SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1935
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ahe been revealed by the Paris Win- ter fashion openings. Some of these will be immediately. adopted, while others are worth watching because they forecast the future, though they will probably make very little im- pression on the mode as a whole before next Spring.
The silhouette with front fullness. or drapery concentrated in front, is still important; but even newer is the trend that follows a back- ward movement..
most
significant
Mainbocher's new models for both day and even- ing feature back fullness introduced into the skirt from a little below the waistline by means of a widely
flared godet or a gathered section. Though back fullness is
apt to suggest an 1880 silhonette, this treatment, gives quite a modern out- line. because there is no tendency to pull or drape the front of the skirt, which is plain, yet slightly flaring:
Alix shows an individual version of the backward movement in the wool or silk jersey day-time frocks that are high-necked and plain in Troat. With long plain sleeves. The whole back consists of a wide full panel laid in tubular pleats that fare from the shoulder line to the hem. A wide heavy metal or jewelled belt, that is very tight and worn to the natural waist,
accentuates the outward and back- ward sweep of the skirt. This silhouette was definitely inspired by Italian pre-Raphaelite paintings.
In her evening mode Alix exag-
gerates the backward sweep still further. She features gowns of
heavy stiff matelasse or clogue taf-
feta that fit like a glove around the waist and the top of tht hips:
At this point a wide full panel is Shirred onto the skirt at the back. Shirring is also carried a small way down each sides the panel flows free from the point where it stops, allowing one to catch glimpses even of the thighs. When in motion. this back panel billows out like a balloon in an unusual and novel effect.
Mainbocher's evening gowns with wing busties or double bustle- pouffes, trimmed with flowers, are exciting examples of the new back emphasis. He makes them of stiff moire, clogue taffeta or.cellophane brocade, in-black or dark rich tones relieved by flowers in some shade of red or purple.
It is noteworthy that an extreme- ly deep back decolletage almost in- variably complements back interest in the skirt, while front fullness is apt to be balanced by a high or in any case, decidedly modest back neckline.
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Jeanne Lanvin's "saints robes” are the most successful examples of the high-necked evening gown, featuring front fullness. These gowns idealise the human figure, masking it with ample but vertical folds that turn it into a Irving fresco-an impression that *heightened by Lanvin's marvellous combinations of primitive colour and by her jewel-like touches of stylised embroidery. When Lanvin does not throw the fullness, toward the front she distributes it equally all round, a treatment which has the effect of flattening the figure into a most angelic outline. Many gowns are trimmed with a COD- trasting cowl that may be worn over the head or draped round the neck like a collar.
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