PARIS FASHIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16626, 17 October 1925, Page 15 (Supplement)

PARIS FASHIONS.

LIME AND DRAPERY. (From a Lady Correspondent.)' The short skirt, and no other, will be worn this summer. The straight line from shoulder to hip is usual. Any waist line, high or low. does not affect this straighlness. since it does not draw the dress in at all, only traces a line on if. Thus it may he set high or low and still leave the straight line which gives length and slimncss to the figure.

Draperies are cut in many ways. A recent fashion is 1o fold a length of the material into a pattern, much as dinner napkins are folded, press it firmly into the folds, then hang it on the dress at the desired point from the waist, and let it fall naturally. Tf stitched at all, the stitches arc invisible. Another original idea is to have half of a skirt cut straight, the other half in circular form to flow as a drapery. One of Ihe most graceful ways of making the short skirt is to cut it in such a way that it flows very gradually from the knees at the sides and behind, but remains straight, or almost straight, in front. This is the short skirt at its best. At its worst it is so tight that walking is impossible. No draperies can give it ease, »and the effect may not be graceful.

Bright Frocks. A bright, summer fashion is to have a dress of printed silk voile or crepe de chine or foulard and a plain spongecloth coat in one of Ihe colours in the dress to wear over it. The coat is unlined. Another, more sophisticated style, is to have a three-piece dress in two colours, the dress in the brighter of the two, the coat in the darker, lightly trimmed with the bright colour of the" dress. This is frequently done in black crepe satin with white, or red, or green, as the second colour. A discreetly bright dress is of black silk crepe with a narrow front panel from shoulder to hern in plaited ribbons of two or three colours tied at the throat to fall in ends about half a yard long. There is a ievolt among matrons against the fashion of wearing light silk stockings with dark dresses. Beigo Mere Fashionable. Beige is more in fashion than grey, though grey may be worn in the evening with coloured jewels or gold and silver embroideries. Grey georgette embroidered witli torquoise or coral beads is charming. Beige is a colour for the daytime. It looks well in any material and may lie trimmed with green, red. black, blue, gold, silver, or a mixture of colours in braids and embroideries. With a brown trimming it also looks well. A beige kasha coat and skirt are trimmed with squares of lizard skin. A beige georgette dress has inset narrow bands of brown georgette to give it its shape. This fashion of drawing the shape of the dress by means of crossway bands, strappings, pockets, and slitchings is popular." Many dresses look as if they were made geometrically with bands and squares and panels. Everything is drawn on to the figure to get a slim straight line, and then .it is softened by strands of drapery. Draperies and Embroideries. Only when the dress is strictly tailored arc draperies and embroideries set aside. Then, darts, pleats, strappings and stitchings only are used. Fresh linen waistcoats are worn with long tailored coats of cloth. Linen jumpers are put under short coats. Linen coals and skirts and dresses are to be worn at mid-summer. In almondgreen linen there is a coat, and to wear with it a skirt of grey and green check flecked here, and there with yellow. Beige and coral checks are worn with a coat of coral linen. Blue and white gingham makes up into fresh little morning frocks with short sleeves t*ed into handkerchief points, and a small handkerchief collar tied into a sharp knot in front.

Square and Pointed Necks. Square and pointed neck openings arc usual, and on muslin dresses a flimsy wrap in the form of a scarf to match may still be worn. Lame dresses are brocaded brightly with flowers, and veiled with lace or chiffon. They risk looking grand. Black varnished chiffon is smartly used with red ostrich feather trimming. The feathers are cut to form a short fringe to draperies. Another way of trimming black varnished muslin is to put on it coloured embroideries. These may be in the bright colours of the Second Empire. Lace Frocks. Lace dresses and lace draperies arc frequent for evening and afternoon wear. Black Chantilly, cream Venetian, and metal laces arc put over contrasting colours. Some laces are incrusted and' embroidered in colour. The materials of these incrustations and embroideries arc somewhat strange. Coloured raffia, fine silk braid, tinsel, and muslin arc among them.