WEEK-END
For A Pretty Plunging Backline
By HELEN FOLLETT
To longer the talk of plunging neckline is
the town; now the plunging backline that sometimes
stops above the waist, sometimes goes down to it,
fashion frenzy
is in fashion.
This should inspire a woman to cul- tivate periket posture. It the cannot do so, ao in not entitled to jola members of the bone- back contingent.
One must keep the chest Bilt-
ed, swing the his Invo the ndboinen
contained
backward,
so it as flat as a stomach
flounder. Permit your
to potrude and the back takes on an ugly curve of the waket-
Here is an exercise that will help if you've let yourself go Abit.
make
fiats,
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line
with < 1**
shoulders, Slowly hift The high, and with a strong inurele pall send aus backward as If You
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long sleep. Back to first
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There is that importam mat- fer of koophug the skin surface of Die back smooth and of the
texture. Sometimes the nape is clarki
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shemblera, in
which event sho
shoudi TRA little bleaching erewn during the before-bedtime
good-looks session.
Whe
may appear upper portion of the
to the friction of
fabrics.
001 back,
Hence the need of the well-xaped long-handled bath-
ing brush.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954,
WOMANSENSE
This year's recipe for a beach outfit: take one pair of jeans, and strapless top in black colton, and a circular skirt and matching scarf in white cotton with a black pen- guin print, (By Horrocknes).
GLAMOUR TAKES ON A
BUSINESS-LIKE
London. THERE'S a new twist to
Theory of the model
girls. those glamorous creatures who 80 often topped their carcer by
By ANNE EDWARDS
And if so, what a black look- out for the dukes and the meat packerst
MEET MONSIEUR
lo
YOU ARE Introduced him In Paris and you think: marrying a duke or a mil- "At last... soncone new.
lionaire meat packer.
gay.
For three internationally FRENCH."
churming.
famous model girls turning serious,
ure
• BETTINA, who was once the most celebrated model girl in Paris, has chopped off her thick, curling, auburn hair and taken up dress designing for a living.
• SUZY PARKER, latest star model is now
too busy to be photographed she's
fashion articles.
•
sophisticated..
flattering.
But he comes to England ond then it hits you that all those things you didn't notice, or you thought were part of his charm in Paris, seem out of place is London:-
LOOK
mun who has only one girl whom he la really smitten with is willing to spend a lot of money on a Valentine. And he wants a serious one."
The big sales are for
the that a young man can send out light-hearted kind: "The sort to a dozen different girl-just to show he's a bit keen, or could be, without committing himself
at all.
because mon
"This sort has to be cheaper, great deal of money on a lot won't spend a
of different girla"
GOLDEN RULE HE brings out a comb in a restaurant, instead of forgetting Valentines is to be strictly non- The golden rule for writing what he looks like.
There must never committal, HE makes a point of knowing be a proposal of marriage, all the night club
The
owners in
writing Laxton, Instead of disregarding sort of thing the customers like
⚫ AND SOPHIE-the girt they
them.
18:-
HE pours out compliments in "You really are a perfect pot, The sweetest thing I ever met."
used to call "The Incomparable French at the top of his voice, Sophie has become a fashion instead editress.
MAGNIFIQUE!
Sophie used to be one of the joys of the Paris dress shows She floated in at Jacques Fath's wearing pole grey crinoline hals and tight-walsted grey frocks with enormous billowy skirts.
Thu
Sophle year among the crowd of reporters. She looked much like the other women Journalists,
Kat
She had a hairstyle (now red Instead of blond) that is easy to keep, instead of one that needs two visits a week to the hairdresser,
She was wearing a jersey and skiri and comfortable shoes,
furtively case anyone should
of looking
round in hour.
HE flirts outrageously in public, Instead of pretending he doesn't know you until you're Bione.
HE has to be laughed off to your friends, Instead of being taken for granted.
LOVE IN BLOOM
OR:
you are so nice, you look so
sweet.
You're nearly good enough to
Cat," OR;
"Oh, it would be the height of
bliss,
To give you just one little
Victorian Revival In
Nightclothes
By DOROTHY BARKLEY
London. red flannel-a wool and rayon longing for the past? A mudden
fancy
you've thought
Ivetove always enoughs suitably edged with white Lace Love of her clothes? Not a bit
Thia
The Byron Line
the daya
If you want to give your hair now look, then it's back to of Byron for you. Styles for 1954, shown by members of the Fellowship of Hair Artists of Great Britain, all Byronic, being short were with curly fringes and broken waves
The old-fashioned pantaloon, because women like a chiango a form of fancy dress, in white cotton or cambric, is in style of petticoats as much now's
their the time to change trimmed with broderie anglaise, on in anything else in
Nightdresses your idens. Frills and fur-
and
dressing wardrobe. bolowa are right back in gowns have likewise caught the Victorian fever. Frills, broderio fashion.
anglaise and ribbon trimmings flourish more have pantaloon
Pyjamas everywhere. is just one
frills at the step in the revival of Vic wrist and ankles, nightdresses torian fashion. In the last with portrait necklines are in. few years there have been blue cotton and threaded with crinolined blue ribbon. Dressing gowns processions of evening dresses, regiments are in pink "dimity" prints.
ensy of flower-trimmed bonnets, launder as nylon, but women of little Victorian are prepared to put up with The number of the extra work involved since postes. designers who haven't been they always feel fresh in it and hot practical in to a Victorian family album find it more
climates. If they buy cution for inspiration could be
seersucker then there's no extra counted on one hand.
trouble at all. Seersucker launders es castly 06 nylon, needs no ironing.
masses
It all started when young actress, searching in her attic at home, opened an old trunk and found an evening dress that had be- longed to her great- grandmother. She took it out, pressed it and wore it to a film premiere.
Fantastic as it may seem, the fashion for frilly under- wear is catching on.
London stores are being besieged with enquiries about the new-old Victorian designs, while the conven- tional styles lie unsold their shelves.
"Comforters"
Heiress
preparing
on
luxury
trousseaux chose frilly cambrle or cotton in pluce of the more usual nylon or satin.
A London model who flew to Paris for the dress shows recently was another who has taken up this new fashion and for good reason. She thought the, Victorians had something. when it came to dressing
fox cold weather, For the journey she wore a pair of red dannel of the Victorian pantaloon. They "comforters"-her own version
were the authentic length-just below knee-levelünk were laced up with tassels.
reproduced straight from the scrapbook Just like that, with no alteration. The moderna. versions are adapted to suit the
Of course these styles are not
clothes we wear,
Camisole tops and petticoat skirts aro in white cotton or
HE
Cotton
บ
not
to
What makes these Victorian styles so popular? A nostalgic
This year, hair can
be any colour of the rainbow, includ- orange. One of the new styles had o flame-pink fringe in the front, chestnut waves at the back.
ing violet, pink and
An expert's touch is needed to keep these colourful styles in order. But, then, that's always good for business,
This sun dress la in a floral-printed cofion and has a matching jacket. (By Dorville),
COLLECTS
PET PEEVES'
Newark, N. J. the idea of eventually publish- Milton Bell collects ing them,
Dthe pot peeves" hus-
and
A booklet, they felt, would Valentines are selling batter every year.
The boom started bands and wives harbour point up the petty matters
that cause family rifta A MEETING with the up again in the war, when against each other the way would start folks laughing at woman who has been wrll- people were parted. And lately some people collect Stradi- their own shortcomings. They ing those verses on the Vaica-, it has been helped tremendously varius violins.
tines for 30 years revealed that even this sweet sentimentality
because girls have started send-
Valentines.
is fully commercialised now.
But if girls have changed, The lady herself was quite a young men not-quite-i-love surprise. She had a bulging notebook in is
Mis Nora Herdsman have not. The verse they liked no frail old mald penning best when Miss Herdsman first her pocket and the beginnings verses to the lost loves of her wrote it 30 years ago is still the
of circles under her eyes,
youth, but a successhil, jolly career women In her sixties also writes advertising
She says she likes bec who Journalist better than ling, but what
Unt
a
wants
she rec is to be a dramatie
Can it be a serious out look
វិទ creeping into those glamorous lite heads? Can it be that model girls are tired of the tount: "Where did
get those great big eyes that tiny little mind?”
you
and
ket a
of
I'
lot of fun out writing Valentines," she Bald. "At least they have a subject with something to Love, mean....if you can call it love." She added: "There is only a very small sale these days for expensive Valentines. A young
most popular today:-
"I would like to give you All Ufo's fairest flowers, All that's best and happiest,
world of ours.
In
Nothing is too precious, Nothing is too fine, For anyone as nice as you,
My dearest Valentine," "Still doesn't any much, does Non-committal as ever." It?" commented the authoress.
→(Landon Express Service)
Bell, a resident of Teaneck, NJ, has found that there are more "Strads" apparently (about 70) than thers are gripes about marital harmony.
Bell is a founder of the Hus- bands' Protective Association which observed its first anniver- tary last month. One of the or
first protective ganization's measures was to set up a Wives' Protective Association among spouses of ita memburu.
Bell and is colleagues set out to collect all the husband-wifo pot proves they could find with
DON'T YIELD TO FASHION WHIMS
TOO EASILY, SAYS MME BONNET
MME
Washington.
an original design to her name.
figured on at least 200 gripes.
-SOME EXAMPLES
But so far, they've been able to unearth only 37.
Some of the peeves on record include:
1. Husband's cigarette ashes on the living room floor.
2. Wife's knack of hiding her husband's important papers just when he needs them most.
9. Husband's ability to dis- appear whenever there is work
to be done around the house,
4. Father's aversion to, baby-- sitting.
5. Husbandly objections having the mother-in-law over to spend the summer
$0
To kick off the campaign to collect the peeves, Dr Ball appeared, sa s guest on three network redio shows and taliated, noveral top entertainers into the husbands" group.
MEMBER A VICTIM
keeping the eyes of the fashion both the sult and accessories several prints, a bouffant, gown
Later this distaff side' was re- world turned to Paris salons.
presented on one of them shows must be of excellent quality. of pink and gold fame for But Hello Bonnet won a top Mma Bonnet's advice is sim-, formal occasions, and, place on the New York Dress ple: 1. Wear what is becoming satin
by Mr Thalma Spector, # white Institute's annual list because to you, and 2. Choose clothes splashy Black Carnations and tion
with overprint of founder of the wives orgurian of for more than the Faris with utmost simplicity,
sxaggerated fullness in the A few weeks ago, Joan Dayis, back.
2000 and television star, "If your clothes are simple Her daytime costumes include enlisted her TV show sisóciate, you never get out of fashion," a blasic and white tailored suit, Jim Backus, into the husbands she said.
ME. Henri, Bonnet, one of the women on this year's list of best dressed, says any woman can dress fashionably-and
labels in her clothes. A designer without
in her own right (hats are her specialty), the has an expert's eye for ling, colour and detail, Mme Bontiat is the first to Although French by adoption admit, though, that her ward- (sho is Greek-born), Mme rebo includes a dozen or so Dior Bonnel has the Frenchwoman's.. original Wearing derigos enthusiasm for the "basic black created by France, berteknown dress" and the "good tailored couturiers, la diplomatie mi- DR. BEATRIOT
`simplexblacks allic drops.
The mart Bonnet seld, plans her wandroba with care, and sipesn't, risid in this) whim until the brake clothum meme gr selected.
"Don't
tempted," whi milled, "The novelty, dross-can come later
sion for Hello Bonnet, You can wally so though a
As wife of the French am-whole season, with, one, good ag Thấ batador to the United States, sult," she said. Accessories Twill, Bonnial's wardrobe UTC she wants, do, do, hari,park-sins, givé kha, casaestry valata,
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