NEW PARIS NAMES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19105, 10 February 1932, Page 3

NEW PARIS NAMES.

LATEST IN AMERICA. Paris modistes are naming their creations this' season, and there is no need for alarm if a feminine Prohibitionist should say: “I simply adore ‘whisky’ ” (states the “San Francisco Chronicle”). She would not be expressing liberal views, but venting enthusiasm over a purple taffeta afternoon dress with puffed Eugenie sleeves that a well-known Paris house has created and named.

This new move on the part of French designers was uncovered in Chicago when one of the leading stores unpacked its imported creations. And so here comes the newest fashion parade: “Million Dollar Baby”—Sweeping sage green velvet evening gown and short chinchilla wrap. “Romance” — A red velvet evening gown. “Divine Lady”—White satin tea gown. “Applesauce”—Purple wool street dress. "Pick Up”—Purple wool street dress. “Hello There” —Grey kid coat. “Martini”—Purple velvet evening gown. “Senorita” —Black lace evening gown with long train. “Mutiny”—Evening gown incorporating outstanding features of new style, or a mutiny against old styles. “Oh, Yeah”—Red suede sport outfit. “Depression” Ermine evening wrap. “Penhouse”—Black velvet evening pyjamas. “Why not?” —Brown velvet evening dress. “Star dust”—Black taffeta, studded with rhine-s>ones. “R.S.V.P.” —Black coat with mink trim. “Did you ever?”— Green velvet evening pyjamas. “Poof” —Black satin evening gown with red velvet wrap. “Singing in the Rain” — White raincoat with plaid umbrella. The naming generally is done on an impulse. The couturiers see the finished creation: Voila, it is named. COLOURS THAT ENHANCE. Opinions differ as to the most successful way of giving white hair its largest measure of beauty. One great Paris authority says: “A woman with white hair should wear pale colours lor evening—blue, pink, or green—especially if her hair is the lovely fine white which American women have. She is striking in black-and-white for day, or in colours which match her eyes.” Another is emphatic in his feeling that she should wear “vivid colours —tulip reds, vivid greens, and blues.” He continues: “If neutral shades are worn, a striking colour should be used in combination with them.” For the woman whose hair is divinely white—no navy blues, .. . browns, ... no yellows! At least, unless there is endless time for skilful choosing of shades. FORTUNE TOO LATE. Bearing to a poor and aged Englishwoman the news of a £IO,OOO inheritance, a messenger found her dead in her room in Paris recently (states a French writer. She was Miss Minnie Gommon, for 40 years a milliner’s hand in the employment of a famous dressmaker. Her origin, except for the fact that she was born in London is unknown. She went to France in 1883 and was engaged some years later by the dressmaker. Six years ago the firm granted her a pension and she retired to live in her little room' at Cour-bevoie, a Paris suburb. Her I fellow-workers say that she never 1 spoke of England or of having any family there. The letter she never read contained an intimation of the bequest of a block of flats. But Miss Gommon, peniless in death, was even I buried at the expense of W: former employer.

THE BRITISH STOCKING.

The return to the short skirt is likely to prove a blessing to British stocking makers, states a London journal. “It will mean an enormous increase in trade,” a prominent manufacturer remarked, and factories in Leicester and Nottingham are preparing or heavy orders. The long skirts of the last two years have meant a decrease of at least three as women do not mind how laddered pairs of stockings per person per year, and darned their stockings are so long as they do not show. Once get the women folk proud of their legs again, and the British stocking trade will boom again. Already women are asking for ligh r shades at the stocking counters in the shops. This is a promising sign of the success of the new length, for it is recognised fact that the shorter the skirt the paler the stocking. One firm in Leicester is already running machines night and day to prepare for the increased demands. Improvements have been made in the shaping of the foot and the fineness of the seams. The Cuban heel has succeeded the V shape in popularity. The British stocking to-day is recognised as the hardest wearing in the world.