PARIS JEWELLERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 4 (Supplement)

PARIS JEWELLERY.

How well the Parisienne understands the artistic value of a little well-chosen jewellery, which need not be expensive to bo really effective and to look good, many of the new vogues in ornaments prove. • Writee a dress correspondent in Paris:— " I have just seen a remarkably pretty and quite inexpensive novelty for evening wear; a neck chain made of fine black silk cord, with six bright scarlet wood beads strung on either side, a cut jet plaque dangling in front, and at the back a very long, thin tassel made of ecarlet silk. This chain was amazingly decorative and quite easily made. "The beads were painted by hand— they can be made any colour—and a tight knot at either side kept them in place. Another good chain of the same order had a big flat medallion of imitation ivory hanging in front, with a creamy white silk tassel to fall over the neck at the back. Lovely chains can be made of black and white painted beads strung on a bright emerald-green or sapphire blue silk cord, the inevitable tassel at the back matching the cord and the medallion recalling in some way the beads. Nowadays it is the fashion to wear these decorative chains with the most elaborate evening frocks. /" In Paris the latest fetich is the bracelet or thin chain made of elephant's hair and finished on with a breloque Hi the shape of a wee ivory elephant. It is mysteriously whispered that these charms work wonders! Personally I never realised that elephants had' any hair to speak of, but it appears that they have; for the poil d'elephant is very much in evidence.

" If you are the happy possessor of large amber beads, you must be sure to string them, sparsely, on fine, gold cord. I do not mean gold silk cord; it must be a cord made of metallic gold threads. Amber beads are very flattering to the akin; they make the neck look white and beautifully smooth. The Parisiennes are now' wearing long, thin cut jet earrings at night. I have seen seed pearls introduced in the setting of these sombre earrings, and also tiny facets of old paste; hut the morg correct jet-earrings are plain and very long."