DICTATORS OF FASHION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 419, 30 July 1928, Page 4

DICTATORS OF FASHION

PEOPLE, NOT DESIGNERS SLIM FIGURE REMAINS “Designers no longer dictate the fashions; they now take their cue from the fashionable people.” This is the opinion of Miss Mary Craven, of Berlei, Ltd., Sydney, who is passing through Auckland on the Aorangi on her way to view the salons of London, Paris and New York. Nowadays, says Miss Craven, fashion is the prevailing mode of the moment, and there is a great chance for individuality. The only thing which remains unaltered is the slim figure—a woman simply must look slim, whether she possesses the necessary figure or not. In Australia, remarked Miss Craven, Dame Fashion has stepped out into the country. Country women are just, as keen to be in the fashion as their city sisters. Women know more about themselves, “and besides.” continued Miss Craven, “they live longer.” Paris, sho says, still leads the fashionable world, though the French capital has its rivals in London and New York. Miss Craven is making one of her periodical trips to the United States, London and Europe to bring the iatest modes back to Australia.