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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1951.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
TWO-WAY FASHION TRAFFIC
By Dorothy Barkley
LONDON.
WO-WAY fashion
traflic between Lon-
dun and Paris be
comes more significant than ever with the showing in London of models by lead-
ing Paris couturiers รพ
styles the sale in Paris of by a London designer.
Twenty-two leading Paris designers selected three of their new season's models, sent them to Lonion where they were displayed in splendid all-star show.
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The ANNE EDWARDS Column
BREAKAWAY
PRINCESS
ONG LIVE the New
Newly
der, newly elegant, and so pretty. In the pictures of the royal tour, Princess Elizabeth cuts a figure of elegance that she has never shown before.
Gone are dressmakery suits, end lavish hats, the the large pastels, the general air of an un- sophisticated le girl dressing up as a Princess,
of
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In place of the sim skirts the aren't slim enough, the full skirts that are only derately full. In place of the nervous approach 19 ary new fashion-here young woman assuming elegance with small hats, shorter hair. expensively simple suits. And a sensational - ly fashionable outline.
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How has happen-
ed? More than half
the reason. is the Prin- cess's own decision to
tak. her theasing ser- tously.
Her fire move was to plek a dressmaker for hersci.
She chore Mr Hardy Amies, a man was made hig name JE tailored clothes, a man who has
mede snything Dever
for the Royal Family before.
And having picked her man, she has worn his designs withou: altering line.
Robb
has drawn here in close- up four of the outfits-all In
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Elizabeth has worn on
royal tour. Above is a balt dress,
Her husband should know what
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Princess, say 1.. She has broken he Ritz.
away, at last from the haze of
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in uncountable lovely colours
But the real star d the
Decasion
was wool.
curious how long Laken fashion designers general, and Paris in parti. cular to realise how versatile this fabric is, and how suit. able for all occasions from dawn to dusk.
the
Perhaps, if you happen to be sweltering under tropical sun, or anticipating summer in the antipodes. wool clothes would seern have no place at all in your wardrobe. But did you know that the weight of the finest wool is only one ounce per square yard? (Compare this with the average suit weight of thirteen ounces!)
SEA-BATH REDUCER
Patis.
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The sea bath, with metor- driven waves at the rate of twi per second 10 beat pounds painlessly,
of extra was a star Attraction at the opening of the Salon of Woman and Beauty at the Palais du Glace, sponsored by Paris hairdressers.
it i like gossamer to touch; it has more in common with silk chiffon than wool, and shimmers with every move- ment. It is, strange this may seem, the perfect for evening crowded materia!
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paids jel-spangied wool'crepes, Tailored blanke! cloth after-
rovelty weaves-- non broadelaths,
cra
Heim. by Jacques note: E velour wool jersey in grey, guten and (Fashion mauve stripes, llky haired "fur" white, with black trakhan
imming; top right)
weaves.
Thr ciours?
begr. and grey in its shades. This season white is a colour in
Parma viziet.
es tu, petrol-green, pink
All the ladies' deepest beauty secrets were out, as an audience.
halt if least
male, round stalls exhibiting bust de- dressed!
wn nights; (f you live in a velopers, rubber massage rollers,
Tropical climate, or know how to chicken-entry preparations to remove wrinkles, and the basic
krip white). White mink
black wool su elements of powder, rouge and
mming on a Mar Schiaparell WIS
white weel topcoat with black lipstick.
sen-ixth The
has French 3. Pal design4: to use wo!
sakhan collar
binck and for evening, and before the war
CM medical approval and is said to
icether bex. white twn with an ever- 35ed the "wash
as much as
ix panchith dress under cive-ca away
few weeks of 20- .ng coat made from the com" fur coat lined with white broad- pounds in a
Guarda inars material minute daily baths. It is a tank
esth. One designer lines a yel- unim. Now all Parts dos.gnes low weed coat with violet; an- which fits into a bathtub, and
wedl even.ng
e her combines a red knitted makes nearly as much noise as POW
Schiaparelli herself shows 3 jumper with a black and white genuine surf
"has ens gewa .n black a:01, weed coat and skirt.
Colourful Lingerie
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and lines
ne ye delightfully simple, the the cout with the same mac: jal
our offect with a bright gren as the jumper. sent. Other designs showed in-
cluded a while wool jersey crop-
a white woll gown cm- broderid with emeralds, ani a tartan woel-muslin sheath dress.
A this show, arranged by the Internasional Wool Secretariat, women had their curiosity abca. Ps fashions satisfied,
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coal
Maggy Rouff's info. mal in dark grey wool, tightly belt-
ed (Fashion note: the upstand- Ing, chin-hugging collar, with its th.: e saucer butors: below
gh
Magy Ruff's black webl dress with
skirt. pleated (Fashion note: the belt, placed and embroidered with high, sequins: below centre).
Gres. Pearl gory dress by (Fashion note: its draped collar, in dusty pink; below left).
And there are the Sual Parisan details"fads" as we call them here: a dras with a cug-sided basque, or an umbrella
de ails with a futt-in working order-
in the handic,
the average woman with a desire to be fashionable; it was also tantalising, for the price of each dress was in the region of £200!
Now We give some (with illustrations) of 'he new styles, Alteaßion focuses on capes All this was fascinating for and collars; many of the collars can also be worn as a hood:-
Schiaparelli's black wool over The new silhouette? Very coat with its swallow-tailed Teminine, stressing the natural cape. (Fashion note; the return of
nes of the gure, wider skirts capes; top left). which peintroduce comfor into clothes.
While London Women were admiring these Paris fashions, Bruyere's scarle: plush topcoat, copies of styles by Norman Hart- with unpressed pleats at the net were on sale in Paris shops The types of wool? Velours, back. (Fashion note: the enormous at a fraction of the cost of their coarse "Knubbly" tweeds, collar which can be lifted and originals. It is reported that they houndstooth
and
shepherds worn as a hood; top centre). ure selling "like hot cakes."
BIG DATE? READY IN NO TIME!
TAVERY girl should know By HELEN FOLLETT
how to look her best at
use an astringent. It's nice to resort to a powder base
short notice. It happens down for five minutes to of the saTNE colouring as sometimes that you are catch your breath and com- your skin, but be sure to planning a quiet, restful pose your mind.
include your neck so there evening with that exciting
be a low-water Go over your face and will not mystery story when the neck with a.
cleansing mark. telephone clangs. Some cream; pat it in to bring member of your special colouring. gang reports that a party cream with tissues, is on and your delightful presence is requested. A big date will call for you. Ho- hum! Why couldn't it have been another night after scorn as something devoid you had spent part of the
NCE. looked
ONCE
W-5
upor
with
of style, and old fashioned, the day getting the works at cotton nightdress, like other the beauty shop?
itema of cotton lingerie, hus
become, a darling "of the moức" Suppose you have a half. and very high style. Cotton hour at your disposal. Take pilsse Leused for this one, an alternating hot and cold weare requires try
yellow
Cream rouge will stay by Remove the you tonger than the compact then if the party is to be one that small continues into the wee hours. Put it on in dote, then blend. Cream rouge is not as popular as it should be.
HER SECRET OF SLIMNESS
Vera-Eilen, petite: Holly- wood dancing star, let British fanh Into the secret of her 19-theh waist when on location in England with David Niven and Cosar Romero
for sequences in "Happy de Lovely
The colour shower. Nothing like it by going for
Well, land introidery fat
with flood away the fatigue buge ruffs and of the day's activities. Give pretty pin-yourself a rubdown with a Eight in, weight, fragrant lotion to make yolk- sed, it is a mice choice small sweet. Dip a heavy
"br, career girl, and Home Love Hunte washcloth In cold water.
Drow bit ching, prens It to your oyés, le
rising
6:30 every morning.
started early
a thinly minute, run in Hyde Park
“Exorcida sud" arambled est keep me uz shape, she gonficial.
your So far, so good. If frock is a slip-over affair" you cannot arrange your hairdo be̟- fore you get into it. Be sure to protect the shoulders of your dress so no stray hairs will be there after you have put your waves and curis in order. Then apply lipstick. +
$10.00 yd.
pastel blud that has dominated every handbook On What Princess Should Wear,
-and how they vary
A
HOW ODD money values have become....
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"Emb. Paded Quilting Material" in
FAVOURITE
for the head chef WHAT does the wife of a top-rank chef cook for the chef's dinner?
answer
One woman's from Madam: Avignon,
יתין:
LEFT
SUIT in (NICK Dobbly jersey. New for the Princess. . . . ONE: The maple leaf lan colour. TWO: The nipped waist and slightly rounded hipline achieved with canvas ning THREE:
It has a "Duster cout in the same yellow tersey lined with maiching OLLO man silk.
ABOVE
DRESS AND COAT in a rich slate blue Ugured silk. New for the Princesa. ONE: The im mensely Jul: skirt held out with a stiffened underskir of TWO: not The simplicity of the neckline. THREE: The full-skirted dress in the the figured allk which she wears under the coat. LEFT
DRESS AND JACKET IN light-weight tine as-chifion worsted, so AOL checked in pale blue and black that the total effect is airforce blue New for the Princess. ... ONE The bone straight skirt TWO: The aimed waist with rounded hip. THREE The half collar of VOITEL
"Best of all he locs, a local dish from his home near Vichy they call it Pate de Pommes de Terre,
"Three medium, potatoes thinly Kitced, one onion finely chopped, The bath, the rub down, the all mixed with parsley and pep Lession with make-up "will" par und "asit and piles into s create a certain stimulation. The day's wahrinant will begin linke with thin whort lumps of buller over forgotten.
1. Thứ giờ; who doplat the top, then the lid of thin short tired in the mirror is another crust, and then bake it. cresture- with reverse mbele hote. The Th France when it is pack complexion," "clear". Inirdə "in
apple-pie, prder. And it all agnerus, pour la gill of thick Me done in thừty minutes by, while entam, and leave 1 for tim
the clock.
A girl of 20 loses her leg in a train accident and gets £7,825. And in the same week a woman bupe pale honey coloured mink coat and the furrier gets £7,850. A child of seven is knocked unconscious by a car, her skull fractured ard she gets damages | of £500 And Hedy Lamarr
and geto £573.
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a man sells a 15 century spoon and gets £300.
A man paralysed in an ac- cident gets £8,400, And Glynis Johns makes a film and gets
£8,500.
A man sues another man for loss of his wife's affections and gets £1,000. But Max Faulkner goes round a golf course in 68 strokes and pets £500.
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