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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY MAY 3, 1935.
SPRING Style
Buttons, Buckles, Clips And
Clasps
These are among the most useful and decorative of trim- mings this spring.
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Buttons are used on plain dress in the way an artist uses his crayons to strengthen a line in a drawing, to make shadows, to bring up a high light,...
A short line of buttons set aslant on the hip, or to cut the width of the skirt at the back- nos at the middle, but at the side -are two ways of giving slimness to the line of the skirt
A big bright button at the throat or waist or on the should- er is decorative as well as useful It closes the blouse, coat or dress, it fastens the belt, it catches up the point of a rever.
Cups are of the utmost value to save a pin. a stlich, or to brighten "a dull bodice. They clip
A re-
"factory bow into shape, they hold a jabot, they punctuate a neck- line..
The man who invented clips as dress ornaments is something of a genius, since he has supplied a lone-felt need. The clip earring has completely eclipsed the screw carring. The clip, too, does the work of a safety pin and a brooch.
Clasps and buckles are... old friends. They keep their raison d'etre throughout successive sea- sons, and
their change only colours and materials,
Jeanne Lanvin uses the pearl buckle and clasp-nothing in metal. Big clasps of pearl close necklines, big pearl buckles are set at waistlines. Pearl buttons "trim' dresses and bodices.
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Blouses
With allorea custs and skirts
so much in fashion blouses be-
come
THE BOW
Makes Its Bow To Fashion
Fashion seems to have taken the
bow as its motif this year. of primary importance.
There is the Unen tweed coat and skirt with which- nothing looks better than A blouse of white lingerie. Coloured Crepe is used also to go with linen, but white lingerie, very crisp and fresh,... looks best.
For the summer tallormade in navy, black or brown, different blouses are chosen to At the occasion. A simple checked linen blouse for the morning, & soft light crepe for the afternoon, and satin-ivory white, pale rose or any colour that may be becoming --is worn occasion.
for a more formal
With light tailormades it is stil the fashion to wear a dark blouse,
Cut and Material
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The cut of the blouse is largely dependent on the material of which it is made. It is linen. cotton, or taffeta the cut has to be simple.
The waistcoat front,
long and..coming to a point, with the back tucked under the belt, is a cut which suits most women. The draped blouse with a swathed belt suits only the slim.
The neckline is decided by the way the head of the wearer is set on the shoulders. The short neck should not be frilled or have a high, closed collar. Those "över full in the bust should have drap- eries which slim, those who are toc thin can choose draperies giving fullness, such as the cowl. wide, soft revers, and big bows
Short or long sleeves are matter of taste.
When all is said, there is the same conclusion: the cut and *colour..of our coat. dress, blouse are chosen in relation to our own appearance and circum- stances, not so much and
for their claim to being in fashion.
On a jacket of white silk pique, worn with a black dress, jet buttons and a patent leather belt are used. On a beige crepe marocain Jacket are jade green buttons and a narrow leather belt. On a white linen frock, biz red buttons in the colour of sea- ling wax, impressed with a crest or monogram, look incisive decorative
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It appears in every phase of dress from morning to hight, varying In size from a diminutive trimming to drapery that reaches shoulder to shoulder.
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It has become so much a part of modern dress that, coats and trucks have an unfinished
look Unless they introduce it some where.
The bows of every period are "being copied impartially by the dressmakers, gay Edwardian ones, demure Victorian and stiff little Regency affairs. Then there are the large, careless modern bows,, which often serve a practical as well as decorative purpose, such. as that of draping the neckline:
With Tailor-Made
The bow has even invaded the world of fallormades. As sanish to blouses it softens the lines of the severely cut coat; sometimes it fastens the neck of coat 07 cape.
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Evening brings with it a change" of styles, in which, however, the bow still gures. Some evening gowns have the centre of the bodice piented in the form of bow. The Victorian idea of using this trimming on skirts has beer. borrowed by the dressmakers of to-day, who introduce it at the waistline, on the hem and even. on the train.
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As decoration. fastening or drapery, the bow is playing many parts in modern fashion. It is
often used to provide colour con- @trast, particularly by the milliners, who have welcomed its revival with enthusiasm.
The Coat-Frock
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The new coût-fruck is a delight. ful garment. It bears little re- semblance the model with which we grew familiar a fon years ago- rather stodgy offair with, in some cases, too much trimming laid
LYR In the new crepen it is one of the smartest of ̧ day-time outfits; and is likely to be popular with the woman who is obliged to dress first thing in the morning for the whole of it busy day, and must feel no anxiety about her clothes.
no matter whether her work, a social func tion,
or an important business ... meeting is included in her. pro- gramme.
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A coat-frock in black crepe, with a'discreet touch of colour, or pale gold or silver, will be correct in any of these circumstances, and the wearer can slip away to, 207, a luncheon engagement after a morning in her office without dram ing anything more than substitut- ing a pair of the new pale biscuit. colour suede, gloves for the darker ones in which the travelled from home.
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THE FASHION SCENE
Bets
At Gay Paree
of
costume jewellery stand well to the fore in the spring fashion plerure. More than one Parisian designer lets a perfectly plain- gown be the background for magnificent clips and bracelets. Maggy Rour has a slim black crepe dinner dress, with long tight sleeves and a V neckline, to which the "only" re- lief is supplied by two heavy gold bracelets on either wrist and a gold clip in the decolleté
Gipsy Ornaments
Gold is much in favour at pre- sent, leaving silver rather in the background, and plenty of the newest costume pieces, whether necklets, bracelets, clips or pins. are fashioned from thinly beaten gilt,
There Is
翁 gipsy touch
about ċertain chains that
He at upon the neck and recall the necklets of coins without which ro gipsy costume is quite complete. Then there are chains with links of vailed shapes and sizes," but all quite fat and thin, which makes them light to wear.
A novelty of" the moment comes in gold kid, and consista of groups of artistic little flowers "with round petals which can be pinned into hata, or upan dresses, some clusters being `even fashioned upon clips, while ear- rings may consist' of a pair of single fowers mounted on the now so popularittle metal soaps.
Velvet Ear-rings Ear-rings covered with fabrica are apparently going to be word' with summer ensembles. All the smartest Parisian novelly shops. are showing them,
Some are of the button type, covered smoothly with velvet, lace and even printed fabrics. · Others are big... velvet-covered hoops hanging from three velvet. beads.
These latter will probably be worn only in the evening but the button ear-rings might be 'made to go with every dress and ensemble, for they will require only a tlay scrap of material to cover them,
Mayo's
HONG KONG STOPPE
HATS Made to
Order
Any shape,
colour and style to suit you.
South Arcade.
From
Jis smart Qeal
Gloucester Building.
Order your Corsages for the Garden Party.
Lovely
Arrangements
Rose Buds, Gardenias, Violets
and other Flowers
The Clover Flower Shop
Gloucester. Arcade,
IN THE
ROOF GARDEN
PENINSU
MONDAY, MAY 6th, 1935
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Star Designs -
Star forms are not only popu- lar among dress prints, but are nho chosen as the shape for mirror glass ear-clips, while a star pendant cat from mother of pearl to worn on a pale blue bbon with a dark dress it Jean Patou's collection des
Mother of pearl is a favoured substance for new jewellery and... dress ornaments. It is carved fa leaf and flórai rdesigns as^dEE as fah and bird forms. Broo ches and hat ornaments are
o' pearl, which is seen at its best when it adorns the "new black and navy blue dresses.
Coral and turquoise are two zemi-precious stones which are frequently used this spring to add a touch of relief to some of the more elaborate and exper- sive costume jewellery, A favou- rite note, the boutonnière, is revived by means of groups of gilt nowers. rather Hke enlarged buttercups, whose - centres are made from a mass of tiny tur- quoise and coral beads, as well as seed pearls. Clear crystal bangles and direas clips, are - also frequently made with tiny coral, turquoise, or diamond dots ali over them.
ů Monogram Vogue Monograms of a thousand different types form one of the most important sections of the 1935 Jewellery. They dangle upon - chains, and. ⠀ like "good- conduct medala, are pinred, upon the bodices of coats and dresses, as well as on bags and hats
Other monograms are set on belts, while Initials adorn the gauntlets of summer gloves Re- plicas of the heavy signet ring are made in crystal, ivory, azidi, amber, with two initials across them Even ear-rings are worn: with an initial on either eat, while bracelets follow: the same persuasion.
Two new types of ring make their appearance this year. The first is nilar to an to wide eternity diamond ring." Bet
all kinds of semi cions, storm-idde, Coralze sedi or turquoises
other