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Latest In Evening Gowns From Paris

The new spring fabrics and WIDE SKIRTS OF TULLE

Round The

Shops

LANE CRAWFORD'S

silhouettes make for styles which Many of Paquin's evening SALON have just received

are soft and

white kid, fabric, silk and crepa They have a very fine range in

and the evening sandals, in pleat-

LADIES' дет feminine. Most dresses are carried out in alternate lot of summer shoes by Bally in evening dresses are shown with or lace and chiffon, while some sandal and open-toe styles and boleros or jackets to match, but pastel coloured lace frocks have these are going to be very popular, these are not the severely tailored full panels of chiffon let into the judging by the demand for them. wraps which everybody wore last trouts of the skirts. A moulded year and which were termed tall-hipline is shown in this house, and leurs du soir. Instead they have the fullness of many skirts fares slightly puffed sleeves, soft, bows uut gradually all round. The on the revers, embroidered "trim-width of the skirts in several black ed crepe and silk with the lov mings and other feminine points.tulle dresses is exaggerated by heel are especially attractive. There are four outstanding lines holding them out with broad There are shoes bullt more which the new evening dresses bands of black horsehair braid sturdily for hiking and sports wear follow: wide skirts gathered into sewn underneath the hems, and these being in navy and white and small, high waists, dresses with the same method of stiffening is white and brown. moulded hiplines and skirts which applied to the full flounces which widen gradually, followed by a break the line of another black third ine, moulded even lower.net skirt. Pale coloured face with fullness flaring round the dresses look well

dark feet or added in

a founce, or foundations, and black lace is group .of

frills. The encrusted narrow

оп white chiaon to fourth silhouette is more classical make a dress with a simple linene and rough straws-some with and has a lower waist-line with a which shows up the perfection of

the low crowns and in other at- skirt falling straight to the ground. the workmanship. Black

tractive, styles as well. and This last group of dresses may be white laces and tulles are often cut on tunic lines with knife- worked together. and a black pleated skirts, while panels let into taffetas dress has a front made in

A special line, of summer dresses the backs or fronts of the skirta layers of black and white tulle, is being shown by Rivelle's this may supply the necessary width crossed at intervals with black week These are in, very dainty for easy movement.

floral designs, plain silks and cat- tons and they also have a wide selection in slacks and shorts, made of linen and sharkskin.

CHIFFON DRAPERIES

Over

ribbons tied in small bows to make a straight line from neck to hem. POPULARITY OF LACE,

week a shipment of the latest in MAYO'S have on display this

hats, these coming by the J.B President Cleveland which arrived yesterday. They also have hats in

RIVELLE'S

They also have a nice selection of washable bags in white and very snappy dark strawa, in all the new shapes.

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Many of the new dresses with wide skirts have shallow, pointed White gupüre and similar heavy necks and built-up shoulders in laces are" used to trim dark even- imitation of fichus or shawis; ing dresses in several collections. others have chiton

draperies A navy-blue organdie dress

can drawn over the tops of the have bands of white lace running shoulders. The dresses which are down the skirt and a lace border cut on straight lines usually have on the hem, while lightly gather- square-cut necks and simple ed bands of lace are used to out-shaped like a paper-cone, its top shoulder-straps of the dress line the necks and lowcut backs covered with gally coloured stories material. There are a number of jof tabelas dresses. Chanel makes to represent frult drops. The frocks with chiffon draperies fall-a white guipure bodice fitting in inannequina who show Schia- ing from the shoulders which a bolero line on a black dress with parelli's slim evening dresses wear allow the wearer to adapt them a full skirt, and outlines the de- unusual hoods, gathered into the 19 sleeves, capes, and scarves, talled cut of a black crêpe with back of the head and talling while dresses with fine chiffon or

round the shoulders, while they net yokes and sleeves will be worn

are given height by means by those who do not care for deep

sandals with enamelled and jewel- décolletés.

studded soles of wood or cork which are fully Sta" thick:~,

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are

of

double rows of narrow gulpure edging. This sante heavy lacé can be used for trimmings which are made separately like the white lace cuts for on the wrists with THE "SCHOOLGIRL” LINE

a sleeveless lace evening frock.

ALL SORTS OF FLOWERS" Lace one of the best, liked

CIRCUS COLOURS materials for the spring and be-

Knots of artificial fowers... are sides models made entirely of lace

There are many unusual acces- shown in all the houses this sea- and tulle there are many simple sories to wear in the evening, such, son: „some

worn on the day dresses of silk crêpe and light as dainty veils upon wired frames, shoulder, others are caught into woollen fabrics which are trimmed which look like diminutive man- folds of drapery or may fall froin with laces and Insertions of Valen-tillas, and halo-brims of horsehair the left side of an unbelted waist- ciennes and Maline types. At sewn with sequins and fitted with line like the cluster of pale yellow Mainbocher's lace is used on many invisible crowns of tulle. Schia-wistaria which Mainbocher puts afternoon, frocks. There is aparelli's collection is based upon on a black frock. There are lies- green lace guimpe and a soft circus colours, and there are Hittle of-the-valley. columbines, roses, ruffed jabot to wear with a black coloured horses to wear as clips and camellias, as well as mixed coat-frock, "and 2 Jace-edged on the lapels of jackets, strings postes of flowers, which look as if handkerchief and lace gloves to of beads which look like coloured they have been gathered from a match. Navy-blue lace edges a sweets, and a gold-kid evening bag herbaceous border.

dark tunic for the afternoon which

is worn over a skirt with fullness

BLUE TINGES IN COATS

Paris.. models in the new collections.

set in front. A new silhouette for the day shown full skirta gathered or pleated into the waist-line. Mainbacher calls this the "school- girl" line, on account of the soft. rounded line it gives over the hips. A youthful dress of this type is To say that blue predominates Coats, pernaps. vary most from made in red and white figured in the Parts collections is im- preceding lines. Summer coats were net and introduces a "schoolgirl" (mediately to invite qualifications thin and open last year, but this tunic, falling over a short skirt.including the yellowish beiges. year they have gone one better in while an evening dress of black fiery reds and the paler colours in having short sleeves and no"Lining. and white net, igured with a taffetas, crepe, what not. But blue Many of them are made loose like wrought-iron design, has a full does seem to tinge a great many a wrap, and these hang straightly skirt gathered under a red belt.

other colours and even to deter- | from the shoulders with the mine some of them. The dark blue whole of the front edge turned çoat invites checks, plaids, stripes, back. especially used horizontally, all of which have bluish-reds, cyclamen

Prettying-up a Pretty-pretty

Make-up must be perfect and Joë Stinson la shown giving suma dual touched to Joan Fontaine's lovely face before she goes in front of the camera for a scene in RKO Radio's" "Music for Madame,” starring

musical for Nino Martini in which she plays the romantic lead.

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A rather bunchy coat is also in

tones rather than the Indian reds the melight. The body part is of previous years. Plaids themsel-bloused, the skirts fare, and both Yes run to purple, wine, orchid are joined by a closely fitting belt, tones, Blues have many contrasts giving the effect of a small waist. The sleeves of such coats are also of dark and light and they are

wide and open and they differa used with mauves and blue-pinks,

much as the coat itself from the Pattern has much to do this fiting models of last year. Fit year with the effect of the colours

comes in in the double-breasted Lines run round a dress and they fingertip length coat, worn with a made of small patches of broadly pleated skirt. This has i bright colours, such as are seen in tailored appearance and is won Slav embroideries. Crepe dresses with a severe hat. Between the can be simple because of the two comes 2 "sort of elongated diversity and emphasts of these colero coat, rather Uke a mess small patterns. Flowery patterns jacket, fastened high up on the are emphatic. too. and they have chest and with Irunt Corners that brightness which applies to reunded off. This has a small what may be called the artificial stand-up collar and is worn with a as opposed to the natural colours, straight skirt with front fullness. or rather perhaps to the mineral it is exceedingly becoming and as opposed to the vegetable colour-smart, especially when combined ing. The new dresses are not right with a severe blouse or waistcoat without some application of these with several buttons. In dark blue i colours to them. Black is. ever with white pique fittings it will present, but always touched up look fresh and summery, and the an emphatic colour-red. front fullness of the skirt gives purple, ultramarine, stonegreen. It a rather more dressed look than These can be applied by means of that of the tailor-made. Flain belts, Jewellery, clasps, handker-

crepe dresses are made with chiets

shorter bolero coats, having a SUMMER COATS

strongly flowered design. Such More features than usual have colours are used as cyclamen with survived from the thousands of ultramarine and brilliant green.

with

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