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PARIS FASHION NOTES.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORILESPONDENT, ISABEL RAMSEY.}

PARI, March 12th.

One of the most interesting collectinas ol any season is always that of Chanel, as this designer, with Jean Patou Molyneux and A few others, represents all that is new and progresive and anti-traditional in the world' of dres

in Paris. Although these houses are of compartively recont date in the field of fashion, they represent the the new public which artistic ideals of has sprung up. since the war, so that their word ! 73 Just as much law, and in

in some cases more so, as that of the old established designers whose names have been household words the world over for the last couple of generations,

Tha great advantage these new designers have aver their older rivals in that their creations always make for youth, no matter what the age of the wearer; young, amart, chic, sporting, fresh are the adjectives best suited to

to describe nearly all that they design, and it is no wonder that women who prefer to wear clothes of one or other of these types Bock to the young designers in preference to the older traditionalists who will maku them beautiful clothes, it is true, but clothes that will supply more easily this needs of those desiring graceful, stately or majestic: looking creations.

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Chanel, this Spring, is showing much shorter skirts than last season, and a waist that is appreciably higher. She is also

like most other designers. fotetting

sleeves, but tightfitting sleeves- that are far more often short than long. her clothes have a smart, sporting look about them. One of her novelties is a blouse made of embroidered jersey faint, and another, is IL cunt made of hand knitted chenille in a golden shadh fer big costs, cut and embroidered in imi- tation of Magyar styles, are also attractive; likewise the creations which hroidered with weird looking geometrical designs like the ecloured hoxagons and so forth which one sees in an Kinder- this embroidery looks as garten book; this though the entire contents of a Salon d'Automne pubist exhibition had been trans- ferred by me ins of the embroiderer's machin to the width of material in question.

Chanel is showing 接 number of mushin frocks, made with three dounces up the skirt, the flounces being finely pleated. There are also a dainty collection of little casaquin blas embroidered blouses,

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and old strawberry silks, also casaquins and frocks rode of quaint- looking designs, similar to the Hispahan frock which Pater made such yeur.

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As well as these and other printed materials of every type, Chanel is using a great deal of Bianchini fabrics arid crepe de Chine granite, showing old rose and black designs and fine knife-pleats are

against an ivory background..

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features of the trimming used on models, whilst einbroidery in bright tones is added to plain materials. White Romain. trimmed with brilliant

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embroidery figures more than any other material in the evening dress section of this collection novelty of Jenny's Spring collec tion is the short tailored coals with a lining which is loose at the hem, of the coat, re- SHANGHAI OFFICE Iches down ten inches or so below it and is caught round the waist with a deep lining, in this case, is in an ox- band." The tra fine quality crepe de Chine, crepe Marocain or similar materials which do not show an enormous amount of difference be tween the right and the wrong side, so, that they may serve the double purpose of lining the coat and yot acting us a blouse once

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of thing reached below the There are also 4 number of capes of every description in this collection, many short frocks, roany effects. of darts carried out down one side of the skirt instead of both sides, many examples of printed materials, and many afternoon frocks carried out in lace.

For the evening, there are gowns in crepe satin, lace and beaded materials A novel idea is that of twelyo bracelets in coloured galalithe worn

orn at intervals right up the arm. These are of different colours, or else of one colour mixed with alternate black bracelets to match the colour of the frock.

Trimming is carried out in various ways, amongst the more critical being that of silk braid in Paisley shades; plaits are also. used a great deal, likewise handkerchiefs in the form of a fcha round the neck, tho shoulders or the hipa The smartest affects are obtained by making use of handker chicks in bright blue, red and groen shadca, and showing them up against dresses in navý

blue serge

Jeanne Lanvin, that arch friestess of freshness and youth, is using a great deal of cream kasba cloth in the coat and skirt section of ber Spring collection. The costs show a coloured border,

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and the skirts are plain and straight, and inclined to be longer than they are at other houses this season. With these contumes are worn bright-looking blouses in printed materials or plain ones in gay shades Likewise, the linings of the coats are of bright-coloured plain silks or else Paisley patterned materials. Lanvin introduces the

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which perch in the form of a looking bow flowing cads on shoulder, as a a finish to dainty organdio cuffs and collary else from the fidck of a hat which condensed the whole of Spring within the compass of its flower decked brim. As well

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is theso there are other bows, but huge anos. this time, which are tied with a caro- less grace and set as a finish among foonces draperies and frills, sometimes at the side, sometimes at the back. Another idea carried out in ribbon is that of rosettes fashioned of

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