THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
THE STRAW GIRL
by
Robb
EXERCISE YOUR JOB
PERSPECTIVE..
By ANNE HEYWOOD
O I was
NE day greently, 1 was one, and quite ambitious.
the publicity director
MEET The Straw Girl.
M2
She's from Rome, like so many other idosa today's World of fashion. For Home, which started the black-and- white.. for
- Summer fashion, the loungers for evenings at home, now seta oui 40 make the short eringline popular for parties.
The dress Bobb sketches here is made of BofL crinoline straw covered with black chiffon. The waist is of siiffened black velvet. and the halter neckline of draped chiffon.
London Express Bervios
Unanimous Choice Of The Best Dressed Women-
A Black Silk Outfit
By Jean Wiseman
The "bast dressed' 'tadien One of the buslost of Amerl- women is TV star and Fabulous Waldon-Astoria hotel nowspaper columnist Dorothy
"BEING "best dress were given & luncheon at the cart
-according to New York and "on request", each wore Kilgallen, said to work a 24-
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experts who have boen her favourite silk staytime out- hour-day. She too, chose black studying this year's list of At. A careful study of theso sik taffeta, but this time a two- "Best Dressed Women." choices offers ideas to the wo- plece dross heavily embroidered London and Faris collec- men on a budget, too, and proves with passementerio, and worn
rather conclusively that no mat- over a crinoline petticoat. tiona endorse this opinion- ter what the senson or the and it's lucky for those of occasion,
smartest who can't include our-
Mrs Willem Itaulolph Hearst The beautifler of the Holly- selves in the "couture" class
Jr., whe of the New York wood stars,
and horselt ឆ that for the first time since
publisher, and
beauty, Mias Anita Colby, wore the
war pure silk dresses yearly certainty
for those on a Christian Dior drees of black the "best dressed” are available
list, wore a silk blended with alpaca. at prices
Cut. black slik satin cont with which an average buyer rounded shoulders and crescent-
on princess lines it has a half- can afford.
shaped sleeves. The flared skirt belt at the back, and a simplo collarless neckline which is slit. had inserts of black silk taffeta and tle
dress was
SU So are to varied this season lined with
-sometimes
ond Soft
fluld, Cognac silk. It was designed by
sometimes desigus never grow old.” Cuaries Jumes-"the
crisp and corded, man whose splashed with bold flowers,
covered with
blossoms, tiny Mine, Louis Arpels, wife of
sometimes mixed with other the famous French Jeweller, is bres to give how finishes, new
Inspiration to styling.
black 15 stil the New Finishes possible colour.
List Extended Getting into America's "Top Ten" of best dressed women is an annual event of some im- portance, and this year the list
tall slender beauty, Hier was extended to twelve because choice was a silk tweed dress of tics between Mrs Ford and with wide sash belt of black Mrs Vanderbilt, and between salin and a matching satin berot the Duchess of Windsor and with dipping side accessories Mias Mary Martin. It is 10 that would make any ensemble teresting
note,
that 100, while the younger
Carrio Munn, American women of International society havo moved designer, wore one of her own
the creations: Is mainly the up in the list, it
a full-skirted black, stera such
ilk laffeta day 05 mature Alm
dress with Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, spanking while aik linen Rosalind Russell Swanson who gained the good trimming for any dark highest number of votes.
dress.
to
effective.
Relax and change
and Gloria accents at pocket and neckline nerves
There's No Limit To These Two-In-One Ideas
MASHION'S
By DOROTHY BARKLEY
Londott,
material for the hat itself, or in velvet, and line your handbag favourite the form of trimming. There with candy striped material.
ore flower shapes cut out from
of horn bogether to form
theme for the coming months is two-faced. And the the idea behind it is to give you two outfits for the price of one.
crown of the hat, then
whiskers.
THE CHIGNON CAP
trimmed with veiling; and pill- One new idea, if you are box shapes trimmed at the front really dressing up for the even with a back bow, like a cat's ing, is to comb your hair back from the forehead, curl it One of the best two-faced
Other new Easter hats we've loosely on the nape of the neck, bargains just now is the new seen
It to a chignon around tho
showrooms then bunch proofed raincoat which includo flower-pot shapes in cap. The American variety of doesn't look at all like the straw woven like ribbing and these caps is made in gleaming
to
curves!
OW
mother
with
Hour" lively Children
can find the time vo gain some much, needed weight is our poser for today. This young woman is 6′ 4′′ tall and weighs a scant B8
pounds, She han tried everything to build up, only to lose the pounds becauSIO of constant rushing. She eats on the run during the day, but sits down to a good evening meal. The
assured doctor has
her there is nothing organically wrong, just nerves and bad eating habits.
It's the fooling of pressuro that builds tension, and tension burn calories nt дд extra- vagant
rate. Probably by thinking "Fll never got all this work done." this mother exerts hurries through
I no right side black velvet crowns, circled with is pierced either at pina I traditional mac. For every, lined with brown velvet; and antin to match your dress and excess effort,
with a each task and while doing one
of and wanted very much une of America's largest have a publicity job. radio stations, She anld
something very significant. "About a year after
started, the
"I think success is partly director
and offered of two jobs.
me
thing frota about the work to out; this has a suitably finished at the back with
idea ahead. No doubt she tends to Another new American a simple pattern in a tweed or straw butterfly bow,
is to wear a pair of elbow- keep going until
overly tired checked design. For rainy Even the new berets are in length mittens, and sew all the and cannot properly assimilate
food from charms
charm what
she eats. Also your evenings it changes charac- straw. Favourite choice is corn
coloured and trimmed with bracelet down the length of the under-nutrition of itself tends ter and is worn inside out chicken wire veiling.
to stimulate activity. scams. But, if you do, re- to display a fancy pattern, If you want, to join in the member to remove the mittens
vogue such as a gold star design current
for startling before you sit down to dinner, then cover accessories,
you'll
them And your Otherwise on black.
umbrella with bright
personnel called me in a mutter of learning to dis-
choice tinguish a long-range reward
Both were from a short-range raward, a step upward, and 1 was delighted. But I had a diflicult time making up my mind which one to take,
and having the courage to take the former."
She explained it this way.
REVERSIBLE
Party skirts and matching "You seu, one of the jobs stoles also follow the two-in- "I was a secretary, really was executive secretary to one idea and, in doing so, sort of a glorified steno- one of the vice presidents. It link up with the current grapher, when I first care to this station. I was twenty-
was a real plum. I would fashion for leopard prints. have had my own office, an One such outfit consists of impressive title, a lot more matching skirt and stole in money, and contact with all a rayon poult with a yellow,
and the celebrities. No oppor-black cream design.
Hip-Slimming tunity for writing, and no Wear it that way round the
Hulas Are Housewives' Hobby
Milwaukee.
MATRONS of suburban
publicity work, but real first time. Next time, to give. prestige. My mouth simply yourself the impression that watered when I contemplated you have a new outfit, wear it."
it reverse side out-black stole with black skirt--and top it with a bright jumper. Lashlon A visiting American pdol Arrived recently with of the two- another version
★
no
was
"The other job had such
It prestige. secretary to two publicity faced fashion, arid provided a
She bad writers. It meant a small up for the office girl. raise not nearly As a simple black dress, and by much as the other job, day she wore, it undecorated. It made her look business-like and efficient. After six, she trans-
it meant working in
..
I Shorewood are keep- ing their figures trim by hula dancing under the li struction of a woman who cubbyhole with the two formed it into a party dress by writers, and handling all wearing jewellery and a cock-
never has been to Hawall. the dirty work for both tail hat.
The women, dressed in home of them - typing releases HAT TURNED INTO BAG.
made gra skht outats, attend and mailing them out and
Hawaiian music,
Up
hula classes at the Shorewood all kinds of details. But There's no limit to the ideas Opportunity School uvdry
thinking Monday and wiggle to recorded they would let me try my designers are
hand at the writing occa- around this theme... sionally, and I could learn! If you take a dislike to a hat, for instance, there's no need to some publicity,
give it to the next Jumble male.
desimer.
J
Instructor Val Weimer never las visited the Islands but she knows about 25 ancient and modern hulas. She learned them "After much agonising Just follow the idea of a Paris thought, I took this Tako a deep' crowned bereti
woman.
1 San Antonio, Tex
second job. The other in any material-riboj. original Rins Welmer said the swaying, girls in the office thought I was in imitations-and tropical dance is an excellent was crazy
attach selbbort it to tie
the chin like school
way for women of all ages to well, within a year I was
wear the proper dress of holokus years, one of the writers left
and i was moved up into his remove it from the
keep olim and frim enough to doing actual writing. In three you Heo of it és, s'hat,]||
sild grass skirts.
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of her pupils make their
top
ilophanezzo, using segloire / Pace. Now, five years later, 1. list: turg: ahiwa
own
Hin
have
for the Migrast of the
But staze of the words imported holokas and skirts from-lawall. Thele leis are made of elincial mowers
proficity person. It by the adorata took the plum new handbag to
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Inspired By Shakespeare
CHANGE ATTITUDE
to
So the first step in the gain- ing programme is to change her hurry-worry work attitudo something liko this: "I can only do one thing at a time, so I might as well relax and do each task happily. This helps her to fall into a relaxing work rhythm that puts a stop to the profligate expenditure of pre- clous слегну
Ideally, rest before meats is the best way to add ngeded pounds. This La true with children as well as grown-ups. But
if our homemaker has no
help, she cannot calmly No down for thirty minutes before
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