PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
1.
this tailored
suit features
a short jacket fitted snugly at the hip and concluding in a curving flare
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MAY 3rd, 1930.
Fashion's Newest
Curves
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costumes from Germaine Monteil
BE yellow flowered taffeta is com- bined with soft yellow chiffon in a glamorous evening ensemble
IV.
black and white are used in two combinations in
this spring suit with a. reversible. informal jacket appropriate for city or country
y.
a splashy pat-
ter of vivid red and
green
'makes this charming gown for format aft- ernoon or eve-
ning wear
detachable
the
cape
may be
added and sub. tracted as the wearer chooses
11. a detachable capelet with a circular ruffle and full
skirt with a train lend distinction to
this pale blue printed chiffon
designed for evening
They are not found in the figure,
but in the long, svelte lines of
ensembles with an ideal of grace n
VERY sinart woman senses a less arbitrary
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and tyrannical note in the gowns for spring and summer, but there is one unwritten law that dominates everything, and that is, "Your garments must show grace."
You must achieve graceful lines, and wear 'your clothes with ease as well as distinction, no matter whether you are actually, sfender or not. The lines of your gowns are to be long and flowing.
Do not be too deceived by the word "curve." and get the idea that it has anything to do with flesh. It has not. The curves of this season are not those of Rubens or the old masters who painted such generous, fleshy women. They are swelle curves, are achieved by low-placed fulness. pincess lines, artful ruffles, and such.
BUT the 1930 styles are extremely wearable. In materials, you will naturally find silks and cliftons leading, with light wools and knitted fabrics for early spring and for sport wear.
Contrasts are stressed in the bright prints and in the use of printed and plain fabrics, or the application of bright bindings on dull colors, or touches of gay embroidery.
Eve-
The jacket theme is the insistent note. ning dresses of cliffon and silk have their accom panying wispy capes or short jackets that merely add a cape or sleeves and have a decorative rather than a utilitarian value.
Afternoon frocks of printed silk have their jackets. usually of the print, and lined with a plain color emphasized in the decorated fabric. Often the jacket is reversible so that it may he worn with the plain or printed side to the fore.
IT is interesting to notice that the fulness is achieved low, usually somewhere just above the knees, so that the slender swathed hipline may be clearly defined.
In colors there is the usual preference for black and white, but coral pink and turquoise blue are in evidence, as is chartreuse and all the family ci yellows.
The skirt length of the day costume is well below the knees, rarely more than 13 inches from the floor, except for very formal attire and usually about 11 inches. There is a tendency- to allow more brevity to sports frocks, and they mige from 12 to 15 inches.
In passing, it is well to mention that the white
of this season is not the pure-white of the pearl, but what used to be called off-white, and which Paris now calls, with naive honesty, dirty-white. This is infinitely more becoming, and easier to wear than the dazzling white which offered such a contrast to the skin, and to one's surroundings. Illustrated today are some of the smartest and most authentic of the spring styles, all of which illustrate important innovations, particularly em- phasizing the jacket.
I. BLACK with a fine white dot serves as the
basis for this suit which is as tailored and
as smart as one may be this season. The shart jacket is closely fitted at the hips and the flared skirt does not release its fulness until the slender line is well defined. The blouse. sleeveless, is of white crepe de chine, with a large bow tie.
II. THIS pale blue printed chiffon for ext- ning features a detachable capelet which has a circular ruffle, and ties in front. The full skirt has a slight train.
III. YELLOW flowered taffeta and yellow chiffon are combined in this glamorous evening ensemble. It combines low cut, sleeveless dress and a short coat with a bow of yellow taffeta at the back.
IV. THIS smart jacket suit in silk, appropri
ate for city or country, chooses black and white in two materials, one white dots on black, and the other black dots on white. The informal jacket is reversible. The frock features a belt at the natural waistline, a circular skirt, and a front of contrasting material.
V. WHITE crepe with a splashy pattern of red and green makes this charming frock
for formal allernoon and evening wear. The cape is detachable and may be added or sub- tracted at will.
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VI A TINY patterned print in red and white fashions this striking silk ensemble. The frock, belted at the waistline, has a novel half and half collar, featuring plain red and white crepe. Novel effects are achieved at the sleeves and the skirt by the skillful applications of circular ruffles. The jacket is a three- quarter length lined with plain red crane,
VI. a tiny patterned print in red and
fashions this silk ensemb waistline, novel half-and graceful, circular ruffl