The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-30
Household Hints
Renaissance Is Just Style History Once More
Shorter WaiStIine NOOO Looms
 As Next Important Trend
BY ROsETTE HARGROvE


 (NEA Service Stan COrrespondent)
 Paris. - Except for a few deep. rich colors the much discussed Renaissance infieunce and styles seem to have vanished in thin air, it is obvious from a glance at the new collections.
 Some of the new, narrow sheath evening dresses are vaguely 1900 and a few trimming details such as shirring; quilting, tatting, braiding and little velvet bows have 6 little mid- Victorian air about them. Greek draperies still are featured, but the general effect is much simpler. It looks every bit as though the couturiers had realized that modern women could not be both- cred with complicated effects.
 The midnight tailleur is by now an accepted feature of every wo- mans wardrobe and ' 1t seems to be taking the place of the informal evening or dinner dress, which, by the way, you very rarely see these days. It has lost great deal ot its masculinity, except the tailored cut of the jacket. However, the lat- est editions of the cocktail suit go very feminine with leg-o'.mutton and other types of full sleeves, pert little basques and so on.
 BOdices Show Fitness
 Bodies occupy the center of the fashion stage and they fill their part nobly with ali sorts of new features. Often quite full, both blouses and dress tops show this fulness gathered on an unSophis- ticated rounded yoke which droops well over the shoulders.
 When sleeves are not perfectly straight and plain, they are wide and tucked on the inner seam which results in soft folds, or else they are tucked or pleated into the armhole for the same effect. Most of them-on coats as well as dress es are long and gathered or pouched into a narrow wristband or cuff. There are also number of elbow sleeves to be seen.
 Skirt lengths for day are inclined to be a question of individual fig ures, but the tendency is towards shorter rather than longer skirts. For evening, they are very varied.
 Evening Hens Cover Instep
 There are ankle-length restau- rant dresses and cocktail suits at Molyneux's, but the majority of evening gowns have hems which just cover the instep. One sees few trains which have to be looped over the arm, but the more formal type of gown is so cut that the skirt trails 8 few inches behind. Sits ap- pear on many models, almost dis closing the knee.
 Decolletes are startling, to say the least. Very nude backs are sometimes crossed by medium sized straps which offset the nude effect. In many not even the tiniest strap appears. The bodice consists of two pieces of fabric which go around the neck, halter wise. Maggy Rouff goes one better and slits her decolletes to within a few inches of the raised waistbelts in front.
 Waistlines Creep Upward
 It loks as though there might be 8 revival of the shorter waist as the next fashion trend. Trimmings. pockets and general decorative ef- fects on coats and dresses are all placed a few inches higher than before and waistlines also show a tendency to creep up in front, us- ually offset, however, by 8 corre- spending dip at the back.
 Schiaparelli always can be relied upon to provide unusual and orig inal "gadgets." The latest are hat and hair pins, bracelets, buttons and clips which are perfume con- tainers, colored "Resilles" or hair nets for every time of the day and printed foulard kerchiefs for the chignon.