WEEK-END
Hemlines Going Up In Spite Of Resistance
By GAY PAULEY
NEW YORK. CEIL CHAPMAN' - Slightly
no none of tha EMLINES are up and shorter, "but
Dwight D. Eisenhower and many other women to the contrary notwithstanding,
Christian Dior began the battle of the hemlines in late July with some skirt lengthe 16 and 17 inches from the floor. Now that the dust has settled here In the whole hemline picture in a paru- graph:
Skirts will be ene Inch to two inches shorter, than last artur depending on whose labels you buy. By spring, you will see another" inch chopped off.
Some designers confess that Dior Tected them. Others sniff: “We shortened them before Mr Dior even showed his line."
OLEG CASSINI-131⁄2 inchea now, another inch off by ring.
JANE DERBY-14 to *IA inches now, but "I hope we never got back to just below the knee Ingths."
HARVEY BERIN-14 Inchen now, one inch shorter than last
Autumn,
ELIZABETH ARDEN-15 Inches now, inth less than last atur.
HANNAH TROY-14 10 JA Inches now, one inch off.
IKE CLARK and JUSTIN MCCARTY, Dalins-Hemline, up a little, McCarty is making hems delper, apparently so a woman Lan lengthen the skirt if the wishes.
RUTH FAIR. Dallas-One inch horta".
EDITH HEAD, Hollywood- "Hemlines definitely higher, biz the exact amount depends on the legs wearing them."
RARE COMMENT Claire Designer
McCardel! conument rare arend trade a American designers who gen ral- is don't concerte any pace-selling
Mrs Eisenhower said re- cently she was sticking to her current skirt lengths, Wemen who want to do alter- likewise have thre natives-lel out hemlines of new clothes, wear last year's clothes, or buy from those to Paris. designers who aren't short- ening skirts.
THREE HOLD OUT
This anti-shortening group includes Hattie Carnegie, Sophie of New York, and Mainbocher. They all insist the hemline depends on the most becoming length to the individuul.
But designer-by-designer, here is the hemline picture for autumn and winter lines already in the stores and with the spring lines on the dealgning boards (pay your artch take your
money cholge):
"Sure, I'm Influenced,"
"'m making 'em sherlar,“ Whether her. hemlines with go even higher by spring, the isn' are,
"I don't like them toe them," she said, "but, being in fashion bainess, I won't autre any rash picizes."—
Henry Rosenfell, the nation's of women's largest producer
halz Leady-to-wear, rald
in would be one and 14 inches shorter by spring.
"Sure, women will protest," he rart. "But ly don't mean it winen réaily like a change. If you remember, a lot of 'em yelled down with Dior' when he kngth aed skirts In 147. But they went along-end liked it."
What Is The Value Of Your Job?
By ANNE HEYWOOD
447HICH fields pay the Another frequent query "W most for beginner is:
"Isn't it true that sceretaries?" " render everybody judges your suc- watts to know.
cess in the job by the money you make?"
The answer to the above
question is simple,
My answer here is a flat No. Some of the unhappiest, most
In the long run, the field neurotic and unsuccessful people
you like the best will my in the world collect some of the
you
you likes them, nobody
admites
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1953.
WOMANSENSE
BELOW:-A three-piece cotton outfit from Frederick.
Starke. It has a "pavement" check in blue and white. The playsuit is topped with a matching spencer fucket and full skirt,
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ANDREX
TISSUES
ABOVE: While satin cotton is chosen for this "Bun-into-evening" dress, a model from Frederick Sturke's new cotton collection. It is topped with a wrapper coat of grey cotton scored with music symbols.
Satin Cotton Among Smart New
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LONDON.
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By DOROTHY BARKLEY
front, and full unbelled skirt. For those who want to complete ESIGNERS have been
the picture, it can bo topped with keeping a weather eye
The spencer jacket--normally and Garden Parties. There are a night-cap style hat.
Other raincoats were in bright on styles for sun and rain.
weather a. colu
fashion-is three reasons why more women
in e blazer- Idens for the sun took making its first appearance in are buying one now. It is cheap, colcurs. One was
another in a П It makes their cue from the Motor cetten just now.
It is made in easily. washable striped material;
fabric-satin squarca happy change from the cardigans, cotton. And when you're tired checked Show. For, at the show, belers and copes which normal of for the fashion fades-you alternating with taffeta squares. there is 11 type of early bles:om
All coats had big sleeves that oct with cotten can wear it as a housecoat with-
over a suit or coat. ou feeling that you're wasting would t
and big collars which you could. money: known as the "convertible". dresses.
turn up to stop ihre rain trickling Accessories in the limelight, your neck from your um And the most popular style
tco. Shoes and gloves are made brella. if sun dress
If you prefer a dream to shorts, to match your dress er coat. Hip "convertible", with spencer you choose one in the new col- length beach conts have turn- Jackets and conts serving fon with a satin finish. For go up hems, three inches wide, and n's the drop-head coupee.
with a ing out, you lop it with one of ILs:cred at the front
There's a rash of hats In furry the new print "wrapper"
coats.
giant button. As necklines are ma.erials just now to keep us The aim is to make one colton To be really smart, you choose a scooped out, those who sun-burn warm en cold days. Fine in the dress suit as many different oc- "musical" print of the kind caslly would be wise to avold
right colours on the right per- cotton them. casions as possible, Take the illustrated. It is grey
600-say in white on a dark- with musical two photographs as illustrations. scored in white
Rainwear has been Inspired haired person. But why must Other
fashion If you like shorts, you choose a symbols.
new
people choose one-piece play sull, with ruffcl colours are cucumber green and by Victorian styles, Star of last mousy-haired
week's show was the raincoat them in mousy colours? bcdice and skirt. Off the beach. coffee.
where the bat you top it with. a rib-length The print coat was the smart copied from a Victorian night just can't tell spencer and a full skirt.
wear carlier this year for Ascot shirt. It has a high collar, tucked ends and the hair begins.
FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF YOUR UNDERWEIGHT
By Ida Jean Kain
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you the most money. If biggest pay cheques, Nobody HIN girls, weigh in. dragged down. Or perhaps you more iron or a hate banking.
Trot ready to gain a are in need of re
Knowing won't make money in the them, and the only people who round dozen pounds, all in there is no aerious couzo of bank although the place envy them are "the ones who the right places.
underweight can be a tremend- may be simply crawling don't know them. People tend
First And out what is back of ous morale builder. Some small with it. If you truly love te judge your success. In your your underweight. Is it lack of change in your health and foo: running an Old Ladies' job by your over-all approach to appetite or poor food habits? habits can be the turning point
a calorie spend toward normal weight. Home, you will make money life, your degree of serenity, or Or are you
It could be that a it even if your
pre- its opposite, and by your degree thrift? decessor starved to death in of happiness or its opposite.
a genteel way:
You
eat fairly weil but
calorica, at such an. squander
calories for gaining,
be
rate that you On the nutrition score,...Do "Isn't it truc." asks another ravagant
couldn't possibly cat enough to you eat enough breakfast? The reader, that some companies cover the cost. It takes high test is how you feel between 10 nutrition plus extra and 11 in the morning. On a which offer low salaries make up quality
wood breakfast you should for it by other benefis?"
going strong until lunch time No app it. Get up a bit for breakfast 1: largoly
Eat, Poor appetite can result from earlier and take time to
combination of things. Tomorrow morning have a hot
No braakfast
a mistake too!
So a secretary is going to move ahead in, and there- fore make money in, the field that she loves the Yes, this is very true. Many best. In the very begin- firms ofter lunches, hoa- ning if one is shortsighted pitalisation and compensation uncugh to think only of the benefits, even free tuition to chronic fatigue, faulty food cereal with milks and cream. You won't believe it now, but very beginning a safe rule employees who wish to further habits or irregularity of meal in place of the usual two cups before many weeks breakfast of thumb is, the more their education in the evening hours. If your energy is below of coffee, have one cup and can be your favourite meal, and
Milk furnishes glamorous the field, the The wise beginner will take par, and nothing seems to help mass of milk.
gain, drop you
into the protein, and it's surprising the you' rolish....fruit juice,
cerving of cereal, an egg, more henyy will be the com- these things into account in
doctor's office for simple energy carryover that comes buttered toast, and a, beverage. petition and the lower will figuring the over-all financial check-up. Some minor infer from increasing the protein at with that nutrition you can be the pay cheque..
value of any job.
tion might be keeping you breakfast.
skip the late morning pick-up that dulls your appetite for ¡lunch.
GIRLS, KEEP YOUR CHIN UP!
D
Helen Follett
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If you buy your lunch, take, advantage of the hot dishes offered. Get out of the end- throat, the other starts from the wich, ple, and coffee rut. Plan you include your neck
Bath hinds work up-in, us : your entiro' lunch_hour when you give your
wird, then down in lond to eat and relax afterwards.......... "couplingdon a nightly ap It is easy enough for threat helpful in restoring a fine line smooth sirekes to the collar skip the hurried shopping.
3 to the chin. They don't help bone. plication of cream? Possibly tissues to become relaxed,
however. If a
If you carry lunch, vary tha not! If you don't, then mend pecially if the head is not held the neck ony,
properly balanced, if the chin is chin strap, is worn,
It should Exercises that pull on the breath and sandwich filings....
In to your ways.
of neck muscles are helpful
When permitted to droop. This hape be placed over a plecu
tempt appetite. with some typists" anduzo 'fins been dipped in' restoring
youthful contour. stomach capacity is email, the Don't fall into the habit of women who sew a lot.
in- way to Keep an ice cold astringent. This will Clasp your hands at the nape most comfortable thinking the your lace and yourkohin up and the issues being a glow to the flesh; will
into the crease caloriests with con- Hine, phersing hard wil bat taut, they have set as
a back of the neck, Turn the centrated foods that add" little cek have nothing to do with
woll trouble. Get busy anoint One well known beautician koeping the -pressure right as buitar on, the sandwich, and ing the chin, The safest way is to start your beauty, trinu and, tappipito: remedy this works the stomer's - néck there. If you use enough'énérgy stako along, mixed nuts, dates. isijumfonie ma in this fashion: The patient's you will feel a muscle tug from or is as well as a juicy, picne: ment at the bone. Werk Taste area lers, moulders, head is thrown back. One hand, your teek way down into your lot fruit. For beverage have
chin straps od bandages, all begins on the left side of the chest and shoulders.
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