TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1933, Page 19

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Written for "The Post" by Germalne.

. PARIS, August IG. Every woman likes to spend as much money as she can on clothes, and it is very difficult not to be extravagant sometimes in dress expenditure. Most women who love to bo well dressed in a reasonable manner know how to steer clear of dress worries by not making extravagance a usual custom. And it is -not necessary to be extravagant to lie well dressed. There's a wide difference between tho. extravagantly well-dressed woman and the wisely well-dressed woman. The first has no idea of the value of money, while the second lays out her expenditure on clothes to the best advantage. She generally contrives to please the eye as much asj if-not.more, than the woman who spends lavishly on effect without •thought as to whether she is getting tho best value for her money. There is a. happy medium between the woman who dresses well and tho woman who drosses badly—tho ; dowdy type and the clothes slave. A woman with small iii-cans is often better dressed than her sister with heaps of money, who buys expensive clothes without bothering whether they are in good tastp or not. I think we mtfy say that wonicn arc obliged to dress well, or at least as well as their means permit. Most of the good things in life depend on making a good impression. That general successful appearance which opens so many doors is a combination of charm, personality, and the right clothes adorning tho right- woman. THE BRIDE OF THE SEASON. Unquestionably the loveliest wedding gowns are of lace . . . lyrically beautii'nl creations that arc-,divinely slim, young, mysterious, and enchanting. . . . Thesu lace wedding gowns that can be packed away iv lavender and rosebuds and kept for others. Nothing possibly can be more bridclike than these lace creations. And if one must bo practical what could be' better than a fragile lace gown that can bo used for countless dress parade occasions? A bridal gown which has just been made for a French girl is breath-taking. It is of white Alcncon laco fashioned most simply with long princess lines, a "V" neckline;, and long sleeves with cleverlyshnped cuffs just below the e^bow. A 3ong pointed train sweeps almost throe yards along the floor. - .Clouds and clouds 0/ tulle float from tho Russian headdress, also of lace, to match the gown. An almost endless wodding veil makes an unforgettable picture. Because the sleeves arc long, gloves are forgotten. The round hand Imuquet. of snowy-white gardenias will be carried on the famous occasion. Tfie bridesmaids for this wedding will lie dressed in fluttering frocks of pastel- ' tinted organza, each frock a different i colour. Pistaehc-grccn, peach, rose- 1 pink, blue, and orchid are the colours 1 chosen for these dresses, i MATCH YOUR DRESS WITH YOUR . ' MAKE-UP. j "Match your dress with your make- 8 up." This is the motto for the sum- 0 wer of 1933. And you. blend the col- ° ours of your ensembles with your cos- <1 metics. I have seen demonstrations of d thijs, .ami the effect is extraordinarily c good. With the right make-up you can 0 wear any shade you like, even that col- r our you have always secretly liked, but s which did not suit you. ' . v The only way to solve tlie problem, a of- course, is to take a thorough course v of lessons .in the art of portrait-painting t —for it, is nothing less, and you can t achieve a new chef d'oeuvre twice a d day. But to succeed in anything re- s quires patience, and if you give a half b an hour, no less, to your task of mak- n ing up, you will have taken an import- p ant step towards beauty, even though it a may be less, than skin-deep. v Life is really becoming so complicated. Not so long ago we all wore r the same shade of rouge, the same shade 11 of lipstick, and the' same shade of pow- - der for morning or evening, happy in c our blissful ignorance. Then the beauty f specialists in no uncertain words told 0 us just what our =daytimo make-up b

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looked liko in artificial light, and vice versa—and we shuddered and hurriedly bought the right ones. SUPERLATIVE ELEGANCE IN DANCE FABRICS. We 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 iv tan leaves, and small red flowers, scored

instant success. A white chiffon dress with largo flowers flounced from waist to; hemline had a fabric sash, an oldfashioned fichu, for finishing features.

The cotton dance was extremely pretty. ■ Everybody • was. dressed in frocks of red, blue, yellow, pink, green', and white ootton. Some had innumo'rable flounces, others had the fullness outlined by ribbons set in a scolloped design. A green muslin gown was wonderful. It was trimmed in flounces, each flounce edged in. green Valenciennes lace; it was girdled in green roses, with'green roses for shoulderstraps:': In the tulle: dance, there were wonderful dresses in every colour in and out of the rainbow. Some of the white tulle dresses were exquisite. One, trimmed in violets, was; extraordinarily beautiful. Then the "Mouslikasha" dance was quaint. In that material, soft and supple as silk, and entirely brocaded in silver or gold or c6*pper, many beautiful dresses were worn.- A pink dr6ss brocaded in gold and silver and a white "Mouslikasha" with a silver belt, were the most successful. The taffetas dance showed up the robe de style. The robe de style, with its wide skirt and long pointed corsage —with an eighteen-inch waist, ?f you can manage it —looks lovely in taffetas. And the taffetas seen on this occasion were all that taffetas should be.