The Bolero Returns

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22504, 22 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Bolero Returns

LONDON, .Inly 17 _ I~)UESSMAKEKS of London and Paris are making a great feature of the bolero. This is a youthful style which, with care, can also be successiully adapted to flatter the heavier figure by disguising the curve of the bust line. Tliore are so many expressions of the bolero this season. One finds it made of tweed to complete a morning suit. As part of a dress it may be used to

emphasise the design, and with an evening ensemble it supplies an extra wrap that can accompany any low-cut dresp. Another of its useful functions is to disguise last year's frock or to introduce a second material into the design. Combining satin or velvet with wool, as 1 have mentioned previously, is a feature of present fashions, and what bettor style could one suggest, than a sleeveless bolero of velvet with a belt or cuffs to match attached to a woollen house frock? These remarks also apply to satin, for satin and velvet have shared the honours of being the smartest fabrics for trimming. The modern "bolero" is an elastic term, for it is no longer just the short.

A YOUTHFUL BUT ADAPTABLE STYLE

sleeveless rounded jacket of the Spanish national dress. It takes on all the aspects of the coatee, but because it seldom goes below the waist all styles are called a bolero. Sometimes the fronts are pointed and fall lower than the waist in front, and this style gives a longer line to a thick figure. One of my sketches shows a soft woollen dress edged with rows of stitching to match the stitched belt, and finished with pleated fans which

are particularly smart at the waist and shoulder line. My second sketch shows the pointed jacket, with the trimming of velvet smartly introduced as a blouse front and collar. This also illustrates my previous remark that trimmings must be part o£ a design, not added casually without any relation to the rest of the dress. Very brief sleeveless boleros of flowers are a novelty for evening wear: also short-sleeved, or caped-sleeved styles in brilliant sequins. The bolero style is useful when the weather makes a coat unnecessary, and that is why it is particularly good for winter dresses, as it will give double service with a small fur in the spring.