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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1921.
OVER-THE-WAISTLINE
BLOUSES
Blouse of White Ward Satin Embroidered in Burnt Oranbe
Modes
of the Moment.
Not all the new blouses have guiltless of collars.
One may kimono sleeves, but the loose, follow one's own choice in this alipon effect is retained even matter and suit one's own type when sleeves are set in regulation of throat. Usually the more armholes, Women have found years, the more collar is a good there loose, easy-to-get-into blou-rule. Only a young. flawless 908 80 BRtisfactory that they neck can stand a perfectly plain refuse to return to the more for-decolletage in a blouse, A crepe- mal style, with fastening down de chine model pictured has a the center front and a waistline stashed and sailor collar effect. to be adjusted with infinite nicoty the straight, small collar being under the skirt belt. Such b'ousewed (by hematitching) straight! ses are all very well for special across the top of the blouse and occasions when one cares to give then turned back with the slashed every detail of the toilette careful fronts of the blouse. The edges attoniin, but for the blouse that of the slash are finished with a is slipped on and off hastily and piping and the slash is hold which must make one presenta-together by a tiny, tailored bow ble in a jiffy if necessity arise, the mado of the braid that trims the loose, siipon model remains the blouse.. favourite,
Blouse Machine
smed White Handker Chief
Ruffled Peplums Add Gerety Eat Simple Bloured
DRYING THE HAIR.
"Let me dry your hair and
do not care who washes it,"
Bairdresser said.
a
Com
iday: Style
LET'S HAVE WOOL IN BALLS.
How much time do the women knitters of the fashionable hand- made wool stocking spend wind- ing yarn into balls.
English women are instigating a campaign designed to compel yarn manufacturers to wind wool into balls instead of skeins. The women figure the hael or toe of a stooking could be turned in the
time it takes to band-wind the
Her drying consists in rinsing yarn which is now universally
well with hot. water- hot mind sold in skeins.
you, never with cold water-and then of a thorough shaking out. Very patiently she lifts and shakea the hair until it is dried through | and through so that each hair los smooth and separate with not a suggestion of stringiness. When the hair is dried it must be venti. lated. and this is done by lifting it from the head and shaking it in the air.
THE NEED OF CHANGE
Women who wear their hair always one way are the ones whose hair needs ventilating
Many of the new blouses are And no blouse can hope to be trimmed with narrow, fancy braid fashionable this season that does of this sort, or with narrow picot not descend over the skirt belt,jedged ribbon. Sometimes velvet The pictured Very large figures do not look ribbon is used. well-or trim-in tunic bleuses blouse is of pearl gray crepe de tha flare over the skirs at the chine with braid in mauve and The gay little peplume; hip, o ma ter how trimly the silver. waistline 36 sashed or betted, but which add so much style to the there are plenty of over-the-straight, tunic model, are circular waistline blouses to be bad in and ripple without being gathered. neater and more slender effects Many of the spring blouses are of than the sashed-in tunic, and crepe de chine, and pearl gray is
Use adhesive tape or tailor's most. The hairpins come always some of these new styles are pre-a favoured shade. These slipon
mending tisene according to the in the same place, the coil is in sented on today's page.
models are so easy to make andj
weight of the material of which the same place, and the poor scalp is irritated by this unchanging so delightfully easy to get intof
Umbrella tops usually slit on the top is inade. Open the um- that every woman may have
blouses of the season are of shear the folds long before the frame brella wide enough to work easily treatment. There are women who three or four in becoming tints, handkerchief linen, or linen lawn
cannot change their style of hair- Recovering is rather but do not stretch. Adjust the dressing without suffering from a blouse now is that it shall give a for wear indoors with separate as it is sometimes called, and long-waistec figure effect. The skirts. If the front of the blouse these models are exquisitely trim-expensive, but the life of an um- tape or tissue to the under side, headache. The scalp becomes]
SASHES TIED LOW
The first requirement of
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SHEER LINEN FOR DISTINGUISHED BLOUSES
Some of the most beautiful i
wears out.
NOTIONS.
brella top can be prolonged 50 pulling the edges of the slit chunky short waisted figure is is not slashed, an opening may be med with encrustations of filet or
evenly together. entirely out of style and if one's made at one shoulder and fasten-Irish lace and are set together per cent by home mending.
A few with band stitchery, or with waistline is not naturally low ited with invisible snaps. must be made to look so by of the new blouses button down hemstitching. There are slipon loosening the corset and tying the the back, but the shoulder open-models, and models that fasten at sash low on the hips. This effecting is so convenient, and so easy the front or at one side and have is illustrated in the blouse af to adjust one's self that most wo- white Georgitte embroidered with men prefer it.
silk dots: the sasb is dropped so- veral inches below the waistline! and below the belt of the skirt, giving the figure that flat, youth- ful, long-waisted suggestion that
MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR.
TRIMMING
collars and graceful jabots edged with the lace. But in most in-: sta ces the blouse continues be low the skirt even when the skirt beit is placed over it; and some Swiss embroideries are coming eort of fanciful belt or sashı out in the loveliest new patterns, elongates the waistline. Sushes is now considered so desirable. some of them showing softly of Roman stripe faille ribbon, tied You can see for yourself that blended colours; and Swiss made at one side in a short-looped, with a blouse of this type-it blouses are very fashionable. One short-anded bow are liked with makes absolutely no difference of these blouses in organdy, and tub blouses, or one may havo a how loose the corset is worn. In cut on loogo middy lines is sash of double-faced satin fact, the looser the better, for the pictured. Machine embroidery ribbon with a contrasting colour flat, uncurved effect of the figure. in glowing c lours is appliqued to on the reverse side. The high- This blouse is cut in the kimo-the front; under the slashed edges waisted skirt coming up over are facings which turu back with the blouse and bisecting the figure
no fashion and the sash is merely the sailer collar, and in a square slightly below the bust line is a deep hemstitched hem with pro-atif which has no reason what absolutely out of fashion. Either jecting ends that tie loosely at one ever for being except Fashion's the blouse must fall over the side. Everything depends on the whim. The blouse is tucked skirt, or a sash, tied fow and location of this sash (or hem), and at either side of the front and loosely must give the long- if a ready-made blouse is not ex-la deep yoke runs across, pro-waisted effect. Nothing was so actly right for your particular jecting down at the centre to ugly-on most figures-as the proportions have the sash lifted meet the embroidery motif. No raised skirt belt which made even or lowered to meet your require-hemstitching on this modelit the slim woman look chunky and mente.
Elsewhere, there is no seems to have been avoided on which was cruel to mature figure particular fit to the blouse; it falls
purpose. The seams are double-lines, and every woman should be loosely and easily from the shoul- turned and stitched flatly and the thankful that the style has gone der. The sleeves have miniature yoke is outlined with feather-out Bashes, or hems, like the edge of
the blouse and all the dangling
ends
stitebing.
SPORT BLOUSES DAINTY AS OTHER SORTS
are finished with silk Another new lingerie blouse- tassels-henna coloured to match or tub blouse as all models not the embroidered dots on the made of silk are called-is ma- If you like mannish shirts you blouse, The collar imitates the chine embroidered in chainstitch, may wear them; soft silk or linen effect of sash and aloo've trimming and hand embroidered motifs shirts with link cuffs and negligee and is made of two straight, have been added on vest and collars turned over a trim four-in- folded strips of Georgette 'sowed peplum. The front is slashed out hand tie. But more feminine to the rounded neckline. at the in a V that extends below the blouses of the s'ipon type are right back tho collar divides and Bash, & long, narrow vest filing permissible for sport wear this has button trimmed and tussoled in the space and giving a square season. Two dainty models are corners like those at the left front. neckline. Groups of pintecke run pictured. One is a simple little of white wash satin Some space has been given to the down from each shoulder to affair description of this collar for it is brak a too plain effect across the embroidered around the slashed especially smart and not difficult front. The neckline is absolutely neckline and slas' ed sleeve with plain but one guesses a string of burnt orange. The other is a to copy if one knows how.
boads in bright colour worn with stunning novelty silk blouse per- WITH OR WITHOUT COLLARS. this blouse. The sash is made of fectly plain as to neck and Some of the now blouses have rather narrow ribbon and has sleeves and drawn in at a low turned down collars of one sort or twin ende, with loops falling at waistline under a flat belt laged
at either sido. another, and some are quite either side of the waistiluo.
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES THAT. SAVE WORK.
Warm days are here-melancholy days for the mother who tries to keep a sturdy youngster of three or four in clean clothes. The little ten piece suit above is easy to lay nder and susy fo make.
For a stroll on a bright afternoon dotted swiss puslin is quile the thing.
It is quite fetching if trimmed in blue ribbon, Irish crochet lace, with a hat to match.
sore on making the change. This means that the hair is being dressed too tightly and that the roots are being badly treated. The head should never feel irrita- ted, no matter how often the style of hairdressing is changed.
FASHION NOTES.
GIRL'S DRE89, IN
CONTRASTS,
The dress illustrated uttrucks by its naïve, combination of con- trusting materials-finely check-
For a young and vivacious face there is no prettier setting than the wide hat which is trim med with softest lace, which hange an inch or two below the ed tissue gingham in rose pink brim in front and at the same and organdy in lemon colour. time passed on the under brim | Narrow ruffles: serve as an in- from ear to ear, daintily outlining
the chin in the same way as the teresting decorating motif und austere headdress of a nun does. add a touch of daintiness.
Narrow ribbon and twisted silk worked crosswise, lattice fashion,
FASHION NOTES.
is a very popular trimming on advance spring models. Blouses and frocks have lattice insets; The newest wristlet watch is a boudoir caps and jackets are queer affair, for it hides itself:so similarly ornamented; while a effactually from view that it is child's frock was charmingly necessary to take the bracelet effective in pink crepe de chine which holds it off the arm before The with about two inches of open one can tell the time. lattice work round the bottom of flexible bracelet, of pearls and the skirt.
precious stones, has for decoration an oblong plaque also thickly an
rusted with jewels, and on the underside of this plaque next to
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the arm is the watch.
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A very charming and simple hair ornament for a young girl Can be worn as follows:-
A sapphire blue satin ribbon, about 2 inches wide,
Have you come acrces those". worn low down on the forehead charming little evening vanity. and tied at the back in a flyaway cases which are no more than how in which loops of hair two inches Borore, and which appear to be twisted, though it swing on a long velvet loop from would look equally well tied just the wearer's arm? They are to a simple butterfly bow.
just small round purses, covered The ribbon embroidered in completely on one side with » the centre with stoel beads and flower, either coloured or of silver thread, and small silver golden or silver tissue, and on orescents fixee it to the hair just the other by a mirror framed behind each ear. The idea would with velvet ribbon. Some girls be very charming for the adorn-attach them by a short longth of ment of a bobbed head,
ribbon to the fan.