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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931.
WOMAN'S PAge
FASHION NOTES FROM.. PARIS.
Large collars are to feature in' the spring attack the sailor effect is going to be championed by more than one famous couturière, and the waist line is again to be slightly raised.
THE ROUGH WOOLLENS.
Rough Woollens are smart for conts but equally so for frocks. A rough woollen called frisca cloth is being shown in soft colours of pistachio, strawberry rose, lemon. yellow and periwinkle-blue... The fact that the matoriat is this and supple enough to be worn comfort- The Delphic Oracle is becoming aably in warm offices and classrooms fashion plate. The simple, flowing as well as rough and nubby on the and exquisitely.
draped surface guarantees its future popu Greek lines are eniphasised, and larity. because of this tendeuty it will be more than usually easy to suit various types of figura.
The short bolero, the three-quar- ter and the full-length coat will all aharo honours of popularity and chic and the slightly Empire style will continue to be smart for those whose type it suits.
PETTICOATS SWISH UNDER
VELVET.
At the present time, erinp hem- lines are as much seen on the sea- son's evening frocks as are the drip- ping lines of the Greek silhouette. Frequently the entire undersection The textures and colouring of of a frock is fashioned of white the spring fabrics are particularly or flesh-coloured organdie. Sheer lovely tho manufacturers seem capvelvet may form the body of the able of bettering even their last froek, leaving a wide hem of or finest achievements, and an indica- gandie below. Other frocks of lace tion of the summer materials mayor velvet are worn over underskirts, scen in the beautiful cotton of taffeta, but always the wide, fabrics that are now being shown cheer, flaring hem is in evidence. for those who are already proceed. Thus the name "potticoat frock ing sunwards.
designates this model, which swishca pleasantly as the wearer dances and is reminiscent of the quaint bouf fant gowns of the past.
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A new cotton broderie anglaise is extremely attractive, and plaid effects in every conceivable medium from cutton to taffera are forecast na holding, inore than their fair share of popularity.
Tweed is taking on a much more feminine air; it is difficult o defino this subtle improvement, but if you see the soft and almost dainty new ones you will perceive it at once for yoursel
Capes will have had their day by the time apring breaks through again. They have been overwork. ed, and they were never particular-
It becoming or casy, to wear,
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From the variety of the now sea- son's fashion stock it looks as if a day might dawn when English women would cease blindly to follow an arbitrary fashion, and, like the French women, select from their
suits their own particularly in 'dividuality.
ROUND THE SHOPS. large assortment just what really
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FASHION NUGGETS.
Every dress should have ita jacket, whether it be silk or wool." As many as four colour combina tions are utilized. The suit proper remains subdued in
tone, the
C. Chellaram. Dress creations aro aevor enchanting solely because |st cut or design. The expert be
gins with an idea, and expresses it by means of a lovely fabric other viso the desired drape or line would be wanting. While I was in this shop the other day I was shown somo lovely printed sadans, crepe-colours lending their brightness to dr-chine, printed georgettes, eh!the blouse. ̈ ̈ ̈ fona and many other lovely matori- als so muitable for day evening dresses. The tailoring department is a feature in this store where garments can he made of perfect it in a few hours. The silk undies are exceptionally lovely; they are mado of radium crepe and the strongest of Chinese silk, bonutiful ly hand embroidered and appliqued with not. The Canton shawls are some of the finest, scen in Hong Hong, and are very moderately priced, while the houri and dancing coats are in printed crepe-de-chine in gay designs of fosers and birds [on dark backgrounds.
The cowl capo has to a certain extent supplanted the cowl nook- line.. It is very youthful, and in many instances reaches almost to the waistline both in the front and back. It fits closely the high neck- line from which all fullness is eliminated. The high neckline, by the way, is considered the correct neckline for mid-season wear
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Novelty fabrics aro nocepted as correct for the top cont
Self soarves play an important part, while long-haired furs are, also meeting with approval. While, the coat of more dressy type has a novelty weave, the colours are plain. Long, fitted lines; nocentuat- ed or not by a belt, lead as to style.
Swatow Lace do. The annual sale is being held at this store in Fedder Street. When I was in the uther day I was shown some lovely Large shawl collars and often oufis
Blk underwear all these were mado
of Chinese silk and crepe-de-chine are consistently in the foreground.
of exceptional good quality and
beautifully hand embroidered.
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WHEN YOU CHOOSE PERFUME.
To many people presents mean perfumes, and often beauty pre parations as well.
What perfume shall I buy? What is the best? What will suit So-and- su! All these questions are very difficult to answer when this fav ourite gift has to be chosen by the giver.
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Princes Building, Hong Kong.
"It would not follow that the perfumo which the buyen liked best would of necessity charm the per- son for whom it was bought; have || we not heard that in choosing a ** perfume the mood and personality of the user must be suited 1. Some women have that "artistic sense naturally.
Blonde or Brunnetta 7
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The brunette in seldom satisfied, with anything less than Eastern bouquet-something with a deep and mystic charm some sublie fragrance which might con juro up visions of a land east of
They are all in the new styles, worn taste when it comes to lingerie. CAPES ADD CHIC TO SHORT in, and in this group we have the
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the present moment. The Nightgowns are made with deep pyjama sete are very smart, some lace tops added to this, lace richly embroidered in many-colour- flowers are inserted in showers all ed flowers and designs. Eome vozy | the way down the fronto! line Canton shawl, soen hero. are jamong the most beautiful seen in The Book and Bible Depot. Hong Kong. This house is noted Choosing bopics for children is, or for its fine talde and bed linen and should be, a serious matter, since the low price charged are very oven in these days of self-expression tempting The curios alone are in nursery and schoolroom, boys wolf worth a visit. There are jade irees of all sizes, each leaf and Hotal beautifully carved, at prices hanging from 3300. There are also aby beautiful specimens of ivory, amber and crystal work at very moderate prices."
WRAPS.
Short wraps are an outstanding feature of the evening mode this year. One of these chie garments in either velvet or fur enables the wearer to acquire an attractice in souciance, a quality that has been rather diffenit to associate with the long evening gown.
White fox fur borders a cape of black velvet shown in one model. The bodice is beautifully dropped to fit the figurs and is held in place on the left side,
Flower perfumes are more pleas ing to the blonde, generally speak-"|
rose, violet, lilac, lily-of-tho-valley, jasmin, and carnation. Most of these fragrances are captured from this flowers themselves
To use a perfume economically a scent, spray should be brought into use some perfumes have a spray outfit which fits into the perfume bottle in place of the stopper, when one desires to spray the perfume. Sometimes the bottle of perfume and the spray apparatus are built into one
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Pyjamas and hand embroidered undies. Venetian point
dinner cloths and hand made liners.
Smart little spring.
frocks and georgette even
ing gowns. Novelty jewellery. ALEXANDRA BUILDING, WATSON'S CORNER. Phone: 24566.
EXERCISE BUITS.
and girls are apt to endow a stapid or meretricious book with undue importaged if it is given to them by some respected or admired
Light floral perfumes are often grown-up. And it is not always of
the joy of early youth, but as one much use to ask the children for
grows older a woman will leave the their opinion on their last gift The season's predilection for the simple scenes of the rose or violet, booka. In most cases these, how cape has likewise led to the use of in which she rejoiced during her Pamela has just received from over, dull or fechle, will have been other flaring details in these short girlhood, for some mysterious, cap- England and France a large ship invested with a certain glamour wraps. A peplum provides a tirating or elusive fragrance, ment of lingeriu in silk, salin and simply because they are the child's piquaint touch to a short, fitted
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TOO. sheer georgette in all the pastel | own – possessions. Moreover, the model seen in a recent collection. shades. The present craze for children are not the children of last | Rippling bias cuffs are attached a She will deaire something more lemininity in dress seems to have year. Twelve months may have little below the elbow of saug complex wluch will fit in with her brought yards more Ince to under-inado a great change in their tastes sleeves and when these fall back personality, so that, in addition to clothes, & thousand more plents, and literary preception. First, of over the arm the shiny white satin what we have said about the blonde and, to keep it in Touch with the course, the children must be suplining is effectively revealed. Aard brunette, we must take nga prevailing mode, it is amusing to plied with their own classics. This collar of shirred velvet stuffed to isto consideration.
The exercise suit has changed and all the most up-to-date designs year there is a very good range of stand out round, complete ve Yet how often is eau de Cologne, bloomer putât to a variety of front the former middy. blouse and -cami-knickers, petticoats and now editions at the Book Shop and houette which is rather suggestive old English lavender water, and the youthful and loose gymnasium nightgowns-finished with a high- | Bible Depot.
tin Wyndham Street. Pierrot jacket Devonshire violet associated with suit The black velvet shorte inter- ed belt of self material. There Many are books which no child In white lapin the short wrap the woman whore white hair and lined with white muslin worn with ippma to be a vogus: for satin and should have an excuse for missing. iis equally folching, especially when füorgette för underche et autem yard wunty around the hipwrinkles, tell al actores interne krene carter moment, posmbly because they ** Uxford” books for Boys and graceful model in the fur was mistre-his--probably started in her honoure with a costume that looks lend themselves, so woll to the girls, "Big book of School Stories cut in sesilope around, the bottom girlhood with the rose and the car-liks a child's dress. This auit is of adornment of lace, which is being ""Great" Blocks for tinies. These and around the edge of the three nation, and as she grew older she | broadcloth with a youthful round used so much this season. Deige are in a pleasant size for small quarter-longtit cape alcoves. While embraced the various subtle and neek, fitted waist and flaring skirt, lace-a little more on the pink hands and in clear type for slow lapin,” incidentally, has been so mysterious fragrances of the Orient, and is accompanied by separato side is perfect allied with the reading young cycn-A big variety generally used by the high-class | In her declining years we find her bloomers of broadcloth. The suits rosy colours which seem to be the of Sunday School text and reward couturière of Paris that, it is worn again in association with those come in vivacious ahauler of rose, be-all and end all of -* woman's heards and seripture puzzles have by the best-dressed women here and simple flowers so reminiscent of her daift-blus and canary or in dar
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Fabroad.
girlhood days.
blues and blacks.