THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1952.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
FASHION INTERNATIONAL
INTRODUCING FROM PARIS
Risky Limpets
(HATS WITH A MISLEADINGLY CASUAL AIR)
HERE (right) is one version
of The Limpet: it clings to
the back of the head and has a matching leopard scart. LEFT: This altic scarf is caught with jewelled brooches on the belt, client, passCA under the and flaws down to the ankles.
Now where
have the nylons gone?
By EILEEN ASCROFT
NYLON stockings have
vanished again in Bri- tain. After six months of plentiful supplica, this most capricious Item of female attire is missing once more from the stocking depart- ments.
Gone åre The "Anybody
Served" notices. Back are the lunch-time queyes of nylon Hunters,
Out of 20 bls London stores that I visited only one had 15- denier nylons in all sizes. Two others had a few pairs in special sizes; a third had some sub-standard stockings. I niso found a range with black heela only.
The position for the harder- wearing 30-denler stockings
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THIS LUMPET is a little cane clapped over one car and held in place by a fersey cap (with a bow) which entirely covers the fair.
Tricks Of Trade For Sewers
By ELEANOR ROSS
SEWING fine seam, why, ing even a small button, don't there's nothing to it these days, give up, but use a small piece what with all the sowing el fabric or tape placed on the
Sketched
In Rome
by ROBB
machine allachments, the won- carong side and sewed with the by Anne Edwards derful dressmaker
*
gimmicks, bution,
and the wide array of fabrics
The good dressmaker pressca and trims. It's a vise Gewer who makes use of all the tricks she sews, so here are of the trade she can discover,
Whenever we can, we listen to professionals and come away with a bag of ideas, such as
Some tips along this line. When pressing slippery material that refuses to stay in place on the ironing board, secure it to the board with cellophane tape a skirt cut on the, bian should be hung overnight before being This is especially effective for
van pressing pleats,
that
hemmed to insure an even hem-line. We learned that trom
high price-tog bracket.
And ot
A
time-saving trick when
Paris.
are
DD little caps that cling at tle angles liko Jknpets to a rock-these the new Paris-born "Limpets." Peaked, ballooned, bonneted, cornet painted like an ice-cream or squashy as a four bag-they are shaped to stay firmly over
one ear or on the back of your head without the help of pins,
Photagraphed by HANS WILD in Paris.
the head of a firm that makes you fear an iron over a damp In velvet and the new furry dresses retalling in the
very cloth will leave an Impression fel, in cloth of gold or leopard, the fabric-dip 0 mall the Limpets turn up at nearly never pull the thread fight brush in water and run it down every dress show,
the centre of the stafn. Then Like ali hats this season, they place
are in a different colour
from ount. Model girls the
wear with deep apricot, in violet with them In silvery white with grey.
when hemining.
Sowing on Buttons
Buttons that
receive strain press. should always be sewn on with
1п
the dry
cloth over und
For Neat Plaats slitching pleats,
stitching down Or fall-packer the pleats,
slay. A small button used on the wrong skle will serve the from the bottom up. Why? He-
it the proper button cause purpose, stays aren't available.
IT'S time to travel.
And
Evening Glamour. Eau de tolleiterin a golden case slips into your purse for late-hour freshening-up.
Time to. pack. whether you're planning a long week-end, the regular two-week vacation or a trip around the world, packing has its problems. What to take? What not to take?
These days it's a little casier, of course. Nylon undles and, yes, even nylon frocks, have helped to make for lots of space, sinco you can carry a minimum of garments and, with simple nightly rinsings, keep your wardrobe fresh indefinitely-and. no ironing to worry about either. But do make use of the
the space you save. And it glamorously. mako usc
nly. Put in those creams, of those
lations, plenty of cosmetics-and perfume. No excuse now for leaving out your usual cosmetics, for you've plenty of room. And how fortunate it is! For, wheti you come to think of it, aren't the
daya
the very best days for following a strict routine? There's no alarm to wake you for the job ahead. No hurried bath. No cup of coffee to be gulped with one
one eye on the clock. Instead, leisurely rising, leisurely dressing, plenty of time for a good make-up job and plenty of time for a good health- and-beauty-giving breakfast. Vacation, It's wonder- full And, isn't it the one time of the year when we all want to look our best?
Cosmetle manufacturers, have made it all so simple, too. There are complete cosmetic lits which will hold all the creamus, lotions and make-up you need in such compact forms that they'll. At into ony corner of your luggage-even Into your handbag. You can buy them completely filled with the
products of your favourite house or you can purchase them empty and fill them with your own assortment: But do. carry one along and take everything you need hel And don't leave out the perfumek, the colognes, you' Want for zielightful summer fragrance. Summertime increases the need for these luxuries, for tice are alwayd "refreshlig, give you a on
days, and also warm and humil
that **** cosential touch of
You don't have lo
the "sylling" problem, either. For today perfumes are put up in non-spillable viale bild alontisers. There are solid perfumea li tiny Jars, suck perkunica Which slip cosily
Tend
glamour-even outsider.
4
In
styles Super-short hair Paris Featura thick, camal-look- Ing fringes, with the side hair brushed to the back. Smartest hands this autumn will be in red tones. with coloured lights intro- duced into the tipa,
to
slightly better. Nine stores out of the 20 had small stocks.
The shortage, according manufacturers and the Board of Traile, which allocates the yarn on each Arm's export figures it takes for the preceding months, will
Létádión Express Service For they cannot be worn by
casual dresser.
stlich black. in palest gold with dark Enchanting, intriguing, and enormous elegance and a band-last come time. Expert orders
grey, in muddy green with the estchilally Parisian, they have 20x hair style to get away with will new amber colours, in terracotta a ensual air that is
with dark brown, in pale coffee treacherous.
oh-so- the new Limpet caps.
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Your Guide to Glamour
into your purse and any number of innovations which make carrying fragrance as simple as carrying lipstick. And, for summer use, a perfume manu- facturer of Paris has come up with a still newer Idea. They've even made up their tollet waters in solid form.
In the same scents as their well-known perfumes -there eaux de toilette are packaged in an enchanting grey and silver suedo box not much larger than a cigarette package and slip into a handbag or sulicase as easily, Called Purse-Solids, they are lightweight and inexpensive and, we predict, will become extremely popular for travel use, since they're spillproof, leakproof, extremely pungent and lasting and delightfully cooling and refreshing to upply. Wonderful for beach use, too, since you can silp them into your beach bag and when sun and salt water have removed all traces of the scent you
started out with, you can reapply right on the bench as easily as you'd put on fresh lipstick.
These same toilet waters also come in liquid form, of course, and here again a new idea has been dreamed up. The manufacturer packs three of them into one box together with a golden purse-case into which any one of the three bottles will fit.
The.cose,
which is leakproof and u
unbreakable, makes a chic and sophisticated appointment for any purse, Includ ing your most handsome evening bag. It fact, a small vial of toilet water carried along on warm evenings is always a good idea. For you can freshen up as many times as you wish without winding up with too powerful a fragrance before the evening is
over.
You probably have plans-and plenty of them But while you're planning, plan your beauty pro- gramme, too. Pack well and do pack the glamour doodads. It just MIGHT be the most important week-end of your life!
Glamour A) the fliessh. Into the water and outf Fun, of deures, but your lovely pertime's, washed out ¿with the tido-unless your beach bag carries a silck of wolld noent for delightfully easy replacement.
reduces the number availablo have been rising steadily. This for the home market.
Recent good supplies were duz to the slump in exports last spring, the closing of the Aus tralian
market and the tem- restrictions on Belgian
orders
One bright phophecy comes from British Nylon Spinners, They told me that by the end
of 1054, with the completion of their
Lew
ew plant, they will be able to meet maximum demands for nylon yntns. Production will then be 30 millod lb. a year (compared with 10 million ib, now).
So three Christmases away
we may once more be able to order hal a dozen pairs of nylon stockings at a time. Until then the great nylon hunt is on
I
Away with them!
AGREE with, the opinions of the Birmingham bus inspec- tor on the over-briet shorts of one of his passengers it not. with his action in protesting publicly.
I do not thinks that brief shorts belong on public trans port. Any more than braces at The dlaner tablo, bikinis in a public swimming bath, plunge necklines on office frocks or this hideous
fashion favoured by younger males of wearing
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Homo v hospital
MOTHERS who
M°
must
оп
have.
their babies in their bwn homes
because of shortage of
maternity hospital beds will be
comforted to know that many
nurses think a home confine
ment is best for
and family.
mother
both
tho Women A speaker to Public Health Officers Associa tion said that young children often resent a new baby if it is born in a hospital and not at
home.
Talking
to a group of London midwives I find that many arce with this view. They be lieve that if a baby is born at home ather children, however young, accost the event more naturally and do not blame tha now baby for their mother's ́absence.
Other
vlows they expressed on the bancals of a home con~. gnoment
A young mother does not worry about her other children If she can hear them, pl
Husbands learn to takoan Interest in the new baby from the start and can be guided by the_nutao.
The husband-wife relationship la more natural at home. Many men.
become shy and tonguo- ted in a hospital. They are unable to express, their pride
and pleasure, and this gives rine to misunderstandings. ·
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