The Drecoll collection is replete with novel detail, for novelty of line would be unfashionable in 1927. It has often been said that to produce eccentric models was comparatively easy, but that to achieve "chastened simplicity" by eliminating every decorative feature is a most complicated problem. (I'm sure it's true.) Detail work has therefore become the leading feature of every Paris collection. Waist-lines are in most instances hardly indicated, though the Drecoll demarcation is undoubtedly placed much higher than it was last season. Materials seem to be carelessly wrapped about the figure, often enhanced by embroidery, the actual waist-line being only hinted at in places. This gives a novel aspect to quite a number of attractive models...