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The Latest Fashions on Parade
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The sketch just above and the one to the right of it show two views — with and without jacket — of a two-piece suit of kasha cloth worn by Gertrude Olmsted.
were gowns to look at such as these Paramount girls wore, for surely never before had the sweet girl graduate gone forth attired like one of these.
Inasmuch as the robe dc style was greatly in evidence in this array of beauty, I have chosen that style as our piece dc resistance this month. The gowns on the opposite page are, with one exception, taken from among those worn at graduation by the Paramount pupils, which were designed by Gilbert Clark, dean of the costume department at the Paramount School.
At the upper left of the page is the exception — a dance frock of palest-blue taffeta combined with silver lace, and trimmed with bows of silver ribbon and handmade flowers in pastel colorings. This is one of the charming gowns worn by Mary Brian in "Beau Geste."
The French vogue for mirrors as dress decorations is carried out in the gown opposite it on the same page. This is of Corot-colored velvet, the skirt being made very bouffant by an unusual arrangement of folds. The irregular pattern of mir
Above is a smart cape coat, for sport or traveling, also worn by Gertrude Olmsted. At the left, a simple crape frock, seen on Florence Vidor.
rors is edged by tiny circles of pearls, and the decolletage is of silver lace, with raised designs of roses and leaves in silver.
^ Josephine Dunn, of the Paramount School, who made her screen debut in "Fascinating Youth," wore at the commencement exercises the evening frock pictured at the left of the lower group on the opposite page. It is of powder-blue gros-de-laine, with printed godets of heavy silver lace. Handmade flowers in pastel colorings outline these godets and also the soft little tucker of lace at the neck. With this costume, Miss Dunn carried a bouquet of tiny rosebuds and forgetme-nots.
You may notice that most of these gowns are of very modest length, quite as they were worn in grandmother's day, when the short skirts of the present were undreamed of. In most cases, however, this length is only simulated by the addition of transparent net or lace, so that the freedom and effect of the short skirt are unchanged.
The central figure in the same group is Mona Palma, another of the Continued on page 111
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