ePrecr Wools, Flat Crepes and Gay Prints Add Colourful Note:
While Winter winds blow, the shops are blossoming with frocks worn now under the fur coats and of sheer woollens and flat crepes, plain and printed, which may be later as part of the Spring ensemble, In the smart restaurants one sees Chance's frocks of bright red mousse, with triple. fringed bands giving a bolero effect on the bodice and defining the hips, worn beneath street coats of black earacul, Jane Regny's "Verdure;" a frock made of a green and brown loosely woven tweed mixture, with narrow belt of green leather, This frock, Ike so many of the' new type of sport dresses from the Paris" cou-turiers depends for its effect. upon Intrieate out and subtle seaming.
Patou's tailored frock of sheer Wool in a soft shade of beige has a girdle with buttoned tabs. slipped through a slot, and an interesting skin cut with an inverted pleat and a circular flare in the front. The Dodice buttons in the front and has 4 flower of the fabric in its trim Inpel. A narrow vestee of yellow gives an effective note of contrast.
Claire Soeurs sponsor tht peplum in a frock of green flat crepe, with a high belt and five tiny bows of the material for decoration, Sunburst pleating, a new note, appears: fon this frock' in low godets which repeat the flare of the peplum, From the same House com clever three-piece suit which gives the effect of a frock for wear under a fur cent and will Inter make a smart street costume, This suit, of bright navy sheer wool, has a short pocket with tiny tucks' defining the waistline, Tt is finished with a Scarf collar and jabot lined with the fine checked blue and white tussah which also serves for the blouse. print entre frocks, spn and reds which mak rig! jo trast with the dark fur coats, and also in the more subtle, grave blue and green Lelong. The so-called Tinen blues—soft shades with a of gray—are especially good with black fur coats, Callot makes'a rather formal resstaurant frock of green crepe de chine, shaping it with tiny pin tucks to give a decided princess effect, jand bordering it with georgette to match the collar, This is very smart with a formal coat of black broadtail, Many of the flat crepe frocks take their inspiration from Vionnet, with bloused bodices, intricate cut, and ingenious arrangements of, The prints vogue than ever. They appear in a great variety of patterns for daytime, introducing a Springlike note in midwinter fashions. Dots, checks ids are all approved for the ind semi-sports frock, and many patterns which simulate the effect of brei rather than design. Paton' the-valley and dogwood prints have caused much comment, and promise: to introduce a vogue for designs of small realistic blossoms scattered on dark backgrounds.
He makes the lily of the valley, in white on°a navy ground, in a bolero frock, featuring hand-run tucks on the bodice and sleeves, and Dutting stitched pleats at the back of the skirt, releasing the fullness in a slight back flare characteristic of his new silhouette. The skirt dips slightly at the back, to follow the line of the bolero. With this frock Paton shows a three-quarters coat of navy faille for Spring wear. This frock is equally smart for immediate use with a fur coat, Another youthful printed frock }from Paton, in a design of xed and blue on a beige ground, uses alternate box pleats and knife pleats in. a straight-around skirt and bloused bodice, 'The bodice is finished with. a boyish turnover "collar in beige bound with navy. This frock also has its accompanying cont—of sheer navy wool, with a box pleat down. the centre' of the back, and a trimming of graduated tucks.
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