Distinctive Costumes Result from Casual Perfection By Inexe Dawa Paris.
For our present-day "needs and manner of living, I love the line to bbe very simple, young and feminine.
T think the overdressed woman who parades about in expensive, elaborate clothes, and who thinks she is smart but is not, is an abomination, For my part, I consider it perfectly right and in good taste to appear at 11 ofelgck in a simple! black or dark tailored suit and, if one chooses, to stay so garbed until evening. One is always more comfortable slightly under rather than over dressed for any unforeseen occasion which may arise in the course of the day.
The life we are now living does not demand and indeed is not suit able to fussiness in dress, To say the least, such clothes would be uncomfortable and in the way. With simple, smart basic clothes, one can bing quite a number of changes to meet the various calls for elegance simplicity, with little changes of detail, such as different hat, gloves or bag.
always admire tremendously the woman who looks just a trifle "negligee," who, at the same tim ~|is perfectly dressed, but who has not bought her smartness in. "gets." 'There is a certain safety in hat, gloves, scarf, ete, which match.' The woman who semble things for herself, howe fend appear perfect has' a knowledge of chic which is to be envied.
I cannot help feeling, and have always felt—though at times it seems. trifle silly—that however lovely a dress is the woman wear ing it really decides its quality. She tan, if it is the right dress for her, bring out the full value of its loveliness. On the other hand, should it be a bad choice for her, she can make it appear hideous.
Some sixty years ago hats and dresses were marvels in themselves little works of art, so well made and elaborate were they! gave the impression that hats and dresses were advancing toward one with their wearers inside them, Now it is different, The woman is nicst important—her clothes _accompany her! T think this is a good thing, It gives a woman, credit for her own personality and not credit to her clothes—though they can often help, of course.
Te is a pity' when clothes hide the figure." The perfect dress em-hellishes rather than disguises) the form.
The waistline will now no doubt keep at its natural position for some time to come, and I feel that dresses for evening will stay long. Cleverly worked out, these lines can be as graceful and becoming to heavier figures as to slim ones.
Let me tell you how much T appreciate and hold important. the neatness and freshness of gowns, details and their wearers: Personal fastidiousness must always accom-any real chic.
Just, lately the tendency in the "Grande Ceinture" is to make mode more fussy and elaborate, This, think, is only because the various industries connected with it need stimulation, Simplicity, however, still figures largely in the best of taste.
How pleased I- am to see expressed in the prevailing mode my own taste for short, square jackets, boleros and little' tailored suits, which are so youthful and neat. And how I love blouses' of almost every Kind! They also can be so youthful as well as fresh, They can strike such different notes, too, from extreme elegance to sports like weeds, I think, become less voguish Because of' their tendency to create heavy lines. Jerseys, on the contrary, will continue' in favour, But mark you! For ceremonies, garden parties, toa parties, weddings, ete, when it is absolutely in its right place, I love dressiness. When a woman goos so arrayed to such affairs in her car and returns the is charming. an immense hat, very gayly flowered chiffons, a of originality in shoes, hhatj length of dress or some other tin usual note is permissible.
Tam not in accord with the ide that Greek lines are influencing evening dresses. We shall, however, see more and great harmony colour, and cuts which lea figure very straight and statuesque, Pink and cream gloves are porfect for evening year; on the whole I do not care for black ones, Generally spanking, for all kinds of smart wear, black and white are my preferred mediums, the neck, A small curved section should be cut out where E meets and where C meets D to bring the bodice in slightly under the arms.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.