THE CHINA MAIL,
THE "MAIL'S" FASHIONS
AN INNOVATION IN EVENING DRESSE
Hollywood Sponsors Formal Gown with Long. Sleeves. Period Tendencies Are Emphasized in Romantic Fashions for Summer.
SUMMER SANDS ARE GAY WITH COLOUR
Beach Fashions Show a Variety of Swimming Suits, Lounging
Pyjamas and Wraps in Interesting Ensemble Effects.
Gay Innovations Mark the Mode.,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1928.
ILLUSTRATED
THE EVENING WRAP IS VARIED
The New Silhouette of the Summer Frock Háa
Good Deal to Do With the
Lines of the Formal Coats.
All that is delicate and. fem- mark the season a successful one. ininely appealing in the mode is Women are once, again expressing being stressed in the exquisite their feminine allure in gowns of gowns of period tendencies exhibit subtle drapery, in frills, in clinging robes and all sorts of fluttering and ed for the summer season.
flattering gowns, of romantic ap
tumes.
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Vivid colours and elaborate
of white with blue fer to keep their toes from the the two outstanding with blouse
Crepe de Chine in both costumca are
that go scarf collar and shorts nattily flar- water. features of the costumes down the sands to meet the sea this ing of navy trimmed with brass, plain and figured patterns are seen more unusual models denote scenes Ever alert to sponsor the newest
season. While there ars still to be buttons form one of the most dis. Hand painted designs on some of the found very simple effects in jersey tinguished of bathing suits.
These pyjamas. niso Knitted suits of rayon and silk, of interest. in modes, Hollywood has put its peal. seal of approval upon the evening There are the robes de style scen suits, these are in the minority and gown of romantic tendencies. And in the heavy, formal fabrics of are definitely meant for those who rayon and wool and with other include a coat that makes them tas. Doris Kenyon, First National fea-moire, lame, satin and brocades, take their swimming seriously. The combinations are seen in dressy cinating three piece models. They ture player, is one to sponsor an while the softest and most fem- mode at the beach, as a matter of models which feature scarf effects, exclude the sun very nicely when ininely fluttering of materials such fact, is a frivolous one and riotous blouses with distinctive design the wearer does not wish a cont of innovation in formal frocks.***
On the other hand, there are Miss Kenyon has selected one of as chiffon, lace, tulio, point d'esprit colours, lavish fabrics and designs and shorts of brilliant colouring intan..
Flowered crepes in vory stunning those who crave a good coat of tan, the alluringly feminine and distinc and nets are seen in gracefully bil- are the highlights of beach cos-harmonizing tones. tive gowns of the season sponsoring lowing gowns of the romantic age.
An outstanding feature of the models show the trend of fashion and for them the sun suit, with its Floral patterns are deep décolletage front and back all that is feminine in clothes.. The Row upon row of the soft, deli-. gown is of tulle and lace over A cate materials are used to establish bathing wardrobe is the number of in gay colours, foundation of white satin. Point these femininely picturesque fracks. pieces essential to achieve bathing popular and the modernistic note rivals the suits designed for the Brilliant belt cushions, bags d'esprit lace is lavishly used from Exquisite shades and, trimming chic. The swimming suit, of course, is also exhibited in designs In very young generation. the bodice to the floor. The ham of a feminine nature are other in- Is included, but there is also tho which squares, cuvės; circles and
Ribbons, sashes, lounging salt for the beach, the geometric patterns all find a niche. and scarfs all help to make the Vivid shades and striking de- beach a colourful place this season of deep points is beautifully apportant features.
are the keynotes of these But while there is colour, fashion pliqued in flowers and leaf designs.tower applique, hand work and wrap to wear over the suit while
Berets are worn as the has decreed that there must also Gardealas and orange blossoms in embroidery all lend the charm of approaching the water, the Lido signs
coverings be harmony and hence the stress streamer effect, decorate the left olden days to the modern beruffled effect in pyjamas, as well as capes costumes.
or cpats, hats, shoes, pocketbooks, most successful head shoulder. The most Important fea- and be-ribboned girl. tures, of course, are the long While necks have a manner of parasols and all sorts of vanitles with this type of suit while the ing of the ensemble note in select
sories. sleeves of lace and the lace trim-bestowing importance to the formal included in the list of beach acces-severe helmet is worn with the ing auit, coat, pyjama and acces
knitted jersey aults.
Alice White, who plays with 'ao ming. The whole effect is one of gown. and most of the newest sories..
Coats which give an ensemble ap- The bathing ault itself may be exquisite daintiness and flattering models feature. sleeveless modes," delicacy.
the startling innovation of the long-of jersey or rayon and jersey. Com-pearance are chosen with one eye much charm in First National's sleeved evening dress is one that bined colours are the most effective to the bathing sult. They are gen- "Harold Teen," loves the water and seen in silk, kosha, dressing the part of the California is apt to become one of arresting in these sults. They appear in all erally of the three-quarter caolle enjoys active swimming as well as importance as the season advances. shadca, often with a simple hori-type and are
zontal stripe about the waist or with terry, crêpe, and newest of all,beach clubs, and has chosen several amart suits and ensembles to make shorts and tops of contrasting linen.
Beach pyjamas are becoming her beach wardrobe enviable for shades. The yachting influence is seen even in the jersey bathing increasingly popular for those who its brightness and distinctive ap. suits, and dark blue and white, love to loll about the sands but pre-pearance.
Evening dresses as a whole ate being used to express the most daring of the innovations which
BEACH WEAR IS IN SEASON.
are
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combined in the designs, There are polka dots-large, mall, round, square and legal scal type; The beaches, throughout the
flowered, geometrical and moderais- length and breadth of our land, tic patterns, and there is always
picturesquely interesting
some fundamental idea in the through the summer months. It is colour scheme that is followed in holiday time, and a carefree spirit the accessories that are quite as adds the personal touch to brilliant important as the suit itself... They sunlight, the sparkling sea and colourful sands. To the edge of make, or ruin it.
the rippling waters come those who
takes note of all this.
The swimming suit is made of
swim and those who bathe, the jersey in a fine weave, and may latter quite as much at home on take one of two forms. It may be the shore as in the sen. Fashion one-piece or two, the latter made up of shirt and shorts, allowing unlimited possibilities of combina- Beach wear is smart. It has in-tion in colour and design.
At dividuality, because into it go times the shirt is darker, again It many materials, many colours and 1 lighter, than the shorts, and the many clever trimming ideas. The belt that connects the two is in unusual is preferable to the usual keeping with the colour arrange in' an outdoor setting, and comment. Suits all in one, colour are binations of colours are effective In the sunshine that would not do extremely rare.
at all In the abade. All this, com-
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The opposite is true when the bined with accessories with the sult is one-piece, for the back- same feeling, makes the scene at ground is frequently used to make into the suit, or the shore an Invigorating and de- designs woven
embroidered upon it, more ofec- lightful one.
tive, and is, usually, dark. Many Two distinct types exist, as effect the suft in solid colour, ab- against a possible three, some solutely unbroken, save for a nar
Study has effected a row belt in colour, perhaps years ago. combination of the true beach Suits that display no colour, ex- ault, intended for dry bathing only cept in accessories may be worn with the suit that was designed with a giddy beach cont of the for ses bathing, but not for active blazer type or rather like a trench swimming. There remains the coat. When the blazer is the compromise and the regulation choice, one of the stripes is in the Ewimming suit that la practical same tone as the suit, while others first and smart afterwards. But carry out the colours in the details. the latter characteristic is quite a A trench coat of linen crash, de plain the ability of colour prominent as the first.
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The slip, of some material that sibility there will be an expressible to change the entií will stand wetting, is the prefersion of the colour of the sult it of the title by placing Ted beach suit, completed, in near self somewhere in the design mark after it, and we are ly every instance with shorts of Cretonnes make smart costs, and ed in general l matching or contrasting fabric. oftentimes when the slip of sing both. For nothing This does not mean that a uniform beach sult is of printed all the greater part in our wardrobe than has been adopted, for so wide is cape or cost is inc
the range of models that variety the latter monogrammed
is assured. Every possible colours of the print...
material is used, and, the pattern, deaus, kerchiefs, wrap and colour range is amazing, also sorts, footwear the use of details which supply beach pillows and
another form of individuality
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It would be impossible in a has given the newest wraps, an themselves. Scarf and trimming season which shows a variety of other means of adding chic to ailhouettes in evening gowns to of lamné are a particularly effective it is the season's choice for a for-Green and yellow being two of the bring forth a single wrap and say combination. All colours are used. mal wrap
season's most successful colours. Inasmuch as evening gowns may They are really lovely with silver All white and black and white, be slender in silhouette to an ex- or gold lamé trimming. treme point, or exotic in their that could meet the requirements the favourite wraps. for summer. bouffancy, there is no. single wrap silver and gold, too, are seen in of them all. There are, as a mat- These, when done in lamés, chif ter of fact, an almost unlimited fons or valveta are distinctly chic, has introduced a new type of even- number of wraps and coats to The desire for fragile chiffon wraps choose from.
The velvet evening wrap is having coat. It matches the gown. Ing a decided popular appeal. In and forma, stunning ensemble the sheer weaves It is especially effect.
Billie Dove,, who has occasion to attractive. It is simply designed and requires a gracefully draped wear several stunning evening cos
alone may ¡tumes in the First National film, effect that the wearer' give in holding it wrapped about "The Night Watch," has chosen for the figure. It comes in several one wrap allver lame, beautifully lavishly trimmed lengths and is most frequently seen brocaded and The popularity of the scarf effect straight and slender. without the added luxury of fur, with white fox fur. Its lines are
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That mildly Indignant person, dark powder on the face and roug- match the frock, one of the inter- esting fashions that summer has who reminds one so forcibly of a bear with many heads and all of
very lovely, one can imagine it in creature, A imiddle-class father," brought us. A new ruby shade is them sore that balled, amazed a soft, silk velvet.
has just written to the press egalni" Brown seems to be an accepted to the effect that when his son sports colour, or else it is used in grows up he la going to advise him the tailored group. On the other not to marry a girl with long hand, beige is important even in fingernails, formal evening models, some, de-
He means, I gather, that a girl signers showing a decided prefer who takes very special pains to ence for it to the comparative ex-
clusion of other colours. Gray la make her hands beautiful; as wellas important in both the formal and merely clean and neat, must neces- the informal mode, especially imsarily fight shy of housework.** portant in trimming furs, no mat- It appears that the particular girl ter what the colour of the coat of whom he is speaking is afraid There will be purples for those to do any cleaning in the house for who can wear them, and this fear of sofling her fingernails. colour will be seen in evening Father's Frophecy,
What an eye-opener her sweet This lo quito as far as one heart, who has never seen her in present There will domestic surroundings, is going to
shock
be many new shades, and no one have prophesies the can say exactly which ones will M. O. F-meaning, I take it, that meet the public seed or take the it won't be a pleasant
fancy of the critical. There will
be new ways of introducing colour,
Long ago, before middle-class
but probably there will be nothing fathers had earned their full title
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