LONDON'S FASHION PARADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 December 1927, Page 10

LONDON'S FASHION PARADE

' THE DIAGONAL LINE .■.' i One of the most'approved notes at : : a recent di:es''j : show :>vas the diagonal .' line"' introduced pn .'a. , mtfdel in re-versible--crepe "'satin. This kindly and . hecoiiiing line-waav achieved by using: rather narrow'strips;! of-the material; showing, alternately the sliiriy and diili ;, side, and joining them to give a graceful, slanting syeep from shoulder ;lo' ' hem. A folded be'l+ followed the-' same" ' line and finished K>'\ oyer one hip with, a .-|arge'- -bow;:-strongly recbmrheri'ded ■ .;#l^tl'lnump * figures, especially;-,if /the : '.-' bow be': omitted arid only the. swathed bolt retained! '■'. , 1 . . Another,model,,cut on. similar lines, intended for evening wear, was ' N'j.;;bade-of . strands:.be v ■ K^' 'lng joined with fancy stitchery .in a tone. The colour of the *>; ribbon was pale green;; ;that of „ the S .stitchery,-, gold. ~..■■. ,''•*". '■jS *!'*■.*"' •"■ 4.• .-.' »-;i:.'i';"V: uja A .din9(y^.goyn ! .of sheU-piuk chiffon .-jjj: 'was';' quite* cliarrnihg 'with its. belt of '*<! beetroot .Coloured chiffon,.. closely i cu- : JJJ. circling .the hips afterj the. -Egyptian # manner, "in front;.with a. »''large-diamante'buckle. ' v \ ',-.,"" : -(» iii. ■ ~*. ..-.*'■'•. *;.'■' "*' -.;•'. ■/•' ' : .£' : anoth% engaging toilette was * Jii.'."bronze- net, with narrow ■':■» "shoulder straps of vivid green beads, ; flie-floating panels of 4,he skirt being, :'?«". embroidered with beads en suite. The ']% ; panels reached*'almost to the ankles; ,;/J .thWigh'the frock itself was but a few '•<*>■ inches below the knees. :«W- r -. ■ .*■■',,.i4- -;-- ;.■/--''i--'-, : -'■-•"-' ■ '/%<■' - - «V';' u i *'-■■.'/.■'*'. - -* -■ *■'. ; fe Bijaided day gowns, were responsible '2r 16^-many-murmurs of approval., Nar- .',;.*£ ,r^ : siikfl^ ">«* fabrics fin 'geometrical patterns, „ in '^'••''6traignt/fbwß;/b.r-.'agaip:;slantmg^Uneß ; : **. frqnivoneir'sipulder' to the hem bri: the fll 'opposite;.side.'',,.... ':■:■;■ ■;.... .-.; ..... ■;.. t<r . iVefy pretty also was the embroidered ' s*«;,. gold; galonvwhich trimmed an after; .\ff noon frock of black georgette, with a «?t-,tiny vest of pale gold chiffon. • ' lf v. ■ ■ •"'"'""" --:"*""''*"'c"*"'''',""*" '••--. : -r'."'; '!SK ; «A''.model-which looked like one. of 'm> the Inevitable sports outfits, but which fb.;.:'i,."';,: '"" ,-„■; '.-,^_'/,„ : , ',-' ■..,' ,■ " ,-.

.«( T; Jjj turned -out ~to. be, for, informal evening occasions,'was in striped lame. Made «i’. in jumper frock style, the stripes ran jji vertically on the skirt; and horizontally hip-length jumper. The high neckline was finished with «. a sonsy bow on the slioulder. . . THU LURE OF URAL (By E. M. Alm'edihgen) In a P'etrograd .was. once a shop—probably, it js. gone now, like so ina'ny others—and in that shop, however,(laris.and foggy, the day, you always fOYni'd sunshine!' People" came to it from all parts of the, country and its. name well known over the'borders of Russia. You would find there South:.American: and Portuguese traders, 'keen merchants from Austria, eager connoisseurs from Paris and Berlin—even a New York -millionaire, or two! was i a" plain, black with two. words, in quaintly trace<l£i‘golden; lettering: YUralskie Kamny J U ,(Jthe..lJral stones)...There • was no exterior display, but-Aladdin’s cave might£jiave. suffered by comparison with the interior, -“Stores from the Ural.” One’s vision went eastward- on its hungry quest, reaching towards- those, drigry, roricc impenetrabre^^mpuntainsi^.One. thought of /their lure, like'some cunningly, forged Tglistening chain, like an intricately'woven magic carpet. .Stones — were they just stones ? The word was not aptj Mysteries'of a thousand lights, a thousand tints and shadows: .Some warm and soft, like this pendant of laughing beryls; some warlike, • hard and grim, like .‘-.that pair of onyx candlesticks. •“ • r - You:_'W|ie;'.3icU pressed; to buy- and you could wander In and out, if your pockets, .were ehiptyi It was' like an exhibition; certainly it was not a shop in the true sense of the word. Many ;a time have I been there without .noticing a. cashier's desk. You did not talk of prices and discount; you julit talked!stones. . Ai-vjonce-Psaw something so beautiful t;,it it made me catch my breath: A big’ cross of. shining almandines, framed witliin ini oval of almost imperceptible chrysolites. Beryls there

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were too, .their *£okl mingling with the subdued green o*f chrysolites. The cross ila'rhecl and, ,bui'ned with countless sparks," lighter than tli» ruby, deeper than the red glimmering"of those queer clear stones you find in some arabcsques. in . Spain., I wondered who could -have ordered' it? The white, label uii- j deriieath told me it. was not for sale.; I stood and looked on: It "was so beautiflll. :,-,,,; '.'>:<-■' ': •;- V , . ;'; ..';. ' Sudtlonly •theri> fell a hush on the big room. I,turned to, see the manager <tp:. pi'oach. He. unhooked, the. shining rod cross, laid it on a white*-velvet cushion and carried it .towards a. tall, slim avo- , man in black who had just entered tin stone-hall. ;■„ . , ( ; :\ ..,; , . , j And when I saw.her face, I understood the sudden hush in ifthe, room: And I felt. glad. i,t was. she. who had come to take the red cross. For amongst all the great women in van-ished-Russia,, .none ..was -more saintly than' Elisabeth the Empress's ;.own sister, Grand-Duchess ' and Sister of Mercy. • , '" • . \ MOMENTARY MUSINGS We 'pride ourselves .on "making, allowances" for our friends' little kinks. But how, we hate it if we become conscious that they arg making allowances for us! , There was once a little girl who always kept -herself trim and. neat in eXr pectatjpn_of.a, surprise yipifc from a faii-y go'drtiother. She ho , got theihabit that when she grew up it. was easy to name the fairy godmother self-respect-Husbands -'.■'* and wives have ' been known; to apologise to each other for being jtpngue-'tied about their,,mutual affection, fCurious ■ lipw this;, inarticu - ' lateness .'disappears when they are at loggerheads., , *..'•'. i;lf • .^elf-praise; asJ ho C recbrninendation, some .people-get their, jobs? ' Real disillusionment is death. What we call disillusionment is life's most •lasting illusion. ; , flattery,let the .folly be on the side of the angels. - , ■ :r ' ; ' % 'M. deF. BOOKS FOR THE "SPARE" ROOM I '-', ' - . . - ' .; , I ; ;:.tSaare ;of rcretoiihes,.»sbme. of ! chairs, some of rugs for the guest j room! To me is it left to sing a song j of praise, to the sympathetic hbstess who provides a bookcase with a row • of that will • while,, away a lazjgjiou'r. .. .'.i\! " Z '-. Wji'er'ei'tb place the. bookshelves ia the'first question; what to fill them with is the second. A cosy chair placed 'beside the window, with a long, low bookcase against the adjacent wall, re-., presents oiie way of solving the prob- ' lem; of position. But even,, more .in- , viting, especially, to those who like, to rbnclrih .bed, is the bookshelf 'Oiirftlie . dado line, flanking either side of the bedstead..l have.also seen a decorative shelf rplaced on the. wall immediately at the -back .of the .bed but this, "of course,.':must be high enough to avoid ; risk of collision with the head. ; * 'Books of short stories are especially good for the spare: room, since they do not impose upon the guest the necessity for leaving a novel half finished. Only the very courageous will voluntarily encourage the borrowing of her volumes, so all; the ) stories should be "as short, as possible. And if. you wanfc.V cheerful, guests let the liumburist be well .represented >