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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935..
SUMMER
FASHIONS FROM · PARIS
Ideas For Summer And Early Autumn
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Schiaparelli showed a new col- lection of summer and early autumn models Jast week. She is making beach clothes in glaz- ed chinte; the dresses have open backs to the bodices, strapped from side to side. The chintzes have large flower patterns tri bright colours, though now and then she shows a sober one, as in a. dress of brown dowers on white ground, worn with a big brown hat. She is also using shantung for summer" a natural cream for a dress. cut straight and slim, with a brown leather belt of unusual ling, and to go with It short, woll-tailored brown jacket in the same ma- terial, and a hig brown hat in coarse brown straw, worn straight on the head and forward on the brow.- Another useful summer sult is in striped countil, & mater- lai that looks like the old-fashion- 3d bed ticking. A well-cut coat and skirt of this has a black
blouse with a white design,
black hat, bag, shoes, and gloves.
Tailored coats and skirts and ittle dresses are trim and wear- able. The skirts are short and slim, with no pockets. The jac- kets are short, almost straight. with a pinch at the rather high waist line, where one button or the jacket marks the spot. Jac- kets have wide open fronts and set-in sleeves, slightly full on the upper arm. The shoulders are wide, but the width is not exag- gerated. Inside the front open- ing a bright. Agured blouse of travat silk, or something like it," looks like a full folded scarf... Black woollen skirts and close- itting jackets which fasten to the.. neck are good style for town. Some of the hats and dresses in this collect. are like
Toulouse Lau-
trec pictures: tilted, fussy hats with feathers to trim them, pin" ched waists, cng skirts draped in long lines behind to be drawn tight in front and at the sides.
VARIETY OF STYLES Schiaparelli succeeds in produc- ing a variety of styles for all tas- tes, With Indian muslins finely striped or woven with gold, she makes graceful evening dresses in bright soft pink, in pale yellow,' In red and in pale green. She may sew little red flowers on the hood which goes with a pale green evening dress, put glistening gold on fat black, mix ruby with pink. or keep an ensemble: alt in one colour. The evening dresses are unpretentious in texture and line. Bruyere has chosen vegetable numes to describe the colours she is using: carrot, spinach, chest- .nut. She is also making dresses of pale blue; pale rose plque with pockets and bodice trimming of Italian quilting. She makes belts of soft kid and of stitched mater- la like the dress. These belts are all fastened by short ties of the dress material with no buckles This same fashion of fastening is ued for collars. A knot of bright coloured ribbon may be so used to give colour at the throat on a col- ourless dress, light or dark Skirts are straight and tight-fitting. the length is neither long nor short, a happy mean has been chosen, in dur chestnut brown there is
a dress and coat ensemble which
Is neither too thin, nor too heavy and is fit for spring or, sutumn or chilly summer. The dress is worn with a shiny black belt tied be- hind with brown strings. The neck is rounded to the throat and tied with short brown strings in the same way. With it goes a loose broad coat with full sleeves.
THE PRIVATE VIEW
The Academy Private View al- ways sets the note for the day- wear of the carly season. Thank goodness, we are to be very trim. The rather blowey Hue is either out of favour, or is biding its time, in the hope of making fools of us in a downpour at Ascot, or some- thing of that kizd. Be tailored my jadles, be tailored. Not too severe ly, but so that the pretty lines of your... “Agure are given their due, Be tailored in black, or brown,
but, especially in a nice blue that Ja hot much lighter than navy. but has a different tone-the Bri tish Colour Council's. "Tyrian" blue.
And be rimmed with white, please. but you can do it with discretion. We are no longer to bear the dire efforts of the amateur to look like Joan Craw- ford by wearinging too much white, collar. Neatness with a dash of romantic prettiness in the jabot, a cheeky perking up of neck and cuff trillings, the of round white at pocket-edge of button-holes these little touches are effective, and show that one's mind is gally-trimmed.
Medium sizes in hats have the same idea. They at the head and are neat, and yet their brims have attle movement in them that reminds one that once upon a time there was
called a man Gainsborough: And the increasing ise of ostrich feathers says, "Yes. indeed!"
VELVET AND MUSLIN«
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Lowards a tendency paradox in the evening dress of the moment; velvet for the young. and muslim for their mothers, for instance, dark colours for the under-thirties, and pastel shades for the forties and alles seems a little tapsy-turvy, but the result 18. really very pleasing. The bright colouring of youth (and it was never more brightly chromatic than in these days of lipstick loveliness), is thrown up by the rich dark materials; and pastel shades are very becoming to the gracious silver or pearl- coloured heads which make a collection of English gentlewomen a sight at once dignified and beautiful.
Greens and reds are very popu- lar for evening wear. They are good in themselves, but they do not go very well tobether, and the pastel and darker shades are. specially welcome in an
opera audience. Backs are still to the fore; £3 one may say, and shoulder-blades are much in hon-. our. Trains are, so fashionable that one. wonders whether they ure looked upon as a dental of any idea that it is lack of mate- rial which has dictated the almost complete absence of any bodies t
a pet.
all
Boft long-haired fur is trimming at this cool end of supt- mer. The only rule governing Its. disposal on an evening dress is that It must be placed where it can- not possibly perform its natural function of warming.some por- Most of the human person. The skill of the modern fur-dyer pro- duces some beautifully alry, effects
there are faint blue and plaks which at a little distance look no more substantial than clouds, of dandelion-fox
Style
SUMMER LINEN HATS
When white and light-coloured linen hats are washed they take a long time to dry and frequently. lose their shape in the process. To avoid washing, and thus pre- serve the shape of the hats, it is a good plán to clean them with a soft piece of white indiarubber, which is effective for removing the most stubborn marks. "A per- fectly clean rubber should be used and the lineu hat should be rub- bed all over
New Lamps And Shades
If you would make the most of an English version of one.", With what you have—if you would have such a decorative base the shade › your freshened-up walls and refur- should be very simple stretched nished curtains show to advantage, silk. In a heavier room of earlier you must be sure that efforts are Italian or English style, try hot marred by insufficient lighting, adding one of thoes delightfully 'I would be, Idle to work out a colored Italan vases converted into
stunning colour scheme that was a lamp base. The paper shade can" effective only by day, for most of be made to harmonis, even to.
us spend more time enjoying our carrying the same decorative homes after nightfall than during motifs; or it can be severely plain. the sunlit hours. The lighting with only bands of color as decora problem is one that is often shunt- tion,
ed to one alde in favour of a new rug or chal. It really should not be, for it is very important," in making rooms livable, to have cor- rect artificial illumination. The new rug or chair cannot prove how pleasing it is unless lighted as well by night as by day.
BRIGHTENING THE DEM
HALLWAY
When there is a real hallway. In house or apartment it needs plenty of artificial nmination. "There are altogether too mary
Before deciding just what is dimly lighted halls through which needed in the way of extra or people hury to the well-lighted different lighting arrangements, rooms beyond. Delightful as hall look at the living room-Imperson lanterns, are, they are not always ally if you can. Is there sufficient adequate. Consider that, and see general lumination so that the If an extra lamp here or a pair of entering guest does not have a wall-brackets there might not be feeling of hesitation about where welcome.
to step next? Indirect lighting Lighting a dining room properly produces some delightful effects, has caused more family discussions but cannot rightly be included than any other similar problem. for here as its Installation requires the one who wants his food well light- services of an expert. An overhead ed and another prefers the half- Axture can be used; if it is good in tight. The old-fashioned dome design and inconspicuous; but shades over the tables have almost it is unsightly it is far wiser to disappeared, and no sooner has have it removed and the outlet that been accompllaked, than capped. The same is true of side back into style comes overhead wall brackets. Just because they lighting. But with what a differ are on the walls they need not be.. ence! Some of the newer" illy- kept, particularly if they interfere mination comes from the ceiling with any plans for hanging ple- and really foods all over the table" Lures. Some of the most success- a method not to be recommend- ful living rooms are lighted only ed" without expert assistance. by lamps.
Other centre fixtures have con cealed bulbs so arranged that the light is spread evenly over the table. Side-wall brackets can add
USING CARE IN PLACING
LAMPS
are
table..
Now, where should those lamps soft glow to a dining room but be placed, and of what style should
valueless for lightning the they be? Certainly they must not all be at one end of room, nor all In a library, or even in a living at one side, Let the light rays room, there comes the problem of cross each other and so give greater lighting bookshelves adequately. reflection. Place lamps.so that What is more annoying than hunt- each reading chair has a good Ing for a book in a shadowy book. light. A low lamp with a spread- shelf? A standard gooseneck lamp ing shade allowing the light to that is dark in tone and adjustable shine directly on the page from the left is usually considered the most satisfactory. There must also be a good light for the secretary or desk. We often spend a lot of time over the placement of furniture, seeing that the desk is set so that daylight comes in from the left: then we may rely on a lamp sever- al feet away to give adequate night light.
If your ving room follows some single period style exclusively, the lamps must be in harmony; for in- stance, a simple pewter or glass. lamp or a copper jug is suitable for the early American room. For the Regendy, room or any other of the nineteenth century-select a -graceful column lamp, either of metal or porcelain, topped with a stretched silk shade that is not too
flaring and certainly not too or in height is a help in such a situs- namental In an eighteenth cen- tion and does not cost much. It tury room, for the extra lamp 'yon can be moved about easily and will can introduce a Chinese figurine or cast a strong and direct light, wherever needed. The reading lamps should be low, for remem- ber that it is the page that must be Illuminated. Fairly dark shades are often a help, for then there, is no reflecting glare.
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· . IN BEDROOMS
In bedrooms there are lights for the dressing table for the bureau, and one or two for the night stands. By the way, don't neglect the guest room any more than you would your own, bedroom. If the dressing table is really used for that purpose be sure that the lamps have strong bulbs, that the shades can be tilted and are simple
in coloring. An overhead light. often casti unbecoming shadows'as may a lamp on one side only: For reading in bed, the bedside light- should be set so that the bulb will bot shine in your eyes, nor yet in the eyes of anyone else...
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PARSLEY
Parsley which has been kept for few days is inclined to turn wel- low and is consequently thrown away is useless. It can be restor
DYE STAINS
Sometimes when an article 18 being dyed splashes of the dye are received by: other","articles, and; if they are allowed to dry, they become almost impossible to remore entirely. The dye splashes should be dabbed quickly with a piece of clean white blotting- paper, which will draw out as much moisture as possible. Then dab lightly with a little linseed oil on a pad of cotton wool." The stain will quickly give way to this treatment. Finally wash the garment in the usual way.
seconds." Then shake it well and dry for a few minutes in the over. The best way to keep par-
sa to its original colour by throwsley fresh is to keep it in an air-
ing it into boiling water for a few tight tin with a screw top.