Velvet Gauntlets

Southland Times, Issue 20147, 6 April 1927, Page 13

Velvet Gauntlets

(From Our Correspondent.) London. A quaint vagary of fashion, which is proving very popular with women who like unusual notes in their dress, is that of big detachable gauntlet cuffs for evening wear. At a theatre last night a fair-haired girl, in leaf-green velvet, showed how attractive this mode can be. Her frock was a development of the “picture style,” which is so

Periwinkle blue panne materialises this effective robe de style, with hem of silver lace. It illustrates the almost normal waistline to which some of the Paris designers are devoting their attention. The question of “to waist or not to waist” has still to be settled!

much in favour at present, and was made with a full skirt and tight-fitting bodice, finished with a flower posy at the V-shaped corsage.

The detachable gauntlet cuffs were of the same velvet. The effect was emphasised by an upstanding collar across the back of the neck.

The advantages of these separate attachments for evening frocks are that they can be left off at will. If the wearer desires to appear in a dress of more simplified order all she has to do is to wear the gown without collar and gauntlets, turning the picture frock into as simple a little dance dress as anj’body could desire.

■■■■: B Popular Tunes |

“Dancers who clamour continually for an attractive tune cannot realise how sick of the tune the poor musician becomes,” says a violinist in a Rondon orchestra. “Valencia, an intoxicating rhythm at first, I am glad to say, has at last been literally played to death. “The fox trot is still by far the most popular dance. Its simple, natural rhythm has an instinctive appeal for most people. ‘Who’ is at present a great favourite, and ‘l’m a Little Blackbird’ brings rapturous applause. The latter is also a popular song with amateur singers. ‘Some Fine Day,’ with its 2-4 time, is a tune of which I am getting a little tired, and I expect to become very wearied of ‘That Certain Party.’ “The Tango, one of the finest dances from the musician’s point of view, and beautiful to watch when done by good dancers, has never realty caught on and is now going out. The steps, even of the present simplified form, require too much learning for the average man or girl, and the rhythm is often too subtle for an untrained ear.

“Among the most popular Charleston numbers are ‘l’d Rather Charleston,’ ‘Poor Poppa,’ ‘What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?’ and ‘That Certain Party,’ but they all do equally for Charleston or fox trot.

“Though a perennial favourite at private dances in the country and at the big county balls, the waltz is not much danced in London—except to the one melody ‘Always.’ The one-step, an invigorating dance, has never realty gone out of fashion, and three good one steps, ‘Susie was a Real Wild Child,’ ‘My Carmencita,’ and ‘Wait Till Tomorrow’ are favourites.”