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WEDNESDAY, HAY 3 1927.
The New
French
Modes.
IT is of satisfaction to learn that the diaposition among most of the well-known designere is to make a keen distinction between the length of street frocks and frocks designed for evening or format afternoon wear. Frocks designed for very young women retain a fairly short skirt length, while most of the stage gowns exploit the skirt that is strikingly long-
Evening and more
Parisians of undoubted taste is a growing demand for these; use of white cotton braid on blus There is wisdom in following the and smartness have worn these metallic fabrics in India. You woollen fabrics is new and clever. French method of treating these metallic fabrics for afternoon may be perfectly sure that for a In another sketch a gown fabrics with much severity. The frocks as well as those designed gown to be worn on caramonious | shows the combination of a navy pattern of the silk should be used for evening. They wear metallic occasions cloth of silver, silver blue serge skirt with a red geor- for the trimming of the frock. cloth cuirasses for afternoon tea lace, and ailver embroidered net getto blouse. There is a silver In a charming little apple frock A really stupendous quality will be in very good style for the buckla with a red stone at the this sort of thing is wall shown. of these metallic fabrics were pro- ensuing six months.
waist.
The only trimming other than the duced in France in anticipation of
Especially interesting in this print of the material consists of a the vogue for gold and silver tis- The new mods in frocks callį trock is the combination of con- Nat embroidered girdle. And this sues. A very large proportion for crepe Moraccaio, Cantontrasting fabrics in skirt and waist frock though of rather striking was sent to Spain and to Spanish crepe, crepe Romain, crepa da without any effort to weld the affect teaches a good lesson in the formal centres in South America. There chins all fabrics of this general two tones. The disposal of the use of other figured silks.
frocks with 1 uneven skirt length or with draping that touches the ground in one place and reveals more than the ankle in another are also a solace to
the spirit of the woman who re- belled at the first decree of long akirts.
FROCES ARE WEARABLE.
You cannot possibly quarrel with the way the French de- signers have bandled the sleeve. question. The дев sleeves possess such infinite variety that for every type of woman and for every shade of taste there must be one that is acceptable. It was quite different two or three years ago when the very short sleeve was to be found on almost every frock of French importation that was not really sleeveless. To be sure these frocks could be altered. providing sleeves of greater sub stance, but when this was done they lacked the cachet of Freach inspiration.
METALLIC FAPRIC RULES.
An enormous amount of metal- lic fabric has been used in the making of the French clothes this season. Bilver is especially smart, but gold has been as well. Some- times this consists of a plain cloth of silver or gok of wonderfully: soft and supple texture. Some- times it consists of a true metallic brocade and again it is in one of the marvelous silk that shows! ,printing in bright and fantastic colours with an interweaving of light, but lastrous metallic inter -threadings.
Belur-Blue serge with trim-
ming of wirrun white bruid and
white beads.
SUPPLE FABRICS LEAD.
White and gold brocade with girdele of gold side of
the brocade.
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Rei geurgette blouse with hing sory skirt. There is n stirer buckle on the girdle.
description. Taffetas are chosen only for the occasional bouffanti type of frock that the French; dressmakers wisely use only for young girls' frocks.
Not so many of the new models call for moire silk, though this still smacks of smartness. A heavy but pliable moire silk with; the water marks forming a con- ventional floral design is seen in Foms of the new gowns. Blister) satin is in high favour and leads! itself to the new draped gowns or to those that hang with classic simplicity.
WHITE TAP OR BLUE SERGE.
One of the most wearable types:
of blue serge suit is shows in one
of the sketches. This shows the! long wide sleeve that can be easi-i
Churming printed silk for a smart
afternod frock.
SIMPLICITY IN LINGERIE.
In general there is a tendency
to use lace rather than embroi-
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE.
Orange Pudding Four good sized oranges, 1 cup dery in the new lingerie and, sugar, 2 cups milk, 2 eggs, 1 table- where embroidery is used, it is spoon cornstarch, 18 teaspoon extremely fine, and has the most salt, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon minute perfection and the most cold water.
unobtrusive loveliness. The laces Peel oranges and cut in thin used are almost invariably hand-slices, removing needs. Put in made laces, and, with the silk paddingdish and cover with one lingerie, they are usually tinted cupsugar. Heat milk in double soft cream colour. Among boiler. Beat yolks of eggs well these laces, Valenciennes is first and stir into scalding hot milk. in favour, and the hand-made filet, Dilute cornstarch in a little cold Brussels and Carrickmacross. and milk and stir into milk mixture, a number of Belgian and Italian Cook and stir until thick. Pour Jaces, are very much used.
over fruit.
Beat whites of eggs with cold
As to the embroidery, there is very little of the familiar eyelet water till stiff and dry. These. work, of padded stitchery, or of must be beaten with a wire whisk. button-hole scalloping. The Beat in
sugar. Spread over designs are light, delicate, and custard and put in a bot oven for beautifully wrought. There is a eight minutes to brown and puff new stitch called "Point Turque," the meringue. Let cool and serve.
No sapce is necessary.
new
ODDS & ENDS.
Noticeable among the colour combinations is a tendency toward red and blue. A brilliant red with a deep warm blue is seen much.
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One of the nowest effects in footwear, even newer than the Russian boot, is the filigres sandal which ties with leather thongs. These come in patent leather.
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Ivory and white bone, bangle Bracelets are being worn much with ivory or bons necklaces. Jade and tortoise shell are also in again. The latter is being used for vanity cases and purses.
Two models are generally con- ceded to be best for evening foot- wear. They are "the sandel and the slipper without a strap. The latter is usually trimmed with a rhinestone buckle.
"Princess Mary blue" already has arrived. Suits and frocks --
ly drawn on and off without fullness at the neck line is also Another frock of good inspira. which resembless very fine stitch-being shown for summer wear creasing the blouse beneath. It worth noticing. Usually the new tion is shown in the sketches. It ing in effect, but can be made are, many of them, of tone also shows the use of the rather bodices and frocks show a per- is of white and gold brocade with in curves and spirals, and tendrils slightly lighter than powder blus circular peplum set on a wide fectly flat neck finish, but here the girdle ruade from the brocade of design. The tendency of and are called Princess Mary girdle of the jacket. This idea and there one sees a disposition with the gold side out. There is over-elaboration which has at blue. was developed by several of the to gather the fallness into a flat the same tendency to cling to the times characterised lingerie is but French designers, as a departure band of the material of the bodice. greatest simplicity. The bodice little seen this season, There Beaded bags are quite: as from the more usual straight-line
USE OF FIGURES.
is drawn rather close, close are less ribbona, fewer rosebuds, popular as ever. The only jacket. The suit shown is of navy There are numerous striking enough to cause wrinkles above and very little of the heavily difference in the new ones is that blue serge with a trimming of figured silks for you to admire in the girdle, and there is a small padded and rather showy the demigas are a little more while braid and white beads. This the silke of this season's making.[loqse panel at the left side, embroidery.
defined.