THE YOUNG MATRON

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 19

THE YOUNG MATRON

Good taste.for the young married woman is essential, and this season displays gowns that have just that degree of sophistication that is expected of her and yet retains a charming and youthrul sim/.hcity.

A material happily cnosen Js the lightly-embossed or the one on which a simple design or a sparse patterning shows, woven dull surface against less dull. The downright "shine" for surfaces is entirely gone from us. It was never, I think, becoming, and woman's taste in textures has come to insist on subtlety. t ■ The dull surface spot, preferably many-sized together, ranging from florin to farthing, has proved a great success But the tendency for the autumn is undoubtedly towards more sparsely-placed design. large floral groupings which occur- perhaps five times only on the gown with tracts of plain between. This, of course, demands careful working out, and in these models it is obviously the touch of the artist that is responsible for the perfect arrangement, accent, and balance. It is important that your saleswomen should be able to advise you in the purchase of such a gown since the variation in feminine proportions, even when they appear most usual, is always surprising and could make the most desirable' gown wholly unsuitable. ■ . '■'. ■'

A recent showing of formal dinner wear displayed a'slender sheath of a thing in off-white, dull patterned in the many-sized spots.1 The bodice, hips, "and thighswere fitted close with clever

was just broad enough to allow it to form the shoulder strap, both of which were fairly wide. The frock was sleeveless, the armholes'cut low to a V. This seam ran to the foot, the left panel continuing to a pointed "side" train. The lovely sheenless satin was used for its own decoration, two large stiffened loops emerging from a whorl of jade feather and placed low to the front of the left hip. . '

The mannequin ior this model was a tall Teutonic blonde. Her hair was sleek, side-parted, and drawn across with a line of soft curls on the crown of the head. She carried a single massive jade wristlet, and her sandals were silver. ' ', . '