For The Ladies Only !

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7321, 3 September 1930, Page 7

For The Ladies Only !

I Puff Sleeves, Tievs of Fvills and i ! Trains j 1 SKIRTS FOLLOW THE CLOCK IN THE NEWEST I I FASHIONS. 1 1 Per Press Assn.-By Electric Tclegraph.-Copyright. | = Received Tuesday, 11.10 p.m. i i LONDON, Sept. Z | I The fashions exhibition at Olympia is a place of pilgrim- | | a g C for English women whether they arc buyers lor the trade | 1 or society leaders. . , ! = The coming modes arc displayed by some ot the clexeiest | 1 and most charming mannequins in tho world. . i I Puli' sleeves of the Queen Alexandria age arc revived for = 1 afternoon and evening wear, but shaping round the hips with | 1 bolero effects tends to emphasise tiie slenderness of the modem | 1 woman. 1 | The length of the skirt seems to he dependent on the clock. | i For morning wear skirts reach the curve oi the leg and as the 5 1 c i a y goes on they lengthen until they touch the ground after | j dinner and even have trains. Skirts for day wear, however, | 1 are never beyond ankle length. = 1 Tiers of frills give an old-world air to many evening s = frocks, but the more sophisticated designs aro tucked or | 1 swathed with head embroidery in order to emphasise the all- | = important waist and hip line. = | On the whole, the new designs require a great deal more | I materials which also promises well for the textile trade. | .in. 11 ■ 1 1111 !■ 11111111111111 u 1111 ii 1111! 1111111111 in a