MID-SEASON SHOWS

Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 11

MID-SEASON SHOWS

[By Meeanie.]

PARIS, November 6. I have spent a few hectic days attending the mid-season shows at Worth’s, Lucile’s, and other big houses. You will be glad to hear that nothing startling will make our present wardrobe look a back number. Skirts for tailored suits and house dresses are perhaps a little shorter, being well Imlow the knee, but nothing like ankle-length. That is reserved for evening gowns. Coats come a little below the dress, which they should match, and have largo fur—fox, if possible—collars. The finishing touch comes in the muff, practical inasmuch as it opens to replace the vanity bag. The real novelty lies in the now evening wrap, with its one sleeve. It is not as funny as it sounds, for where the other sleeve should be the silk or lame is carried on by a long piece gradually tapering, and capable of being wound round the figure till it finds a resting place by being tucked into the waist. No good if you are of those always-in-a-hurry women, but otherwise elegant and graceful. _ For thcati’o wear on the head it is chic to have a band a few inches wide encircling tho head, hut over one ear and correspondingly off the other. A fine tulle of the same shade and almost invisible keeps the hair of the crown tidy, and allows curls to peep out round the neck. Waves to frame the face complete a charming innovation, which lias tho added merit of being eminently practical in your windy country.