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"FARIS, January 8th. In keeping with the general tendency sonjardh the paradoxical" is the present fashion ordaining stiff "old" materiala and dark color for girls," and light fluffy ones in gay colour" for their mothers. "Sweet Sixteen" now weare taffetas and moirés at dances, whilst her chaperone
and Weara laco and beautiful glistening fabrics.
The most popular silhouette for girls" party frocks this season abow's a full skirt and a flat bodice that is pointed in front, somewhat reminiscent of Eli- rabethan styles. A bertha, or deep frill of silver or gold lace, with a posy of small flowers at the waist and another on the Guished with long shoulder, each
streamers of narrow ribbon, constitute the trimming of the majority of these youth- ful models, Old rose, nattier blue, brown, and almond green are the shulen most preferred.. Although skirts have been lengthened considerably of late. Miss Sixteen's" frocks still remain well above her ankles.
Her dress may now have a waist lie but only on condition that it be not too marked and placed not too far below the normal waist lines. She may also, havi long sleeves for day wear and short little pulf affairs for the evning. The neck of all her dresses in cut out in an oval shape, this being accentuated in the case of her evening Erpeks, so that the tips of her shoulders are visible, in imitation of the frocks worn by her early Victorian ancestors Ribbon is playing a great.. part in the decorative cherie of evening frocks. One of the latest fails, cotisists of wearing a band of velvet or taffetas ribbou round the throat and finishing it with two frilly loops, arranged like a flower, under the left war Another idea is t take a double ecloured ribbon in a thick quality of satin, pass it round the neck and then slip the ends through a bandl of similar material to that of which the dress is fashioned. Many girls find that parrow black ribbon twisted round the ack and tied in a bow and long enda that trail alast to the skirt hem ig. 1 most effective fish to a dance frick. Others prefer to fish the narrow neck. band with a bow composed of six loops three each fide placed one below the other and drawn in at the middle by a twist of ribbon; this is always placed on de left side just noder the left är.
Elderly and middle-aged women, too, are returking with renewed fervour to the wearing of a band of white satin ribbon round the neck, when appearing in a low. reked or non-collar dres5. This is a detail of dress which is not only exceed.. jugly becoming but me which has its aesthetic side as well, as a hand of this type is such an admirable method, for overing up the blemishes of age; if worn correctly, it also lends an air of disting tion to the general effect.
At the Bal de in Couture, ane of the biggest public balls of the year, I noticed ' quite a number of girls wearing ribbon; novelties of une sort pranother. One of the daintiest and most were consisted in a bow of natrow velvet ribbon pinned on to the right shoulder tip of the dress with long ends that reached to the hem of the skirt,
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Jeanne Lanvin is still faithful to the "period" frocks she launched quite a long time ago and which proved so becoming that that they have become an established fact in the fashion world of Paris. These are in bright-coloured taffetas, have wide gathered skirts, showing an extra fulness of each hip, a tight-fitting, plain bodice finished with a bortha or afrill of lace (preferably silver face), and either ne sleeves at all or else very shor puff ours. The latest variation of this has a fire ne sert which is wired at the hem so that the effect of a crinoline is produced; the underdress is in taffetas. Although there is such a vogue for taffetas, one still sees dainty dance frocks. for young people in crepe de Chine,! erepe Marocain and crepe inorgette. When of these materials, frocks are made rather plain and bright colours are chacu in preference to sombro ones. The skirt, with three tiers of Rounces in Some of them show a skirt that is com- undoubtedly going to be very popular posed of four flounces laid one above the once again, and in a not-too-distant other and reaching from the hem up future. Already there are many models the waist, the same idea of trimming to be seen at the big dressmakers' made being repeated on the bodice. A charm on these lines. The reform, which was.. ing model of this kind 1 Saw recently introduced in a very disreet form this was further decorated with trails of allver Autunin, was so favourably received that lace rencing down across bodice and it is being continued, not only this skirt. Aucther was trimmed with rows of Winter but on all the advance models for Aquilled ribbon formed into squares, placed the Spring as well. The full flounce is one above the other on each side of the also being worn, but in a fairly limited skirt, a double row finishing off the degree. It was launched six months or rounded neck, and sleeves,
so ago by Cheruit, since when the idea
Instead of placing & flower or posy of has been enlarged upon by Premet." flowers towards one side of the waist, the Therefore, one can say, with these twd lateat idea is to place it right in front rug kings" championing it, the Bounce Another original decorative note is the is really and truly "in" again, As well bertha-not of lace, as we have known it as the flouncul skirt, there is for so long, but of organdie. This is reaction in favour of the flounced - sloève. quite wide and gathered in, a little full This may be carried out in two or three on the shoulders, so that it is inclined to tiers, and, as it falls away from the arm raise up at this point and cup the is more or less graceful line it is shoulder, as it were. :
often chosen in preference to the olceed or tight-Etting sleeves, to add a lighter touch.
Flounces are being used not quly as trimming for young girls party frock they are also being used quite a lot by
A sleeve that in a combination of the designer on other types of modele as fanteed and the bell slooves is another well. Indeed, they are coming back so zovelty which has made its appearance rapidly into favour again that it is easy of late. From the shoulder to just abore to foresee the day, when dresses will be the elbow, the sleeve is straight and tight- frilled and founced a generously as they fitting, and on to this is joined the second were, some tax or fifteen years ago.
part of the sleeve which is wide and
For the present, designers are content, fares out voluminously to the wrist A ing themselves with bringing in this new band of embroidery or braid chosen line by gentle degres, but the effort to usually to mach similar trimming figar: wombat the alarming persistenty of the ing on the dres, may be used to gover straight type of frock is no lese evident the join at the elbow of this arvel two- aid determined: "The found in 1 plecarsleeve:--* present stage of evolution is little more
With the exception of these new and that a band cut on the dross, so that if more or less freak model sleeves are not lies quite find and yet siggosta, by a sligbially wide, and when they do bilgi |fering movement idea of a gathered is only in places a rule they are straight and in rather lowly to the shape of the "afik,
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