Fashion Notes from Paris.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 69

Fashion Notes from Paris.

tßy a Parisian Expert.) PARIS, January, 1912 lucre can be no doubt that among the newest and prettiest gowns broad ribbon and eliiffou sashes will play a prominent part, especially in the case of frocks that are intended for afternoon and evening wear. Some of these sashes are carried out in ribbons of Pompadour designs, printed with long bouquets of

•Line aowert, while other* again of plain rich >atin, showing on the reverse bide wine contracting colour. The prettiest sashes of all are as the “ .no3siwe g ** and are arranged literally on Japanese lines with large butterfly laid flatly against the back of the bodice, and two plain and perfectly straught ends la id over each other, so that. ex. ept for the fact that the one that conies underneath is the longer of the two. the effect is almost that of a sash with one enA. A *’mousme ” sash of this kind is being very successfully exploited in the ‘’Revue des X." at the Bouffes Parisiens by Madame Cora Laparrerie. who wears one in saxe blue satin with a gown of kimono inspiration carried out in apricot moon over white «oft silk, the skirt arranged with a hem of saxe blue chiffon veiled with apricot ninon. This broad sash introduces a most effective mass of colour at the back of the pale tinted gown, and adds considerably to ts quaint charm. Another fascinating frock with w ■ .'ia “ m msme *' s ’sJi is wom ts made in silver grey satin, closely ve led with black mousseline de sore, and finished with a hem of black satin embroidered with jet. The sash is of sapph re blue satin ribbon, w ie enough to give a corselet effect in front, while the big flat bows are drawn up from the waist so that they almost entirely cover the back of the bodice. As regards day frocks, some alte?''

of Japanese bhie silk, with turned back c ff» of hem-stitehed lawn, and finished with tw • black dome-shaped button.-, and .a flat tie of black silk, braid, ti<»n- are to be expected in our ideas of w at i- fitting a?* an usudoor v -;ume. Katine is still very murh liked, and the woman who chooses a new garb will robabiy find l»er-4f torn in two between ratine and silk serge. Colours arc r more dull an 1 dead, and sometimes ; t many as five are intrudmed into one

gown, and three into a single button. The frock of ratine and silk serge in white, ivory, or a sort colour win be even more popular than the coat and

skirt. The latter is still short, and has that front panel which gives a little additional width. Braiding is its decoration. this is done with much elaboration wherever it ran he introduced wit flout overloading. Mamies and full lengtn costs will naturally suggest themselves as complements for the tight-fitting frock, until such time as the finishing touch may be a stole and muff of fancy composition. Furs win no sooner be laid aside than the designers will display these muffs a nJ stole ingeniously and tastefully made of eoraMued brocade and feathers, or soft chiffon and braiding. Braiding belongs to the Turkish period. If waists still lean to the Empire days of dress, our gauzy stuffs certainly point to the times when fragile women braved the elements clad in the thinnest of garb, weighing as little as possible, and transparent wherever the law permitted. For we have not by any means come to an end of the reign of transparencies, They are used very freely as ornamentation. Much fine and close braiding is lavished • n panels of net to be used on silken costumes. Narrow bands of it outline -loth draperies, and the bolero effect of ths bodies, slightlv high as regard to waist, may l-e satisfactorily attain, ,i by means of braiding. The small short, blouse gimps, and undersleeves, which are the necessary finish to the froek. n inch is rouuded out at the neck, are of braided net. It is soM in bands suitable for application on any material. Afternoon dresses are verv simple in shape, cut short, an it heir smartness lies entirely in the material chosen. Velvet lias been generally adopted, and black dominates, ckirts ere ran i. slightly gathered at the waist, and finished off at the bottom with a hand of fur. Bodices affect the blouse shape, and are usually trimmed with a large sailor collar of Milanese lace; or Venetian point.

and the edge of the sleeves with the same lace. The "Voltaire” blouse made on kimono lines, with long, close-fitting sleeves and a V shtped neck.’ is very modish. It is finished off with a wide double jabot of lace, and ruffles of the same come well over the wrists. Some bodices are cut in a circle at the neck, with small yokes of cream tulle. This fashion of transparent neck.pieces seems to have taken a firmer hold ttian ever.

Just by way of postscript I must draw your attention to the sketch illustrated on this page, which shows One of the latest models in a well-known louse of the Rue de la Pais. This is a severely cut

tailor suit tn imCgo blue eMk. absolutely unfa-irrmed, ears for stitvhery and thi one black peAH button which fastens the coat at the waist line. A white lingerie shirt waist, turn down collar, and a mannish tie, give a smart finishing touch to a very modish toilette. The hat is an attractive model in indigo feK, a single white ostrich plume in massed effect being the only garnituru