Evening star., 1931-04-19

TT was on a gray, rainy morning that
we called on Mile. Gabrielle
Chanel, two days after her return
4 from Hollywood, where she has
been making plans for designing
clothes for the pictures.
We called to ask her to make per-
sonal selection of her favorite models.
This she graciously consented to do.
The evening dresses do not show a
very low neckline. Extreme decolletage
is eSchewed by Chanel herself. She
she brought from Paris. In a closet
full of them every one was either black
or white, and all were made pretty
much after the same pattern. They
were of satin-"brillian satin" as she
described it-of heavy but pliable tex
ture, and with surface OF high sheen.
VERY short sleeveless boleros were a
feature of Channels own evening
dresses. Some were square across the
bottom, others were cut in two scallops
across the front. With no opening in
either the front or the back, the
boleros, which were separate from the
dresses, were slipped on over the head.
They had the same modest round neck
lines as the dresses.
DO you not Ike lOW OeCOAeIdscf
we asked her. mot for myself" she
replied. II like to be comfortable in
my evening clothes, as in all other
dresses, and should not be comfort
able if 1 had to be thinking all the
time of the decolletage of my dress.
On the other hand, if a woman likes
to expose her beautiful back, she should
do so, by all means. Every woman
should wear the sort of dress that
makes her happy"
GKIRTS Of Chanel's evening gowns
- were made in what seemed to be
hundreds of tiny cores, tapering to
nothing at the WaiStline. In length
they reached just to the ankle "I can't
imagine a long evening dress, except
for state occasions" said this interna-
tionally famous designer. "One would
need two for an evening. If they are
to touch the floor, for who wants to
wear dress with a Soiled hemline?
Also, feet should be shown-most feet
are worth looking at. They add greatly
to a Woman'e beauty"
When We brought up the subject of
pajamaS, Chanel went to one of her
dress closets and brought out her own
favorite dinner pajamaS, in soft white
satin. The trousers were like a skirt
in effect. The coat was made double
Mile. Chanel said that she likes white
satin for lounging pajamas because she
finds the white refreshing after day
in her studio. She was careful to ex-
plain, however, that she never wears
pajamas except for intimate home din
ners, and that she has not changed
her opinion regarding the pajama to
wear outside the home. It is an i'm
possible idea, she says.
CLOTHES for business women seem
- to interest Chanel, and she volun-
teered some opinions on them. "A
business or professional woman's
clothes should be simple and comfort
able. Her daytime clothes should be
so much a part of herself that she will
be unconscious of them after putting
them on in the morning. After having
made the best possible choice of
clothes, a business woman should be
able to forget her clothes during the
day. 1t lessons efficiency to be fuSsing
with your dress during the hours de-
voted to achievement. In the evening,
however, the woman executive should
shed her daytime manner and her day.
time dress. From the time she leaves
her Office or studio she should be all
feminine, her clothes should be soft
and have considerable frou-frou," as
Chanel expresses it.
THERE has been excitement and con-
= troversy in this country about
Chanel's expressing herself so un-
favorably on the subject q printed
materials We asked her If it. were
true that she did not favor tl1enL and
she replied that 1t was. She thinks