LONDON FASHION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 40, 15 January 1935, Page 9

LONDON FASHION.

FOR AIEN AND WOAIEN. BLUE EVENING SUITS. “London men are the best dressed in the world.” said Air A. AV. Lindbergh, who arrived by the Baradine at Sydney last week. Every season, he said, there was a slight change in men’s fashions, though it was not as perceptible ns in women’s fashions, because it was featured more in cut than in fabric or colour, which the London tailor gauged by the personal taste of his customers.

The latest evening dress for men was made in a very dark blue, that looked a rich black in artificial light, and was considered a groat improvement on black, which frequently looked dull and grey. “Tails” were being worn even more generally, and were made shorter waistecl, with a straight front edge, and with correspondingly shorter rolled lapels. Dinner jackets were being worn double-breasted, and of a twobutton style, the lower button only fastening, and the lapels rolling down to the waist. The jackets were about an inch shorter than the single breasted style.

The best tailors, Air Lindbergh said, did not introduce any freakishness into dress, though exaggerations were to be seen in the streets. Day suits were worn with square shoulders, and they had single-breasted jackets, with three buttons, the top one rolling back with the lapel, and not fastening, and they were close fitting. Trousers were made full, with two pleats at the waist, but they narrowed towards the cuff.

Airs Lindbergh said there had been a great development in women’s dress since the change from low waisted styles. The change had necessitated frocks being made in more pieces, so that they would fit closely and give a slim line. _ Skirts were usually cut in four pieces, and sleeves frequently in two pieces, to give fit, as well as sufficient fullness. Frocks were cut in some sections oil the cross of the material, but not entirely, for if every piece of a dress pattern were cut on the cross, the dress would drop.