PARIS COUTURIER PIERRE CARDIN YESTERDAY PRESENTED HIS NEW BOUTIQUE FASHIONS FOR THE AUTUMN AND INTRODUCED A NEW MATERIAL FOR SOME OF SOME HIS MINI-SKIRTED DRESSES. HE CALLS IT CARDINE AND IT IS MANUFACTURED FROM A MAN-MADE FIBRE - DYNEL - WHICH CAN BE PRE-MADE AND SHAPED TO COUTURE STANDARDS.

ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE COLLECTION WAS CARDIN'S EXTENSIVE USE OF LONG LEATHER GLOVES AND LEGGINGS OF THIGH LENGTH.

BELTS AND HEAVY ORNAMENTAL TRIMMINGS TO SKIRTS WERE ALSO MUCH IN EVIDENCE.

IN JERSEY WOOL, CARDIN HAS PRODUCED A RANGE OF EASY-TO-WEAR DRESSES WHICH WILL SUIT WOMEN OF ALL AGES. ONE EYE-CATCHING DESIGN WAS REMINISCENT OF THE WILD WEST, WITH TASSEL-TRIMMED COLLAR AND LONG LEATHER GLOVES.

FOR OUTDOOR COATS, CARDIN RETURNED TO THE USE OF ASTRAKHAN IN LOOSELY-BELTED STYLES.