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Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1926, Page 18

Paris has taken again to her heart schemes of black and white, The notion is excellent, for magpie affairs suit all of us. Patch pockets look quaint, if granted two “ears” that seem to suspend them, but in reality, serve merely to let a narrow girdle pass through them and tie in a careless knot at the hip. Pyjamas are as often sleeveless as the reverse; their trousers, too, have quaintly-pleated sides from the knees downwards, and the coat part is very short and plain. With a gathered apron front to a dance frock there are usually plain side panels. One of these panels often is seen to display a fantastic little pocket, with a tiny posy thereon. There is a decided tendency towards raising the waistline towards its natural position. Though as many evening frocks are ungirdled as girdled, and with them there is no noticeable line at all. Smart little dinner jackets copy the masculine mode, even to a buttonhole, but they are feminine all the same; their skirts, however, add to their mannish look by having a stripe down either side, like stripes on evening trousers! Hems are most irregular; skirts are usually wide in reality, but cut and plea.tcd so as to look the contrary. Skirts for dance frocks are often longer at the back than in front. Insets and panels are still the tests of true skill in making a gown look distinguished—but tbev need a master hand.