PARIS FASHIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15185, 10 March 1923, Page 13 (Supplement)

PARIS FASHIONS.

(From a Lady Correspondent).

New fashions are going to the Riviera to be worn in the sunshine. One of the latest materials suitable for the South is a new kind of crepe georgette, thicker and stronger than the original. It makes wrap coats. All colours are to be found in it, .but an exceptionally good cloak is of ivory white trimmed with fur, to be worn over a white, dress. Another cloak may be in black, embroidered lightly with glossy raffia and lined with bright green. A black dress, would be worn with this and a hat in bright green taffetas, trimmed with a black ostrich feather. Shoes should be black and shiny, stockings green or black.

Another new material is Roman! crepe, which is also strong enough for coats, cloaks, and spring tailor-mades. In grey, soft olive green, navy blue, and black or white, it looks well, but hardly in brown, since all brown has been rather over-done this winter; •but it is good and practical. Foulard in vivid shades will be worn this spring in the south, and later on in the north. It is a fresh material in its new guise, and has none of the elderly suburban air of its predecessor in blue and white or black and white. The new foulards are softer and more brightly designed. In white, with a black design, foulard is as,good looking as silk jersey; ] n beige and flamingo, in beige and green, in white and saxe blue, it looks gay with discretion; finely gathered or lightly flounced, it is as dainty as muslin. A hat which looks well with almost any foulard is a fine black crinoline straw with a double brim of delicate silver gauze minutely pleated; each fringe is edged with silky straw to make a short fringe, and no other trimming is wanted.

Many new Riviera dresses are picturesque. In longer skirls women look more like what they are, and youth loses none of its grace. For golf, tennis, morning walks, or excursions, there are knitted dresses and coats, very likely with fancy stitches, designs and trimmings. The colours arc light, bright, or softly neutral,- and there is a hat for each dress. On a white dress a wide sash brightly embroidered and fringed may be worn, and there is a woollen headdress of curly fringe, which can he lied to look like a gig; but this cannot be taken as a serious fashion. Of silk knitted dresses and coats, in amber, green, white, coral pink, or saxe blue, there are many desirable models. Each dress has a coat to match and a hat to go with it. Not every hat, it may be remembered, goes well with a knitted silk dress, which is a compromise between an easy-going sports dress and a ceremonious afternoon frock. A suitable new hat is in panne, with an oval-shaped crown and a flexible brim. A pliable straw is equally commendable, or ribbon may serve. Odd wooden ornaments trim some ,of the hats, cocks' feathers others, and colours are determined by the dress. Evening Dresses.

Evening dresses for the South show much variety. When every evening calls for a pretty frock for a dance, a dinner parly, or the Casino, me strain on the wardrobe is great. Girls still wear gay, straight little dance frocks with light hip draperies. These dresses are in crepe, lace, metal tis — sue, or chiffon velvet. Colours are bright, or white is embroidered wilh beads; a simple, expensive white crepe dress beaded in crystal or opaque beads cannot, be surpassed. Older women wear very stalely dresses In velvet, brocade, metal tissue, and satin allied to lace. Such dresses are draped about the figure and have trains. Head-dresses or jewelled ornaments go with them. Nowhere are sleeves worn, unless a shadowy lace frill or flowins shoulder drapery is a sleeve.

As for gloves, in which many women delight, from the one-bultoned affectation with a frill of the exact shade of the long-sleeved frock with which it is worn to the long, perfectly-fitting suede glove, for th opera—it is a matter of taste if they are worn or not. They add to one’s expenses, and conceal the vanity of pretty pink-tipped fingers, rings, and bracelets; but if hands are not pretty, there is every reason for wearing them. ONIONS FOR EIIAUTY Nothing is better for the complexion than fresh fruit and vegetables. Oranges and apples are good for clearing the blood; so are cress and celery. Fruit lias .the host effect it eaten ttrst thing in the morning. The finest vegetable to eat, if you want a nice complexion is the onion, which contains sulphur and also lias a laxative tendency. Spinach and tomatoes contain iron, and should bring colour to the pallid cheek. Cabbage purities the blood, as do other green vegetables and acid fruits. There is nothing to touch the lemon, the juice of which can be taken in any form, as another tine complexion improver. Hot lemonade, sipped just before going to bed, is a splendid cure for sleeplessness. If taken cold and strong iu Hie morning il will brighten flic eyes and cure eonstipnt.nn. Tiie use of drugs and cosmetics will never give you a clear skin; you can o»|v oh In in this, by keeping in perfect hen'll li, and the eating of plenty of froli fruit and vegetables will help to this end. Remember, however, that it is useless eating fruits that disagree with urn, for what suits one person may nut soil another. WOMAN DIES IN THEATRE. Mrs Amelia l.owenstein, said by the pi,lice to have been 00 years old and a member of a'prominent Kentucky family. died suddenly while attending a matinee in the Coliseum 'theatre, Broadway, New York, from heart disease. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs .Jennie Regensburg. Mrs I.owenslain vwi oonsidwftd ia the beat of health.