THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1952.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
Surprised Tones
Slik pongee; printed in bold colours, is ↑ strong fashion feature at Christian Dior's. This dress, very simply siyted, draws its originallis in its unexpected tones: orange and pink, Tho plassļe ccat is in 'white wool, (Picture by A:F.P.)
The Blouse Girl
NEW YORK.
THD blouse girl, not the sweater giri,
T gets the most attention this spring.
Tops In Fashion
The blouse Bnally has come out from by Dorothy Barkley under the auit jacket to hold its own as half of a costume, designers claim. In fact, the ballooning Gibson girl slepves on 50 many of the spring and summer blouses just don't at under a suit jacket.
Gibson girl or steeveless outdoor girl now interest in the top half of a two-piece outfit is expected to sell more than 180,000,000 blouses this year, according to the National Association of Blouse Mamui- facturers. The working girls, best blouse customers, buy an average of nine blouses 4 успг.
While the Gibson girl blouse, with a high neckline and full sleeves ending just below the elbow, is copied from a strictly American bit of history, the French designers have been exerting their own subție influence on blouse styles the past
few seasons.
French touches
Extra details like tiny tucks, unexpected rows of buttons and soft bows are favourite French touches. Ten leading Parle designers have sent over 60 especially designed blouses to be copied by American manufacturers the past
two seasons.
One manufacturer of blouses which sell for under U.S.$8.00 used fissue chambrays in plain colours, plalds and stripes for inexpensive Gib- son girl blouses.
New nylon fabries help selve the problems of copying delicately-feminine French styles. Ribbed nylon pique, nylon batists, yarn-dyed check nylon treat, nylon linery and
nylon shantung are all used One nylon linen blouse with organdy Sasets rolls for under U.S.$6.00,
One feature that makes the two-plece fashions more becoming has to be provided by the woman horself-a small waistline, Bells are wider than ever to emphasise waistline girl allhouette. Furve necessary to a Gibson Bat bending exercises do more than four-inch patent leather belts.-United Press.
Here is
the
LONDON ASHION'S latest epidemic, which broke out recently at the collection of a leading de signer, and is rapidly In
is the fecting everyone, tartan evening jacket.
most
collar.
Chembur
Its style is perfectly simple: it has upstanding collar, long sleeves, collar and cuffs trimmed with black braid, and it buttons LEFT: Tarian evening jacket with black braid trimming on down as far as the minia- ture basque. It was effective in "Black Watch" RIGHT: tartan taffeta, (note for Sassenachs; a black and green plaid), worn over a white evening gown, cuffed round the decolletage with matching tartan. The dress skirt fell in four tiers, each edged with a crinkling of white lace,
Cocktall blause in dusky pink shantung wiir low
shoulderline.
+
4 welcome change from the atolo which has been the universal evening wrap in the past few years.
the
colour to
A second fashionable top is this Reason's version of the cocktail blouse, for wear with auit or skirt. It has low shoulder line, plunging This type of jacket is use neck and. three-quarter ful on a hundred and one length sleeves. With a occasions. Wear it by day grey or black quit over a beach dress, ut night fashionable over an evening dress, choose is dusky pink, Tartan is just one auggea and the material is shan-
for tion.
material. In tung. The blouse is draped gossamer fine silk surahs or and fastens unusually on Bhantunga, It is ideal for the side seam with a row wurm climates. In wool for of penny-aize buttons. quilted satin, it is perfect for cold climates. Another Reflecting, the current vogue version of the evening for tallers, skirts in this collec jacket in coffee coloured in by Cavanogli, (who former- ly worked with Molyneux), were embedded satin,
with Cathered,, crinolined or pleated.-. aequins, was worn with an Pleats were everywhere - half- evening dress in coffee net inch box pleats on skirta, on over dusky pink taffeta, drosa bodices to match skirts, This little evening jacket is and in groups placed at four-
by SUSAN DEACÓN
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NATURAL 'look'
TMPORTANT
HOWA
for
women.
The "Beauty Look" is changing." We are becoming more natural. And the key-sign of the New Natural Look is the EYEBROWS.
Well-known actresses, 'debutantes, and society beauties are now allowing their brows to grow. They are trimmed, tidied up, but are not plucked away,
ELIZABETH ALLAN: The
perfect example.
COMPLEXIONS
are paler,
LIP.
STICKS follow the true colour of the lips -true reds and deep pinks Instead of dark cyclaman and bürgundy.
MAKE-UP rules are also changing. The full-lipped sulky look is out. Lip- stick is no longer taken over the edge of the dips. The youthful, ́natural lip- line is in.
*YOUR EYEBROWS
WRONG The thin
pencilled
esebrow 'from which the natural brow wee plucked away, Slanting sharply up towards the forehead ́it "gara`a yagant long- laded look to the face.
YOUR LIPS
HORG Lips with an
wide bow. The upstick was taken well avor tho natural outline of the lips. It made the face look out of proportion es the mouth was too large.
Lemon yellow shantung dress with pleating on yake tai match pleating ou crinoline! B
time that white grosgrain Кля
Pare
NEW NYLON UNDIES
AT THEIR
LOVELIEST
.IN. THE DAINTIEST OF COSSAMER WEAVES AND PASTEL SHADES
NIGHTIES
SLIPS
HALF SLIPS BRIEFS
FRENCH KNICKERS SLIP AND PANTIE
SETS
SEE THE SPECIAL DISPLAY
VUITLAWAYS
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inch intervals round the skirt. Its fashion points. noun neak your Yellow, grey and navy, trimmed line, with no collar, round shoul with white, were the colours or line, and the fullness at the featured in the collection. Illus back gathered into a yoke places trated is a typical dress in lemon midway between thoulder and yellow shantung it has unusual doubted whether this was prod
waist. The ans
answer to those who neck with roll collar dipping tical, was that the cont had down to a V-line, pleated yoke already been dry-cleaned, and to match the pleated skirt, which had stood up to the test. billows cut over a stiffened petticoat.
*
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Significant touches from the collection: rosebuds rambling Colourful prints dominated everywhere, burled among the the afternoon scene: carise fea- straw of a hat, placed at hla Who already has the Natural Look?ther patterns on dolphin green level on the hem of a jacket; background; black butterales on black hats trimmed with white midnight blue ground, and an Life Guards' plumes; and a tar- unusual brown and white scroll tan outfit tartan boater, tartan
collar on
dress, both matching pattern on a black ground,
The star of the collection was the crinoline petticoat which
fraction of a proofed tent cou-in pure showed a
an inch while grosgrain. This is the first below the dress hem.
I select TV's Elizabeth Allan, She tells mo
never pluck my eyebrows. I use no rouge in daytime, but sometimes a little in the evening,
"I don't use a heavy foundation smooth a thin it on my face, and then powder clings to"lhat."
It chart below giver you mors BO's and
DON'T
WRONG The "tad-
pola" shaped brow-heavy, but taper- ing away. It gave A "shrewish" look to the prettiest face and made the eyes look too close together.
WRONG DID besvlly
d. m a de up. with dark, too greasy lip- stick. The lipstick taken slightly over the natural- lip outline et the mouth ́ ́HAYO'A`qulky, sultry look
to the face.
дей heavier ayo. brows give character to the face and exprosalón to the eyes. These are Elizabeth Taylor's. They arch »naturally without ** lifting" at the sides
RIGHT TA
RIGHT The natural
Up-line. Moira 'Shearer's Upstick is taken anly to the natural qut line of the Ups, and to the corners of the mouth. The mouth-keeps 10
natural, shape.. London Express Bervice
THE POWDER PAD TECHNIQUE
In ancient Egypt, China and
Japan starch, cipy, bismuth and
almond meal were used for pow.
By MELEN FOLLETT
*10%
Powder brushes, thistle-down, are a good invest- ment. Use them to disribute
The powder relour must be tints are used one can often dis- der. were porn with tri stare coopan the powder evenly, in powder, containers to impart shade given the skin character; When a girl, powdering,
Sandalwood was
was lighter tones are likely to accept the impulse tu jo load up the It's a good idea to keep your fragrance. nino used for that purpose skin detects that may be prerent. pud, smack it on her nose Bad put in a little plastic container High-grade powder per Rachel is usually best for brus technique. She gets on too to there is no chance of pics forms
a protective agent benettes: ir the blonde has a golden much, and, in order to remove ing up dust. Keep the cover on sides dimming the shine, that skin it may be best for her, too, the surplus, grinds the pad Into your powder box: He fastidious comes from the activities at There are many different fanes the leah. She should dart an about the puffs. Soiled ones, like avar-busy sebaceous glands. It of Besh puster ranging from the neck, work upward care rolled wash cloths, are an abombe beeps atmospheric-dust from the most delicate coral to a de- fully, do the diptaing on her nation, often responsible for
cided pinky-pink. If deep rose nose Insti
blackheads and gene, digging into the pores.
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