THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1955.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
Elizabeth
From Left To Right: Evening outfit in silver brocade and binok
grosgrain, and one of the new tunio tops in
There's
velvet, town
checked fell
two-piece in
A Golden Girl Rush In London... And
The Magnet Is Glamour
By Eileen Ascroft
X'MAS GIFTS
for
SMART MATERNITY HOME FOLKS
CLOTHES
By Dorothy Barkley
the Brock-buttons London. lines, and either a pouch front replaced
which the trado named down the back, has the amart neckline, and is "kangaroo," Or n scooped-out stand-away
[OTHERS-TO-BE
M°
aro
has
giving up those dull, U-shaped front. In any case if given a fresh touch with the
serviceable clothes and you like wearing a slim skirt scalloped edging. Other materials
It's NEVER TOO EARLY to send your X'mas Gift & SAVE by using surface mail.
Take Advantage of our
SALE
going in for fashion in n don't imagine that it is now im- for evening aro metal threaded Commencing TO-DAY
In
and talho in dazzling
paisiblo, It Is not-provided organza striking way. So many
you choree one with either of colours. thothers now combine career these devices.
For casual everyday wear, to and family that they neext
or slim skirts, Our favourite
go with slacks outit had a The smart clothes they
three-quartor length coat and there are numerous variations on might otherwise go without, pencil skirt,
dressy the tunic top. Elizabeth has one here in checked And designers are seeing material-grosgrain criss-crossed sketched
with cellophane straw-it had felt. that they get them.
all the details of current fashion. So throw
top, sloping those A long, tunle-like away drab, dreary smorks, which out, from narrow shoulders to a wide hem, surt stand-away because you collar and three-quarter sleeves. thought they were the only thing available.
you
Wore
There's help on the way ul best if you still want to look young and attractive-and why shouldn't you?-and if you still want
fairly to lead sociul life-and why shouldn't you?
active
Very praclleal help it is, too.
Black
In Fashion
Apart from this, we noticed that much of current fashion is for accommodatingly suitable But why so much black every you. There's the caftan tunic, where?
for day suits, Dior's Eastern-looking three- black for evening, block for quarter length cont. There are afternoon dresses. It may be a the casual, straight up and down smart colour but surely most
shirts, worn outside the skirt or others prefer the soft, flattering slacks, belted or unbelted. And
tones.
Tunic Tops
It should make those sad, shope- A evening clothes we liked less outils a thing of the past, best the overblouse teamed with For the full smocked look which a slim skirt, or for those who
them, stale long prefer proclaimed
your before it was necessary is done slacks,
tapered
you will find innumerablo un- waisted coats, with enormous wrap-around skirts.
By wearing these, you will be
in fashion and at the same time
no one will guess your silhouetic. Even if you do not happen to velvet One striking outfit, be running a job for part of the Elizabeth has sketched, time, you will realise how im-
R silver comes a sleek, fashionable, but partade blouse with black velvet imaginative clothes simply to threaded portant it is to have pretty and ezentially attractive appearance.
Lway
with, and
in its place which
This week. with arlist Elizabeth, 1 called on two people who are giving maternity clothes the glamour treatment. Both designer Polly Peck and Mrs David Kramer, ༥་་་
who has just opened a speelality shop, have the same idea. They want to Live maternity clothes good styling, bright colours striking materials.
Gay, Practical
After a quick look round, we can report that they have done so, Together we complied this shopping ist. All of the items are gay, most of them are practi- tal in that they can be worn after the baby's arrival, and none of them are costly.
For
wear around the house there is an adapted version of
jeans. The tunle top-which has keep up your morale.
USEFUL TIPS ON
Lighting The Work Area
Chicago.
work and create a better "see-
with a avoid
THOME work, usually an ing" environment,
Tho desk should have a light I unpleasant task for
surface, or be covered
to more so if light-tinted blotter Junior, is even his work area is poorly harsh contrasts. lighted.
The American Home Lighting Institute, says that 25 percent of school-age children have de fective eyesight, with eye trou ble increasing by educational Lovel.
Light up the rest of the room Axtures with ceiling or wail which cast down light on the room.
If your child studies at the dining room or kitchen table, better install the type of centre celling fixture which can
be "While poor lighting alone has raised or lowered. For studying the pinafore dress, which makes not been known to cause or lower the fixture to provide
practical house frock and
1
One of
the most
common
Illumination,~~~
also smart enough for doing the Banic eye disease," the Institute specific study light, and turn on
general shopping. It is really a pinafore adds, it can cause eye stralu, other lights in the room to pro-
fatigue, headaches and nervous- vide suit, the top is tunic style, casualnest, thus reducing the child's United Press. and loose-fitting, with scooped- out nock and no sleeves, the study efficiency"
matching fabric is skirt in a slim with an adaptable waist fanits for lighting a study area
Under in line. clothes either free or at reduced ting since July, specialising London.
the sult goes a is use of a single desk lamp, the young, casual unsophisticated cotton shirt with a matching tic. Institute says, Ton from
THE Golden Girl Rush is prices.
clothes, and getting the reputa-
For trins to town come It says that light should be overseas. So Then there are the parties and tion of "the girl you want when innumerable versions of the two-balanced; provide a light at the glamorous have the lives of the invitations to country house
picco sult. With the long boxy study deskt and general light a Big Smile is needed." the top London model girls weekends. There's a new kudos
Jacket of current fashion, these throughout the room. to a model girl today that makes
There are more
in good stand you become that pretty girls her socially acceptable in the
would-be models in London to- after the baby's arrival. Jackets from all parts of the world most exclusive circles.
day
Place the deal so that it faces than from
other usually have a double row of ony arriving in London
for Of all the hundreds of girls country. Probably inspired by buttons
conversion. a light-coloured wall. The wall easy of Nola Skirts every week set on one of the each year who scrape and save the fabulous success
have expanding waist- will reflect more light on the fashion top
photo for their training.
then Rose, who came to London in
and hos join the difficult search for 1948 as Miss Pacile.
are
or
arid
Australian will serve
graphic modelling jobs. work, how many really succeed? held one of the top places ever
No longer do peers seek their brides in the front
very few.
Very,
Currently since. of the there are about a dozen Golden chorus. It's more popular today Girls at the top, always in de-
in choose one of the new Gaiely mand for work and social fun,
Girls. London model girls who
married
and perhaps, another score
tities, include the the second night.
Duchess of Ritland,
the
Countess of Dalkeith and Lady
Douglas of Kirtleside.
Apart from the possibility capturing
HARD WORK
After that, the job is
in
;
Svetlana Kassinova is a lovely dark-eyed Russian girl,
avho was મ ballet dancer until January this year when she tore a leg muscle. This training
the her
nivuntoge Elves
of beautiful poise and movement not and a 22in. waist.
of glamorous any more. It means
a titled or wealthy a
regular 0.0-5.0 job in a
I saw her the other day,
husband, there are plenty of dress house at a salary lower modelling Oriental-inspired mil-
other attraction about a suc- than
ressful model
pretty youngsters
igures.
a shorthand typist's. 1 linery for autumn and winter, by Simone Mirman, hard work and hours designed hours on the feet, and who makes Princess Margaret's
Ittle chance of ever say title hats..
girl's Ke
with
to Food and
precious
involves
ATTRACTIONS
There's the salary, Kor in-
being spotted by one of the Wenche (pronounced Venka) fashion photographers.
Oostbye is a striking Norwegian blonde
In spite of the disadvantages,
stance. £2,500 a year not on the Golden Girl Rush goes on,
ambitious estimate of what one
of the top girls can carn.
From Australia comes
June Mallett, In year-old
addition she gets photographic brunette,
20.
from Stavanger, She
came to London in March to be near her English flance and got aa job with designer Nail Roger. "Wenche is just the model I for-Scandinavian was looking girls have that wonderful blonde gter," he says.
in
with ก glowing, trips abroad, with all expenses healthy dan. Sho arrived paid, and a number of lovely January, and has been model
WOMAN PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS:
Parental Flareups Are
PAREN
Not Harmful
Chiengo.
in
all
Lian-shin
Chinese model Yani (Lotus Heart) hints that trend in the present Eastern
fashion will help in her search for work. Her tiny 21in. wolst has already brought her job advertising? slimming tablots, and she iras modelled young Kim styles and posed for hands and hair photographs, «
TO THE TOP?
to-day wear-and-tear
With her to London the hug familica
brought many .quilted Chinese ARENTS who flare up
Perhaps it is time to say that dresses to keep out the cold at their children
OC- this is all very natural and that and one of the first casionally shouldn't worry youngsters are rarely hurt by she had to make for her work her beautiful hair, about it, according to a their parents' annoyance, so long was to cut
us it is not chronic or mean, which reached to her knees. woman psychologist.
she explained
sacrifices
One of these cager girla may "Parents are human and aro-- Sho said pro-school children go to the top, two perhaps, subject to stress and strain," "een be particularly annoying," another may capture an eligible with Helen Ross in a recent and it is at this time that parsnis husband and live happily ever tho most patience. Infter. The rest will faco a cow issue of tho National Parent
understanding and hard years of into work and Teacher. *But annoyance at
ok back
xcrcking
the moment is not an damaging affection, she feels, is a better low, pay and then drist Info to the child as withholding of way to teach appropriate be other tobe love."
Miss Rasa teacher, lecturer
tho Chicago Institute of
haviour than instilling a tear homes overseas.
But
of punishment.
even more important,, mio
thoir
Hut one thing is surely, they love Lóa” homo si mas batoh
is for parents to of rechults will be Simplying. and administrative director of cold thomelyor Sheir incokinku: hoping, condzhelleview J'aychoanalysis, said the parent own idual ne set forth today does not Tiede and lempements that they are cookin
Amritardom ons of the Golden Girls 02: the
London model world.
-(London Expreši. Bervie
always maka allowance for with their S children. United normal impatience and the day- From:
Some other lighting tips dro the Institute:
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