THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY," OCTOBER XI, 1559.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
FASHION NEWS FOCUS
UNDERNEATH: That Lavish Look comes back.
by ELIZABETH DICKSON
THE chaperone says: der on a dance floor, with puff.
Putting up
good front isn't enough; six seta of no
lingerie попелке score as many points as six black numbers and a sable wrap."
And
ball hemlines, an artificial rose at the bosom and long satin streamers from the raised waist.
which captures all the pale de New colours, too, honeydew, liency the name suggests, and mimosa.
the
Now, 100. nunt adds; "Always a tidy slip, dear. Think of being run down by a cab and carted off to the mortuary in a grubby. liberty bodice."
is a luxury non- transparent fabric with all the
virtues and feel of puse slik. It
Extravagant
Lingerie now looks like being.. the most lavish in years, An extravaganIZA in frills, double and triple nylon layers, fabulous French lace the lot in fact, and Elled on to full length and half- alips.
At one lingerie show this week I saw waltz-length nightlos that could have got away with mur-
ls, in fact, perennial nylon in another guise, Dreamed up into lace-edged lingerie it can fool anybody. Prict start at around 498. Bd. for a slip with all the trimmings.
@
Back Again
RemembeT the red flannel that knocked out Victoriann
lamas five years ago before the baby dolls stepped in? Full length is back again.
The shortest slip since the war: specially designed to be worn under slacks or party dress with its
petticoats, own
Tailored and scallop - edged, In
built-in
opaque
nylon, price 45s.
more feminine than in the new edition.
Also staging a
Pretty enough for any young girl's dream, a trousseau peignoir and matching nightin. Double layer-nylon and lavish lace trimmings, 'the set costs 15 gms.
PICTURES BY BRIEN
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