BY
WEEK-END
MARILYN MARSHALL
Glamour
Cut A Figure In Fashion
With Buttons
TITH buttons in such silhouette and on the rounded.
high fashion, all it outlines of a bodice. takes is a nimble imagination to change the most nudget-stricken ward robe into one that could pass for a glamour girl's dream come true.
And you needn't hesitate t the high cost of the buttons. You on do an utterly pmfessional job of covering your own, thanks to ono ingenious manufacturer of frames for this purpose. The frame comes in two parts--a simple sholl top with sawtooth Take that beautiful but seldom edge which holds the material in worn dinner frock hanging in the pluce, and a back plate which back of your closet, whack of clicks into place to give
skirt to match the new phly finished look. length favoured for evening wear, button
on a capelet for lls and informal dinners, then button back the whacked
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that
Covering may be of any fabric, thick or thin, with no metal loop for attachment per- special backing required.
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eff strip when you wont it again its pinning as well as sewing to the garment so that even speedier
for formal affairs.
A tired, but still good, frock and more frequent changes may with the old scomped-out negk- Le made in one's wardrobe. he is easily brought up-to-the- trick is nute in style. The merely to whip up a yoke or a turtleneck top to provide the desired
coverage, then button it The same device, of course, Av. be used
for your short evening frocks).-
70 buttons uncd
worry
about
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1952.
WOMANSENSE
Velvet-coveted buttons with a Jewelled touch give a new lank to an old lui. Cover then yourself and make an extra pair for gloves to ecmplete costume.
I
sweater for the new Vogue of wool with
You can sult your whim as to Make use of a border design or cashmere
also, for there an all-around sprinkling of sweater size and shape, are numerous sizes and both flat covered buttons to glamourise à sparkir; buron a bouffant over- and rounded shapes, combination shaped ascot or straight scarf. skirt to last year's sheath dress
for two -arrangements
tone Affix covered buttons to the, flap for a full-skirted look; put fabrics, and a special style with of a simple envelope of lame or row of dollar-size buttons down centre. metallic brocade for an elegant the front of a phain frock o a silverhued metal ball Prims Cover-Your-Own-Buttons evening bag.
simulate the brand-new cont even coma In velvet with
dress fashion. jewelled touches for the especially glamorous touch. Look them over ni the notions and button counters of your favourite store.
You needn't having tuo many buttons. One the most talked about frocks in recent Paris showings at the House of Desser was reported to A zig-zagged row of covered have some 70 buttons in the buttons on ʼn wide, corselet-like unusual trimming. Whole rows belt will appeal to you liny- of buttons were employed in waisted girls as a means design teross the jutting skirt painting up this measurement for Janek 01 his "bluebird" the new fashion silhouette,
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Variations
Give last year's unobtrusively You can add matching fabric- covered buttons to make an in- coloured basic dress a new colour Legrated ensemble of individual accent with covered buttons-
brown buttens separates. For instance, a jacket
on black, grey. that is still good can be teamed buttons on black, royal blue on with an odd skirt
by adding ele.
black, gold buttons on brown, 26-ordinated buttons. The varia- tions are endless.
No question about it, any girl Add sequin and jewel-covered can cut a smart figure in fashion buttons 10 your favourite with buttons.
Playing The Fashion Sherlock Holmes
LONDON.
HE pay-packet girl with a yen for fashion has to be something of a sleuth these days. Cou- ture clothes selling at fun- tastic prices, are bought by only a very few women. But if the fashion photographs are studied with as much cunning as Sherlock Holmes examined his slides, they will yield clues to current fashion as valuable as the original design. For the tell- ing clues lie in the subtle differences which dis- tinguish one season's styles. from the next-in the angle of a hat, the position of a jewel, the location of the
waist, and the width of the skirt. It is not a question of buying couture clothes, but of choosing correct detail.
Magnifying Class
With an imaginary mag- nifying glass, examine these three suits chosen from the now couture collections. Any time, for English women, is suit time.
By Dorothy Barkley,
Town suit in fine checks cut on classic lines.
[From Peter Russell)-
OC-
They wear them all the year round, the material and the style depending on the weather and the occasion. Those sketches show in this article suits for three casions; for Ascot (or cock- tail), for town and for country. All three, however different in style, have those significant details which announce fashion--the cut of tho collar, the shape of the shoulder, the length of the basque.
new
high, the shoulder Une rounded, and the skirt, full, pleated and Petticoated. There is a further
it is something out of the thus in the angle of the hat. The ordinary. Lemon yellow misture bon or is worn straight on the head, with a large bow chiffon, gossamer. fine with at the back to give height. The
a feathery pattern, has been hair is brushed up In a soft Jaid like a cobweb over "duck's tall". white taffeta; to give the necessary body required for
A sult fabric, the two materials are stiffened with
canvas.
Beauty News
NEWS for WOMEN
It's STRIPED hair for beauty now!
EWEST, beauty craze from New York la for coloured striped hair. Two strips of hair at the front of the head are bleached and then given a rosy pink (or steel blue) rinse,
HUSBAND STEALERS
·How have
women Brkish reacted to barrister Mrs Helena Normanton's now Marriage Charler?
She has received many letters, most in praise. Polnis women particularly like are:-
Mutual discicture of earnings by husband and wite. That the Other Women-the husband steatere should po liable, to damages.
Mrs Normanton wants the marriage service revised. "Especially the phrase 'Who giveth this woman! It's as if tee toere an old tea pol," she says.
DEACON'S
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NEW fashions in MEN'S PYJAMAS
have been shown in London.
The knee-length pyjama Jacket is "in" Pyjar will green satin trousers aul brightly striped "lops" and greon silk trousers with tartan "lops" were 011 show.
with PAISLEY patterned nyjamas knee-length trousers looked more like a beach, sult than a bed suit.
His women fans
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BEST-SELLING book among women is
a men's adventure story by a Souti African, Laurens van der Post: "Venture to the Interior" (Hogarth Press, 12s, ed.). It is the record of a lone journey in-
to Nyasaland to explore a mountain call- od Miзnje for a new source of food.
Ninety percent of his fan mail is frem women,
"I wrote the book for my wife," he says. "Perhaps that is why it interesis women,"
WATCHING & parade of 1952 swim sults at a London swim-
ming-pool I notice that:-
WOMEN'S styles have abandoned bikinis. But - MEN'S swimming trunks are briefer.
New Ideas: Guipure lace cuffs. And opron skirta.
"Worry-muttons" the people who
worry needlessly, have been attacked by the Institute of Welfare Officers. They say:-
WHY WOMEN WORRY
"....Many people make a habit of worrying.”
What do they mainly worry about? The. Personnel Manager of a large London factory tells me:---
MARRIED PEOPLE worry more than the single. Husbands worry about their wives having to go out to work. Wives worry that their husbands will make them give up their jobs.
This is the time of year when cosmotic Arms and beauticians put out a spate of advice on how to get into trim for spring in London after the long, dark winter. Foremost among this la a new "Whitening Cream"; has magical properties guaran teed to cure skin conditions ONE MILLION AND A QUARTER goose feathers go into a caused by inclement weather, neglect, and wrong treatment,
SINGLE WOMEN worry about boy-friends and clothes. SINGLE MEN worry about prestige in their work,.
Goose feathers
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Fashion Clues
The classic sult varies little from season to season, except in the little details,
The fashion clues here are in the high collar, the accentuated waist, and the Common complaints are the "ur slim skirt. For the classic town collar neck"; fading sunburn, sult, choice of fabric is im (at this time of the year in
This portant.
season,
England, this usually the little cheeks,
particularly the "pieds souvenir of skiing holiday in de
poule
Variety in tones of Switzerland; in the troples or telge, ure important. The secret "down under", it could quite wearing any shade of beige well be the result of genuine with Guccess is to punctuate it summer sun): and hands and with
a vivid splash of colour arms roughened by housework. with dark green, red or even crisp, clean white, (provided it is crisp, clean and white.).
Points to be Detected.
The clues to fashion in the cocktail sult are detect- ed in the rounded shoulder, the diamond set sleeve, and the long revers which curvu down to the waist, The- baaquo is short, stiffened to atand away from the body. and the skirt is softly- gored; the fullness support. ed by an equally full petti-- coat. The material itself
"Cuiry suit' in checked provides a further impor-
In all cases the question is the same; how to regain a smooth, white skin. The treatment Is If care is taken in choosing a cleanse the face well, wiping off relatively simple. AL night material that is not too "tweedy" the make-up with skin tenie er and a style which is chic, the astringent. Smooth the "whiten- country suit will prove as wearing cream" gently end evenly
:ble
and
Σα town as elsewhere over the affected areas, Exarning the third suit for its leave on over night. Persevere, fashion clucs: the material is and the skin will soon be lighten- checked worsted, the collar is
cd.
-(London Express Service)
Exotic Accent For Your Eyes
Mascara has been so Improved that it is not only waterproof, but also comes in quid and esko form, neither of which will smudge.
- Moistened Brush With the solid form comes a tiny brush. which must be moletened alightly, passed over tho cake. Stroke the upper lashca from the basea to the tips. If the lower ones heavy, you .con touch them lightly, but it is better not to darken them at all.
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Be sure to remove mascara before going to bed. Touch tho little fuzzers with mineral olt so they will keep strong and healthy, Mascara comes in brown, which is your best bet. in. black, which is suitable only for girls with raven locka, in blue and green that are used. with eye shadows of the same colours.",
L4d pigment also comes in two forms.compact and cream. The compact, may, fall, in Uny particles, but the creamy, kind (From Lachamp) :, will stick to you like a friend.
worsted, with rounded shoulder tant clue. It is a composite "Ascol" sult in lemon calffon lino and full; pleated skirt type of fabric, suitable for mounted on white talleta.
(From Hardy Amies), a formal occasion, because
feather bed I have just examined.
The old complaint about. feather beds being. "too hot" has been met by making the mattress in sections so that the feathers can breathe.
-(London Express Service)
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