PARIS FASHIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22098, 31 October 1933, Page 15

PARIS FASHIONS

Worth has made a collection of importance (says The Times). His tailormades are simple and in suitable colours and materials for winter. With them he puts bright blouses in velvet, plush, and knitted wools, and he lines hia jackets to match the blouse. He is using heavy Lyons satin for the afternoon, with fur to trim it. With brown satin he puts golden-brown fur. For such formal ensembles he has revived the fashions of the years when Manet,. Renoir, and Degas were painting portraits. All that is wanting to complete the revival is a bonnet with strings. Worth continues to follow the tradition that ladies should dress with a certain stateliness for the evening. He makes a concession in designing gay little ensembles for the morning or ’or sport, but for evening dresses he returns to courtly styles. His neck lines recall the years which immediately preceded the war. They are wide and open, square and round, as well as pointed low behind. Augustabernnrd has made an ideal Parisian collection. Her evening dresses are slim with a straight front, and all the fullness of the dress draped to the back. The line is that of the princess dress. Where dresses have no trains they reach the ground and may have flounces about the hem. The morning dresses are long in the skirt, only nine inches from the ground. They are cut straight with an easy waist line not marked by a belt. Angustabernard has succeeded in making a loose bolster line that is not heavy. There is play in the dress above the hips, but no heaviness. She uses the cowl line for draping the necks of her afternoon dresses, and makes long sleeves with unusual lines where they meet the shoulders. These lines give shoulders that are neither square nor drooping. Ardanse is another dressmaker who , works on exclusive lines. She uses flat