THE FRILLED HEM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19388, 24 July 1926, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE FRILLED HEM.

A .Parisian novelty which willl revolu-. tionise the world of dress, writes a Parisian, if it catches on seriously, is the frilled hem on dress or coat —in some cases both. Closely-pleated frills of taffeta or crepe de chine, übout Bin. wide, border the extreme hem of a gored or circular skirt. In one of the more exclusive maisons in the Rue de la Paix I recently saw a big ruche of thin taffeta introduced in this way. This is decidedly a frilly age, provided the frills in question be knife or ripple S leafed. When, however, it comes to an in. frill or ruche at the hem of a skirt which is in itself wide, we find a complete change of silhouette introduced. At the moment this idea is novel and only shown by a few daring designers, but 1 should not be a bit surprised to find it generally accepted before the summer days grow short. When the frills occur on the hem of a fairly short coat the outline is quite a change from the slim silhouette which has been so long in favour. Very chic are the new long waistcoats for wearing with slightly longer coats, wnistcoat and coat being of different materials. For instance, a waistcoat reaching well below the hips and made of carnation-red taffeta whs to be worn with a navy serge suit in which the shaped coat reached the knees. The taffeta waistcoat was doublebreasted and fastened with one handsome marcasite button, while the coat will swing open and proudly display its lining of car-nation-red taffeta. The skirt was very finely pleated and abnormally short.