FASHION

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 3

FASHION

WHEN YOU DANCE. Latest Advice On Evening Wear. When chooLing a frock for dancing, it is just as well to rememb't r that it is for dancing, and not just Tor '<ate-afternoon parties, dinners, concerts or get-togethers (declares Georgia Rivers, fashion expert of “The Australian Journal”). The frock which looks so graceful wh. n one is sauntering slowly across

a floor may be quite a different proposition when it has to move to music.

For instance, trains are always a mistake in the 'ballroom, although they often look delightful for other evening occasions. Thty seem to get under men's feet, and when this has

happened once or twice the wearer becomes train-conscious, and half the pleasure of dancing is spoilt as she wonders whether her appendage is flicking in the right direction or not.

The skirt as a w/iole should be built for movement, allowing plenty of ease at the knees, and, /although a perfectly fitting hipline is charming bn the perfect figure, it is just as well to ask oneself “. . . but are yte all?” Women with quite good figures in a general way should watch for the tootight hipline, and ask fir a little latitude, however slight, when the frock is being made. Though long skirts are far and away from graceful for dancing than the short ones of some years ago, beware of that last half-inch, and when your frock is being fitlted try taking a long step backwards. You ‘will have to do that plenty of times on the dance floor, and need to avoid the over-length which may -mean discomfort to yoprself and others. Designers, when .planning the evening frocks for this year, have remembered that variety is the spice of fife. No one is left out in the cold: the tall and slender, short and plump, the fluffy, the svelte and the sturdy will ail find something to suit them. The demure, high-necked taffetas; the floataway, ruffled chiffons; the slim, rich velvets and lacquered satins cater for every type of maiden who may point a light fantastic toe this winter.

Long skirts and fairly high waists’ seem to be 'the only set rules for evening 'wear; keep and you can more or less follow your own sweet will with the rest of the frock. Tunic-coats, puffed sleeves, overfrocks of lace, tiered skirts; gathered, flared or moulded skirts will all meet with, approval.