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WEDNESDAY THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SEPTEMBER
1990.
CAPTIVATING DANCE
FROCKS
Adorable an
the Qusini Empire Trocke
Modes of the Moment.
A Youthful Model with Flowers Insieså o?s Sash Bow
decolletage
shoulders. The Joseph dance frock bas no sleeves but the bodice comes up over the shoulder and has a modest square decol- latage. And tba neckline of the black tulle frock is decidedly high.
Only a slim young girl could wear the lovely little Empire frock pictured, this adorable frock which is made of pleased white chiffon embroidered with tiny white beads. Between these are bead-embroidered panels and pleated
panels of filmy lace. The bolero of latticed white ribbon overlaps a white satin sash on which is a quaint cameo oma- ment.
There seems to be diminu: The Square fon of the favour for black severe shoulder line, with perfect evening gowny. A modern absence of sleeve are very smart dance gown of black silt indeed, and the gorgeous sash net makes a black tulle coodel of sets of the whole with amazing ten or dozen years ago seen effect. actually heavy by comparison. In those days tolle dance frocks were made up over. linings of
SOFT FABRICS SOFTLY USED.
Chiffon and lace play their black satin: now the foundation part in the new dance frocks. frock is of several layers of Back There are a few models of silk net or chiffen, and the foundation or satin, but the majority are of bodice is merely a strip of black | Biry materials. The exceptions Satin supported by shoulder are frilly dance dresses of abim- virid straps. The black dance frockmering chiffon taffeta in pictured is a example of the coluar like sanse! yellow. modern airy type. The shirred apricot, water gelon pink and so silk net bodice, hip-flounces and on. skirt draperies weigh elmost
nothing. The foundation skirt is
The average girl looks at her
nade of black met over blackest in one of the lovely, soft chiffon. The only solid bit of dance frocks of chition, silk net material is in the bodice lining a strip of black satin supported by straps of flesh tinted tulle.
or lact. Two enchanting models of this type are pictured." One carries the bunchy bar modish sash referred to above: the other
A little weight is given this bit is a delectably feminine-little if black thistledown by jet fringe frock and ornaments on the skirt and soit hy a band of jet bead trimming frock at neckline,
NEW SASH IDEAS...
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of face frills. So
this and piry is
lace that even
plain women could hardly fail to be fascinating in it. Over a found- ation of the sheer lace is draped a surplice bodice of cream silk, This black net dance frock bas net. The sleeves are of this pst. most interesting sash. There with wide draped ruffles of the is an all-round girdle of folded lace. The skirt has cascade- black tolle sad the strip of rose flounces of lace over a pleated pink ribbon at the back..ends under the flower clusters. White and draped tunic of net and ! underneath is a foundation skirt 1 camellias, mauve poppies and pinkish gold leaves form the flow. of black satin which makes the upper part of the frock all the
er clusters rather an expensive softer and more airy by contrast. sashbow but very effective. The sash is of black velvet ribbon Two other very interesting with a bow at the back; and a sashes are pictured on to-day's long loop making a panel at the page. One is a wash of tulle with front. Above this panel is a cluster a bunchy bow lifted high at the of roses in shades of tearose and back-vary smart indeed. And mave. The other frock is of the other is a sash of ribbon with figured georgette showing white ends that form a short train, and grey printings on a pale below the edge of the skirt, lavender ground. The sash is of Double faced ribbon was used even paler lavander chiffon and the delicate lavender tints are set ода for this sash and when calculates the yards necessary to off by the under bodice and skirt make the long ends and the five of white taffeta, which are reveal- or six long loops, one gets aned at the sides of the costume. idea that this sash, also, forms All the frocks described so far a substantial item of expense in show a pronounced improvement the costume. -
in the matter of decolletage "over The dance frock which the last year's models. Daring effects long, trailing ribbon sash adorns are not as popular as they were, is a particularly distinguished especially on very young women frock by Joseph. Its lines are and the new, evening gowns-are rarely beautiful and graceful, the much more attractive with their Buzplice bodies appearing to cod soft draperies than were the drapery of severe-of-line, bare-shouldered,
ball-nude styles of a few sessons zgő The lavender printed Gear 10 Soot shown kan__very modest
ASemi- Eveniro Trock of Printed Georgette with Frilled Net Sleeves
TWO DAINTY FROCKS.
Above are shown two pretty lace frocks. One is entirely of
lace, a hooped tunic dropping tiny clusters of orange Rowers over a lace petticial and the lary, shart-sleeved bodice attached to the
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skirt with a solid belt of flowers. Then there is finally a lace hat with its wired brim turned up flat in front and a single cluster of orange flowers pinned to the point thus moda.
The second frock, is a yellow organdie lavishly trimmed with
bands off
Lace and Resied
Net Over Black Satin Make un Evening Prock that is Pradical yet Formal Enough
ON MATCHING COLOURS.
SOME DIFFICULTIES.
Blue is the most deceitfulj colour to match. All ebades give a good deal of trouble, but the most dificult is the regulation "medium blue. "The blue becomes
almost a purple in artificial light. all shades of blue become more purple in tone when they are shown under any light except that of mid-day.
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Violet is nearly as difficult to match as blue. A riolet that is cool-toned indaylight shows wATID red tones at night. Red will appear
yellow under artificial light, and so will green. Grey is a satisfactory colour to choose for an evening gown. for; unless it has a yellow tinge it will not change colour under artificial light.
Any woman who has ever worn a black dress or costume knows
bow difficult black is to match
No black silk is really black. A
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Frocks with these
Big Sashes are Wonderfully Smart
LITTLE FOLKS' CORNER
ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS: XL
"Who comes next? asked Nancy, tying on her apron. She and Nick had returned to Scrub-Up Land, as they had finished their errand in the Land-Where-Spring-Was-Coming.
Rubadub, the fairyman, nodded toward the earner where there was a great snoring behind the door. "Phil Frog's next," he said meaningly. "See if you can get him awake."
The twins tiptoed over to where Phil lay, with his head o0 & little pillow, and yelled "Boo" at him.
Phil smiled broadly in bis sleep, and marmured drowsily. That's lovely, Miss Pollywog! Simply lovely! Would you mind singing that last note again?"
The twins were much astonished at such an answer, but Phil was 2000 5ooring again.
Nick gave him a little poke--no, it was a good-sized poke-and shouted, Wake up! Hey! Wake up, you!"
[KUR. MIEGAMG/
Is it really Ry-lime?" he lamed. "Good old fly-time !"
But Phil only smiled again more sweetly than ever, and said, Adorable creature! How I love the touch of your soft band?"
"Well, I never !" said Rubadub, arriving on the scene "Singing piece of silk may seem black to pollywogs! Adorable creatures! Humph! Mr. Frog must have the casual observer, and it may be been eating cheese and pie before he went to bed, to make him called black. but it is not dream like that. Wait! I bet I can wake him up, and I wo really black, at all. Its throw cold water on him either." And going quite close to Philip's dark brown, or dark blue, or dark ear he yelled," Flies! Flies!" as loud as he could.
That got him Up he sat, blinking hard and smacking his lips fred. Matching black good-;
expectantly.
therefore, is difficult, because ons
must be able to tell whether the
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"Is it really fly-time?" he beamed. "Good old By-time! My
You see, I've been black has more of browa, red, or haven't seen a fly since papers were a penny.
blue in it and match it to a piece down under the pond all the winter, and I came here to getcleaned up of black goods containing the before going to the Land-Where-Spring-Is-Coming, I must bara
fallen asleep again.".. same colour value.
"You did," said Rubadub. And you're sa shabby as so
Nor is there any such thing asjaboo." pure white silk. There are three colours of so-called white silk; oyster, which is sometimes called pure white, though it has a slight blue tinge, ivory, which has & tinge of pale yellow; and cream,
To be continued next Wednesday.)
WIRED VEILS,
MUSLIT frock
The Teil, an important item of musli
in which the yellow tode can be the fashionable woman's wani- soft plainly seen,
robe, shows many smart Variz-
Soft silks are assier to watch tions. At present, Paris la stand-
that in colour than stiff silks. Colouring sponsor for the varies with foxture. A foin plece Hightly wized
the face
stand away from
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