1934-03-30 — Page 3

Paris Fashions

London. "March -8.

Jean Paton has a collection of

→ dresses, and ensembles which in- clude tailored coats and skirts, afternoon dresses with and with- . out coats, evening dresses, and wraps. For the morning he cuts perfectly simple skirts with plents or a fare and gives no unusual Une to the 'coat except at the neck, which may be without any collar and have a pinch behind to form a fin flap of about two

to

three inches at its widest. This peculiarity is common to all coats, and to some bodies, throughout the collection.

The waist-Une at Fatou's ia neat and close fitting, with some small drapery at the back, such as fin-shaped flaps, short sash- ends tied to a bow with ends. The hips are invariably slender in line: The neck-line is decora» tive, with Irregularly shaped collars, hoods. and, in front, revers. White pique is much used to trim simple dresses. Belts are * drawn tight without pinching the waist. Short sleeves are usual. Bright blue and Kavy blue, almond green, tango red, violet. and quite a lot of black are used in this collection. Soft, supple materials are the fashion for the afternoon; stiff satin, faille, "and velvet for the evening....

Maggy Rout puts turbulent ruchings to frame the head and face, cutting the bodice for after- noon" to a wide square in front and bringing high the ruching on the shoulders and at the back of the head. The fashion is that of the reign of Henry VIII. An- other style peculiar to Maggy Rouff is that of wearing with morning dresses a cape made with sleeves into which the arms "are not slipped. The impression

is that of the cardigan, or coat. hung on the shoulders with empty sleeves. In all the ensem- bles Maggy Rouff makes for the afternoon there is a marked femininity. She uses crisp silks and drapes the waist, carelessly. Her jackets pucker in the back." her bodies and sleeves have that untailored look which has the charm of a day that is past: She also makes figured crepe dresses In lovely colours and patterns which she puts under long black, brown, grey, or blue coats, all of which have the high, loosely ruched collar and open throat. The evening dresses are in the same styles made with skirts

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which are full-at the back and which few at the hem They nave slender bodices and very full high,, puffed sleeves, square. cût neck, lines, and tight waists.

While waiting for spring. Fren- chwomen are wearing tailormades and furs. Costs have fox-trim- „med sleeves; capes of fox are

worn back to front, afdeways, -any way but straight. För skins with head and tall complete ars wound about the shoulders, but доб round the throat. Fox is the fashionable fur, and it is likely to be so during the summer, since It is being put on afternoon coat sleeves, and capes are made with it for the evening.

REMOVING STAINS

Tea or cocoa stains cari be re- moved from linen.or cotton by soaking the articles in cold water, then balling them in soapy water In the usual way. For coffee stains plunge the material into boiling water as soon as possible. Water should never be applied to tar stains, as this fixes them permanently. Cover them with butter and leave for an hour or two: then rub the tar off with સ clean rag. The grease 'can afterwards be removed by

rub- bing with petrol, and the article can then be washed £5 usual. Black ink can be removed if the articles are soaked in boiled milk for some hours; ammonia and water will remove red ink. Paint should be rubbed with turpentine. then sponged with ammonia and water. Iron-mould can be moved by soaking the stained portion in a solution of salts of of lemon and water, using a tea- spoonful to half a pint of water. This should be thoroughly rinsed but before the garment is washed

LADIES' in the usual way.

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When Poise Means More

London Fashion Notes When Poise

Fashion Hints

1. Trimmings that take off

2. Blouses with attached scarves to come outside the coat in pique.

3. Wide revers

4. An impression of much metal about the fastenings

5. Wooden monograms high at the neck of a dark blouse"

Spring Fashion Secrets

In the matter of colours, pastel shades are to predominate this Spring.

be seen.

egg blue

seasore.

No violant colours wil A lovely shade of duck will be the colour of the Dusty pinks and blues will be popular, with "porridge " and Quince a yellowish copper for day wear. As to materials, chiffon is to be popular, plain and printed in bold design. Floral printed crepes and satins will also de popular. Embroidered organ- dle will appear later on, and a curious fabric for evening dresses called "akiri." This is a flesh, coloured silk embroidered in black and pink. Light weight fabrics for Late Spring include "Peau de peche" which has moss exfect,

Rami" which appears in plaid, strip corded, and checked de- signs. The blouse revival is very noticeable. One milliner is mak- ing tiny chiffon hats with accom- panyiny blouses to be worn with tweeds. Three-quarter coats will be seen a great deal, and straight. skirts are worn jus; a trife lon- ger than last season. Swim suits will be very scanty. They con- centrate on the uplift" move- ment with corseted brassiere tops. Evening lines show little change... The line is long and the fit is 'close, with tualc effects featured for wearers who take kindly to them, The points enumerated below may be helpful.

Lengths

These will not be violently al- tered

Waist-Line

The smarter blouses will be worn over and not under the skirt which indicates a longer waist. The inside more tailored type of shirts are worn with either a cor- selet skirt or fitted into a lower 'belt."

"Sleeves

"These are no longer exaggerated nor are shoulders over-squared cuffs can be very decorative,

Belts and Buttons These come in to renovate, and indicate changes of line. Glass, steel paste or, Indeed, any sort of fancy button may be used.

Coats

Can be of innumerable lengths and still be fashionable. Plenty of the long and short three-quar- ter lengths and the sleek Uttle hip-coats have gone on the cru- ises. The short feefer model 1s revived for country tailored sults.

GloytsTM

Continue to be fairly decorative, and for the next two or three months gauntlets can still be worn in kid, wool or embroidery stitchery. White is returning to fashion, so are paler shades. The quieter styles are best

Hosiery

For ordinary wear this should not be too light. The linnet and brown-beige are correct for day,

and the fancy patterned lale are worn with country low heeled shoes.

Shoes

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The new shoes are adorned with ribbing and punching. Two tones. of leather such as suede and kid will be a popular. vogue

Handbags

The new bags are interesting. of soft antelope and thick fabric they are futed, frilled, ribbed, and pleated to follow the tenden- cies of the dresses,

Norman Hartnell's collection stressed delicacy of colouring with simplicity of out. For afternoon he uses two frocks to go with one coat. Usually one of the dresses is plain, in the colour, of the cost, the other.. printed. An exotic frame for the woman of super elegarice was an evening cape bordered with black and white fox and a sable bordered dame coloured evening coat.

Matita shows some smart linen sulta, Straight Hittle jackets, queer cockleshell hats which have to be kept on with hatping and have as trimming cite string, are “ another new note,

Tennis Fashions Bilt-skirted tennis "dresses, and linen shorts, worn with backless blouses in gay willow-patterned materials, are new for the sum mer, Divided skirts for tennis and golf have become an accepted fact

Evening Wear

Some evening dresses show an Edwardian clear shoulder line; other's keep to last season's high neck when the material is filmsy. The evening high neckline, how- ever, is in the minority; others are square or pointed or show, a' dropped shoulder, or are allied with slashed long sleeves. Tai- feta is often the foundation of frocks, and wheather it. is seen or hot its swish is heard. Flower prints on crepe de Chines and or- ganzes have superseded geometric designs hashCh

Bhors box" coats arè, ahown with some morning, suita,...and there are many boleros, finger-

Than Shape

Survey Of The New Models In Caps, Bonnets, And Hats

Correct poising of hats is «im-" portant this season. It always is, but especially in March when the winds blow glo

Elastics with us again for he slanting sailor and toreador, and the silken cord for the decorative and pertiously balanced-across- the-back styla of millinery, but I doubt either surviving a real north-easter, especially the

over the eye in--Gainsborough style, but perfect fitting of the head must now take the place of piles of supporting curis and pads.

There is still a certain coyness, dominating the picture Yogue- there was sense in the way the old masters shaded the eyes! All their fair sitters were not "neces- sarily very young; they realised too the subtlety of partly conceul-·|

wearer tried to retain that abrupted charms! The curves of the but smart side-slant,

concealing-brim presented further

The ideal headgear for a high wind is a cap that really fits the head, and there are many new caps in shantung and straw, also in fabric, felt, and feather. – Some show the slight side-bandeau, with a flower or winged mount to correspond with the button- hole in a sailored coat. The cap to complete the spring suit should prove a blessing' in high wind, providing it is not poised too much on the slant. The latter move mens may be charming and easy for the cinema and ultra-smart wear, but not for practical wear,

The simple cap for Immediate outdoor wear that will appeal to all this month. is composed of fine honey-combed felt or fabric. that matches a scarf and hand-" bag of the same. The placing of this form of cap must rest with the individual. To be practical it should fit and grip, whereas to be chic it should be set at a side angle.

"Some English girls have taken a fancy to the bonnet set right on the back of the colffure, with an added halo of flowers, ribbon bows, or cut-out feather decora. tion placed in the front and rest- ing on the hair. Unless features are good this is a difficult form of hat poise. It is best suited to youth and yet youth is generally too sophisticated to wear it well.

Bonnets of Dutch trend can look very well, especially on those whom width, happens to suit, and when worn straight with the wide side pieces added. For brides- maids I have seen some attractive Dutch bonnets in pale blue with ears of tiny pink marguerites, edged with green leaves made of shining cystal Bouquets were to match, worn with quant long- skirted frocks of white nisuë.

Another phase of the Dutch bonnet I admire is in a Quaker.

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Watteau-Like shapes, represent This another phase of poising. shape must tilt right forward, co- quettishly straight over the eyes, and raised to attain the push- from-back-to-front by the high back-bandeau of feather tips. flowers, or ribbon.

The present-day colifure is ad- mirably suited to the Walteau re- vival just as it is to the return of the smartest modern adaptation the feathered bandeau. Perhaps

of bur Dresden Shepherdess is smaller. In fact, it would seem & compromise between a small sallor, and the plate-shape.

A few curls may be seen, or else the entire back of the head concealed by the ribbonloops, flowers, or teathers. Some women even give the Watteau a new tit sideways-as well as forwards. but all adjustment must be a matter for individual' taste,

WET SHOES

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When shoes or boots have be- come very wet, they are some- times damaged by being dried to The best way too quickly. treat them is to pack them with balls of crumpled newspaper, and let them dry slowly. In an airy place, away from any direct beat. If the paper is made thoroughly dry and warm by the fire or the oven before it is used, it"will absorb molature more quickly. It should be well packed in, to keep the shoes in good shape, Muddy shoes should be washed clean before they are dried. Wet mud" may be quickly and easily removed with a cloth or brush dipped in clean water. If it is allowed to try and harden on the i shoes, it may have to be scraped off, and the leather may be scratched and damaged.

The Bride of 1934 wears the new square neckline gown with tiny puff sleeves, and poses her tiny cap veil aslant over her curls, as shown by Jean Farker, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player.

grey picot-straw, with wings of -real point-de-Venise,

The Salvation "Army, bonnet is shown in certain early collec- tions, Quite interesting "was, a black; pedal-lined pink, only I think it was not helped by an in- ner wreath of pink roses and a wide wing of black horsehair fly- ing back

All agree on the renewed charms attached to the new met- hod of working thé ostrich-feat- her. The tiny ostrich fronds or the deeper fringes are used in variety, though never in the over- whelming ways of last century. The fit of the email or large plat eau-shapes, that so graciously receives the newest feathery de- corations is suggestive of eigh- teenth-century charm

Possibly the many lovely exam-

tip coats, and three quarter modi-" ⠀⠀ ples of old favourites smiling from

filed swagger coats. The colour to which the Queen gave the name "Sandringham Blue" is a duck egg blue.

the walls of Burlington House have given fresh inspiration to the: milliners,

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DECK TENNIS AT HOME

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the country; where there are few facilities for games, is often at a loss to know what she can play to keep her it and agile, Tent- kaita, or deck tennis, is an excel- lent solution of her problém -“ **Degi tennis arouses great” en- thusiasm on board ship, so why should it be overlooked when unaccompanied by the roll of the ocean? ́ ́ It is excellent for the health and figure and costs-com- paratively nothing.

In quite a small garden, or even 1 yard, a court is easily marked out. A net and poles can be bought for a few shillings, or two long sticks and a length of string with a strip of calico on it can' be improvised. The quoit is made. of rope and coste about is.; the rules of the game can be had for id:

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