FROM A PARISIENNE’S NOTEBOOK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)

FROM A PARISIENNE’S NOTEBOOK

OUR WEEKLY FASHION REVIEW (By Yvonne Rodicr) (Specially Written for the 1 * Chronicle ’ ’) The Parisiennc has quite fallen in love with the transparent long coat which is such a success this season. The favoured choice is beige or allblack, cut on slim and graceful lines with loose sleeves. Other models/ in gorgette or romaine, destined for wear with sleeveless chiffon and lace frocks, have long, fitted sleeves. Olive-green and other dark shades have been as much worn as white and the charming pale-pastel tones. The c’arisienne makes it notably apparent that transparent fabrics can look as well, and ca en better, in the very dark hues. Particularly, however, is the whole range of blues in evidence. They have an outstanding vogue. Black, of course, is always chic, and will always have its faithful advocates. But it is to be remarked that black-and-

beige is enjoying a more pronounced success than the once übiquitous black-and-white. This season, apparently, has led to the discovery that the latter is really a much more “difficult” alliance than the black-and-beige ensemble. This last seems everywhere to be the favoured choice.

One of the loveliest race-going ensembles I have seen was an exquisite affair in shaded blue, white and pink floral chiffon, with which was worn a three-quarter silk coat of shot turquoise taffetas, smartly belted at the Lack by a band of white moire. Another, in a paler shade of blue, showed a plain crepe de chine frock of a softer shade, with a coat of fine matching facecloth. It had a collar of fox, dyed to a pale chocolate shade that exactly toned* with a delightfully shady hat, kid shoes, hosiery, gloves and bag. Two outstanding ensembles, in fact, to illustrate the “blue’’ craze.

Evening frocks show matching hosiery and shoes embroidered to “help” the colour scheme. Similarly, the vogue of footwear to match the costume is the daytime rule. With a smart black frock the finest of black silk stockings are worn; brown with brown; and grey with grey. All tho beige tones arc easy to match; and lizard shoes can be worn with many shades, as there is such a wide choice of colours in the skins. Where shoes, hosiery and hag do i not match, they must conform to a system of delicate contrast. But the matching vogue is indubitably the hotter choice where feasible. Hat-brims appear to be wider on one side than tho other. In tho case of the larger hats, the milliners insist upon extreme simplicity of trimming. Very wisely, for quite apar L from the question of undisturbed perfection of line and contour, the colours and the softness of texture which characterise these big shapes are sufficiently decorative to need no further embellishment.