THE TRANSPARENT FROCK

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 41, 11 May 1927, Page 5

THE TRANSPARENT FROCK

Another r.ew notion is the evening gown of taffetas and tulle—two fabrics that are often used together nowadays. An under-dress of deep rose taffetas, slim as to bodice and short as to skirt, has a petal-pointed hem emphasised by tiny posies of pink, green and silver flowers placed at the extreme edge of each point. Over this is worn a full, billowy’ gown of silver tulle, the skirt of which is some three or four inches longer than the petalled under-dress. A large bouquet of flowers, repeating the colours of those used on the skirt, is placed at one side of the waist, and a very tiny cluster is worn on a narrow silver bracelet on the wrist. Various colour schemes will immediately suggest themselves, and any one is certain of success because the petalpointed under-dress is so new and so immensely effective. Delphinium blue and parma violet are two favourite shades for evening gowns, and often they are used together to fashion delightful creations in organdie tulle or chiffon. It seems a iittle strange to see organdi, which is usually associated with dainty day dresses, employed so successfully for evening models, but it is one of the most effective of all fabrics for the debutante. Even white organdi is made up into crisp little dance dresses, and for coolness and freshness there is nothing to equal it. One especially dainty model has a rather low-cut, sleeveless bodice of delphinium blue organdi. and a skirt of alternate horizontal strips of parma violet and blii6 organdi. joined by delicate hand stitchery. Tiny silk violets are dotted here and there on the blue strips, while a large bunch of the flowers is placed on the left shoulrßr well to the back.