COLOUR WIZARDRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 14

COLOUR WIZARDRY.

At the first of the great Paris dress shows the greatest sensation to date has been made by the collection of the famous firm of M. Jean Patou. "There is a great change in line this year," he said afterwards. "The waist line is very much higher, and I am showing boleros. That, however, is only an experiment, and a shy one. ''lt will be too sudden a leap from the low waist to the quite high one. In any case, I have made only a few frocks in this style and no costumes at all. Waists can go up only gradually, I think. "Coats for costumes are either very long or very short. For the sporting type of woman—the kind cf Englishwoman who used to be called 'tailormade'—the short coat will be attractive; to others the long coat. "In both cases, the skirts of the coats are fuller. So are skirts, as a result of being shorter. "For all tailor-made suits I prefer to use the kind of English cloth used for men's clothes. Sman checks or subdued shadowy large checks are my choice. I have made no costumes this year with stripes—not or.a ! "Manufacturers have become wizards where colours are concerned. They can produce such wonderful combinations. I have ono which I call cuisse de nymphe; it is a beige; but it has a rosy glow upon it. "There is a pervenche blue and a rose de bois—but the rose is a much brighter colour than was the case last year. "In all frocks embroideries are most important, and I am particularly fond of Persian designs. "Summer materials are more lovely than ever, but the only really new one of which, I am using a quantity is a crepe romaino in shaded effects with three different colours in it. "The new type of young men and women in France has caused me to open a sports department in which nearly all material is English."