HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14.
SUMMER Style
HE LONG
Evenings In Paris
LONG FROCK:
remembers the mo howing to a sudden entage of long frocks
a became-leg-con- se whose short even- ad been a matter of
only tive
minutes
once had an invin- to bend the knee ar
raps round them, even fe was really no need htmare sense of going insuficiently clothed.
phecies dealt with the Jor of women to their Toreseeing that if the took its place again torial economy there m for the frack that with the result that
y dresses and ordinary tesses ding definitely
and the long vogues
, and it is the in-be
which hovers between
ing now long and now
indicative of the dan-
* left purely to individ-
mg evening model be-" be evening category of
tits black with fred
splashes goes a little. id is productive of a able skirt at the back Ened with taffetas and omes a train and emits These star-like prints
the most successful altitude of patterned
the interest of the they are less dazzling ed.The black, whites, re gives a clear, trans- ression and the mater ugh body to drape well figure. As is.suggest- background, it has that seness of a tree in.blos- re this is dissimulated The train is here to ugh it has not so far Faggerated lengths, and
often an integral part tas instead of something Separately. In its best
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merely a continuation nd is without the de- In the way of frills and ed linings which is used killed designers. It is, a commentary on the gure or the English taste view of the celebrations nd this year, a good ening dresses have been cially, and these incline and frills and tiers and accessories of all kinds.
TON AND MUSLIN
note is struck; in the fressing by Vionnet, who bioused sleeves. These Fariously the Empire or uecento. There are pic- Irocks with off-the- necks held up by ribbor. be the big sleeves look A narrower wäist" is mplicit in the line-at- nything is implicit in so ange of possibilities for Some of the most inter- gening frocks are those the various cottons and if only because they a day and are gone. ts and checks are free- and while the cottons as have copied the gl
resting to see the silks
Thus dress made rather full may be of of plaid and may be fin- ha huge white organdie ach shoulder. With a muslin not of silk-may coat frilled all down the it may have a short
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dark b.ue are perhaps its most Lace skst popular forms.
at e top and widen out into circu.ar folds. There is a great deal of cutting in most lace dresses and without this they are uninteresting and even trumpish, Dresses of "mousseline" must also have a good deal of cut. Some of those which will appear at Chan- thly might almost be made of handkerchiefs set slantwise and Joined. The result is that they outline the figure and are only Alled in with draperies, rundes, and so forth to emphasise these lines. It is almost as though drapery were used as shading or background to define the "figure. Large sleeves, cape sleeves; split 'sleeves, scarves, bashes, wings, Hall contribute their quota 'to the effect. These dresses are also sometimes worn in the evenings at the outdoor restaurantasa
For ordinary race events of in the Bois the long dress nowhere. If anything the smart frock, a little out of the ordinary, is shorter than formerly though the various designers leave a good deal of choice to the wearer. Buits long coats and prints together, short coats and prints, coats and skirts of dress-maker nature, checked dresses with hip-length capes, and light suits with elbow length, tea-cosy fur capes, are all seen torether in the various ga therings. A good many long costs button down the middle and thus can be thrown open to show the dress. Two or three fairly large flowers brighten the coat. Bright blues are liked for a short tailor- ed coat and a printed marocain dress with which blue shoes are
Coats have startling but- hats by off the head, and ses are proved once more to In on the ground only for evenings or exceptionally for afternicons and between times
DELPHINIUM BLUE
Bold
A CHIFFON COAT FLOWERS FOR DAY TIME
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Two Purposes
It may sound absurd to say so, but one of the most enjoy- able, and even useful garments a woman can have is a three- quarter-length coat. unlined, of white chiffon. This should be
cut, made up, and tailored on the lines of last summer's - so popular "coolie coats." as they were called. Chiffon, as every woman knows, wears, and washes extremely well, and it takes up Just
use
Its
no room at all in one's drawer or one's week-end bag.
And for what purposes is this extra garment to serve?
is twofold. For thing, it can be slipped on over anything else one is wearing. day or evening, when one has to repair or make a hasty tollette. Few things are more afroying. one's 1 one wants to recomb bair or to use powder, than the inevitable strewing of hairs or white studover the neck and shoulders. It is not always con- venient to use a dressing-gown for the purpose, while dressing- "Jackets are definitely what a re--- dent heroine calls "disglooping." nuisance. In fact they are a which is perhaps why they are "out" so far as the well-dressed and practical woman is concem- ed. And now that the dressing- a thing of charm, rö gown is woman wishes to be seen in one" that has marks of powder and cleansing cream round the in- side of the neck, Good dressing- gowns are not always so easy to wash and Iron as all that, and It is not everybody who has more than one to be going on with. But the chiffon coat is washed out in a hand basin and ironed in "a few minutes. Be- sides, it does not show marks nearly so readily nor so pleasantly as silk, especially if the marks are groszy.
AND EVENING MODES
Victorian Sprays - Striped Taffetas Josephine Colours
Day-time, modes are neat and trim and the afternoon and evering models more and more daintily femting.
Taffeta, plam, striped or spot- ted, is more than ever in request for formal frocks. There are several sorts to taffeta. The quali- tics responsible for the more dis- tinctive creations are either thick, ard beautifully stiff, or very Ane and supple. Possibly the greatest success is attained by the narrow- striped taffetas reminiscent of the Josephine period Colours of that date are favoured. There is green
and white. yellow and .brown, red and grey, black and white, and blue and lac. Some- times three or four coloured stripes are employed on a creamy ground.
Then there is the dark or light spotted tablets in a small flower-- ed design so thick it "stards alone." If the plain surface is favoured there is a great fancy to face and line the silk with a con- trasting colour. This is yet an- other eighteenth century whim! Asti polonaise, of dark blue taffeta opens over a petticoat of pale lilac
The corsage, tightly atted, has a tabbed basque and falling away bell-sleeves which are lined and faced with the inc. It is a pretty old-world style The striped variety is used i many frocks with full ballon-like sleeves and the front apron drapery pulled back in 1880 fas-
The other use of the chiren coat is to wear in bed over a thin nightgown when the nights are cold, or if the wearer - is cold in bed, yet susceptible to does not care for warm or high. necked or long-sleeved night-hion to form a sort of bustle. gowns in winter time. With Its sleeves to the wrist and its neck - high at the back and sides, the chiffon bed-wrap is becoming and dainty-far more so than any additional garment of wool, however fine, and it is as warm It keeps of that distressing draught that has a way of cresp- log in at the back of one's shoulders." In fact if you car have a couple of chition costa, one for day and one for right wear, so much the happier and well-equipped you will be
A redingote style in a black slik has a tiny embroidered pink and sleeves are lined pink crêpe... a black rosebud design. Long open fichu of the same stuff and "bunched” taffeta back draperies form a bustle bow at the top, and long sash-ends on the train,
No directions as to the cutting and making need be given, ex- copt that such
cost
longer and looks better wit
in sleeves than with the fagyar sleeve
At the moment sleeves are im-" portant, and largely decide vises of a formal trock. A plain fabric such as crepe or satin with long- fitting or small leg-of-mutton sleeves looks well at cinemar theatre
loose bell-shape is
zner, and a tiny: good for
tair effective for top
be reserved for the young and sling.
Every one seemed of the opinion that the firmer silks, sating and stiffered laces and nets looked best on the débutantén at the recent Courts. The more feminine trend is doubtless better for im mature charm and the pictures- que elment is in keeping with ceremonial tradition.
very helpful Mowers are a fashion for youth and aid many colour schemes The flower-and- feather fashion reaches Its height in June. Taffeta and muslins are at their best with flowers as a rule, though the highly decorated and patterned fabrics are not su well suited to either the real or "artificial blossoms as is a back- ground of self-coloured silk or
organdi, Apple-green taffeta with a cluster of white flowers, and a white hat, or pale yellow Crêpe organdi or silk with love-in-the- mist and pale pink poppies can be very lovely Ways with Bowers are never-ending this year...
Even the strictly tailored suita. take the cambric flower to cor- respond with the lingerie bow. The lilac spray with the Vic- torian addition of maidenhair or sullar is charming on black or white chinon. Some new printed tafetas with a large design have finishes at waist or corsage in the förm of a bunch of flowers that repeat the design. I saw a very unusual frock in white crepe with a design in pink and green water- lilles There were three large lilles of the colours and their leaves finishing the low-décollet- age of this fabric.
Charming as the flower vogue can be, there are many older wo- men who are foolish to attempt to wear staple blossoms Camel Has and orchids may be successful on ultra-formal occasions, or one, stift bicsson for the tailored suit but the ordinary woman, unless yourg, must not be misled by the simplicity of the Coral fashion as a personal adornment.
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STARS' FASHION
Many people wonder how the Faramount players particularly the younger ones, dress when they are off the screen. And the "star lets are right there with the an-
swer.
Gertrude Michael, featured in "Father. Brown-Detective," wears he ideal sports costume. A two- piece sheer wool frock of beige striped widely in brown.
Wendy Barrie, the young English actress whose first Paramount him Is "College Scandal,” shows a de- Unite leaning towards the smart habit of wearing a orie-plece light- weight woollen outfit.
"MAE'S HOSTESS GOWN
stess gown of black chiron was selected by Mae West. the costumes for her new nim, "Goin' TO TOWDE
The gown is form fitting with a ing V-neck, and has a short, ceful train
teresting features are
sineves which are
to the elbow and bell-shap
the
The wide collar and folded cum are of heavy cream coloured, satin
FABRI
PARADE
Gat Patrick, appearing in- "Mississippi" chooses a brown and white print, while Ann Sheridan, featured in "Behold My Wife," be comes practical and plans her Informal wardrobe round a light. weight tweed sult,
Katherine DeMille, who appears in "The Crusades, seconds Wendy Barrie's notion and picks a street. trock of wool while Grace Bradles. who will be seen
Stolen Harmony," dons one of Hollywood's most practical outfits--a light beige dress-maker suit of gabardine. Brown linen reveres and brown accessories solve the rest of Grace's problema
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