1938-10-06 — Page 2

Bands of ribbon velvet trim the shirred bodice of this crepe dress

THREATENING

FASHIONEWS FROM PARIS

It's going to be

AT

smart to look serious

tendencies

T today's shows clothes are grave rather than gay; dreasca for the eternal 101212 instead ol the eternal girl. Wearable, un. cxaggerated, simple and. dignified. Here are the main features:

colours

Much black, and very dark colours like real brown, ink

blue, purply black. Berry red with brown, good for sports: also two shades of green mized, Some after Hoon Ruits and dresses in purples and petunias.

sports

Simple feed suits follow ing

natural linca of the

figure, worn over fitted vel- veteen blouseR.

afternoon

Black or dark crepe dreasca, either trimmed with band- inge or pipinge following scams, or with lace.

evening

A series of magnificent dark

drcarce, dignified

moulded

to the figure and having the The alightly flowing skirt: light bright pieture dreasCK are few in number, and worn with tulle and flower head dreasca,

Paris.

inter- national situations have this to be said for them: they raise the standard of dressmaking. Designers and people generally have too much on their minds to Gay Chanel has become grave.

Chanel: and it becomes her. bother with a lot of super- fluities, consequently in

Now watch the procession of clothes: there is scarcely a day times of stress you get a dress that you or I might not tendency towards simple wear with ease and comfort. clothes which depend for These simple tweed suits, often their beauty upon funda- worn over cosy little buttoned mental excellence of struc- velveteen blouses, are what all of us would like for winter: the ture

big coats are mostly straightish Chanel announces in so many and belted, with fur words that the aim of her win- trated on yoke or bodice. They ter collection is "to clothe, have the slightly bloused back and jutting hip line which' rather than to astonish we are entering a period where Chanel likes so much.

the utmost wisdom must serve as a basis for

creation of elegance."

new.

a perfect

Afternoon Dignity

concen-

First-Scams outlined with volvot convorge at the waistline: very long, glove-like sinoves have gauntlets reaching high above the elbow. Second-Another long-sleeved black even-

you

ing gown, moulded closely to the figure.

Banded Trimmings

by

Jill Adam

and Angrave

above and below the bust, and at the waist. Two or three strands of the velvet make shoulder straps, again ending in long pops one side, slipping| off the shoulder on the other. This is one of the prettiest ways imaginable of making a fitted bodice.

Black Swans

And now consider some of the deep dark dresses which give such weight and dignity to this new Chanel. Chanel, who was the first to express an era of youth and gaiety when she began dressmaking, and who may now be among the first to sense a more "grown-up" feel- ing in women's clothes.

A statuesque black dinner dress, veiling and moulding the body, down to the feet, down to the wrists, and up to the neck. Nothing else-except a white painted feather, or maybe it is: a palm leaf with many fronds, following the oval neckline and continuing all down one side of the body, spreading its fronds as the skirt spreads slightly to the ankles.

An equally statuesque black dinner dress, but made this time in steel black paillettes, having the dusky glitter of i crow's wing. Moulded to the waist, flowing to the feet, long sleeves, high draped neck. No trimming but a silvery irides-i cent lovers' knot holding the waist drapery.

Ink Blue Chiffon

One or two very beautiful ink blue chiffon dresses, draped round and round like a mummy, but free round the feet, and with shoulder drapery. A purple black velvet dress: another velvet dress of brown so dark: it looks black.

The right cape to wear over all these models would be the new tremendous sweeping black vel- sew it on to the upper shall have to inventa

vet cape, with several profound Her afternoon dresses are a steevc. This is charming and name for it.

For instance, this is how it silver foxes bordering it from wag used on two evening shoulder to hem, and fox fur on I noted in my first article that curious length, often below the is used in both afternoon and Creed's tailored clothes have a mid calf, but all follow the evening dresses.

dresses. First imagine a pic- the short velvet gloves..

Not dignity

ture dreas of fine, fine net, with of conception: natural lines of the body in cut

exactly

these gay, Chanel brings this dignity, this and decoration, and are dark,

bands of narrow braid appliqued dresses: but rather impressive, gravity, one might even say, to simple, and very dignified. The

Lots of the simpler dark in stripes and converging at the not to say beautiful. afternoon and evening clothes seams which shape a dress to

continue up the in particular.

the figure are accentuated by crepe or wool dresses have a waist,

foam of ruffled luce collar: corsage, ending in loops, like a braid or thick pipings of velvet: much newer is the use of white fringe, at the square neckline. more trimming is not neces-braid in rows sewn together, so Loops also finish off the hem.

that it seems like a panel of and the little matching cape. There were still a few of the

Next, banding is used roundi typical Chanel dresses, with A new sleeve appears: it is as luce, matched by bandings of gay embroideries and absurd if you had a very long glove, its the same at the shoulder and and round in a dress of parma tulle top knots, but most of the gauntlet coming up almost to elbow. Banding looks as if it violet crepe with evening dresses were dark as the shoulder: then instead of is going to be the dressmaking darker velvet ribbon holding Cassandra and As beautiful. allowing it to remain a glove, feature of the collections: we the shirring at the neckline,

Dark as Cassandra

sary.

Soir de Paris

BOURJOIS

Amid the festivities it awakens

the soul of the evening and the

thoughts of all Paris. Its elegancé haguonises itself in their midat

due to the very subtieness of "Soir

de Paris" the perfume of charm

and youth.

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Steamed Cakes

TEAMED cokes make a welcome

change on the tea menu.

Any kind of steamer may be used, or the cake tin can be put on a dish or tin placed in a pan containing boiling water. But I the last method is adopted care must be taken not to have the pan too full for the water will boil into the cake!

and

spell it. Keep the water boiling fairly quickly all the time, renewing it as it boils uwoy.

Grease the cake tin in the ordinary way before putting the mixture in, and before placing the tin in the pan, cover it with greased paper. Tie this down firmly, but allow the cake plenty of room to rise,

When it feels frm and is nicely risen, test it with a hot skewer. If this

comes out clean, the cake is done. Let ́il alund for two minutes before removing it on to a wire Iray to cool. Be careful not to folt the steamer or pan while the cake is

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Most cakes usually baked can be steamed. The exceptions are rich

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Plain cakes containing cocoa or cinnamon also steam well. Here is a well-tried recipe for n steamed cinnamon cake.

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Cream two ounces of butter, withi the same quantity of sugar. Add a beaten egz. then fold in gradually

a pound of flour (self-raising),) a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Stir in enough milk to make Arm dough, and turn the mixture into the greased tin. Steam

half hours. Steamed cakes should not be too]: large, and they should be eaten within a few days. But don't cut them on the day they are cooked, unless they are made frst thing in the morning and tea is late,"

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