THE
THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928,
"MAIL'S FASHIONS ILLUSTRATED
FEMININE FRILLS AGAIN ARE WORN
Femininity in Dress-Emphasizes the Return of Ruffles and Sashes, of Organdies and Laces of Delicate Appeal.
THE SUMMER SPORTS MODE IS VARIED AS WELL AS INTERESTING
Two, Three and Four-Piece Ensembles in Wool, Silk and Wool, All Silk 'and the Attractive Linen and Cotton Fabrics in Plain and Printed Patterni Are Worn for Sports.
SUMMER SPORTS COAT
All white Is At The Height of Its Mode for
Resorts Printed Effects, Too, Are Exceedingly Popular.
handwork. Ribbon sashes here in
luffy rufle girl of many The years ago has come into her own troduce a quaint note. This type upon the wave of femininity that of frock is popular in taffeta ás has swept the country. The lure well. The basque bodice and long of the flying draperies and the full skirt being interesting details crisp appeal of organdies and the of a feminine mood in clothes. soft sweep of laces and the tutter
Frills and fichus and the scarf of ribbons have all prevailed upon that lends such individuality all the mode to establish a distinctly play their paris in giving a grace- feminine aspect and bring to the {ful and feminine aspect to the aum- front, a girl' of fluffily designed (mor dresses. frocks.
Flounced and bouffart. frocks, however, are not essentially of a period type. Many of them are of the original designs and merely
First and foremost in the trend towards styles of long ago are seen the return of the sash and
ankle rather than up to the knees.nine in clothes.
mer season.
THE ENSEMBLE IN REVIEW.
Even the woman who cares little for her clothes and there are such women, strange
om-
In the sports group one finds flannel, jersey, linen and fabrics kin to them. Printed linens and cottons are used in these costumes
The summer wardrobe is proving lighter, brighter and gayer' affair
this season because of the variety
to be found in the sports clothes so essential to summer chic. Every-
where the demand for sports clothes Lis increasing. And increasingly smart are the ensembles that receive their inspiration in Paris shops. A variety in the styles as well as an unusually varied assortment of fabrics are outstanding features of | perhaps, with tucking or applique the simple yet colourful clothes in a long roll collar. found at fashionable resorla.
Linen is becoming an Important Aglow with cofour are these material in fashioning summer, smart frocks of the sport type sports clothes. Just as in silks at races, country clubs, aen- and woollens ensembles are stress-
They
or tones.
are seen everywhere. In fact both one and two-piece dresses effect coats and the ensemble Idea is shown to best advantage in these cardigan suits.
However, the demand for coats of all types is asserting itself and the blazer coat is one of youth'a own favourites. The modernistic chintz cont in brilliant colouring and lined in handkerchief linen is novelty that is attracting more and more attention. It is especially well adapted to beach and tennis costumes,
Kerchiefs and scarfs that atill add chic to the ensemble are new
Jother, were of felt, small and
brimmed.
With the summer season in full it a profitablo "season.
They are blast it is interesting to note the used in many of the straightline coats that complete the sports cos- return to popularity of the all
tumes, Cotton fabrics, by the way, white costume, White at the scu-are having an unusually popular side, white at the country club and season. In the printed affects they white at the mountains all show are very chic and many printed that the summer girl is selecting at coats. complete interesting ensem least one white coat to complete a bles. successful ensemble.
Doris Dawson, who appears in All white in heavy georgettes the Arat National pleture, "The- and crepe satins is used for formal Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," effects everywhere. This type of in selecting 's amart sporta en- coat would, of course, appear in at semble, chose all white for youth- ease upon the beach, whereas it is full charm and chic. Miss Daw- exceedingly happy to complete a son's sweater coat was of white formal afternoon or, evening en-silk and wool mixture and possess- senible. Woollens in pure white ed a very smart swagger as to line. are seen but the "off" shades apon- It was made. doubly interesting by sured this season are newer, These the use of a Deauville' scarf in In oddly woven woollen or silk and which red, white and blue tones wollen materials are just the thing predominated. This and the tops for sports.
of the socks and Deauville slippera supplied the only colour.relief.
Piqué and linen, too, are finding
NEW MILLINERY.
that so many
Two-Material Brims.
OUT OF THE ARMY!
!
The trench coat is making pro- gress, and we find it a uniform of utter smartness! In its original officer, then it came into the femi-.. form it was a possession of an
street cont.
length of the skirt towards the phasize the demand for the femi-side, mountains and restaurants. ed in linen and the smartest effects and designed to create a stunning
The evening mode, of course, es- Dorothy Macknil, seen in "Lady
are fashionably correct na are in simple one piece dresses result. Monograms are very desir-
Large hata will only be a success tablishes the frilly type of gown Be Good," her newest First Nation-long as there is daylight-then the often sleeveless and worn with a able on kerchiefs right now. Socks most successfully upon the sum nl motion picture, illustrates the feminine in clothes aucceeds them jacket or coat of matching con for tennis and golf are interesting if hot weather and much sunshine Generally speaking, new mode in fashion for summer in softer chiffons, organdies and trasting linen. Sport coats are and their tops may match the cos- come. Nevertheless, milliners are Sleeveless crepe de Chines, short, three quarters or long and tume in colour and design. Pocket preparing lovely models for smart the formal gown is divided into two in a filet lace frock combined with laces. groups-one in which heavy and chiffon in a delicate shade of shell printed and washable linens, tub are quilted; embroidered or possess books. belts, parasols, hats and race-going.
nine wardrobe via the rainy day shoes all contribute important rich materials create interesting pink. The skirt of irregular length silks, silk or cotton piqués as well handsome cut work.
The hat sketched above is an in- route. Its swagger usefulness won robes des style and the other in consists of two ruffles of lace as the very fashionable blendings The sweater costume is as pop- {items to a successful àppearance.
It friends, and as a result, it which fluttering and delicate attached to a bodice of the pink of silk and wool or the very fineular as ever and there are many Billy Dove, seen in First Nation- stance. The brim is in deep rose
new and interesting models to in-ala "The Yellow Lily," has con- crinoline with edging and crown group to general use as a daytime, graduated from the stormy weather fabrica form picturesque frocks of chiffon. The old fashioned berthaal wool weaves. graceful appeal.
with a deep back is made interest- The ensemble of pastel flännel crease its favour. The sweater,aldered little things to add to her of black bakou straw. Two colours Organdy, too, la appearing uponing with bows and a ribbon stream is extremely smart. It consists of skirt, and scarf combination is very charming appearance
And designers began in ain a hut offor a useful way of ac- the scene with renewed
to do things with It! interest. er of chiffon at the shoulder. A the sleeveless frock, severely aim- youthfully chic. Cardigan effects sports costume of black and white.centuating the scheme of 'a dress
Of course it is still to be had in Both the afternoon and evening large, transparent hat, of horsehair ple with a cape of matching fiam are very smart in the very fine The socks with black tops present or ensemble, now frocks of organdy are extremely and chiffon and a ruffled parasol nel simply designed and trimmed, woollens and kashas effect coats a novelty of distinction,
two-colour printed crepe de chines, the rubberized. fabrics that make chic. They are pretty generally complete a picture of femininity
satins, and chiffons are being utilis-it rain-apparel, and very smart it ed. sleeveless with wide and quite that carries back memories of the
is! But you can choose it in gray, tan Dr natural chamois, warmly long skirta trimmed with lace and fluffy ruffle giri of bygone days. plain coat, especially if it is black, SEEN IN THE SHOPS.
will do for so very many different.
lined, in cotton gabardine, unlined, in wool gabardine, full plaid lined frocks, plain or printed. The So really important is belge, in
Two materials in a brim not only or in twill, also plaid lined. the fashion colour scheme, that the
Belt- printed coat will be smart with a
Both prints and chiffons are ex-give a hat added interest, but also ed, pocketed and cut on lines that offering ensembles in plain frock, as well as the print shops are
The logical ceedingly versatile in their activi- a lighter and often prettier look. are dashing in the extreme, it is, that matcher, and it will be ultra this tone,
the new mode is It is a device frequently seen these indeed, a utility coat with a dif- Amart over white. Fwo coats will three, when it comes to an acties, so far as
days when felt. and straw, straw ference. concerned. Printed chiffon and open the way to a really extended cessory ensemble, includes hat, as it may seem, and they are very smart. Then wardrobe of plain and printed shoes and handbag, and there is. plain are important in both the and lace, crepe de chine and straw knows that the ensemble is the there are outfits made up of a And it is an undeniable flannel skirt, worn with a jumper
usually a second alliance carried daytime and the evening mode, thing!
out in materials. The shoes of and there are many effective com- fact that back of everything in the in another shade or colour, the two
two leathers-kid- binations of chiffon with lace. mode is the scheme of the ensemble, linked together with a blazer jacket long coats to be made into these fered were in afternoon or evening In its type. may not fail to mention the knit-limited.in iis possibilities than the model a pump, and in watersnake. Bleeves, while the evening gown and a trimming of waxed ribbon, shanter order had a crown of fine- whether that thing be sports, street, that combines the two colours. One ensembles, the former rather more skin with a bow of snakeskin-this chiffon frock for daytime wear has sketched has a brim of waxed kok
wear ensembles, many of them latter. Usually the jacket is worn three models shown, all of the does not, the latter shows greater For the picture model with, they shirred black taffetas attached with interwoven metal threads. · over a sleeveless dress in one or strapped variety. The handbag for vagaries of the hemline than the drooping brim, dyed Tuscan straw to a close-fitting turban made of One moves on Into another group two pieces, and can be placed in the pump was of the snakeskin. former, otherwise they are some is used, while the amali Ane straw sliver lame. The taffetas crown beautifully tailored. The bag for what the same. There are so many cloche shape has a large "carna- bagged over the right ear after the the watersnake footwear was of things one can do with chiffon, tion" of glove kid and chiffon as manner of the velvet berets which To Hat every fabric and colour for practical uses. There is a cloth are full-length, while others are the same material, and, it too, was and by batter how many pels, trimming.
are still worn by Quartier Latin combination that one might sec, a
distinguished by its workmanship. draperies or godets there may be,
The coat frock will give the this time made of "dark green vol- students. Another "tam" crown, seven-eighths, he is, which could be worn one is still impressed with the clever needlewoman in idea for re- vet, was cleverly planted on a ban- even in a day's shopping, would be coat, perhaps, in a twilled weave, three-quarters an impossibility. But a review of or a coat of the new basket-weave and many of them are not lined at with either the one type or the slenderness of the model.
furbishing a dress, for the collar deau of jet-embroidered chiffon, a The frock is of silk or all. 22. i representative costumes from each tweed.
and cuffs in apotted crepe de chine dark green osprey sticking out at group will be possible and prove crepe, printed or plain, and the
are an easy means. of leading a of interest. Perhaps one may be coat is lined with the frock fabric,
one side, great air of interest and distinc inre to your individual needs and There is a wide range of colours and
tiveness. taste than another, if so, that is patterns in this group, making a the smartest, for your special pur- satisfactory choice a probability. pose. You should be able to find type, colour, fabric and styling to your liking.
So it narrows down to a question of what is smartest in the groups that meet every need of the busy sum- mer day.
frocks.
And there are jacket coats and
that has just a bit more of the for- the sports group, if one wishes to
As we approach the formal on semble we become loat in a maze of colour, soft mater.als and intri The ensemble practical, for gen-cate iines, for the possibilities seem eral uses at home and travel any unlimited. When formality rules, where, is of tweed.
One can list the coat is usually of silk-many many possibilites in the tweed say that the silk ensemble is the group coat and skirt of tweed, very smartest fashion of the season. worn with a silk, crepe or jersey There are several types of It, Jumper, or with one of the many among them the one made up of fetching sweaters. Upon the blouse printed silk frock and printed silk depends the formality or inter coat the frock, and coat of plain mality of the ensemble. Then Bilk, and the plain coat over a there are one-piece dresses comprint bined with the coats, the former Instantly one is lost in a maze often combined with another ma- of speculation, for possibilities of terial
combination" are unlimited. The
er
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The
lace, and other fabrics are allied.. The Sketch on the Right. Thus the hat of black bangkok
even those made of snake or lizard aking.
In Quartier-Latin Style.
A lovely model of the tam o'
For Race-Going.
An Ascot or Grand Prix hat took the form of a Tuscan cloche with quilled ribbons in three shades of brown decorating the crown and falling in long loops at the right
An ensemble made up of a
Summer brings colour into the pleated skirt of sailor blue moire,
footwear feld, and it brings won- below a white moire silk jumper, dress, it is very gay, and there is derful cloths to rival leather as a has a short jacket of the blue return to black and white in the slipper material. We have become Although hats of the moment are moire. The lumber is sleeveless frock under the black coat always somewhat accustomed to red and not very much trimmed, the trim and has appliqua simulating the new, yet ever old.
blue, along with the various shades mings there are certainly very in neckerchief, of a sailor's uniforra Evening brings out ensemblea of reptilian leathers. But now, teresting.w done in the blue. A one-piece made up of lace, chiffon, Georgatte, there is green and peach and jade A little slouch hat which accom side. This hat had been specially frock of pavy Gergette is worn organdy, satin and silk crepe. Lit and rose and beige and sapphire panted a kashmir cloth ensemble designed to go with a filmy frock with a coat of navy taffeta, stitched the jackets of the sheer material and topas. And there are slippers I saw recently was black bangkok of beige chiffon which had loops In a curious design with gold of the frocks and of yet another of patterned materials done in gay, straw, very simply ornamented and ends of brown ribbons, the thread. These two shows the pos-fabric are smart, and the evening flashing colours. Silks and cloths with a length of black corded rib same abades as those on the hat, siblities of this group,
wrap, full or three-quarters length, and linens are to be had, plain bon, but finished off at one side fluffing out under a series of pleat- But they are not as formal as is developed along with the frock textures and those of woven strips, with a beautiful silver buckle en- ed flounces. An effective touch of the ensemble that uses chiffon or to make an ensemble. Transparent There are linens Irish, natural, crusted with small diamonds. The colour was introduced in a garnet- Georgette with a silk coat. Yet velvet, lame, moire satin even embroidered. And there are the note of black was repeated in the and-filigree-silver neck chain. It. in this type of an ensemble the prints, combine in the wrap sandala of straw, cleverly woven, In buttonhole a real carnation dyed le worthy of note that garnets are coats, are severely simple; some ofAnd in keeping with fashion's coloura cleverly combined. They're black! This quaint idea of tinting again fashionable. I have seen them furred, but most of them not. cictates, luggage, beachwear, foot using the most fragile of the bliks real flowers was launched at these pretty stones encrusted on Crepe, satin and the silks are the wear and headwear and all the ac and the crepe de chines, Indeed, Cannes and it caught on at once. serpent skin sacks with the best re fabric choice. When a printed gessories of the costume follow the they're using any material that Chic women have grown tired of sultaVilliers, Paris, in material is the choice for the rule of the ensemblé note.
comes to hand,
wearing artificial buttonholes, i "Dally Mall,"
the