The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
By ROSETE HARGROVE INEA Service Staff COrrespondent)

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 Paris.-Everybody's old ideas of what fabrics are must now be tossed away-higher than the tiptop of the Eiffel Tower. A new world has sud- denly been created-you must ex- cuse me if say out of whole cloth and this new world is populated by the most amazing, most seduc- tive, most incredible race of mate rals.
 Today in Paris people have dis covered that the success of their Autumn wardrobe really depends on what it's made out of even more than on how it's designed. Style-conscious women must give credit to the master weavers of France who have committed magic in making woolens so sumptuously soft that they vie with the gayest silksand lanes in luxury, and in variety of patterns and color combinations. Tweeds, checks, and plaids have gone newly tender and colorful and even plain weaves contrive, by their incredible suppleness or their rough, straw-like surfaces, to look completely different! COlOrs Are Lively
 Colors are very new and fas- cinating. The scale of reds in- cludes light bordeaux, deep bur- gundy, such Intermediary shades as bright scarlet, not to mention fruit raspberry, plumb and the almost black reds known as black tulip or black dahlia. Navy blue has become blue black and is es- pecially successful for evening wear, where it is as smart as black and perhaps little less se- were. Brown has lost all of its drabness and appears as burnt bread", havana (the rich brown of cigars) and khaki. Green in cludes the almost blackish tinge of frs and expresses, as we'll as the lighter and more vivid shades.
 Tweeds are soft, almost vel vety, toning down the acidity of some of the colorings. Duvetyne revived this season fro formal afternoon suits and coats-wool velours and broadcloth, are mir racles of suppleness and depth of color. Black lainages offer the same diversity with a wealth of digonal weaves, diamond checks and stripes varying from the very finest pin stripe weave to the bolder, raised stripes on a plain background.
 Precious Stone" Metallics
 The silk manufacturers have been similarly active. Side by side with classical materials, they are offering lanes in such an ar- ray of supple beauty as to leave one breathless.
 Many of the new James and brocades show Renaissance de- signs. These are also to be found in the lighter crepes and flat silks, as well as some modern patterns. Bianchini-Ferrier's glad and sil- yer cloths literally clothe women in shining sheaths which cling to the figure like a glove. Coudu- rier- -Fructus have produced a line of metallic silks which look like precious stones. The most arrest- ing are a black ottoman with precious sGones. The most arrest ing are a black ottoman with precious stones" stripes, rich red ground, and @ rainbow stripe fea- turing the same precious stone colorings.
 Velvet is a worthy rival of lame, from the handsome Lyons velvet which almost stands alone" of our grandmothre's days to the modern sheer, transparent kind. It is featured in the day. time picture as well as in the eve- ming one, Contrasted with soft tweeds or facecloth for the for mer and relying on its depth of coloring for the latter.