The Cocktail Hour Fashion Notes on Tailoring and Gowns
The piece surveys English fashion as timeless tailoring remains central while European trends drift. It highlights Paris influence, Pars and Landen silhouettes, short skirts, pleats back in fashion, redingotes, evening robes with lace and net, and grandmothers' elegance, contrasting pillar-slim gowns and jumper lines with tunics and wand-slim afternoon dresses.