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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1937.
EVENING HAS TWO MODES
3.
Instead of
veil, Annet Shirley screen actress, will take her chenille dots on a black lace dress.......... The gown, worn over a fitted black dull crepe slip, is accented with borders of velvet Tiny crystal buttons fasten the: Blender bodice.
THE
The Parisienne is making choice, according to her mood, character, the nuance of her sonal "decor."
of
swirled
the
Rain-
the
HE · Parisienne must make her tailored basqued jacket with three-bow variety or those, equally vivid, is entirely em- of oriental inspiration, are indicat- choice whether, these spring quarter sleeves
{"_colourful ruby, fed for the slim and lithe figure. nights, she will blossom forth as a broidered “Romantic"" or as a "Modern." For sapphire, emerald and topaz cabo Maggy Rouff's Egyptian gowns are these two distinct evening lines chons encircled in silver thread-em spectacular, both in coloring and They mold the figure from have appeared. Both are equallybroidery. The simple dress, with style. good, equally exhilarating. Both skirt flaring softly from below the decollete to knees in a
movement reminiscent are expressed in a hundred dif- hips, is hemmed with the same ferent ways according to the im- cabochon embroidery, which makes figures seen on bas-reliefs. it hang in statuesque folds.
bow striped chiffons, on the other agination of the creator.
her Every form of pleating and kilt hand are usually expressed in her ing is to be seen not only through- wide-skirted dresses with per-out daytime clothes but in evening stripes used vertically, although gowns also. In the Patou collec- Marcel Rochas hems the skirt of a tion there i ara several creations vertically-striped gypsy gown with used which show a very clever use of a wide band of the fabric
effect. One horizontally. this very decorative especially attractive model shows Evening bodices are either mere panels with the kilting used dia- wisps of fabric revealing a good gonally and vertically on the skirt deal of throat and shoulders, some- and two very full kilted panels star-times completed by two narrow ting from the back of the decollete |straps, or else they favour the hal- fer decollete with the bodice in a fluttering wing movement.
gathered into soft folds in front. There are a good many slashed backs, but generally speaking, backs Stripes, either the colourful rain- are very low, and shoulders, bare.
The formal functions of the next few months will witness wide, sweeping skirts attached to diminu- tive bodices with generous decol letes side by side with skirts so skin-tight that they cannot be slipped over much more than a pair of stockings. But as swirling, sweeping hems are the order of the day, even these 'super-sheath gowns
sort of fulness in- have - some troduced, sometimes well below the knees, to comply with this new mode.
In between these two silhouettes however, there are gowns that are either moderately full or reasonably slim, ,which means that every con- ceivable type of woman can readily find a gown which will express her personality without being obliged to resort to either extreme, if neither happens to be becoming to her.
Jackets Included With Nearly All Gowns.
con-
Paillettes, cabochon and bead em- broidery rank first in the decora- tive elements, and have been en- thusiastically received by smart women. As nearly every evening gown carries its complementing jacket in the same or in a trasting fabric this......... usually features the bulk of the embroidery, with a repetition of the motif on the On skirt or bodice of the gown. the other hand, all-over beaded or pailletted jackets are very smart too.
Mainbocher reports that many of
VEAL OLIVES AND his clients have selected black
CUCUMBER
Have a pound of fillet of veal cut very thinly, then cut it into pieces about three inches square. Make and the grated rind of a lemond. some stuffing as follows. Put three ounces of breadcrumbs into a bowl, chopped rasher of bacon, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, salt, and the
tulle or chiffon for formal evenings, nearly all with wide skirts, with:1 paillette embroidery or trimmed with some contrasting medium. Printed chiffons and monotone crêpes, in the new faded blue or pink are next, favourites.
Fit for a princess out of a fairy tale is Lelong's evening ensemble in a sheer suede-finish fabric. It's named is "White Night and the
half a onion, gjemon. Bind with a 3D m
grated rind of
PICKLED HARD BOILED EGGS small beaten egg. Put some of These are a Wiltshire; Dorset and the stuffing on each piece of meat Hampshire delicacy. Boil 12 eggs. roll up and tie with cotton. Brown for 12, minutes. dip them into cold all over in a little dripping, then water and take off the shells; boil put into a casserole. Add a table- a quart of vinegar for a quarter of spoonful of flour to the fat in the an hour, with 1202 each of black pan, and when brown put in half a popper and allspice, and whole pint of stock or water to which dried ginger, also some slices of some meat extract has been added" | beetzpqf; put in the eggs to boil for Boil up, then pour over the veal eight or 10 minutes. Then put olives, and simmer, well covered them into a jar with a slice of for an hour. Have ready a peeled | beetroot laid on each, and cover cucumber with any large seeds Ter them with the vinegar and spices, moved and cut into half-inch pieces. They will be fit for use, in four Put in the casserole and simmer for days, and are served in the following
ther hour. Remove the cotton,|manner: Place two or three in" n'a hot dish with the pieces of dish, and put round them one
and pour over the struint two cut in slices. Thens garnish
do with ourled parsley."
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