THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
19. SATURDAY, MARCH
1927.
FESTLES
MALTED MILE
FOR THE PLUMP.
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HOW TO REDUCE.
MORE PLAIN STYLE.
JUMPER TO BE LONGER.
To be slim is the ambition of A plainness charactorises every- but medical men thing again. On a first appear- every woman, have been condemning the starva- ance, it would seem that there is tion diet so often adopted by the very little difference between the woman, who considers herself too clothes that we wore the other plump. To refuse the sytem ill-days and those which we shall cient nourishing food is to court wer to-morrow. Chiefly the! disaster, they very rightly say, change, is shown in subtler cholec especially in the event of illness, of materials.
The too plump woman, whatever her age, is generally the woman
The Hitle cbates which has been who does not have sufficient exer. cise. Walking, especially when shown, almost as an after-thought, takes the form of sauntering about with many sults, now proves its looking at shops, cannot be termed importance. A short semi-tailor- exercise for reducing purposes.ed. coat is seen with many new For this special movements must designs. be practised, and practised regus larly, every day.
For the Hips.
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Untrimmed necks are an attrac- tion to many women. They look For reducing the hip measure-smart, they guard the craze for! aneat no exercise is more effective synthetic jewellery; or jewellery than what is known as "touching of some sort, and they are entirely the thes." Stand erect, keep the in nccord with the need for sim- knees rigid, then bend forward plicity. and, with the arms stretched out straight, touch the toes. Rise, still keeping the knees, stiff, and repeat one ilozen times. Those who have not been in the habit of exercising regularly, will find that it is not possible to touch the toes at the start. However, with a tle practice, it will become quite easy.
Jumpers are a good deal longer. this sunson, bordering in some ensay on tunic lines. In contrast there are bloused models which are full to the hips, where they finish in a light band fustened with but;ons.
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Sports coats are made collarless and are quaintly orginal. They! are made with shoulders and sleeves tucked and seamed in, an fashion. Huge
An exercise for reducing a too fat abdomen consists of lying at on the floor and drawing the knees up towards the chest, keeping interesting
new mede.
them close together. Then while sleeves, made to "hang correctly, they are in this position.work the with darte on one side of the feet briskly as if pedalling a cycle. seam, are another variation of this
Golf, and occasional Turkish baths, will be of great help in re- ducing weight, but the simple exercises given above, if practised regularly every morning, or, bet
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We are going to hear a good deal more about the plain stock-
ter still, twice daily, will in a few inette and plaided combination. months make a wonderful reducThere-is-a determined effort to atick to a plain jumper and a par- tion in a dog stout figure.
terned skirt.
VERY CHIC.
Thin attractive little smoking jacket is in black antin, with brboude' trimming,
THE "NAPELACE”.
Scarves are coming in again this spring. In many cases they are employed to decorate plain necklines. Scarves and bags are made to match.
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Checks and plaids continue to be very fashionable, and spotted fabrics are approved. So also are printed materials showing quite tiny flowers as the pattern-
SWEET SANDWICHES.
GINGER FINGERS.
Chop some preserved ginger) very finely, and spread it. with a thin very little of the syrup, on slices of brown or white bread and butter. Remove the crusts and cut! the bread into fingers.
Fruit Sandwiches.
Chop some glace fruits finely, mix them with a little whipped cream, or butter icing, and sprend them on thin slices of bread and butler or stale cake. Cover with! more bread and butter or cake, and sprinkle crushed crystallised violets ar rose petals over the top.
Nut Sandwiches,
Put any kind of nuts through a mincer or nut mill, mix with sieved icing sugar and pound with the white of one or two eggs and some almond or vanilla essence. When Smooth, spread between thin slices At a recent first night at one of plain biscuits
NEW
WAY
OF WEARING PEARLS.
of the Home theatres a pretty Note.The put misture may actress who attracted considerable be flavoured with orange juice.
attention was in a stall, not on
the stage, and the reason people were looking at her was because she had discovered yet another new way of wearing pearls.
ORGINAL TRIFLES.
FOR EVENING WEAR.
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A string of big pearls was fixed rather taully across the back of her neck, across the nape from ear to ear, the ends of the string being
Some of the imitation flowers attached to the ears themselves by shown for evening wear are a foot means of pendant screw earrings.wide, although their shagginess- The "unpelace, as the new piece prevents them from looking that) of jewellery has been christened; Lize. Fabric flowers of these pro- is very effective when its wearer portions drip down the back of has, a fairly long and well-shaped
evening gowns, neck. It looks particularly well below a shaped shingle, but it should be avoided by the girl whose neck tends towards undue skirt had everything to commend plumpness.
Large pearls are most suitable it, especially as the ruffles
now small and outlined with crystal: for the purpose; and the
scemed 10 be method provides a fresh use for but the bertha,
We are warned of a revival of ruffles and berthas.
A picture frock with a ruffled
were
the pink or mauve baroque pearls indescribably old-fashioned.
Two original capes were recently which were in fashion a year or
so ago and which have been lying very much admired at a dress show. One was of gold lame with useless in Milady's jewel-cnse.
Sometimes the earrings are also a beige chiffon capelet edged with of pearle, but sometimes they are fur. The other was of Nile green of contrasting stones, and before chiffon, sad the fullness long it is likely that women will collected in masses of smocking be wearing napalaces of other and stitched gathers on one bide
only'.. stones than pearls.
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WOMAN'S
WORLD
SPRING STYLES FLASH GOLD AND SILVER.
TREND IN EVENING WRAP LEADS TO BRIGHT SHIMMERING CLOTH.
Photographed to-day are three new spring wraps, rich in colour and in perfect accord with the modern spirit. Most simple, but extremely effective, is the 'model of green and gold metal cloth that ashes emerald or sunlight according to the lighting, with a collar of lynx fur, dyed a charming rose shade. By way of Paris, is the coat in tomato red silk crept, heavily brocaded in silver and gold. Over the left shoulder and down the right side are long fascinating tassels of rhinestones and crystal. The flattering collar of ostrich is used on the The ruff is two- third wrap of metal cloth la which are woven silk threads of bois de rose.. toned, the light shade being the same rose to be found in the coat, the other a much darker and more striking shade of red. The cuffs of the sleeves are turned back so that a glimpse
of the lining of rose-coloured georgette crepe may be revealed.
METAL CLOTH, VOGUE OF THE MOMENT.
DIAPHONOUS MATERIALS IN ALL UP-TO-DATE PARISIAN SALONS.
The models picture above are of the new type of evening gown, showing that brocades The simple model with the slightly draped of silver, and gold rule the world of fashion.
The neckline is a. Y both front and back front, is gold and turquoise blue metal cloth,
of the and a straight band of the cloth is drawn about the hips and caught at each sido front with rhinestone buckles. The combination of beads and metal cloth is admirably hand- led in the cloth of gold gown with scalloped tiers of gold beads forming six rows of fringe Lesa rich and heavy in appearance than either of "and a narrow sash with fringed ends.
a-panelled these is the combination of brown chiffon and gold brocade. This frock" has
Insets of chiffon at the sides and front give back and a long sash which ties in front.
the fashionable uneven length so becoming in evening attire..
BLOUSED EFFECTS.
SKIRTS STILL SHORT.
RESTLE
MALTED
1. MILK
DAINTY NEGLIGEES.
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LOVE OF COLOUR.
One of the most important pr
Probably it is because of the noyalties of the season in the standardization of clothes general- bloused corage. This is a wel-
come innovation,, and which, willy, the restraint in line and certainly bring about drastic elimination of detail that megit- changee in matters of dress..
gees and lingerie have blossome]
Again and again, always in the out so marvellously. Women are best show-rooms, we find this new born with a love of beauty and outline repented; and the "bloused colour. Restrict them at one
effect" is applied to coats as well
where else.
as to dresses.. It may be accented Point and they burst out some as a certainty that when bloused bodices begin to be generally popu lar their popularity will increase by leaps and bounds.
Two Colours that Always Plense. The rage for a heavy make of crepe de Chine is on the increase,
"Artiness" in dress is frowned upon today. We have become de mocratie in our ideas.. No woman really wants to look very differens from her friends so far as her day. clothes go. She wants to be per And this supplc material is ideal festly groomed, but aho wants her for frocks of "bloused" order. A hats high when other hata are little while ago it was reported high and her skirts short when that beige had gone out, but it others are abbreviated.
certainly has come in again.
A famous Parisian designer who has a branch establishment at
But in her boudoir she is still
the mistress of, her clothes. If
Cannes states that beige of a the yearns for red velvet pajamas slightly puce tint is going to be and a pink silk skirt-they can be the colour for spring frocks and her's. taflor-mides. Side by side with this artistic shade of beige he places navy blue. So you see, we whall all have something that really pleases us.
Skirts are Not Getting Longer. It is useless to insist that "skirts
Shouldn't be Practical.
A negligee is an expression of comfort, ease and intimacy. It is not "practical" and loses al its charm when it tries to be. It does not have to consider elementa
are getting longer while the Parls or the revealing rays of the sun. dressmakers are making them aa It can be itself. short as ever and while smart girls are insisting on "knee length."
Whether we like or dislike this fashion does not seem to matter coloured georgette with filet lace
mach; it remains with us.
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Every woman should possess a daluty negligee. One of the new-. est ones from Paris is of peach
let in perpendicularly, in parallel
The ultra-short dress does bet-lines, across the front and back. ter with a bloused top that de The lace gives a panel effect that
manda an almost normal waist-
ine than with the frock of yester-makes for slim lines.
day which had the waist-lite down
on
the hips. The ultra-long walst-line made the distance be- tween. belt and akirt-hem seem ridiculously short. In fact, many girls, and nearly all women, look- ed rather like cute little dolls dressed up för a party!
ROSES BY OTHER NAMES.
FASHIONS NEW COLOURS.
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PIRATE BAG.
Colours must always have beön one of the essentials of life, and ancient civilisations did not deny bright and glorious colourings even to their dead. In some climates, of course, white is india- pensable, and in some countries custom prescribes black, even for women, an occasions when a mora of brilliant and decorative use colour might be excused. But, even apart from restrictions of climate or custom, it cannot be
Gülbert and Sullivan's "The many years ago since wonen of all classes had only the primary Pirates of Penzance" probably_in- colours to choose from when they spired this black suede envelope were filling their bottom drawer or bag with a gold dagger fastener. draining their husband's re. The interestingly cut edge of the
flap is piped with gold. sources. In these times, when there are few restrictions either
our
WHEN MAKING LINGERIE.
on our imagination or on ability, to satisfy.It, new and rare colours fill the draper's windows.
comes round.
as gach season
Women's dress is grave or gay,
sombre or piquant as fashion
dictates, and especially at this HINTS FOR THE NEEDLE.
WOMAN. time of year, when last season's remnants-lusty enough offspring
of some merchant's adventure Whipped-on lace and tiny hand- are being slaughtered at the made tucks are two of the delights. "Sales," there is much solemn of dainty lingerie, but they take speculation on the prospects of the considerable time and patience. colours chosen to tempt the The whipping-on of lace may be women of 1927. Will they jump speeded up considerably (though for the delicate rose of "Pom-the expert needlewoman might padour," the "Rubric" blend of deny it was whipping at all) by Burgundy and scarlet, or the laying the lace along about an bright and beautiful red "Picas eight of an inch below the raw so" Grandmamma night have edge of the fabric, and then neatly, turned up her nose at blue, but oversewing it. This stitch auto can her granddaughter resist. It
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under the name of "Larkspur matically rolls the material, and and surely "Caramell" looks and leaves an edge every bit aa neat as the slower method of rolling the thinn brown. adunds BRoster
matorial between Angor and Then there aro "Sedge," an
thumb. almond-tinged jade," "Mist," vague mauve, pale gorge, and Tucking would not take so long "Naples" blue to tempt the subtler but for the cure which must be taste and finally "Cocoa" for the expended to ensure getting the quiet and the rotiring. They tucks even. This is a tip worth cannot all be the rage in a short while. Put a medium-sized needle spring season, but their namca, at in the sewing machine, but no least, are evidence that the textile cotton. Crease the tuck firmly as the machine runs along it. This trades have lost neither their im- will provide a line of holes
of аство agination nor their
perfectly straight, as a line for the beauty.
hand stitching.