Evening star., 1933-07-09


The writer's Of the Paris Fashion
this series Of articles. are the following:
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Paris, June 30.
- MART Paris Is still out Of town.
For several years now the Chan
mel resorts, where chilling fogs
~ and cool days are likely to come
even in the middle Of Sum-
ner, have been sharing their popularity
with the tiny villages OF the Mediter-
ranean, where the sunworshipers can
bask to their hearts content. 1t has
become a matter of personal choice,
whether one shall spend the Summer
at LIE Touquet or Juan lss Pins
The woman. who counts much on
tradition. is likely to take villa al
Le Touquet, which Is popular with
English society and where the Prince
Of Wales is likely to spend DAY or
fwo at least during the Summer. or.
II she is French and has family, she
may prefer Honfieur or Deauville, going
back there year after year, meeting
the same people, dining at the same
restaurants. playing at the casinos with
the same friends.
The punctilious woman, who IS al
ways at the smart place at the right
time, spends the correct few weeks
on the Channel and then fits OH to
ever its nationality, Is apt to scurry
Of to the Mediterranean, where in
the newest beach costume or bathing
suit, it suns itself or splashes about
in the pleasant blue sea.
THIS diversity of Summer interests
L means that the couturiers must de-
aim not only for hot weather, but for
the cooler days that strike the Cham
mel frequently, particularly as the Sum-
mer advances. I happened to be at LIE
Tououet not long ago on day when
a cold brisk wind was blowing in from
the Atlantic. Every one, although in
sports clothes, had adopted the warmer
variety-the sort of thing that Will be
popular in America after the early part
Of September.
I'd like to tell you about a few of
the smarter frocks which / noticed,
One very good-looking costume, worn
by a young woman, setting out toward
the country for q promenade, was OF
a knitted fabric in blue and string
color. This was knitted in fine diagonal
stripes, which met to form angles down
the sleeves and on the skirt. blue
knitted strip on the shoulder gave the
current shoulder interest and the same
blue knitted material was used for the
belt, Worn with this was one OF Schla-
parelli's "mad-caps," this one pointed
medel in string color. The color note
was carried out by the Knitted string
gloves, and by of white buckskin with
touches OF blue.
Another very smart costume, worn
BY q young woman who was Just ailght.
inE from q smart touring car. combined
tweed and velveteen in striking man.
nsr The three-ouarter coat, Of loose
lines. but fiaringless than the usual
swaeger and the skirt were of very
scft fine quality of beige tweed. The
blouse, coat collar and cuffs were OF
fine velveteen. Gloves and shoes were
brown. A simpler costume could
scarcely be created. yet think 1t was
the smartest thing have seen in long
time.
lust one more costume before tell
- you about some OF those l have
seen at the Mediterranean resorts. This
was crocheted of a coarse cotton. in
dull almost beige yellow. With 1t was
worn q swagger coat with checks OF
brown and beige. with a thread of yell
low running through it. The knitted
cap matched the color of the dress and
had two little rabbit ears of knitted
ribbon.
At st. Tropez 1t is often hard to
distinguish the visitors from the natives
Stacks of sail cloth, with stripped cot
ton blouses, are popular not only on
the beach, but In the town itself Some
young women. enamoured Of the color
hui provencal prints, have adopted
them for simple little sleeveless sports
dresses, copied sometimes by the vii
laSe drekSmaker from a couturier model
Ecr a these Mediterranean towns, 1t Is
not only smart to be Thrifty, 1t Is very