Fashions and Furbelows

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17536, 13 May 1925, Page 9

Fashions and Furbelows

CUR PARIS LETTER. (Frum I»AULINE COU RLAXDER.) The good taste and the simplicity of line which distinguished our day clothes during the past season remains with us, to the credit of the dressmaker, and to the relief of the client! . At the dress shows a great many i dark frocks were seen; hardly any of i the afternoon ones were sleeveless. : There were short, puff sleeves, short tight-fitting ones, and most often of I all, long well-fitting mitten sleeves, i There were a great many crepe and j georgette and lace frocks, and not ' y«arlv .sa iciiiny brocade ones.

NOTES BY SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS.

I A charming effect is given to simple ! black silk oi georgette frocks by long lines of narrow ribbon, in two colours, placed dose together, and stitched on with a thin gold chain stitch. OTTOMAN VOGUES. Ottoman silk is worn in black and in colours. Sometimes the upper half of a straight, narrow frock is of white ottoman and the lower half of black, with a line of colour at the join. KASHA STILL POPULAR. Kasha can now be had in almost any colour, and looks like being more populai than ever. A straight red Kasha frock, in which most of us would gladly j be seen, has a narrow front panel of

peacock blue crepe de chine with a row of red buttons, and Eton collar of white muslin, and culfs to match. With it is worn a black varnished Ban- j koic hat. with a piece of narrow Peter- | sham round the crown and a serried row of small buttons sewn with black silk all round the edge of the brim. COLOUR NOTES. Mauve is getting very special attention; it is encouraged by the great ones of the Rue de la Paix for day and evening wear. There are some lovelv silks and satins and georgettes in soft shades of mauve and violet. Green is often used with these. A wrap-over pleat is sometimes facedwith another colorir, showing a glimpse of it here and there. A narrow georgette or crepe de chine scarf of some I.'right colour may be twisted round the neck, with the ends hanging down the back to enliven a dark untrimmed frock. The scarf should not be more than eight or nine incites wide. DAINTY ACCESSORIES. There are all sorts of lingerie ties, jabots, collars, lichtis and vests, cither of pleated cambric and mousseline, or with a little exquisite stitchcry worked in pale coloured thread. Embroidery is more carefully chosen than ever, and most beautifully worked in colottred silks and gold and silver threads. On day gowns it is applied 1 m small quantities only.