A show of considerably over two hundred dresses was given recently by Norman Hartnell, who has recently opened new sections, one of millinery and one of furs, The man-sequins all wore their hair dressed high with lots of shell curls on the top of the head, some of which showed below their small hats at the back. They displayed many coats of mink, boleros with sleeves, also short jackets of fitch stranded and worked diagonally, which is apparently, in its natural colourings, a fur of the moment, of black ermine, and also of silver fox, Silver foxes were used a great deal with black velvet, but blue foxes, their soft colouring toning so well with coloured woollen stuffs, produced some excellent effects, and made a soft and immense square pillow muff.
Puff sleeves of nutria were used on the fur-trimmed yellow bolero of an evening dress. This, of deep brown velvet, was slim and clinging from the front view, but at the back had stiffened fullness ending as a train, and was worn with elbow-length brown velvet gloves and two large roses, one brown and one yellow, in the centre of the corsage. Another striking model was of black velvet cut long, on princess lines, the long sleeves ending in a stiffened puff at the shoulders, the high neck ornamented with an immense red velvet rose with a long stalk; a red lace veil, from the back of a tiny thrust-forward black hat, crossed to the shoulders and made neck drapery. Quietly smart was a tailored suit of black velvet with a white line, worn over a white satin jumper, which was almost as long as the knee-length jacket.
Much use was made of jewelled embroidery of Indian designs both on evening frocks and also on day dresses, notably as straight belt and flat collar of a black coral frock. It was noticed that these straight jewelled belts were worn just slightly below the waist-line and that the jumpers to suits were all elaborately fitted long tunics, making a complete dress without the coat.
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