SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932,
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Surprises In The Molyneux
Collection
By M. H.
Paris. out. Wit ha plain mole or beige Molyneux is at his most success-skirt may be worn an overblouse of ful when he follows a very simple which half the bodice and basque line. The present collection shows are mole, while the opposite side this simple line with one or two of the basque is in the same tone, little additions which give it indivi- the rest being belge. This gives duality. Skirts, for instance, hang seme amusing contraste.
Molyneux is very skilful with it! ns though they had been sloped in
This appears to the colour surprises. A blue coat very low down. br the case bath in dresses and in may have white facings and an suit skirts. There are other skirta ochre lining. A white coat may be with black and worn which open very neatly over some need front pleats. if these were long with a black dress having a divided they would suggest Queen Anne. skirt and tied with a white bow. are used a good deal As a contrast to the downward line Overskirts of the pleats there are horizontal here, and they are most becoming lines round the skirt at widely with their double line and their spaced intervals. Horizontal lines flattering, slimming effect.
With,
11 are rife, due very largely to them are worn straight little belted)
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evnts, sometimes with a loose back to them. A blue belted dress has a double skirt of which the top one knees, reaches to just below the both being very straight and alen- Round the square neck is a der. brightly coloured scarf.
the materials used. Sometimes they are wavy as well. Coats are made with horizontal lines as well as skirts. A plain suit may have an overblouse with horizontal stripes. A very becoming form of suit has a blain cardigan coat with square pcckets worn overja striped over- blouse. Moles, belges, shades of grey are all used in this interest,duced and they are enlivened with an or- onge scarf,.skilfully twisted round skirts with very straight lines have the neck, tied from one shoulder to another, sometimes inserted into the belt.
Sports Dress.
Lower Waists. Bloused backs have been reintro- here also, with flattering Pleated effect. Waists are lower.
a wide, plain border which slopes
in a little on flower-pot lines. Worn with a belted coat of very plain cut! this gives a good deal of variation With the A model shows a sports dress to the general surface. The model shows a sports dress slim double skirts three-quarter and short coat in grey Angora loose coats are worn with some ele- With the bell sleeves and material, trimmed with red and gance. white spotted material, which is the slim dress underneath, these The loose coats give a fragile appear- also introduced into the cap. big collar and revers may be noted ance to the wearer, as though any and the wide effect on the shoulders thickness or width positively could which makes for slim hips. The not belong to her. Skirts are made arrangement of the hip-yoke is also rather smart with button outlining contrived for slimness, and the of the hips, below which are a few point rurs naturally into the front pleats at the knees or merely a befl- pleats. Here and there parti-shaped skirt. colouring is successfully carried
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different from those seen elsewhere. Many of the skirts are split up the front and trail away from the split to some distance behind. Sheaths are seen on very stately lines. Some bodices have a trimmed, round neck, while on the skirt the round' line is inverted above the knees and from its inside curve fall pleats to the ground. The bodice may be slightly bloused, but the hips arel kept very taut. Some hips are so seamed as to produce & sort of criss-cross of material. A long straight train looks very well with this. A one-shouldered affect is seen in some evening frocks, the neck having a deep bias line the lewer end of which is suspended by
an almost invisible attachment.
On the other shoulder may be a fairly large bow. Some of the long- er bodies are plain, with a round neck and chemise shoulders. They may be worn with a fussy skirt, bell shaped and with scallops of tucks all over it. A bateau neck is made by draping a scarf from one shoulder to the other. Where skirts have a full appearance this is often occasioned by means of a long! panel at each hip. These are worn over a shorter skirt with a split front. Some skirts here are only ankle length.
Molyneux has a charming little) wrap to go with an evening frock which looks like a scarf gathered (Continued at foet of Column 7.)
Clearing Out The Odds And Ends
By C. N.
article
There are few things more dif- separately. A heap of odds and ficult in a spring-cleaning cam- ends may go for a few shillings, paign than the determination to including, perhaps, one clear out radically the accumula- which is worth more than the whole tion of the Winter months and the lot. clutter which somehow was spared In the small in previous years. modern house or flat books must be kept down to the minimum and a yearly weeding out is almost neces- sary. Détective novels, stories of films, reprints of the classics, and all that miscellaneous collection of bocks which lie on the borders be- tween school-books (often kept for sentimental reasons) and books "worth keeping" can be sorted ra- dically.
Good boots and shoes which will stand resoling always find a ready market, as do men's suits which are not entirely worn through at the elbows and knees. The old dress suit, however, is always a' problem. The dealer is not keen to buy it, as it will be an addition to his dead stock. However good the cloth and the silk facings, no one will want to buy it..
The task of parting with odds and onds is always difficult, especially when they have been with you a long time. A bamboo table, how- ever ugly it may be, may have held! generations of newspapers and ma- gazines and pamphlets, and you! could nearly always find something I know a little interesting on it. furniture dealer, with most of his stock on the pavement, who will jump at the sight of one of them and give a good price. He is fond, washstands, too. of old wooden which, cut down, make excellent? tables for small kitchens.
It is difficult to find a purchaser of the odds and ends of books. I lately sent a list of books from my shelves, which had been marked down to go, to two well-known booksellers. Many of the books were first editions and in good con- dition. The answer in both cases was that they had duplicates of all the books mentioned. A bundle of them would probably fetch a few shillings at a dealer's, but the best of them I shall keep for presents,
Linoleum, which may be discard- and store them in an empty trunk for birthdays and future Christ- ed in favour of stained. boards, is mises. The others will go to a always aure of a buyer. Strips of small bazaar where they have a all shapes and sizes are acceptable. second-hand bookstall. Many clubs Pictures should be looked at twice and social settlements are glad to before clearance their frames may A clean sweep replenish their libraries by gifts be worth keeping. of readable books.
of gimcracks, gewgaws, and mantel of all sorts will Getting rid of discarded clothes piece ornaments
is a fairly simple affair, especially not bring much money. Here and if you know a good wardrobe dealer there a white elephant stall will be who will come and inspect your col- glad of them, which means that they lection. It is as well to decide be- are passed on to another unfortun- forehand which coat or which sult at house to await another clearing is worth most and have it priced out.
By George Studdy
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LINGERIE NOTES.
In the day time, the Parisienne wears a thin silk vest, a corset, a second vest, and panta of Anest woven silk, in white, pale pink or blue. Over this foundation goes a frock of fine opaque material.
In the evening, she wears a cor set, or corselet-chemise and knick- ers of crepe-de-chine and lace, and, if the frock is of satin, nothing more is needed; if it is lace or some other transparent stuff, there is the silk foundation.
up into sleeves at each end and bil- lowed out behind by the wind. This ends at the waist and has all the ad- vantages of the short jacket and the bloused back.. Short capes also appear as wraps. Sometimes dreases have little capes aftached to them These fall in folds and have a dis- tinct slant. A becoming velvet cape which recalls another epoch is made simply of two pleated rows of velvet and is almost like a tiled roof to the rest of the dress. Sheath frocks are really sheath-like, only having a few creases at the waist, as though to show that they can boud, and inclining towards a lit tle fullness at the back. They ap peal as evening and day dresses alike.
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