Evening star., 1936-12-03
MRS. SIMPSONS
CLOTHES SIMPLE
Her Style of Dress Is De.
scribed as That of Smart
Neatness.
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LONDON, December 3.-From far
and near come inquiries about the
style Of dress preferred by Mrs. Wallis
Warfield Simpson, whose romance with
King Edward VIII has brought the
British Empire to the verge Of a grave
constitutional crisis. Much has been
said about Mrs. Simpsons chic ap-
pearance, and yet the greatest diff
ficulty that correspondent may en-
counter in London is to get authentic
information about her models.
It is known that she goes to
eehiapareln. on upper Grosvenor
street; to Norman Hartnell, on Bur-
ton street, and to Molyneux, on
Grosvenor street. It was Molyneux
who made the bridal gown Of Princess
Marina, who married the Duke Of
Kent.
It Is almost as If q spell has been
east over these masters of fashion.
They know nothing. They have never
seen Mrs. Simpson. II she goes to
their shops, they are not personally
informed of the fact, and generally
the suggestion. when q reporter talks
to them, is, Here's your hat, what's
your hurry?"
Affects Shortish Skirts.
Mrs. Simpsons slim. slick figure
lends itself prominently to the
streamline of today's dresses. She
usually affects shortish skirts In the
daytime rather like those worn by
Lady Louis Montbatten, of the i'm
peccable legs, and in the evening she
often wears either black or dark
dresses, frequently of satin or other
shiny material, sometimes with little
train which she manages skilfully.
Her dance frocks are all we'll of the
ground. This Is . fashion which
particularly appeals to King Edward
who has sometimes remarked that
he does not like dancing with women
over whose dresses he runs the risk
Of tripping.
The note that this reporter has al
ways detected In Mrs. Simpsons
clothes is that of extreme simplicity,
which Paris says is the hallmark of
the really well-dressed and well-bred
woman. There is another note sound
ed by Mrs. Simpson. 1t is her extraor-
dnary youthfulness. A woman OF over
%. she might we'll pass for 81 or 28-
not, to quote Gilbert and Sullivan,
with the light of the lamp behind
her" but in the full brightness of
the MONDAY sun.
Her short-sleeved or no-sleeved
frocks, which she wears with every
justification. since she has pretty and
well-rounded arms, enhance this at
mosphere of youth. She sometimes
likes to wear dresses with Chinese
neckline, with its little. short. stand
UP coolie collar, and she likes Chinese
patterned silks when she goes in for
colors.
Sports Clothes B0yish.
Her sports and play clothes are
frankly boyish. Most of the time on
board the yacht Nahlin in the Medi-
terranean she spent in dark blue or
white linen shorts, with a little, silk
weave, open-neck sports shirt, no
stockings and white canvas deck shoes,
while her evening frocks were Of the
simple, over-the-head type Occa-
sionally, when going ashore, she would
wear one OF those smart midnight
tailormades, with a black satin coat,
but always the line was simple and
the dress was unelaborate.
There are no accessories about Mrs.
Simpson. Gorgeous earrings are rare
ly seen adorning her, and though she
has worn some wonderful parures of
diamonds and eneralds and also Of
diamonds and rubies, these are usually
kept in their cases and not about her
throat or wrists. Taking her alto
eether, in clothes, jewelry and make
up, Mrs. Simpsons style is one of
smart neatness. No other words could
describe her better.
Her hair Is as soigne and as un-
sensational as her dresses. Her coif-
feur. Antoine, in Dover street, of
P1ccad1lly, seems to have been Bit
ten by the same bug which attacked
Molyneux, Schiaparelli and Hartnell.
MS Simpson may 60 to his salon, he
says, but so do hundreds of other
women, and there is nothing about her
which he can usefully relate.
= Democratic Place.
:.Antoine's is a most democratic es-
tablishment. There are no hiding
places in it. Indeed, women OF all
ranks sit alongside each other, clad in