Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
PARIS REPORT
Hottest Week in Furs
BY ANDREA
Star Special Writer

PARIS.-While idle tourists
patiently wait in line to take
the crowded elevator to the
top Of the Eiffel Tower, while
lone Parisians mingle with
foreigners to admire the
amazing Sound and Light"
spectacle in front Of the
Notre Dame Church reviving
its eight centuries Of exist
ence, while Gregory Peck and
Anthony Quinn discover the
Left Bank night spots, while
the last big families prepare
their luggage for a long vaca-
ton, while Paris has its first
week Of blazing sun reaching
we'll into the nineties-the
poor models of the fashion
shows faint In their heavy
furs.
Paris has not been so hot
in years. 1t came all of q
sudden, with the opening
Of the fashion shows Of
the winter collections. They
are not over yet and they are
full Of surprises which often
turn into such extravagancies
that even great specialists
doubt that they may descend
into the street.
One thing is sure: every
single couturier has q very,
very cold winter in mind with
all sorts Of furs and furlike
fabrics.
FurS are everywhere-on
the hem, on the hoods a
big novelty-and they come
with sportscoat as well as
wedding dresses. Furs are
used as dresses, vests, skirts,
Innings, cuffs and collars
(high up to the Chin. Dior
even has heavily fur trimmed
gloves.
The anticipated cold
weather Gust q nice little
fresh breeze would be so
welcome right now In the
stuffy showrooms, most Of
them without air condition.
ing) asks for longer hemlines.
Jacques Helm drops them
several inches, which looks
very unfamiliar; Dior about
an inch. some just O little
bit, others not at all or for
some occasions only.
Nina Ricci, for instance,
shows ankle length flannel
coats over surprisingly short
dresses. Everything is meant
to protect the frail legs
against the big cold-the most
exciting boots are made of
zebra hides with matching
scarf (Jacques Heinz, others
are in leather and 60 high up
to the knees.
Black wool stockings are
to be seen and lots Of WOOL
en- socks with moccasins or
even with high heels, Qook-
ing Cranky ugly). Capes,
thick scarves, turbans, If not
featured in fur are seen in
jersey, velvet or camel hair.
Tyrolean hats are popular
even over hoods and scarves.
PagebOy Back
New, and adopted by most
Of the courturiers Is the SIM
pie pageboy hairdo invented
by Alexandra, which may be
lacquered and covered up
with a chignon or a bretzel
for the evening. For cocktails
three cigarette feathers can
be added. New also is the
makeup with no eyebrows
at all. Some of the designers
had difficulties with their
models, who didn't want to
shave or bleach theirs and
finally did it only with tears.
But it seems that it will make
the face look younger and
softer - little babies and
dolls don't have eye brows
and they do have sweet faces.
Sounds convincing, anyway.
New are the pale stockings
with hand embroidered seams,
launched by Pierre Cardin.
They come in astonishing COL
ors (the seams) like green
and orange. 1t takes long,
long hours to make them and
it's said that they are exc
cuted by the fragile hands Of
retired old ladies and nuns.
Some funny gadgets are
shown, too: the glove-sleeve
for the evening (Yorn) with
an open slit for the hand to
come through. The white
mink necktie over a dark
blouse (EstereD; the umbrel-
la with an electric light bulb
in 1t, that can be used as a
flashlight; the sequin en-
broidered cuffs on a slender
white sleeve that look like
two shiny bracelets Made
leine de Rauch) and the