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mounting course across the crossed front of the cost. They fall in loose, grace- ful folds about the hem line in front, and add tremendously to the line of the gar meat. The gown that Madame Groult has designed to accompany this coat is of the same shade of brown in crêpe Paris, December 18th. The.Ensemble " has become one of satin. It follows graceful, slender lines, the most important features of Parisian the skirt giving a particularly clinging in dressing these past few years. Perfect effect though it is not what one could harmony in all of the elements of a cos call a tight skirt. The front of the bodice tume has,, since the war, been recognised splits from the neckline to the waist to as of paramount importance and the fold back in soft revers that fall like a The couturiers have, accordingly. set them-abot straight down the centre of the solves the task of creating coats and frent from the round neckline. gowns, jackets and frocks, wraps and sleeves are long and fit the arms" smooth- evening dresses which create this perfectly, and descend a little onto the hands.
Many women have bought just such nu harmony. Some of the cleverest woman have carried the matter still further, and ensemble and then have set about making after choosing an ensemble of a gown the selection of other gowns to wear and a coat of similar or harmonious colour beneath the coat, for as every woman they set out to find other gowns which knows, one coat, if properly taken care of, hang on-hangers, etc. will outlast also harmonize with the coat.
three or four gowns The full front of For mcrning wear the three quarters this cont allows for a great deal of lati length or full length coat is the rule.tude in the selection of gowns. One ena is usually, for this season, of beary wool wear the plain sheath, if one has the material, though for the sunny slopes of figure for that, under it. One can have the Riviera the couturiers are creating the a ahaath shaped slip and a variety of same types of coats in fulgurante, satin, sheath tunics, some split at the sides, some closely atting to the knees, some aad the wanderful rayon silk" textiles or kasha. The line is narrow and elinging, with an apron front inserted, some with Either the double breasted coat inspired side panels of pleating or of rich lamé by the rediagates of the Napoleanic et foto, their width, and if the colours epoch or the wrap around coat which is and the textures, of "these gowes are held shut on the left hip is the type most chosen to harmonize with the coat these worn. A standing collar and wide revers gowns will form a fine ensemble with it. characterize the former, and soft, drap One can also find a number of gowas able revers, or the shawl collar appears whose design is crainently harmonious with the shape of the coat One of these with the latter.
Lailer this simple, practical coat differ-I saw the other day in the collection of ent gowns are word. Some will be dark Mrs. Davidson who dresses some of the and sober in colour, matching the dark smartest women in Paris. It was of a green or the nut brown of the coat, others heavy crepe brocaded in gold. The gold are brilliant, and show a welcome touch brocade made a wide pansel down the of colour at the neckline or at the hem centre of the back from neck to bein. as the coat is worn folded about them. The front of the bodies finished in a For instance, suppose that one bas chosen stripe of the gold at the low waistline and to this was attached an apron tunic One will have one * dark green coat.
which was shirred at the centre and left simple, dark green frock to match relatively plain at the sides. This type Then one can have another gown with a dark green skirt, pleated, say, and a blouse of crepe or satin in a lighter shade of green which harmonizes with the dark green. One can vary this by the change to a long tunic blouse in à vividly con-
Evening ensembles become quite a trasting colour, orange or apricot, say problem, for at the smart evening gather- or dull yellow. A third frock will be Pinge one does not wear the same gown black broadcoth, which compliments the too often. Thus it is rather expensivo green admirably. This perhaps, will to have a velvet cloak that matches the of one's evening have a narrow belt and bindings of dark colour of every one green suede leather, which match the tone of the coat, and make the frock relate closely to it. Another gown, supposing that the ensemble was for the warm wea ther of the Riviera, would be of a crêpe print with a light green or a cream colour ed ground and a pattern of little bunches of Apwers in vivid tints. Such a gown, would, ten to one, be pleated, either from a small yoke, or it would have a pleated skies hung from the low waistline of its plain bodice.
Another morning ensemble might be off gray Scotch tweed, a material that is tremendously fashionable in Paris just at present. Here the skirt would always match the coat, being a separate skirt, though probably hung on a long waisted lining of China silk or pet. The varia tion would come from the blouses or tanies worn over this skirt. One, cer- tainly, would be of white satin. It would button closely about the hips at quite a low line. Its sleeves would Enish in little turned back cuffs like the double cuffs on a man's shirt, and in front it would have "plastron or shirt front effect of the satin, either plented or plain, and its collar would stand up straight about the neck with a turnover that would allow a black tie to be worn with it when the fair wearer wished to wear the collar closed. Otherwise it would be worn open, showing a triangle of the neck.
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of gown is eminently fashionable and it is kind to the figure which has lost, the lissomness of youth, creating, as it does, the narrow lines without hecentuating all of the carves of the figure.
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gowns. As a result many of the women in smart life find it most economical to have a single fur wrap for evening and to choose all evening gowns in tones which barmonize with this. Even on the Riviera and in the warm weather the furs are worn, a lining of amooth satin brocade or of lamé assuring a cool texture against bare shoulders and armis. The fur most favoured generally is sable. Rather less expensive, hat still quite previous "are the mink coa The erminc coats, pure white and grite voluminous are also very smart, and the most expensive fur of all and certainly the most impressive. is chinchilla. The real chinchilla is worth three times its weight in gold, but the busy furriers have discovered the chin- chilla rabbit, which is really just as fluffy,! more even in texture, and two or three times as durable.
PRESENT-DAY GIRLS..
Was
A "SILLY, SHODDY AGE." Miss Margaret Boudfield who Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Labour in the Labour Government, pres seated the prizes at the Wimbision Secondary School for Girls recently. She said there was no doubt that a few of the girls would be going to live what She could was called a life of leisure. Another blouse, say, would be of bril only say she was sorry for them, because silly" shoddy liant red eripe de chine. It would have they belonged to such a a wide tughed belt of the same material age. What she wanted to see were wo about the low waistline, and from this men who could stand alone if necessary, would bang a tuni, about fourteen inches and who could be firm. "I would sooner deep, of the crepe pleated in fue pleats. see you have an ambition to be a good The sleeves, long, and net too closely cook than I would see you a shorthand fitting, would be finished in Cavalier cuffsypist," she added. "I have come across Claudine" these girls who because they can wear and the collar would be the variety which is just like the little round pneumonia blouses and high heels think they have joined a noble profession. collars that our children wear on their pretty school frocks. Still another blouse They are often inefficient, and I can you that that kind of girl is assure might be of groen répe satin' with a
for more profanity than any responsible for plastron plain, square cornered "
other class." plain helt about the hips and the balance
Surprise at the amount of money of the bodice pleated. Shirt sleeves and children had nowadays and distress at euffs and a small turn-down collar would the ease with which they got rid of at
All of these complete this blouse.
the headmistress were expressed by
When she was at blouses, you will notice, are rather tailor- (Miss Borthwick)." ed in style, which is, the correct thing school, she said, she had a penny a week with the tweed suits. The satin blouses, pocket money. On becoming a senior, the to three- especially the white ones, are the staff pocket-money was increased
a
est thing but the most extravagant, for pence week, but then she had to buy a few days wear necessitates a trip to her own hair ribbon, a not inconsider the cleaners, while the crêpe de chingable item in thosays, when girls' hair and the crêpe satio blouses can be laund was not bobbed
ered, which is distinctly a saving.
Turning to the afternoon ensembles we encounter more variety and more rich-
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Less original but more generally go- cepted are the coats which show a cer- tain amount of fullness about the hem. They seldom show much fullness, but the well regulated certain amount is. important if one wants to look really dreaey, Sometimes the fulness is let in the form of circular flounces, as in the case of a Nicole Groult ensemble for the Côte d'Azur. The cont is one of the gleaming rayon silk brocades, and it Zollows the line of the figure closely in the back to the hom line, but at the side. | sexom the flounces begin and follow a
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