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THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929.
The WOMAN'S Page
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Hore are two knitted suits for golf in the cooler months. Individual designs and smart colour combinations give them a very import
ant place in the "circle of sport."
A dustent of rather masculine eut with belt and buckle." Com. bined with the scarf-and there is abundant smartness for a run.in the ear out in the New Territory.
BEADS AND BUGLES
BRIGHT HANDBAGS | CHIFFON AND LACE jet
QUITE SIMPLE TO BE IN THE FASHION
IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE WARDROBE
Handbags became more and Just at this time of year, chiffon more important every day, and it and lace hold an important place" seems quite ond to think there in the wardrobe of the well- was ever a time when one hand dressed woman. Equally suitable bag bad to do duty for several for day or evening wear they occasions. Now-a-days the chic
prove a real stand-by these sunny
when afternoon function handbag days. woman likes to have to match either each ensemble or have a way of lengthening out till the accessories that go with each long past the cocktail hour, and ensemble in the
of hat,
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way searf, belt and shoes.
The very latest nelion ja choose a gay linen handbag to go with one's linen frocks; handbaga and scarves of striped crepe-de- Chine to accompany one's morning suit and workmanlike handbags of tweed to match one's sports outfit.
Another original idea ja the handbag of finely plailed straw to 3) with summer tailor-madea, Geometrical designs, triangles and stripes, in contrasting colours are very much liked,
finally merging into impromptu. dinner parties. season, inuny
designs seen at popular black.
There are, this lace and chiffon best in the all-
Rather novel is a patterned chiffon either checked, flowered or spotted in all bläck. Sometimes a tint of colour is added, but in considered general all-black is smarter and more practical. Long, sleeves look well in this diaphan- ous fabric and give the finishing touch that makes them at once look suitable either for a garden party or an "al fresco". dinner. The normal. Another charming fashion for decolletage being higher in front, summer daya is the handbag of is helpful when such a gown has macrame cord, worked into dainty to do duty for daytime functions. flower designs in all sorts of pretty colourings. Kusha band bars, checked or striped to match one'a suit. and accompanying a sparf of the same fabric, are con sidered the last word of all in handbag fashions, having won the approval of all the big Paria dressmakers.
will
Women with clover fingers be glad to learn that printed shantung is used to mabe pochettes, with scarves to match. Bright little handbags of checked taffeta with the inevitable match ing nation.
It is quite a simple matter to be in the fashion by saving the pieces left over from one's light summer dress and making a flat pochette to much each frock.
It may even be sleeveless, for the The coat matching coat is there. to match, or a silk or velvet, in black. lined chiffon, is the best finish to such style of all-black frocks.
QUEEN'S GIFTS
The Queen does not keep all the antiques she buys for herself. She has-recently presented to the Lon- don Museum a group of wax fruit under glass case,' a very fine example of an ornament greatly favoured in mid-Victorian times.
She has also given the museum two Victorian gold braceleta, one set with turquoise, and the other in the form of a snake beautifully chased.
SENSATIONAL RESULTS
OF A
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
IN THE PRODUCTION OF CAMERAS.
PHENOMENAL DROP IN PRICE!
How is it possible to offer a high class CAMERA of such a ridiculously low price?
1. By standardising the manufacture !
2. By concentrating all efforts on
ONE PARTICULAR CAMERA only
3. By MASS PRODUCTION 1
THIS IS THE SECRET OF THE
"FOTH"
ROLLFILM CAMERA
24 x 3 (6 x 9 cm.)
with F 45 LENS and built in SELF TIMER.
On sale at all the lending stores,
$29.50 each.
THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS
OF BARS
with
There are a few women very elegant figures who always look their best in beaded evening gowns if I think of one made of thousands upon thousands of finy. black bars, mounted upon silk net very flexible and light as a feather. A scarf of the same work went with it, and was draped like chiffoil over the shoulders. All the beads are sewn on by hand..
Leone Lane, a film star, is seen here in a rather vivid sports coat highly sug- gestive of the American Indian both in motive and colouring. Red, orange,
cinating array.
This sketch depicts two of the latest tennis frocks from America. That at the left is of cotton broadcloth. The other is of white pique.
A REVIVAL
DEEP MAUVY PLUM
SHADE
If you have a distaste
for all
green and black combine in the fas-black, there is a revival of the deep marry plum ghade, which is wonderfully becoming to brunettes with rich black hair and clear skins.
Note the intriguing back treatment of the
bathing suit drawn here. The suit of beach
pyjamas is as worn on the Lido a few weeks
IS IT A BARGAIN?
MANY REAL POSSESSION ACQUIRED
Just
gain?
a bar-
what constitutes Not the thing you do not need, even if its price is a tempta- tion but the thing you need and can use, and would, perhaps, have to buy anyway, even at its original price. That it is offered you at A very charming little suit in this a reduction is the result of logical causes, for a merchant cannot be colour, was recently shown, in a
overstocked, he taunot carry sea thick cashmere material. The over-sonable merchandise over, and he blouse was of crepe de chine a may not offer his trade a soiled, shade darker, made with the in- or a shopworn thing.
SHOES FOR THE WEEK
They will be coloured, and the Another gown,
fashionable of silver bugte
shades of bright beads, fitted the parfert figure of green, buttercup yellow, sunburn the mannequin like a mermaid's
or blue will have printed figures, The head pattern
to match the funda- skia.
The idea is VOTES worked in a wave design all over mental colour of the costume with the dress, which fell well below footwear, and so there
are many the knees in front and touched. models in the different colours, evitable jabot, and having a narrow the ground at the back in a deep
Linen and Shantung or pongee belt of cashmere fastened with an scalloped panel, The woman, who silk are much used, and printed old oxydised buckle. paraded it had a wonderful white shingle, and wore a riviere of diamonds, the ends hanging down her back. She looked marvellous -50 grande dame!
figures or emroideries amarten P: All crept de Chine jumpers have
There are strapped
them.
slippers, Oxfords and pumps, and belts of material to match the heels are usually, either spike skirts, whether they be of tweed,
tassore or lainage. or continental.
An Artist's Attention to Detail
The woman with a good know- ledge of fabrics and the funda mentals of the mode can acquire many a real possession in the course of the mid-season sales that come twice a year. It will mean nothing to her that linen is soil- Led, if it is in good condition, for a tabbing will restore it to firat- lass condition, and she knows that its mussiness is its reagon for being there. The tradeaman cannot sell a laundered thing.
Pitfall and Snare But there are some offerings, genuine bargains, in a way, that will prove a pitfall and a snare. A French freck, let us say, a marvel of fine handwork, is after ed for the proverbial "song." Pe sure before acquiring it, that it has not hung so long on the hanger that it has become weaken ed, the material is sure to give way after a few wearinga. And try to match the fabric of an import. when repairs become imperative.
Again be sure that you know just what fashion his to say about the lines
of your purchase.. It may be that you have found, a model that looks like a genuine
ago,
PIQUE DE SOIE"
more
SUITS A SUN-TANNED COMPLEXION.
Haven't you found that there are certain fabrics that take colours fascinatingly than other fabrics? And isn't it wonderful when such a fabric is washable, cool and wears well, especially if one wishes it for summer wear? Such a material is silk plque, which is to be had in the most subtle pastel tones and is. lovely in white, the latter always considered smartest with the new plexion.
Sun-tanned com-
Running through the shades that are featured generally in this mn- terial,, there is egg-shell, most po- pular new colour, orchid, malze, green flesh and maize, as well as the sport tan shades. And this fabric is appropriate to the woman, the debatante, the sub-deb and the little girl, and is quite as effective for spectator sports as for the game itself. For ties and bows and appliques, crepe de chine is the favourite trimming material.
bargain, except that it is too short. The sales lady assures Fou that there is al ample hem and it can be. "let down." This accomplished, you find, that all the smartness. and charm have evaporated, for all the lines were Lowering drawn in proportion. the hem throws them out.
The thing you buy and do not use is the thing you cannot afford. It is never extravagance to put money into quality, it were even better to sacrifice quantity, for you will be better dressed. · The un- usual thing is not a bargain, fer it is, probably, redured in price because it would not sell.
Pamela
is now showing a new selection of
SHETLAND BED SNUGS
all in delicate shades and edged with Swan Down
SHETLAND VESTS
and
S.S. CORSETS also a beautiful range of NEW MILLINERY.
13, Queen's Road, C.
(Next to St. Francis Hotel).
These two designs
the skirts régch, to bolow
be
inches longer thig
of minor information to the digerning wonth Note that One of the highest anthorities predicts that they will winter than hitherto Hong Kong ladies may, however, prefer
to decide for themselves. On the right ja a design for to day und, on the Joft, is one for ext
month
Camelia +
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