Preparing For Autumn Dancing

Southland Times, Issue 22296, 11 April 1934, Page 5

Preparing For Autumn Dancing

Now that gay summer is stepping aside in favour of autumn—that season of crisp loveliness of which Keats sang in his immortal line, “Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness” it behoves the world of femininity to pause and consider the “why” and the “how” of evening “chic.” The “why,” of course, does not warrant much serious thought. The modem dancing maid and matron are already fully seized with the importance of achieving individuality and elegance in their evening toilettes. It is the “how” rather, which requires careful forethought, and the most “fore” of this forethought must be centred on figure line, for on this is dependent the whole of its poise and the dignity of the new evening modes. It is needless to say that they are moulded on the curves and contours of the feminine figure-making it imperative that these curves and contours be elegantly moulded and controlled.

Yet another attribute is essential to the successful wearing of these advance styles—a graceful carriage, a correct posture, without which the loveliest ensembles may well fail to delight. And it is here that a visit to the Corset Department comes vividly into the picture. A tactful word here: a practical word there. And, in the intelligent woman’s mind will be born a realization of the fact that what she needs first and foremost—is a correct true-to-type foundation garment as the basis of her evening “chic.”