only the family characteristics, of jacket, blouse, and skirt, has been taken up by the Naute Mondo of Paris. . These suits are th'o most famous run-about fashions of the season. The beplumed, belted jacket of last season, lias been replaced by a jacket that is shorter and more tailored, andthat has discarded its belt. The blouse is not tucked in,' it remains in plain view, smartly over the top of the skirt. The. skirt is straight fn line, and any fullness is concealed. It is shorter. At the longest, the suit-skirt measures twelve inches from the floor.

PLAIDS ALL THE GO,

What will the Scotch, who come to Paris say, when they see little Paris midinettes, gaily sporting berets and scarves and jackets, made of the Stewart tartan and the Ogilvy tartan, and all the rest? For there is no denying it, tartans and plaids are very popular in Paris. The Parisienne has always nourished in- her bosom a secret weakness for them, and now she looks like being able to indulge it. They seem to bo spreading like wildfire all over the city, from the salons of .the big couturicres, to the big shops. Whether they will be so popular in England and Scotland is open to doubt, for it is a.curious but an ineontrovertable fact, that what looks smart 'in Paris often looks merely flambuoyaut across the Channel. A woman may wear a frock with great success in Paris, and in the same frock look a bit of a hussy in London. Sad, but true. It may, of course, have nothing to do withthe frock, but only with the point of view. I Certain it is that the Paris' design-1 ers use these plaids with the hands of I artists, and they have proved that a short plaid jacket on a plain frock, slightly trimmed with plaid, or viceversa, can look very well on the right type of woman.

COIFFURES FOR EVENING WEAR.

Women just now are showing quite an inexplicable anxiety to cut their hair short, considering at what pains thoy have been to grow it. As a matter of fact, the feeling against long hair, and the curls and rolls, which up to recently seemed to be the ideal of every Farisienne, is growing daily. No one is certain as to who started this "curls off" movement, but the milliners are delighted. This mode gave them an awful amount of trouble for They found it so difficult to make hats which went well with a curly head. A small neat head, with hair just long enough to twist into locks, is the idea in Paris just now of a perfect coiffure. Straight hair brushed across the head, or looking as though it were wound round, with here and there a round flat curl, lying flat against the head, or. two rows of small flat curls mounting across the back, is liked by many. The famous wind-swept coiffure is dead, and in its place is a new one, consisting of a lock or two brushed forward on the forehead, or the cheek. Some women are wearing their hair brushed severely across tlie forehead, with flat curls over the ears, the tips of which are just seen below a lock carefully and naturally waved. Flat curls, carefully disposed of, are evidently going to save the new short hair fashions from becoming monotonous, and they look as though they will be fairly easy to keep in order. |

MILLINERY TO SUIT THE NEW COIFFURES,

It is significant that with the return of short hair, turbans v have come back into favour again. The hew style of hair dressing-look 3 well with this style o: hat. They are appearing in all the newest fabrics, including velvet, felt and horse-hair. ' As for berets, these little caps have a way of looking most attractive on nearly every wearer, especially the white ones. You can, however, make yours distinctive and individual, by embroidering your monogram in black or your favourite shade, and fixing it at the side of the c'ap-rin place of the long popular clip. The initials can be first embroidered on a white silk or satin background. For this, only "a tiny portion of Material will be required, being cut in a diamond, pyal

or square, preferably .in a double piece, for | strength. The monogram should then;be outlinedin pencil, this in turn being stitched in ordinary cotton, and finally, a: silk twist employed in a horizontal over-sti,tch, using the cotton outline as a padding. Tho' monogram ,can also be worn in.the centre-front of the beret. By tho way, you can set it at just, the angle that is becoming to you, and perfectly straight .if you like. The new hats are not always set like a pancake on the.side of the head, although I think a pertain slant will continue.- Many modistes aro .planning, with their brini T hats, to turn up their backs, not in contempt, but" in amusement. It is then covered with a cachepoigiie ojf flowers.1: "V :■■ •.. ■ ,-. •.. ■,

;'rASHHON HINTS^

Eemember, that' real elegance need never explain, itsolf at a glanceV Neither should- it require any explanation, later. Although, no one will dispute the fact tl- at certain colours • are more becoming than'others, yet.it is possible to extend one's range tremendously by using the correct-make-up. It is, in fact, necessary to have more than one shade of rouge, lip-atick, and' powder, so that they may be blended together to get a more perfect effects , ■■ When the colour is added to the cheeks^ and ■ lips after' dressing, it! will be; impossible, to. go wrong in one's choice, as it will "then be easy to see exactly which, shade ' of make-up is j most: attractive with ■ the particular clothes' you are wearing. . Sports influence in sports clothes is I a .thing of the past. It is no longer tolerated by smart woriien. " Noticeable indeed is ■ this season's

tendency to consider the back view of cloth.es more than the front. , Necklaces of flat roses in mother-o'-pearl and silver centres are the latest oxamples of tho vogue for floral jewellery.' . ' . Comfort and beauty are more .than ever apparent. Gono are the days when it was "not done" to wear a sandal shoe. Now tho sandal holds sway. High-heeled evening sandals are made of gold or silver thongs across the top of the foot, and two narrow thongs to hold the sandal in place. The latest gaily striped scarves are pleated'finely all over, so that the stripes make cunning geometrical designs.1