The Archive · 1938

What Do You Seek?

What e you looking for when you go to choose dress materials? Are You something of an exhibition do you want to stand out in a crowd?

Then you must see your stuffs in the mass and go for those that first catch your eye. Beauty may sometimes have to be sacrificed here in favour of style.

Or do you want to be beautiful quietly in a garden or in a gracious room? This year the designers will help you, for gentleness and peace seem to have been uppermost ín their min this year. For the important frocks beauty has been the chief consideration—boldness and dash are left for play clothes only.

The ks make one visions. see One exquisite thing called up a picture of an English June with the sun shining on cool greens and reds. Over it all were scattered tiny seeding grasses in gently gleaming gold. The unrolling of another showed something entirely 1928. for it has never been done before. It was lace and yet not lace. For it was lace printed over ninon and a most wonderful illusion. This showed the 17th century influence which is so pervading the studios of Europe. There were several colours, but I thought the loveliest was the one in which the "lace" was the dim gilt of An old picture and the posies dropped Over it were in shades worn soft by time.

"Star Dust" would make an exite evening frock—its gleaming sprinkled with little constellations of shining silver stars. This was in pale colours.

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