The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-25
Hats for Easter Parade Are in
Every Shape-Frocks Have
New Smartness
BY ADELAIDE KERR

BY ADELAIDE KERR
associated Press Fashion Editor)
Paris, March 25.-(R)-A 'gsande
dame" mode Of colorful, full-skirted
frocks for spring evening parties
The most varied collection Of Easter
bonnets In q decade
Unusually smart daytime frocks
with new Silhouette
These are the offerings Of fashion -
the year becomes spring.
Some Of the new evening gowns,
fashioned Of chiffon or tulle, are as
airy and colorful - q full blown sum.
mer flower: others, out with daring
decolletes and wide swishing taffeta
skirts, recall the dashing bellies Of the
regency Of George ~, still others
have swathed, draped silhouette and
head drape reminiscent Of the women
Of Biblical times.
But almost every one has IN air Of
formality.
Pink, watermelon-rose chiffon and
violet tulle are used to fashion flow
er-like frocks designed with quite fun
skirts, some Of them topped by tulle
capes covered by rows Of shirred ruf-
files running up and down. Powered
and hand painted organdies, black
and navy blue lace and pastel colored
nets make others, often designed with
drop shoulder decolletes or puffed
sleeves.
Those low cut sweeping, swishing
gowns. designed OF lowered striped,
plaid, changeable or plain taffetas In
such tones as mauve, candy pink, pale
green and black are the outstanding
evening trend Of the season.
Generally their skirts fullness sweeps
to the back but sometimes their max
ers vary the picture by gathering 1t
In front. Their decolletes, however,
are almost universally low.
The gowns inspired by Biblical
times come In brilliant new rama
dan" satins Or lowered garden Of
Eden" crepes in pale blue, moon day
sun" orange and desert rose" the
material being swathed around q slen.
der figure In . manner recalling the
robes Of Ruth and Naeomi. One long
panel attached to the frock is used to
veil the heaad.
Find Your Hat Type
With the new spring hats for the
Easter parade, its . case Of find your
type and fit your face" for modistes
have designed almost every conceiv.
able shape. from bonnets to cartwheel
designs.
Large hats, small hats, bruins which
shade the face and models which
roll back from the forehead all ap-
pear. They have only one feature in
common-there Is very little hat In
the back.
Bonnets, which come In two de-
signs, are one Of the outstanding
chapeau notes Of the season. The
first model Is designed with . shall
low crown and . brim narrowed or
curling on the sides and jutting out
over the face in front.
The second is more like grand
mothers bonnet-a little close-fit-
ting straw cap, wreathed next the
face with small flowers and worn well
back Of the hairline with veil stand
ing out over the face. ut belongs to
no one over 20.)
Besides these there are number Of
hats designed with rather shallow
crowns and 1nedium.sized brims
which sweep up on one side and down
on the other. roll up all around, or
dip down back and front. They Ill
throw their accent to the front.
Even the wide brimmed cart-wheels
show the scant back influence.
Dark straws-black brown. and navy
blue-make the smartest models. Some
green's, hyacinth blues and reds ap-
pear, but the majority show their
color in their trim. Their straws may
be rough or smooth.
Little flower toqueS covered with
petals have been launched by some
designers. White hats Of both pique
and straw promise to b smart Is
soon as sunny days appear.
For those who will be stepping out
on Fifth avenue. Michigan boulevard
Or any other street-in the 1885
spring fashions, waistlines are the
worry.
New Silhouette Appears
A new silhouette has appeared de-
signed with q skirt which swells into
soft fullness above . slender fitted
waist, often marked by big belts and
drawing the eye like 3 magnet.
AZ though to accent that slender
waist, sleeves are more noticeable
than they have been In years. Big
bishops. ample elbow.length designs
with the fullness beusted backward,
and bracelet-length models wide at
the cuff are al seen.
Necklines show . decided tendency
to fall lower than last season.
The new frocks are among the
smartest which Paris has designed In
years, but their numerous white