Echoes of Paris

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 July 1927, Page 17

Echoes of Paris

BHE atmosphere of Paris . . . the gaiety of Its revels . . . the lightheartedness of its fetes, are reflected in the modes that it has inspired for Spring, 1927. The recently-shown collections from the foremost Parisian style ateliers have been built on the principle of mezzotint harmonies . . . subtle graduations of a technique constantly developed and renewed. In their alluring colour tones, so ■ like vivid nosegays ... in I their captivating grace of 1 line .. . and in their sheer, | delightful. textures, they | resemble the petals of | springtime’s first peeping flowers, and echo the joy- | ous spirit of the home I of pleasure and the capital | of elegance .. . Paris! p The modes that spring | will introduce, each betr- | ing the cachet of Pari3, will I s enable us, no matter what our individual type may be, to acquire a perfect chic, from the sleek tops of our daintily-hatted heads to the | soles of our trimly lizara- | shod feet. New shades will appear in a wonderful range, with somewhere among their delicate nuances the tone that is most essentially “ours.” Never can there have been such a season of delicious colour as spring promises to be! To the pinky beiges with their subtly flattering tones have been added new apricot and peach shades, a wealth of small, attractive floral fancies in beige lonings, and a gamut of blues so wide as to be almost bewildering.

Then there is a new tone called lotus ... a delicate pale beige that would seem to be still faintly blushing after the kiss of a moist rose petal . . . how intriguing it will be to wear! A SAPPHIRE INSPIRATION FOR GREY-BLUES To the familiar misty greys that we have coyly flirted with for several weeks ... to the greyish blues that took their inspiration from a shower cloud passing over a sapphire sky, spring will bring a refreshing touch of platinum . . . that softest, most practical, most versatile of greys. With the gay blues, the livelier greens, the tweedy mixtures, the honey tones and the new yellows with their exotic note of the Orient, she will permit us to ally a delicious shade of brown ... a brown that is not a warm, deep sun-tanned beige, neither is it a pale rosy tone . . . but 'tis juf' a charming cross between the two. Veritably, Spring, 1927, promises to herald in a blaze of colour and a wealth of alluring new creations.