Maizees
Have pleasure
in
Announcing the
opening of their
New Shop
at
Alexandra Building, Hong Kong
Monday, Dec. 23rd, 1935,
Just received another shipment
of
Very Smart Evening Gowns and Afternoon Dresses
RIVELLE
6, Gloucester : Arcade,
Tel. 33186.
A Box of GORDON'S SILK HOSIERY
•
On Christmas morning would be a most welcomed
Gift.
GORDON'S LTD.
OPEN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
nies
Give Her a
Warm Gift for Christmas!
See our big assortment
of
Dressing Gowns
and
Fine Woollen Underwear
*for
Day and Evening Wear
LADIES' DEPT.
Lane, Crawford. Ltd.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY DECEMBER 20, 1935.
Fashion
CLOSE FIT
The Half-Season
Paris.
PRE VIEW
If tightness is a virtue, virtue is not always a grace. For yearą there have been attempts są tą bell down the buman form that scarcely bones, remained. Now that the limlis are reached, clothes themselves are being made tight by every mesa at the disposal of the designen. It is true that they, do not necessarily feel tight To that end the bias cut has been invented, which yields to the figure and enables whole dresses to it as do trousers. The bronze satin dress by Patou is a successful example of the bias cut. Also the world is full of woven or knitted or elastic mate- rials which mould triemselves" to the figure as were they, its own skir.. Thus, in the absence of much supplementary clothes, the Lkin-tight efect is produced. Fin- ally, there are stil little decep- tlons of the eye Shoulders may be broad and they carry much of the burden of being thin, Broad shoulders make slim, hips, even as broad trousers make
small feet. And big sleeves also de- fract from any super-abundance of trunk Thus everybody is abnormally thin even, white re- maining more or less normat actuality
1
Dow
DIS-
Thinness makes for a number of plain woollen dresses, the majority of which are in black with touches of bright colour. while the "rest are themselves rather gay. Many are simply a broad-shouldered envelope, ually with close-atting sleeves. Any decoration is superimposed; it does not Me in the tut. Thus perfectly platea-length wool dress almost invariably has striking belt and something showy at the neck. In the latte case this usually consists of a
or a jewel
casp and, sometimes of both. The clasp belt may match that of the though the latter often assumes exaggerated size. The clasp OF the cross at the neck may be focus of a large butterfly bow. This is made by pleating a piece of material, gripping it in the middle with a jewel, and pin- the ning one corner up to. shoulders and the other down to the Walat. Some jewels merely Httle bright cockades. srip Where the neck of the wool dress La at all open, bright scarves are introduced, and these also may be fastened with a pin or jewel.
TUNICS
a sweater with a striking belt,. while there is one still shorter which most exactly like s man's Tudor blouse. That is tó say, it has a little ruft round the neck and wrists, long tight sleeves, and a belt. Also it but, tons down the front with a small basque, Bascuas are often in distinguishable from the lower part of a tune. The only thing. is that with a Hght skirt the
AROUND THE SHOPS
LANE CRAWFORD
Your problem of Christmas gifts can be easily Lettied if you pay : Lane Crawford's a visit. They have many little knick-knacks thic are quite inexpensive, and for those who want something higher priced there is a large variety to choose from, Among these there is a very useful gift in the form of fine texture. woolen underwear, by such popular makers as Mor- ley, Smedley, Jaeger, and Chle prule. The vests made by Smed- ley are both neat and warm, and they also have them for evening wear in very fine wool texture. These can also be supplied with dainty little panties.
Another very acceptable gift is astik negligee dressing gown, and they also have some very nice warm dressing gowns suitable for the weather we are now having.
MAIZEE
lowever damp the weather, Middlewitch Sale will remain dry- and free-running. Order some to-day and rid yourself of the nuisance of caked salt.
Middlewitch
SALT
With these simple clothes hats are either herets mounted on straight bands, or deerstalkers, or bonnets with rolled brims of felt, valvet, or lame.
Informal Evening Dresses
There are also informal, evening dresses of black and coloured vel- vet; the skirts have a deep "pleat from the waist, sleeves are long and full, and the neckline is high. a green velvetyskirt has a goid lame top: a purple" crêpe dress with long, full sleeves has a big pink coral brooch at the waist. Two formal white'satin dresses are warn with elaborate coiffures of whilte Paradise plumes. Several evening skirts are sit in front.
Jean Patou shows some informal Maizee's we hear are moving 10 larger premises in Alexander and formal afternoon dresses, a Buliding in Des Voeux Road on corts, and some, weli
cut dinner dresses. The formal They are opening up on Monday
afternoon - evening dresses are next, and we wish them all success usually of black crêpe; the skirts are long and tight to the instep;
In their new enterprise..
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KIVELLE
Have received some gorgeous
Have some
the jacket buttons up the front,
Under
evening, and party dresses. Their and has leg-of-mutton sleeves and the 20% discount sale continues until a springy basque.
Jacket may be a light, short sleev Christmas eve.
ed blouse cut to a deep point in the back and high to the throat. Lame embroidered with Rhine- stones is a frequens material "for such blouses. Informal afternoon. dresses, of black ciré satin, with a toque to match, are plain and
MAYO'S
very nice felts to make into new hats for Christ- mas, and we advise those who are in need of a new hat not to close until they have visited this shop.
GORDON'S
Have a very nice range of shoes
well cut, reaching nearly to the back, which is draped with two
o all makes, especially American ankle; the sleeves are full to the loops hanging from the shoulders. and British, and some beautiful elbow, and flowers may be worn at Several dresses have richly colour- chiron hostery nicely packed in the waist, or, if not, there may ed velvet ribbon trimmings, the gift boxes.
Shoes and hostery be a ruffle of coloured velvet at dhonider straps may be of velvet...
neck. Evening dresses are ribbon and extend to the waist; a that would please even the most the fastidious. We advise an early slim, long, or of ankle-length, and ribbon belt may go three times of heavy silk crêpe. A plain black round and be tied to a big bow dress is wem with two yellow and ends at one side. Another magnolia flowers at the low-cut dress may have soft velvet revers.
isit to avoid disappointment.
broad basques are made to stand out PARIS FASHIONS
Tunics of all-gcrts are muen in vogue. They also have shoulders, and themselves have not a fold or tuck, Some have a small stand-up sqllay, and to this and to the shoulders may be added. a decoration, rather like epauleta. A short tule is ke
with a rather perky, kick,
One feature of the half-season
Is the dress and square-qué coat.
While dress remains cipse-ating Lelong. Bruyere And
Patou
and thin the swagger-coat, whether it be only to the hips. of well beique them, is apt to stick out wide from the narroW મન Not only is the swagger
Lucien Lelong's quiet clothes in- clude hand-knitted coats
and cut wide, but the pack is cat on the round, so that it tas in skirts, with which are put washing falds of considerable size, usually silk blouses buttoned high to the from yoke, but sometimes throat. Belts have coloured glass straight from the neck at the buckles. For the afternoon Lelong back. The military note is still trims black crepe satin with gilt formidable and frogging is wide- buttons, tassels, and chips. Brown ly seen On redingstes in some and gold are frequently combined. dark colour the frogging may take the form of a beige inlay, shaped like frogging, but not actually braid. Stand-up, stiff itte" collars adorn many coate und dresses and these may have some gold upon them rather like a number or a letter, while *epaulets are constantly seen... and with all the profusion of those of a generalissimo. Close atting bodices of dresses in some dark stuff may have three lines or red braid down them lending
them
willtary appearance. With these coats and dresses go forage caps or hate with peaks.
Rose And Silver
Bonywood is admiring Wendy Harrie's festive evening frock, which she wears in "MILITONS IN THE AIR
Carried out in stiff tafets this model has the atest et low mo- ́dern sweeping skirtą na
The highlight of her frock are the sting of rhinestones ne the necking and the treble string at the wai
Skirts are slim and reasonably short. On black formal afternoon dresses, with long skirts and sleeves, the only trimming may be a row of coloured buttons closely set in a aisnt down one side of the bodice. Long slik fringe also trims black and brown dresses.
Draped Bodices Among the Bruyère mid-season fashions are back and brown smooth woollen two- and three- piece costumes. With slim skirta and straight, pull-ojer, gathered and draped bodices. with long sleeves, loose or tight, and high' neck lines go elther short jackets or long coats. With black coats and skirts silver lamé bigasen are, buttoned high to the throat, to match are aliver hats with rolled prims and pointed crowns. Trim- ming is sparse. It may be no more than a little coloured bow at the neck, a braided front to a bodice, an edging of blue and white braid to a bow on a dark tilne dress, biz süt buttons down front of a black or brown woollen dress, or a mother-of-pearl brooch, on another. A thick roll of as- trakhan makes a separate collar and is tied with ribbons in, trant
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