Crazy Paris Fashions. Women to Dress Like Insects.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18041, 18 March 1933, Page 10

Crazy Paris Fashions. Women to Dress Like Insects.

PARIS, Fob. 1. UARD times and the political situa- ** tion have evidently proved .. too much for the Paris couturiers. They have gone stark, staring, raving mad, and have created the strangest clothes, materials, and color schemes ever seen in the Paris showrooms. Women are to dress themselves next season lilcc giant insects in cuiipus lacquered materials, obviously ’nspired by cockchafers, wasps, stag beetles, bluebottles, and dragonflies. There arc sports suits of wasp stripes in mustard and brown, tightfitting waistcoats of black lacquered ribbed silk. There are evening gowns of cite net and chiffon in iridescent blues and greens which look for all the world like tropical insect?. The shiniest oilcloth in mothcr-o’-pearl, with pink, blue and green lights, is used for the bib, belt, and cuffs on a black, red, and white plaid day-frock; and a severely tailored sports suit is made entirely of cire black satin. Schoolboy Shorts.

Women who do not fancy themselves as insects will bo able to dross like small boys, or, if they prefer it, thov can wear enlarged cbpics ol bathing suits. Many of the neatly tailored woollen dresses have handknitted matinee jackets, exactly like those seen on babies. The street clothes have schoolboy grey flannel shorts, worn with knitted jumpers, the sleeves of which aie carelessly rolled up above the elbow. Striped flannel trousers are shown with colored blazers.

To add to the gaiety of nations, Paris has broken out in plaid. You arc shown every kind of plaid, from shepherd’s and the smallest spongebag check to the largest and most outrageously bright bandana patterns. Like Sirens.

The new season’s hats arc also quite crazy. Many of them resemble pillboxes with a ribbon or band round the top. Others consist of a shaped band with the crown tilting down sharply over the right eye. Evening gowns are indeed weird and wonderful. They make the modem woman look like a siren. Shining satins arc draped tightly round the figure, and may be adorhed with enormous net sashes, with streamers down the back of wax ribbon Or real jewels. , , . To add to the bizarre effect shining wigs are worn with , thorn. These may be silver-pink, silver-blue, pale gold, mauve, of grey.