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PERIWINKLE, ROSE, AND ORCHID.
THE FLOWER COLOURS RETURN TO EVENING
FROCKS.
SOME NOTES ON LANE," CRAWFORD'S COLLECTION.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1928.
side. The waist line is rather high and rays of diamanté fall from the round neck line like a glimmer of moonlight.
Since the introduction of the feminine lines into even- ing gowns the flower colours have been coming back. When styles
There are three rose red goor- were very severe the tones were in few cases
those employed on gette frocks, one quite simple but for the well placed godets in the nature'e palatte.
skirt designed to give grace to a Looking, yesterday, in that ward-full figure. A second has a deep robe in Lane, Crawford's which hem, longer, of course, at the back, guards the creations destined for of the same coloured silk lace, and evening wear I saw the colours is embroidered with gold thread and which make the lovliness of aboads. The third also has gold garden, rose, periwinkle blue, orchid, clear primrose yellow, and leaf green.
Like some strange exotic flower is a frock of orchid chiffon brocaded with silvery white velvet, the plain part being lightly sewn with gold sequins, for gold or silver seems to play a part in all our clothes this Acason The colour is deepened by n large faille bow set behind the left, hip, and the skirt is cut on modified "pescock lines.
Periwinkle blue georgette makes a cunningly simple gown with a.well cut double skirt longer at either
From Paris
to Hong Kong
comes the first consignment of all the latest styles specially ordered for the benefit of clients of
Madame
Clerget.
For Evening wear
Gowns Coats and Wraps, Vanity Bags in Velvet, Jewelled and
thread embroidery and the fashion- able machine stitching in a tone just deeper than the material.
Black, of course, is always smart for evening wear and there is a lovely dress of fine black lace worn The over a slip of silver lamé fame-is-uard again for the large semi-bustle how at the back of the right hip, while fine silver threads make ndoliente embroidery round the waist and neck.
Another dress of a heavier black, silk lace has a cross over, bodice and full skirt, and is girdled with sash of gold lace.
FOR MY LADY'S PLEASURE.
FROCKS AND ACCESSORIES FROM PARIS.
One of the most acceptable of the new fashions which have been launched this season is the frock
and seven-eighths length coat en- semble. There is for example.ches Madame Clerget, who has some most delightful things, a two piece in navy marocaine.
The coat is cut on simple yet sinart-lines--and is lined with pat teraed crêpe de chine, with dull yellow polka dots and a narrow red stripe on a navy ground. The dress, also of navy marocaine, has strappings of the lining material cut on the cross to trim it, and the ensemble is very smart and prac tical.
Another two piece consists of a dess and coat of beige kashatulla,
Embroidered in a the former having a little trimming
large variety of colours and .designs.
Afternoon Gowns Day Dresses
Three-piece
Woollen Suits
and Woollen · Jumper Suits in
beautiful patterns
and
gay colours.
Everything is very reasonably priced, and Ladies are cordially invited to call and inspect.
the shape of medallions of coloured beads. The same effect is often seen in quite thin materials As a georgette dress with n crêpe de chine coat, or one of the new cape
corts.
!
are some
Particularly pretty jumper suits, which I found in the same shop, which bave a finely pleated silk skirt, generally in some gay colour, red, blue, green, or yellow. The jumpers are made of white wool jersey and have col- lars and incrustations, of the skirt material. I, noticed too, that there are some very smart little coats
about length to be had for a very modest sum, one of which in beige kashadrap has a very pretty "sun- Kay" effect of strappings round the pockets as ita trimming
A box full of,fancy belts aitract-
ed me, as these l'ttle accessories are often the making of a frock or jumper suit. They are mostly ⠀⠀1 gold or silver effects and many of there fasten with jewel buckles. Beside this box was another full of silk scarves and burnout wraps. The latter are really very large scarfs which are weighed 'n the centre back with a beaded or
MADAME CLERGET silk tassel so that they sit like a
Ice House Street.
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shawl on the shoulders. They are bordered with colour and many of them hand painted. I am told that a big collection of Paris hats is expected on Wednesday.
JACOB'S
ROYAL AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS
ing
tempi
assortment
that makes cca- time a treac
W. & R. JACOB & CO., Lad. DUBLIN INELAND
COMFORT FOR COLD NIGHTS.
ADVICE TO. HUSBANDS.
A JAPANESE ART,
FLOWER DECORATION OR
IKEBANA.
The art of Ikebana, Japanese flower decoration, is a most interest- ing one, it seems a pity, when one has the opportunity not to learn some thing of its principles. There is here in Hong Kong a professor of Ikebana, Mr. Wada, who can be reached rùi the Helens May In- the Advertising and Publicity Bureau.
No wife who is at all "house proad will allow her blankets to be left at hand where they can collect dust, and many a man has decided to bear the ills he knows, rather than face othere that he knows not of, in a desparate bunt through camphor-wood chests for ah extra blanket on a chilly nightstitute or But many cold night has been made comfortable by means of a rug. A coloured rug. got 'osten- sibly for motoring, or travelling: is often allowed to live on the rail at the end of your bed or in the bottom of the wardrobe; of course, the first place is much to be pre-
ferred.
So go you chilly husbands to Whiteaway, Laidlaw's where you will find the rug that will be a friend in need. You can get him in any colour and at various prices: made of pure wool that is both light and warm. And if you are going motoring or "on leave," well, you will have a excellent rug, already provided by your own foresight, to keep your knees WATIU.
You may not want to put up your flowers according to the strict Japanese convention, but an under standing of the laws which govern Ikebana will show you how to get
the best and most artistic effect. We have all experienced exaspera tion when a flower or spray will not set right, and this is exactly what Mr. Wada will help you to avaid. It all seems so simple when explained according to the science which Japan has perfected through the centuries. So obvious that a spray must be put in a certain position and balanced by another one in order to get an effect of You will find natural growth. that it is the simplest thing in the
VELVETEEN WALKING DRESSES.
Felvettens printed to resemble tweeds are the novelty of the moment in Paris.
The dress shown on the right-hand figure in the sketch is made fram such material in broken checks showing shades of brown and. green. Calf-skin, dyed to the same green, is used for beret, ker- chief, cuffs, and belt.
It is to be noted that the top part of the dress is made on the straight and the skirt on the bias line of the fabric, a treatment that is already familiar in tweed.
The lines which run round the collár give an air of continuity to the front opening of the other dress, which is carried out in wool velour.
The merest fringe of fur is inserted between the edges of the coat and its facing, a device which gives one the impression of seeing a glimpse of a fur lining.
CHEZ DOLLY
VARDON.
EVENING HATS INVADE THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.
TAILOR-MADE WOOLIES.
There has been a big unpacking in the Dolly Vardon Hat Shop since my last visit. The shelves which were nearly empty are re filled again most temptingly with millinery in every colour.
More and more of those charming little theatre caps" of gold and silver are arriving, for every one loves them. Now they are being modified so that they can be worn Women, who are always on the look at other times than the aveinng. out for something which gives them special grace, have seized upon the theatre cap especially for use with fur coats.
Nothing is quite so feminine, or so kind to feminine charms, as the combination of the soft luxury of. far with fragile materials, and here. tofore this bas only been possible for the short season when one could wear a fur with a chiffon or geor
But gette gown in the daytime. these charming little caps, which look like turbans designed for the bouris of an eastern paradise, can be worn with excellent effect with a fur coat or above a big fur collar, when you take off your moreover, coat to dance, play bridge or Enve tea, the small hat will still be correct with your thin afternoon. frock, thus solving one of the most difficult cold weather problems.
We have all noticed, the woman whose large hat of the picture variety is a constant anonyance to her as she goes to a thé dansant, for example, in her fur coat. Yet when she arrives, and moves round the room with her partner, how charm- ingly it is in keeping with her dress, and how the other woman who is wearing a small felt hat, which was perfectly comfortable Now with her coat. envies her. there is no need of discomfort or envy, the gay little metallic hat has cleared away all difficulties-
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Some of these gold or silver caps have touches of colour, chenille embroidery, a swathe of velvet or Jamé; some of them have amall brims, and they are made in almost
as many styles as the felts.
Of the many new felt hats which Have arrived I have not room to write this week, but you probably know what to expect of the "Dolly Verdon hats, if you do not the sooner you make their acquaintence the better for your own bappiness.
I want, however, just to say little about the really extra- ordinarily smart woollen suits and dressee which can also be found there. These are all tailor made and cut as carefully as any suit of fine cloth.. They are specially strengthened with bands of un stretchable silk inside, under all the places where they are likely to give and stretch in wear. One friend who got one, some time ago, tells me that she has played, several atrennous rounds of golf in her suit without spoiling its set in the least. The colourings and shapes, are very good and, of course, reflect the latest fashion, while the material is of a good finish and a nice weight for our winter."
FASHION CLAIMS EMBROI-
*DERY FOR THE HOUSE.
TAPESTRY CHAIR COVER- INGS.
Old needlework pieces are favourite covering for drawing- room chairs, but the prohibitive world to put up flowers in the price of the genuine pieces has led Western way if you have a know-to the production of a material ledge of the Oriental science to help with a tapestry weave and printed you, and the lessons interesting in with copies of old needlework de themselves, will give you a true signs This material is used with appreciation of balance and design much success for arm and which will be valuable in many sional chairs, the back and seat
COSSACK SUITS.
APRICOT SALAD. Enough to turn a lettuce green with jealousy! Enough to make a beefeater a vegetarian. Take out of a tin twenty-four half or twelve whole apricots. Make a mixture of six tablespoonfula of real-cream | ways. cheese, half a teacupful of finely chopped walnut kernels, the same amount of stoned and chopped raisins, and a dessertspoonful of Tri fiftle its for autumn wear are being made from face finely chopped parsley. Toss up the upricots in this, put them in cloth, with plain, straight skirts enough of their juice; just enough; linea
salad bowl, and dress with and short coats, cut on Cossack One model in black face that is not enough to drown them. cloth has a short coat fitting tight "Then several good squeezes ofly to the figure, with a high neck lemon, a few specks of red papper,, edged with red fox fur, and but and a few drops of Rhine or tons fastening it all the way down Moselle white wine.
the
the front.
Learn the Art to display the
beauty of flowers !
Flowers live longer if they are treated in a natural way. "Ike Bana the fascinating art of arranging and treating flowers, is taught by Professor Wada. For classes or private lessons address enquiries to The Helena May Institute or The Advertising. & Publicity Bureau.
occa-
being covered with the pattern, & plaia material, similar in colour" and weave, covering the arms,
This new fashion gives these de- lightful picces of oriental embroi. dery which you can get so easily. quite a new value. They can be combined with a toning silk to make either chair or cushion covers and will prove very inexpensive. There are always some lovely pieces to be picked up in the Oriental Department of Lane Crawforda for very small sums.
Brocade Bedsteade," Handsome pieces of old brocade, with heavy gold fringes and tas». ecla; are put to a novel use by a Paris furnishing firm, being used to cover the benils and low ends of small single beds. The heads of the beds are padded, then covered. with the material and finished with fringes and tassels. The ends are treated in the same way." When the walls of the room hrẻ in some pale colour the effect of a brilliantly- coloured bed, relieved with a bed- apread of fine lace, is very attra tive. The curtains should be of brocade to match.
Larger pieces of Oriental, Bro cade or embroidery are needed of course for this, but they are by no' means hard to get. Both the Pioneer Bille Store and Lanor Crawford's have them and very Handsome piecestimaba found at Korno
The Vanity Kodak.
The Season's
most acceptable gift.
The Kodak, long established as amond supreme cameras, now comes in a new and fascina- ting form.
Each Vanity Kodak includes a beautifully lined carrying case, giving a choice of five different colours.
The Vanity Kodak
can be seen at the Pharmacy
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
67, Des Vænx Road Central,
[A.FB16]
Allenburys
AFon
The
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NaI MILK FOOD
BIRTH TO 3 MONTHS H.2MILK FODD
3 TO & MONTHS
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GMONTHS AWARDS
Progressive Way
Feeding Children.
Manufactured in England
Allen & Hanburys.
Obtainable at all Stores
and Chemists.