PART TWO

WHAT WILL BE WORN

The flat-chested line has now entirely disappeared, and fashion once more approves a charmingly natural and feminine outline. Yet frills and furbelows* are sternly kept in their place and beautiful gowns are almost as much ‘streamlined’ as expensive and luxurious cars.

—‘What Will be Worn: Fashions and Patterns’

The Courier-Mail, 27 January 1934

 

* A piece of stuff pleated and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a flounce; the pleated border of a petticoat or gown. Now often in pl. as a contemptuous term for showy ornaments or trimming, esp. in a lady’s dress.