MODERN MODES IN MAYFAIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1930, Page 23 (Supplement)

MODERN MODES IN MAYFAIR.

THE BEAUTY OF “ART SILK.” It is whispered that the great silk firms in Lyons are genuinely amazed at the beauty and suppleness which British manufacturers have been able to introduce into their artificial silk fabrics. Some of them resemble crepe de chine and other real silk materials'so closely that only the expert can detect the difference. And women are choosing these lovely artificial stuffs in preference to silks, ■ ■ because they wash and wear better. Girls who- make their own simple tennis frocks at home should look out for Macclesfield crepe. It is an ideal fabric for the sports frock, hanging just as gracefully as crepe de chine, and having a beautiful-crepe finish and a soft ivory tBne. The pleated skirt looks i very well in it, and it is quite as substantial as a heavy crepe de chine, at about half the price. SHORT JUMPERS. The dressmakers have been obliged to concede us jumpers. True, they are short, and must be cut with infinite care, but they will be a joy to the women who dreaded the arrival of the universal tuck-in blouse. To have .the figure “cut in half” by a straight line over which the blouse pouches could not possibly suit everybody. The jumper is a much more soothing proposition to the middle-aged woman who is inclined to stoutness. VARYING THE SKIRT LENGTH. Crumbs of cmofort come from the dress salons in regard to the skirt length. “It may be varied to suit

figure and style,” says one of the most fashionable designers. But the younger generation, had. already decided that for itself, and there is more than one fit-ting-room where a tussle between dressmaker and client has resulted in victory for the client, The woman between thirty and forty is likewise taking rather unkindly to the medium length .skirt. She declares that it adds ten years to her age, and she will have none of it. BOWS OF ALL KINDS. There is still an obsession about brws. They appear everywhere in every size, and made of every kind of material. A satin afternoon. frock had a ■ long swathed bodice sb far as the front of the corsage was concerned, but at the back there was a wide flat bow, rather like the butterfly bow of the Japanese kimono, and the. fullness of the skirt fell in crossway folds below, it. Sets of three small bows decorate the tuck-in blouse, and a new jumper has ' twenty-four miniature bows running from the base of the throat straight down the front to. the low waistline!