THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928.
THE "MAIL'S FASHIONS ILLUSTRATED
THE SCARF OF ENDURING APPEAL. Scarfs of All Proportions Add Much to the Ensemble. Their Novelty Is Ensured by Their Unusual Patterns and Prints,
SPORTS MODES DOMINATE THE SCENE AT SOUTHERN RESORTS.
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Cardigans and Scarfs Are Much in Evidence. New Colours Seen In Both Formal and Informal
Attire. Novelty Shoes Are Seen, Accessories Are Important. '
PASTEL TINTS.
The New Evening Mode Demands
Delicately Hued Fabrics With
Traceries of Gold
and Silver.
The start is so essential an ae- rossary la so many types of dresses that it is well wigh indispensable in the 'fushimable woman's wand- robe. Colour is of course an im portant item in choosing the searïf. It Frequently, letid an important touch to the entire ensemble. But for novelty the scarf that bonsts
RESLAW
PICTURESQUE Crinoline hut trimmed with velvet flowers.
pictorespie scenes and designs is really the season's choicest gift to sartorial effectiveness.
Southern days and southera nights are made very lovely ho cause of the attractive. elothes that are packed in trunks and carried to the wintertime playgrounds is sunny southlands. Advance sum- mer modes are in reality exhibited. and consequently interest runs high in what is worn at southern resorts,
At- Lones are Evening
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The scarf is coming into a place of its own in creating chfe styles. The scarf knotted in jaunty man- ner lifts sports costumes into place quite exalted in the made. Scarfs, indeed, are a part of almost. every costume shown for the south, I plain colours, polka dots, figured
gowns, and it gives the appearance fabrics and monograms in silk, of becoming even more in demand | chiffon or linen, they made their * * the season advances. Taffeta smart appearance. They are worn in both plain and lowered colours, | in almost every conceivable way. tulle and mousseline in the frothy, They are knotted Deauville fashion. -bouffant dresses fashion some of They are tucked into pockets and Colours this season. have an in the most exquisite evening gowns, let fly loosely. They are used Vivid pictorial designa from for
portant place in the southern cul- Lace, too, is much worn. Draped about the hipline as á sush and are eign cou, tries are some of the de-lection. The vogue of tanned skins gowns as well as the formal pic-also knotted over one shoulder. signs of outstanding distinction, has influenced the colours of ture dresses are among the sea- The Jong, winding scarfs are wound They are often long and narrow dresses considerably. Deop blues, | son's favourites.
around the neck twice and then let
The formal note that ushered in, is indeed a marvellous cloth to and mude to wrap around the neck bright reds, yellows and Kreens The cardigan jacket is perhaps fly in long, graceful ends. And the the winter season of evening gowns fashion the 'beautifully draped several times and still leave long are sharing favours with beige the outstanding feature of the scarf is also serving another purs undout.edly responsible for the gowns of modern lines. ends to fall below the whist
and "off" shades of while. southern senson. It is scen every-
pose. It is used to tie in a most beauty of the fabrics that fashion Lois Wilson, in the First National tractive colour combinatigas
the clothes again favour where-even the bathing suit is becoming Fashion about the head,
mid-season formal frocks, motion picture, "French Dressing." made in tapelike borders which pastel tones, biscuit, beige," peach, apt to possess one. The printed
Evening capes are also a part of to the lines that is matched by the There is a sophisticated elegance make a pretty framework for the honey, apricot and pale pink being daytime frock, the one and two the southern wardrobe. Transparexquisite workmanship seen in the main designs. Those designs while high popular. Ia blues the in- piece sports dresses-all may add ent velvets and aheer metallic ma- new materials. in some cases seen in only one part dependence blue is most favoured. A cardigan and achieve additional terials are both fashionable. of the scarf, in other cases is re- And brown, heretofore seen only in
These fabrics, gossameer sheer, chic. Silk materials, jersey, 'kaska Among the accessories that are are peated throughoul
ret firm the entire the dayling, is much worn in the and angora, all are used in creating attracting attention are the crepe traceries of gold and silver and enough to hold length of the scars. The light pas- evening.
the, cardigan. Many of them show de chine shoes in all lovely shades. opalescent metals. tel shades are most often med for
buttons down the front, while there These, and pocketbooks, belts and
The outstanding characteristic are also a number without the
new jewellery are the high lights of these lovely metal cloths is, of : traditional buttons. They are al- of the season in accessories.
course, their sheerness, whatever ways seen with the sleeveless Dorothy Mackaill, seen in First the ground be. Sometimes it is, a tennis dress. Indeed, the sleeveless National pictures, has chosen this crepe velvet or chiffon. But this frock makes the cardigan un essen-chic cardigan a suitable for all ground is merely a lovely but es- For the sential foundation for the, magic tial part of the mode, Printed silk sorts of southern wear. dresses for afternoon often are swimming or beach suit Miss Mac-of gold and silver threads worked without sleeves, but add a cardigan kaill finds it particularly of the same fabric.
priate.
evening while the deeper imes are used for the daytime costumey,
The drawings introduce humour and action in their figures and are most amusing. The scarfs are generally in square
and Oblong shapes and they the very nicely, There are also handkerchiefs to match. It is a scarf of John Held, Jr. that Aan Rork wears with so much dish to accompany a chie sport costume in a scene from the First National film, "A Texas Steer."
Of course there are als scarfs of plain solid colours that are worn smartly and Ted Deauville fashion.
Sports clothes show knitted dresses, one and two-piece dresses in woollans and kasha, weaves, crepe de chines, silk and woollen mixtures, weeds and angora and angora jerseys Jersey is especi- ally smart. The evening mode shows satin to be in a place of ex-
treme popularity. Satin in pastel tones is seen in many of the newest
LOVELY GOWNS.
For The Courts And Spring Brides.
Once Enster
is.
over spring
an appropriate
on the aport dress. These, too, are brittes turn to the delectable husf- attractive in variona putterna with colours harmoniously blended. In-ness of choosing deed it is the day of the scarf in all its colourful appeal.
ATTRACTIVE CRINOLINE HAT trimmed with Taffeta.
By Reslaw, London.
wedding gown.
Tastes differ, but for striking examples of the ideal toilette there is no better place than the saloons ¦ of Mme. Eve Valere. . 85-89, Knightsbridge, S.W. ·
STYLISH MODEL of Java Straw, trimmed with velvet and silk flowers. By Reslaw, London.
If this particular style does not appeal, there are many others | from which à bride may choose. One cannot help feeling, however, that the girl who failed to appre riate the beauty of the soft white Duchesse satin original trimmed with thick silky lace would he hard indeed to please. The late- bordered train shows, a graceful cope-like effect, beneath which it narrows to panel dimensions. Tho For one frock a married woman wreath of tiny orange blossom has chosen a delightful dress in buds, is, as you
Boa, carried up pale flame-coloured lace embroider- over one eye in the same way as ed with tiny beads in the same is the smart hat of the moment.. colour. The holero bodice dips at A Suggestion for a. Bridesmind, the back following the line of the For bridesmaids the anuarter skirt, and the Court train is of frocks are those made with. full brocade in deep flame and gold, tulle skirts, dipping slightly at the Special attention is paid to back and attached to a plain cor-1 frocks for: débutantes, not only as 3ago. One such acheme expressed regards suitable styles but also in in terms of hyacinth blue tulle has the almost more important matter 1 pbsy of blue roses at the waist of price..
and clusters of blue flowers on the Here are some suggestions for a two tulle frills that form the skirt. | Court dress for a youthful wearer: Beauty for the Debutante. A modal of soft white antin, star- Leiving the subject of bridal red with diamonds and opening Towns and turning to the equally over an underdress of fine silver mportant matters of dress for the lace. The trail is soft satin. An Tourts, it is comforting to know ether dress is of peach-satin, with hat here, too, Mme. Eve Valore a skirt, consisting of tulle frills to
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appro-into designs of rare beauty.
JUMPERS OF DISTINCTION.
Unusual Neckline, Uncommon Trimming.
A new ensemble in Paris is the cape and skirt costume, complet. ed by something really exquisite
in the way of a blouse or jumper, The two unusual models shown in the sketch employ quite differ- ent means of striking a new note, the top one relying entirely on cut and the lower one on trimming for its distinction.
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Of Heavy White Georgette. Heavy white georgette is Aug- gested for the former, which ha the draped neck-line seen on ao many of the beat gowns this 101- son. The whole of the fullness of the blouse is drawn to the right side into an embroidered empiece- ment which matches the right aleeve.
The lower jumper, which is in- tended to be worn with a black satin cloak and skirt, ia of the palest flesh-pink crepe satin with bullion embroidery in a slightly deeper shade of the same colour.
Unusual-encrustations are: a feature of several types of jump. or, including washing alik and spun silk, which is to some extent replacing the "wool stockinette of winter. A model from one world. famous house was in shades of
blue washing silk with a design meandering over it like a pathway in perspective, and that, brought to mind Alfred Noyes's line, "The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor."
10 offer both debutantes and match and trimmed with posles of 'awagors a variety of good things flowers to tone. The train in this
As If Euclid Was Designer. ""rom which to select. That the case is of satin borderod, with 2. The use of satin on the shiny act is appreciated by a wide circle tulle. Yet another frock of fino and matt sides is responsible for is proved by the number of Court net lace is lavishly sewn with tiny | oncrustations... on some -- jumpers dresses which are already being, pearly beads, and the train of natin | which look as though Euclid had made for clients in the saloons or rict, as you like it, is embroidery designed them. And yet they are 85-89,- Knightsbridge.
ed in similar fashion."
charmingly pretty.
PICTURESQUE
There are sheer materials worked with bright hued flowers; spun silver and gold tissues pllant as ap wind blown flower, all-over printed designs tending their opalescent colours to the gold and silver basis tending many hues to the fabric; there are brocades more closely patterned than precious metals.
The delicate pastel coloured wears an evening gown demonstrat- metal embroidered cloth that is an ing the sheer beauty of the new example of artistic workmanship fabrics. The model is of sophis-
Crinoline - Hat trimmed with Lace and Roses. By Reslaw, London.
is the outstanding fabric. With its ticated simplicity and charming frosted tracery and pastel tones it lines.
DAINTY CRINOLINE HAT trimmed with Arum Lilies.: By, Reslaw, London.