A shop window display of autumn frocks, for day and evening wear, suggested to me that new zest might well be given to an old dinner gown by the wearing of a plain or printed Jchiffon scart knotted round the neck Jand allowed to fall gracefully down the back to the ankles.
The sole ornaments of a simply cut black crepe frock were two bows covered with irregularly scattered white china beads. The bows were fat neck and waist, the neck bow being the larger of the two.
Last-moment news items from the London dress shows reveal that short fur coats are bound with coloured velvet; monogram tabs are made of leather, and pockets attached to belts instead' of to the skirt of a dress, Evening skirts are trimmed with huge flowers and the floral note is again evident in the flower-topped chiffon Enormous plain chiffon handkerchiefs, some almost a yard square, continue to be popular, and from Paris comes the new chiffon handkerchief with a silver thread woven (across the fabric, the glittering spaced about two Inches apart,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.