WOMAN’S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1929, Page 23 (Supplement)

WOMAN’S WORLD

LATEST FROM PARIS.

FROM A FRENCHWOMAN’S DIARY. (By Colline Rouff:—Special to News.) Paris, Aug. 1.5. One fine morning last week, I thought: “I have had enough of jumper-suits and jumpers; I must find some smart new toilette to wear in the mornings."’ So away I went to a famous salon where I knew’ I would find something different. “Something definitely not jumper and skirt, please,” I demanded. And the answer was a chic little frock of Scotch plaid in black, white and faint lines. The skirt was of the favourite length, just below the knees, and kilted so closely that it could almost stand up straight without me. The bodice "was quite plain and sleeveless, with a belt of black patent leather fastening with an onyx and red enamel buckle. To wear with the frock was a short plain jacket of thick black crepe de chine. A small, hat with a closely fitting soft black straw crown and a tiny red brim, and a big flat sac of patent leather and the taffetas plaid completed the ensemble. That is the newest for morning wear in town, and it is smart! Studied cool smartness like this is very nice, but it is still difficult to resist the charming novelties in over-blouses and jumpers provided for informal occasions. A waistcoat blouse I particularly admired w r as entirely made of very fine silk braids in different colours, beautifully woven together .in fine checks. x One in several tones of yellow was particularly successful. Another, worn by a pretty American woman, was of fine natural linen, handpainted with geometrical designs in rosepink and gold. This she wore with ar kilted skirt of rose-pink kasha, and a cloche hat of" natural stitched . linen. Americans find it quite chic to "wear overblouses and skirts in the street, and they look so smart that they may be commended for their choice. * A PRETTY STYLE. How becoming is the kilted frill! It has been much used to decorate the fronts of crepe de chine blouses, and now we meet it continually on frocks of thick georgette, printed satin and crepe. A plain frock, with a straight bodice and a rounded neck, acquires charm by the addition of a closely kilted frill, not more than five inches wide, lightly tacked inside the neck at the back, running

down either side of the front like a fichu and fastening at the waist with a pretty buckle. If the frock has a belt, the buckle just covers the ends of the. frill. A plain black georgette afternoon gown was made beautiful by means of a frill of palest rose edged with black. The bleeves were slit to the elbows and had tiny kilts runnig round the cull's and up each side. The belt was finished with an amber buckle, and the skirt was kilted all round except for one narrow panel in the front, A grey frock in the same collection .had a bodice just like the black one, but the frill finished at the front of the waist In a big loose bow, with wide ends fluttering loosely to the hem of the full circular skirt. This model I found more youthful looking than the black and rose. Speaking of grey—have you noticed that grey silk stockings and kid or crepe de chines shoes to match arc being very much worn again? lam glad, for with a grey frock, or a delicate mauve one, nothing looks quite so well?and in such good taste as grey shoes and stockings to match or tone.