CHAT FROM PARIS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 57, 4 September 1937, Page 19

CHAT FROM PARIS

(By Margret Manet.)

In.' Paris, as you.know, for the moment -everything is printed. Linens, crepes, silks, and chiffon—all must present a veritable storm of colour— a, deluge of detailed design. But though, as usual an imitative world snatches delightedly at the new fabrics, its imitativeness does not always ; carry it far enough to! be fair, that is," to do justice to the designers' and the manufacturers' gift.,

Prints that are used "the wrong way" ' are, depressing in the extreme. So, ' when you have finally made your choice of your .half-dozen (less will never : see you v ihrough!) slow down and give a little real thought as to what you mean to dp .with them. ' JAUNTY AND GAY. A suit you must have. Spring demands it. It is to be practical, jaunty and gay. Tailor it perfectly. It is most important that floral suits should be fitted with care—brisk, staccato, young; as the season. Mostly the skirts favour side seaming with splits to the knee for. fulness. One thing to remember is, always which detail of fashion to ignore^-and for the woman

of high or thigh breadth, this is one. An'pther, for her, is the really shbrt little jacket, though one is forced to admit it' is just that little bit more right, more chic. See that it is gripped, slightly high, with two little link buttons, that the revers spring out to broad peaks shoulderward, but finish yrith. a narrow neck collar.

PLAIT FAIR WITH YOUR PRINTS

Alternatively, for this, the jolly occasion, is the two-piece "print and plain" : I have sketched for you—and, by far, more slimming. - The frock, with tiny fitted sleeve, is navy banded at intervals with the coat print. The coat, which follows in its detail, the essentials of the season's suit cutting, flares discreetly for its only fulness.

A WOOLLEN "PRINT AND PLAIN."

For the easy, informal out-of-door moment, is another "print and plain"— this time of softest woollen and printed silk crepe de chine. One lovely one is in green, deep and rich for the coat, and many-toned for the paisleyprinted under-frock, which is sheer' and tied loosely at the heck. The coat, too, is as sheer "as may be, with all-fitted sleeves, dollarless, reverless, and falling "edge-to-edge" with a flat belt of itself as only fastening. ABBREVIATED HEIGHT. Then—so delightful are the changes —you may. abbreviate unusual height, and number among,the most charming of "those present," with a .plain flared-to-hem dress of . pamela crepe, with high yoke and sleeves of printed cloque. Cloque, too, is used for the coatee, shaped as to waist, puffed as to elbow-length sleeve, and "clipped" rather high. ' Broad, scooped- revers lift right to the shoulder top, while the back is collarless. The revers are cloque in reverse colourings—as', .dark ground with white patternings for jacket and frock yoke, white ground with black patterniiigs for', revers.. All jacket edgwc are accented with.an inch-wide biiMttng of the pamela cfep"e. FOR THE STAY-AT-HOME. ■When-it is a matter of simply "being at home," womanly yet charmingly youthful, is an all-over crinkled print bright with colour. A straight skirt cut with centre seaming and almost indiscernible flare has its hem ruched with tiny pleatings. The bodice, with front button fastening, has a high round neck finished with a little flat collar. Sleeves that are pleated in to the shoulder dwindle to the elbow and finish with niching upturned. Ruching, too, runs in parallel lines from the neck and sweeps round to just above the waist to terminate with the side seams—giving the effect of the. bolero. A belt of the material fastens simply with a button-matching buckle.