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Late Winter Showings Present a Comparatively Settled Mode-Hints of the New Fashions Abo und.
With every individual designer emphasising lines. andi details different from avery other. the winter fashions are most decidedly deceptive, and it is not until the 'anal winter showings that the mode is really established. General ac ceptance has separated the wheat from the chaff, and it is little short of amazing how much chaff the crop of fashions has brought. This is true in every respect. whether it has to do with fabric," colour line or trimming.
Coats, frocks both daytime and evening sports clothes and the eR- tire range of Imperative accessories have a place in every complete and graphie portrayal of the mode. Paris has presented a new. elegance which had to have time to settle into a form that was usable. One notices the very evident trend to ward intricate detail which is made to assume a decided simplicity by the art of the designer.
It is readily seen what this man! pulation means, so far as materials They must be are concerned. supple, and the really logical choice: is chiffon or Georgette. It is pos. Rible to find more models in the latter fabric than in any other one, for not only does it assume the desired lines in the body of the dress, but it makes elaborate And sleeves that are not too bulky. both chiffon and Georgette make the coloured slip. possible, which is always desirable in the interests of variety.
Sleeves Long And Intricate. "In a mode that inclines so very stoutly to elegance, the plain sleeve. has no place. It will be, inevitably, long; and will show elaboration somewhere between the shoulder and the wrist. Especially lovely when the fabric is right and the person who wears the model-is tha dolman armhole then, there is the sleeve that is full at the elbow and narrow at the wrist, or the one that
BLUE SHOES ARE SMART!
Skirt length is always an In- tarosting question, and while there are many rumours to the affect that longer skirts are to be a part of the new mode already appearing ong the horizon, late models are short-two and three inches below the knee, when becoming. It la. practically useless to repeat the warning. that one's figure should determine the skirt length, but it is true A full-length glass should Be consulted before the final deci alon is made.
The irregular hemline is the thing except, of course, in sports"; and tailored modulal It is reached in many different, interesting ways.. and is one of the most generally. becoming details of a mode that. should be found perfection, Indivi dually, since there are so many in- terpretations of it. Trimmings are elaborate-embroideries and other types of handwork; crystal effects on evening fracks, and fringe-but beware this intriguing stuff--it can be very unbecoming.
Daytime Dresses Are Varied. The rather elaborate frock that appears in the afternoon is a radi- cal departare from the dress that is tailored or sports in type, be- longing to the morning hours. For the latter wool, jersey, knit fabrics, velveteen and corduroy For the former silk, crepe, Georgette and velvet, a at that differs only in type from evening fabrica, which ure more fragile and, presumably, more delicate in colour.
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Typical of the smartness of morning apparel, the little medel of plaided novelty wool shows the influence of the trend toward ele gance.. It is straight of ine, but not a pencil silhouette; it combines plam material with fancy in an in- teresting way, and it is belted and strapped and buttoned in an un- usual way. The long sleeve shows elaboration, but keeps to the spirit of the tailored mode; the collar is high-and smart.
Afternoon may bring out the smart little frock of crepe and parne
velvet which lustrates fashion's fair for two fabrics and two colours or shades of colours. Abrupt contrasts are not as likable as the more subtle ones, which the pictured model typifies. A model of this sort is always a welcome addition to the wardrobe for it may be worn under the coat for a morn ing's shopping and prove correct
for even an elaborate luncheon and
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1927.
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med with fur. It is a possibility Evening Things Gorgeous. for the very slender woman, and When it comes to the festivities for no other, for it is trimmed in of the evening, fashion outdoes her such a way that height is cut. The her offerings banding of fur and fabric around aelf, applying to luxury, gorgeousness and elabora-the bottom of the skirt le matched tion of many sorts-all these in on the sleeves, and the collar is of The waist is bloused a colour, fabric and line. There is a the fur real rage for the gowns that are bit, and the general effect is one of treated to magnificent embroideries elaborateness. done in sequins, crystal beads, The extremely decorative fur rhinestones-anything that glittera. coat proves the skill of the furrler So brilliant are they that they at- for it is made to trim itself with tract the light and are termed a pattern worked out in the supple pelts of which it is made. Fur is "spotlight frocks."
Many, however, prefer the femin- so much a part of the mode that Ine quaintness of the robe de style it assumes an importance that no the model illustrated, very one fabric approximates. It is used charming interpretation of this prodigally for trimming, appearing, picturesque fashion. It possesses now, on hats, as well as on cloth an individuality that the 'spangled coats and dresses. All preferred dress may not achieve, and the fashions are be-furred, this season, beauty of the velvet is accented.by. tafeta that are matched by the the adorable "pinked" ruffles of lining to the huge bustle bow. Note the rounded neckline. in back and the just-enough shirring on the bodice.
Coats are no less elaborate than dresses, and are quite as decided The New Silhouette.
in their line of demarcation--one While the couturiers. is in the
from the other. The sports coat, hey-day of her glory, the amateur dressmaker ands herself most de
which is a general utility coat for cidedly puzzled. In the maze of
the woman who does not indulge in sports, is always tailored in line' puzzling skirt treatments that use
To the woman who is keen for
and finish, but jaunty, swagger, a deal of fabric, yet appear smartly
unusual effects, the vogue for slender, it is difficult to locate even
shoes of blue kidskin will appeal.smart. It may be of wool or of one that it is easy to make-success- It is a vogue sufficiently well-fur, or it may be of both the cloth fully. For even when lines are, developed to assure a satisfactory coat having fur collar and cuffs or apparently, straight, there is noth-choice in this one accessory, for oven a lining of fur ing about them that even faintly there are not only operas, one-strap Three Very Different Models.
Emphasising the "blouse back, a resembles the oldtime pencil or
pumps and Oxfords to be had, but sheath silhouette...
the latter show variety in both last coat of black broadcloth takes to and height of heel. And some of itself many of the characteristice trimming of of elaborateness that an afternoon the models show a
model may pessoas, yet it would be bright blue, alligator calf.
Blue is proving rather popular in correct for morning wear. Its costumes this means navy and trimming is simplicity itself, con- many of the Hghter shades-and sisting of a touch of applique above blue shoes harmonise, with the blue, the waistline and fur cuffs and The latter has a band of ensemble. But their usefulness is collar. by no means limited to clothes of ornamental metal braid run through the same general colour, for they it to match the braid that heads the are effective with certain tones of cuffs.
An afternoon coat that will prove gray-the blue and the gray are side by side in fashion, too--ande moat. "dressy" affair is made of with beige..
Ane broadcloth and lavishly trim-
The bloused waist has achieved a fairly definite place in the mode, but it is not permitted to interfere in any way with the general im- pression of slenderness upon which fashion insists. Boleros appear.. but they, too, keep "to the rule of straightness. Hips are fitted which has much to do with the charm of the new silhouette, and such fullness as may appear in the skirt la cleverly manipulated with pleats and tucks, or with flounces of soft-falling fabric.
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