THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1928,
THE "MAIL'S FASHIONS ILLUSTRATED.
MAKING THE MOST OF ONE'S BEST POINTS.
Beauty Secrets From Hollywood Reveal the Art of Always Appear-
Ing at One's Best Th rough Intelligent Care.
THE MODERNISTIC NOTE IN DECORATING.
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Lamps, Vases, Bowls and Table Ornaments In Particular Show, a Modern Trend In Outline and Colouring. Furniture, Too; Shows a New Outline and Design.
THE WHITE SPORTS DRESS.
Satin Is a "Popular Material in
Fashioning the Newer Sports
Costumes in One or Thres
Piecca.
nose last as a too freely powdered nose has a tendency to enlarge its appearance. Finally rouge, applied lightly and in natural effect and a lipstick complete a, well groomed appearance. Both rouge and lip- be selected, for the stick should smoothness with which they may well as for their be applied as
The modern noto in household Colours should always be colour. chosen to augment the natural pieces and decorations has reached a high mark in striking effective-
Beauty is, of course, a gift of of beauty the gods, but the care belongs wholly in mortal hands. There are so many women- to-day who do not possess perfect features, a akin of milk and honey and hair of allky beauty who manage to make the beat of their good points and always present a picture of excel- lent grooming and chic appearance. The complexion needs the most intelligent care. There are all sorts
Curves and a generally flect the spirit of modernistic art. Įpletely fitted in powder jars, lamps, Hands are another point of us. of creams and lotions that really
Lovely hands rounded outline have been neglected Sun porches in particular are being brushes, etc., that are so important nourish and beautify the skin sopreme importance.
for sharp silhouette in which decorated along new
ideas and an accessory to the vanity table.
The little ornaments that add to furniture and decorative pieces. most effective-particularly in the the outstanding features of this new fashion for geometric lines, either, abandoned. the charm of a room are perhaps Bedrooms have not escaped the summertime when heavy silks are
tones.
that there is little need for a sal- may often call attention to them-
-low-dry-rough-or-oily skin. And selves and away from a les beau- squares and triangles predominate. I show this highly Interesting type of Bed covers in these patterns are There is, of course, a similarity in These may include a combination
the art of makeup should be so per- tiful face.
Smooth, Arm, flexible
Skin should never be rough-
Keep them out of hot water. i art in household decoration. Lamps and the dressing table may be com
ted that a natural appearing col- and young hands may be had with our and fine grained skin should al-care. One of the ened. ways be presented. very important defects in the art of makeup is the absence of the use of powder on the neck. So often real skill will be used to dust pow der, rouge and lipstick and leave the neck a contrastingly unlovely
in particular show a modernistic do not use harsh soaps, be sure to dry them thoroughly and keep them trend. Their bases are' oddly shaped well greased.. Kough knuckles and very sharp lines and possess not a single curve. Geometric pat- unkempt nails may thus in a great terna are at the height of the trend
The palls measure be avoided. themselves may be well taken care:
towards a new idea.
The shades
The sports costumes are be- plain cut with but a single deep coming increasingly important as picat to the left side. The cardigan the season approaches summertime. sports suits are as popular as over,
styles year in and year out in the of materials and generally the dress sports mode as they always stress is of silk and the cardigan jacket a simplicity of design and har- of a silk and wool, all wool, forsey The table in a way reflects the moniously detailed effectiveness. or heavy silk fabric. new spirit most successfully. Black Accessories in general achieve the White washable satin is proving and white motifs are startlingly new notes. This year finds the exceptionally popular in the newest worked out in china centre pieces kerchief dominant in creating a sports costumes. It le very fresh and in candlesticks or lamps. Glass different aspect. The neckline in in sppearance and also is delight- and silver are alab found in odd general is varied and round, V, fully combined with colours in ker-
lend an air of ultra modernity in its are seen.
Doris Dawson, very youthful and surface suggesting homespun which One-piece dresses for tennis with charming in First National's "The makes an excellent background for boxpleats lending variety and full- Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,” ness, short aleaves and rather deep |is shown wearing a stunning sporta At Longchamp some of the frocks the black and white scheme..
China in which the square shape cut necks are seen rather promi- costume of new ines and freely in combination with other to be seen in the pesage and, after
It is of white washable sat-- colours. A black and white motif the races, at the Restaurant de la smart in the many colour combina-ways popular and the belted cos in showing detachable collars and
The two-piece dress is al-ideas. is seen is very new and decidedly nently. Cascade, were suggestive of Grandtion or in a single shade of fresh tumes are to-day's newest versions cuffs of cherry red velvet for com
of chic sports clothes. Skirts are trast, as well as the same shade of appeal.
In Hollywood, where a new pleated in the front, generally, and red felt hat to complete a smart thought is immediately forced into plain in back. Some few possess a appearance.
LONGCHAMP-MODELS.
Ensembles.
sight without the aid of powder. of at home in these days of helpful may be fluted or may be squares or Black and White Featured in Race shapes. The table cloth itself may aquare, crew and oddly cut necks chiefs, sash effects, collars or belts.
So Yola d'Avril has conceived the Idea of powdering the neck first This trick. in and the nose last! aiding beauty Mins d'Avril acquired Miss while a mannequin in Paris. d'Avril, who gives such a spirited performance in First National's "Lady Be Good," finds that if the neck is powdered first, the dress slipped on and the surplus powder removed it given a harmonious ap- pearance and saves a powdery line the neck of the dress. Next Miss d'Avril powdera her face and her
preparations.
This
The hair needs much attention. It should be kept clean, shampooed every second week and brushed thoroughly at least once a day for a period of tweny minutes. insures a good lustre and if one can obtain one, a wisely applied perma- nent wave to give outline to the head,
a fashionable
na
These are but a few of the means of bringing beauty to the light rather than hiding it under a bushel of careless treatment.
shadings, which look so well with
FURS FOR ALL SEASONS..
the new varieties of black or grey coats-and-skirts of cloth, tweed [By The Hon. Mra, C. W. Forester.]
mixtures, or hopsack.
Baum-marten Not so very long ago we should not have been discussing furs short-seen in the second sketch.
trimming, forms one of interesting sections of fashion, and Its flattering possibilities, in the hands of the modern expert, would alone ensure that it would never be eliminated from the variety of dress schemes. In its newer variations fur can greatly enhance the charm of the current mode.
For trimming, the soft coney or the fluffy fox is dyed in all the cool summery colours, and therefore
seems the ideal finish for the cont of satin
triangular in line. They are always decidedly different" In design and
Vivid ahadea are par colouring. ticularly noticeable. Black is used
in a lamp in which the shade is
painted a red or yellow inside is much used. High, straight tamp bases holding a square or fluted
is much favoured. shade done. In the cubistic manner
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Jara, cracker boxes, candy fara and Bowls for flowers, vases, honey
other pieces which add so much to the appearance of the room are all to be found in unusual shapes and colourings. Honey jars shaped like a bee hive in fine old glass are just household furnishings. one example of the new art in
Fantastic paintings of animals,
Prix models. Again and again one encountered blick and white crea- tions. And quite a number of all black dresses and wraps..
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action, the trend towards a new
art in household decorations 'has re- colved a marked success. Corinne
Griffith, seen in First National's quantity of lotion, and your bottle "The Divine Lady," has used table will last twice as long.
which strike
Taffetas Allied to Ermine. Lady Curzon of Kedleston wore black taffetas and ermine, and a very
pretty woman in George decorations recently
a fragile a decidedly modern note. Gershwin's party wore gown of black and white printed crepe under a long coat of black breitschwantz which was lined with the dress material. This coat,
A hair lotion should always be put into a bottle with a sprinkler top and shaken directly on the scalp, instead of being poured in
saucer and dabbed on with a
new
The
said to be four types of furniture design: (1) Simple, of poor design; (2) ornate, of poor design; (3) simple, of good design; (4) ornate, of good..design. The first and second kindy are avoided at any
third and fourth are admired, and should be bought according to in- dividual means. Many people of good judgment in most things un- fortunately still mistake or prefer poor ornateness to good simplicity, and so long as these people are sufficiently numerous poor ornate-
In four sking is flowers and Insects on both silk which was cut in redingote fashion.ead white cocarde placed directly sponge, the most wasteful way of cost by people who know.
This
firm.
smartest way, though on warm days allow the fur to fall chic women away from the neck and "drag" it round the shoulder, somewhat in But all things are Bichu' fashion. possible with really good fura. Baum-marten possesses the soft richness of sable shadings, but natu- rally there is a vast difference in coat, which, no doubt, partly ac
uses new table decorations.
counts for its continued popularity. on the ground. An example, which [PRACTICAL POINTS IN DRESS.
The one-skih tle also is very was designed by Reville-Terry,
Neck-line and Sleeves.
were
felt with a quaintly arranged black
in front.
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Bage
or massage cream.
result is
the face
applying a tonic.
When a setting lotion is used for shades and on chinn show the mod- was thrown open in front, and one With this beautiful cont Jy before Ascot; but nowadays fur, fur, in a superfine quality, is a ern trend. Silver, too, designed caught a glimpse of a link chain of whether worn separately or as a special favourite with this
the most and the tie is shown worn in the along new linee is a fitting accom-cut jet and diamonds, alternate worn a simple black crepe de Chine preserving the waves in the hair, frock which opened in a V in front the most economical method is to Bn old scent to show four rows of pearla and, pour the lotion into paniment to the dinner table that rings of each.
The Ensemble Sketched..
tight round the neck, a little silver spray and spray it on the hair. In In a room using furniture of the
Another lovely ensemble, which I chain which carried one black pearl, this way very little lotion to used, modern type, draperies are ex-
much better
ness will be found in much of the Many smart women wore slight and a tremely important- Silks, and have sketched, consisted of в coat
furniture that most of us can afford chintzes and cretonnes may be of black velvet, with collar, longly larger cloche hata with flowers obtained.
Almost every-woman applias her to buy, while good simplicity will Work- found that harmonize perfectly with revers, and cuffs of ermine. The pressed close against the brim-
face cream, whether it be a vanish- be correspondingly rare. the new feeling. Carpets, too, re-little close-fitting toque was black Villiers, Paris,
ing or a day cream, much too lavish manship and material--the subjects ly. It is not the amount of mas-of our second problem-present as cream that is applied that great a difficulty as the question of better cut out into a small "y" in softens and feeds the skin, but the design. Here the purchaser is front and held by links at the base amount that the pores absorb. confronted with all kinds of tech- of the throat. The ordinary Generally speaking half the cream nical problems, which only an ex- or georgette. Even the wearable. Either in baum or stone showed brocaded silver lame in the
rounded or "V" neck is easily al- that is applied to
18 pert can recognise and solve. The lightest cape is bordered with a marten, this simple adjunct to the tightest of designs, and was lined
tailored or sports suit makes a very with flesh colour and finished with The style of neck-opening and tered and tidied by a border of wiped off after the massage, in-average buyer, therefore, will have matching skin.
Therefore, braid, ribbon, or hem of crepe de volving a great waste of cream. to trust the word of the salesman With the suit or cont-frock of welcome gift for the girl just a scalloped border. The quaint sleeves dates a frock. savere made the fur tie is the starting out with a dress allowance. Victorian pinks and turquoise-blues if the larger part of last season's Chine. A good plan is to add ends Smear your cream very thinly for workmanship and materials. This season After all, what our grandmother also treated in the most frocks have to be resuscitated, it of its own or a contrasting fabric over the skin when using a night: So pick out a good salesman. Do correct completion.
You can al-not, however, fail to observe what scarves and neckties make a strong termed a really good bit of fur is original way at those Grosvenor is wise to consider carefully these to form a narrow scarf. claim for favour as the choice, but the wardrobe is a possession, espeatreet salons.
all-important fashion points.
Sleeves are best left plain at the ways apply a little more if the pores other stores are showing, The very variety of neck treat-top, but from below the elbow they absorb all you have given them will enable price comparisons to be the wise woman never entirely de-cially nowadays, when fur is worn.
If the at all times.
ment, in a measure, may help, but can be cut, slashed, frilled, or (which la highly improbable), and made, and broaden furniture. know- parts from the fur tie. weather be warm, she will select the
Picturesque Court Dressca. All classes in most civilised coun- last year's neck must not be left bound with fanciful ribbon. Cuffs by noting how much you remove fledge, thus enabling more help to
you will learn becured from the furniture sales smaller variety in light-weight, As was only to be expected, some tries dress well to-day; yet, in a unaltered, for there is sure to be can be simple turned-back affairs, after the massage
use every niglit man, because is possible to slate skins; while the many dull days that of the most lovely gowns at the measure, we have returned to the same subtle trifle that makes all the or else very decoratively treated in
And the same advice may be personal requirements more clearly are always possible in our English May Courts revealed the picturesque more decorative and ceremonial side summer see the favourite fox tle note so strongly featured in this of fashion which characterises all clothes Individuality may count and frilled with laces of gold and worn in its lovely new shadings.
year's modes. Some of the leading those periods when dress was really The cool sweater, for example, is, silver. All such things should given to most women in regard to to hint. As regards materiale, a Fashionable Colours.
designers seem to consider that's a sign of social status. The after all, a man's mode, yet for prove very helpful to the home the use of vanishing creams, few general suggestions may be decided furniture, such as tops, sides, and There are two tones that are al- faint pink glow is beat suited to en- modern fabrics demonstrate medi older women, anyhow, it is generally dressmaker. As old frocks have a Apply it very sparingly, and you offered. The flat surfaces of
way of showing wear, particularly will not only effect a ways becoming, and therefore al-hance the youthful charms of the aeval splendour; fichus, furbelows,
at the collar and cuffs, to have such economy in your bill for tollet panels, are built up in two ways ways fashionable, the brown-beige debutante; yet there were many laces, and silks flutter with the
Important trifles freshened up or greams, but you will get a better of the same wood all the way through, and of one kind of wood wonderful white dresses some in a dainty insouciance of the Loufs
entirely renewed will enhance the effect.
Vanishing cream applied too as a core, covered with very thin thick, polished, creamy satin, and days; while the muslins, sashes,
heavily gives a patchy effect as layers of another wood. The first Ban's choice, which were sketched others in a white crepe de Chine, flounces, and frills of the Victorian day requirements. It would seem value of the renovated garments.
or pear miss are successfully ravived by that the newer cult of sports clothes Tollet Preparations. at the International Fur Store, shaped with diamante
All astringents and other lotions soon as the skin grows warm, while is called solid construction, the Oxford-circus, like everything else embroidery. Sliver, in all Its her less demure successor. We has so influenced fashion that line. from that well-known firm, are the new variety, seemed a favourite, even gain inspiration from the ranks first, and thus all the quaint should be applied to the skin with if it is very lightly smeared on econone hour hold haua de simple and ornate designalther aolid or veneered construction may beat of their kind.
shofce for dress and train, with a bow and bustle of the sixties, and "extras" merely add a note of his medicated cottonwool, and bore and the little used carefully worked tinctions here. hold true as for faint tinge of may pink gleaming the austere failes and moire made toric interest that gives charm, thetwool is damped with the lotion into the skin a velvety.
be good or poor., depending upon through the silvery strands up into fanciful aleeves and ruches while in no way detracting from it should be dipped in slightly effect will be obtained
the quality of materials, treatment, The Court trains of to-day is a yet the new subtle simplicty permits the pleasing, and wearable features warm water and squeezed dry. The
and methods of bandling. Night, graceful affair, lying but 18in of their being adapted to present-characteristk of modern dressing.
range and the silver and platinum
grey. Ear ties, typical of the sea
The antura; sliver-fd in the
sketch has white Lip to its tall
The white-tipped hairs add to the becoming lightness of the silver
General "Chic."
difference.
For ordinary, sports Cavalier gauntlet style, embroidered just the quantity
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wool will then absorb only half the
Furniture Dealgn. Broadly speaking, there may be
This