“THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, "1961.
WOMANSENSE
This year's Jolie Madame must be
a Jolie millionaire to foot
London.
THE line is concave, the skirt silhouette is slightly flared, otherwise there is an as-you- were look about this season's Paris clothes.
Even so when the collections are sifted through, several salient points come to light. First of all there is a slight change in the look, with clothes shaping gently to the figure front and decoration confined to the neckline or shoulder.
in
the bill.
THE PARIS COLLECTIONS
looped aluat circular violta cnio the shoulders of evening gowns or let them hang plumb at the back, like trains.
elegant about the line, but the clothes were beautiful, tiled the little hooded capes he de- signed for day, which you could wear over a thick suit, and a hot as well. For evening he showed K3 m breathtaking boaded dresses, many of them in COLLECTION monotones or black and white.
THE MOST LUXURIOUS
by Jane Rogers
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This is a logical development of last season's luuk when the designers broke away from the tyranny of the straight light skirt und started to lake another look at the nipped in walat.
There is plenty of news about
WAS that of THE MOST IMAGINATIVE colour, this time. Grey is in for day, and there is no sign of the
Julle COLLECTION. Pierre Balmain, whose
that of sludge and mud tones. But the THE MOST FASHION- Madam: must be
Jollo ย girl who prefers brownish
millionaire to foot the bill, Chanel, although she made no COLLECTION, colouring 12
forgotten, CONSCIOUS
Apart from one little lapie, attempt to change the shape of instead there is
a new bright style-wise, was that of Crahay when he showed a black velvet her classic, suit, and brownish shade called
at Nina Ricci. The gimmicks of truck visit under a white crat But who else would think of French mustard.
last season when his models had lined swith mculting yellow comblaing, taffeta with tweed, chalk-white faces and flamenco feathers, Balmain chowed brocade with plain navy wool, hemlines, were discarded,
beautiful, unattainable clothes and dripping with fox, mink ermine.
Ruby red
For alternant and evening deep ruby red scores, heighten ed by plenty of black, and for all Important evening occasions it's the little black dress to the fore, unce more.
THE PRETTIEST COLLEC-
TION I saw was Mare Bohun's
at Dior.
nothing
This season Crohay. took the rymetrical Iden one slep further for some really chic stilta with jackels that fastened way up on the shoulder, or had built-in Scarves pe an extention of the neck fastening.
Giant stoles
Apres-ski
For their earth-shaking enest
beat no-ane could
bloody Mury' his ankle-length evening drugs in rich red velvet, part- Following a close svernd was nered by a twelve-foot stole Perlings there was Pierre Cardin whe starter the of marabou feathers match- earth-shaking or asymetricat idea. This time he ing red.
THE CRAZIEST COLLEC-
TION I watched came from the
salons Brigitte
of Jalques Esterel, Bardot's favourite couturier. Several hundred of us, including film star Paulelle Goddard, crummed ourselve: into the show in se a spectacle which started with п келе inclieval space-suits banded with fur, feathers and be bules, with even Henry VIII rume or two.
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They were described BS apres-ski wear, and white were still arguing about them onc American store buyer bought the lot,
After a series of unremark- ble suits back came the apres- ski girls, doing a sicw-march with fanied candles in the hands, lending on the bride. Her wedding dress had ΠΟ sleeves at all, and her hands protruded through two silts at thigh level. Unless the parson was prepared to kneel down, I don't see how tho would get the ring on.
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Chanel used fur fabric when everyone: tis? used fur, trimuned a coat with it, then lined the coat with the real thing. While the other model girls in Parks wore their hair plaster cu flat, Chanel's girls had little puffed-up. birds' nest coiffures with a Camella orka pussy-cat bow pinned into them,
• That Hairstylo from Paris--Holana Rubinstein's Auroraline with the hair brushed forward to cover the
ear.
• That Paris Look Can be London too - Monkey fur makes exotic trimming for the brown woof dress and the jacket and hat worn by Cynthia Oberholzer. The outfit is by Norman Hartnell.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
pelrol to remove
Use a stify malibrush dipped in buttons to a strip of white greasy marks callco and on washing-day but- an upholstered furallure.
ton the collars to this and per the callco to the line,
Clothes-pegs often make marks on men's collors. To
Sausages rarely barst if baked avold this sew a line of small in the oven in a fireproof dish,
JACOBY #BRIDGE
LETTER. reads, "I'm from Missouri
and want to be
|, shown,. Don't you over mako a mistake when you play bridge?" The answer to the question that I certainly, do, They runge from errors in judgment all the way to downright idiocy, but, thero is no law requiring me to mention them,
The game was. duplicate. 1 sat West and was on lead against thro: no-trump. As you can Boo the jacke of diamonds lead sets the hand, but I' open- ed the deuce of clubs and déclarer romped home with 11 tricks.
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She said, "You always tell me to lead from something rother than from ndthing..” “You had nothing in clubs, but you had that great big jack of dia- mende. Why, didn't you put it on the table?"
That wnetwo months ago and I haven't found a good an- Ewer yet, because there just isn't one.
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What do you do?
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TODAY'S QUESTION. Your partner's rebid after your two diamonds has been Your hearts. What do you do this time?
Anawer TomATTOW
• That Hot from Paris, created by Lanvin Castillo in Ascher's white, chenilla overprinted with black.
LADYLUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
AQUARIUS (January 21- February 19): Conditions which
made you have rather discontented of Inte will soon change for the better, and you should do- termina to keep them so. PISCES (February 20-March 20): Forget your chronic worries over the weekond, and enter fully into any entertainments provided by your family and friends. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your partner'a ambitions will be greatly furthered by your gift for stimulating conversation with people in all walks of life.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An opportunity for mone- tary gain ought to be grasped quickly. before somebody else reaps benefit. GEMINI (May 21-Juno 21): Don't let a single dieup- pointment apoll your mood. Bomo pleasant surprises will more than make up for It.
CÂNCER (Juno 22-July 21); No matter how busy you may be with your social activities, make sure to do. Yote enough of your time to family aTalra, LEO (July 22-August 21): A DECADE born" under Aquarius in almost certain to dinegres - with you over
fundamentals, even though you may share certain in- terests and hobbies. VIRGO (August 22- September 22); Don't make any rash decision today, if you don't feel quito certain of the course you want to tuke.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Chirpie's Invitation
-He Asks Shadows To Go On A Trip With Him—
By MAX TRELL
CHIRPIE Sparrow came to U. the window sil for his morning bread crumbs. A few minutes later, Knarf and Ilanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, also came
"Straight up?" repeated Knart.
"Straight asked Hanid.
Chirpic nodded and said that that's what he meant.
Higher and higher
up into the sky?"
to the window alli. However, "First," he said, "you fly they didn't come for the bread higher than the trees; then you crumbs, They came to greet fly higher then the houses, Chirple.
Then you keep going and you fly higher than the smoke”
Chirple stopped to cal sev- "HI" chirped Chirple. "How cral more crumbs. While he was would you like to take a trip doing this, Hould said: with me?"
"H, Chirpic!" said Knarf and Hanld.
They'd love it Knarf and, Hand promptly answered that they would love to take a trip with Chirple.
"That's anc"
But how can we go on this trip. Chirple? We can't fly the way you do!"
Chirple didn't seem to hear Hantd.
"And then," he continued, Bald Chirple. "you're beginning to be. up in "As soon as I finish my break the sky. It's lovely up there. fast, we'll start out. Now where You can see for miles and milles. would you like to co?"
You might meet a Seagull or Knart and Henk bald they'la Lark or a Swallow.
wherever Chirple thought they ought to go.
"Well,"
said Chirple, after "I once met something way pausing for a minute or two up in the sky that wasn't even while he ate a dozen crumbs, Bird. It was just foaling "on of the nicest trips that around in the air, swaying from anyone could take is straight side to side, It had a string at- up.'
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LIBRA (September 23- October 22); An influential friend will prove very help-go ful, but don't embarrass him with an excessivo show of gratitude.
(October 23- SCORPIO
November 21): You will enjoy It doubly if you share an exciting event with someone very mear and flear to you, BAGITTARIUS
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(November 22-Decomber 21): Insting association can aur- vive the habit of adverse criticism. Your true friends will accept you na you are.
CAPRICORN (December 22-
January 20): Your weak' .programme will be an especially gay one, and you will have more Invitations than you can possibly ad- cept.
LUCKY ENCOUNTER: If this in your "birthday,["a meeting with a woman named STELLA may have nome Apocial・significnace.
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made out of coloured pieces of cloth.
"It's a kite," Knarf said. "All I know," said Chirple, "It won't a Bird.”
Here Hand Interrupted again
to ask how they were going to be able to go with Chirple on this trip up into the sky and again Chirple went right on talking.
"And then," he said, “you come to the clouds. Sometimes you even go through them."
Knarf wanted to know what it felt 13kg going through clouds,
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through a rain storm."
"Now, Chirpic," sald Hanid
"Now, Chirple, "said Hanld
in a really foud volce because she was determined to be heard, "how are we going to be oblé to go with you?"
This time Chirple stopped. "I don't know," he finally said, "I mean, I thinit you can sit on my back."
"We're too big," said Hanid. Bucon you are," sald
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