Victorian and Second Empire Influence Also Noted The tight-fitted bodice, full distended hip, and the long, full skirt of the Venetian Renaissance period again ave making a rather sen-national reappearance for evening wear, while in millinery, draped Persian turbans surmounted by towering plumes in brilliant colours are being shown by. Georgette among her new winter models.
The Venetian influence, in so far as the silhouette is concerned, means tight-fitted bodice, distended hip and long, full gathered skirt, and under this heading may be included as well the Victorian, the Second Empire, and even to a certain extent the 1830, in all of which period tight waists and full skirts predominated...
Many straight line gowns in Greek and Egyptian styles, with the drapery caught on one hip by handsome jewelled motifs, and with flat, straight back, were also noted.
Quantities of dresses in actual Jace, in silver or steel and in tarnished gold over shiny black satin slips, were worn. Generally speaking, it may be said that in the effort to break away from dull finished crepe fabrics, designers are plunging into a n use of brilliant metal tissues, which dowbtless soon will lead to a revival of interest in the satin finished fabrics.
This use of metal laces and metal fabrics is particularly pronounced in millinery and veils.
In the new lines of veils being shown for the winter by the French manufacturers, metal nets of a sheer, filmy cob-webby mesh embroidered im the metal take pre-cadence over all others,
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