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this short jacket. ed, russet còl-. ored suit of French tweed by Mary Walls is worn with one of her own brown velour hats and brown slippers. from Delman.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SEPTEMBER 6th, 1980.
Rich Fall Fabrics
New Long Lines
Everything from stark simplicity to tricky intricacy is found in these first fashions for autumn
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IV. for the cloth frock, Mary Walls presents
this salt and pepper wool etamine which
has a-bolero...
Delman designs the
one-strap black slippers.
1. green and gold opera pumps by Delman
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crease the charm of Patou's green "tissue evening gown, ported by Mary Walls.
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V. a tan home-
spun suit and brown velour" hat by Mary Walls and brown shoes by Delman compose, this fall ensemble.
11. Molyneux chooses feather trimming for this hyacinth blue chiffon tea gown which is made with a flounced over- blouse and long sleeves.
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HE secret of chic this autumn lies in your understand- ing the companionate union formed by rich fabrics and the new lines.
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Don't plunge into frills and furbelows, the way a duck takes to water. Perhaps you don't wear tunics, ruffles, tiers and scallops well. Look about you. Realize that restraint. and suitability are two apt helpers in this business of achiev ing perfect dressing.
Intricacy of detail is on every hand. But some of the smartest things still have classic simplicity. If you are a stunning, trig person, one who earns her own living and knows the value of being well groomed as an asset to effi ciency, look up this type of costume. The less there is on a dress, the less there is to get out of gear.
FOLLOW natural lines. when you can. The gently curved silhouette is the gracious one. Have your things long, that is an important new feature.
Just above and just below your waistline are points of fashion interest. Boleros, peplums and yoked effects take care of this matter on many of your new things.
Fabrics are rich and luxurious for autumn. Conts have multitudinous expression in everything from tweeds to deep pile, dull-surfaced material not unlike a combination of duvetyn and camel hair.
You should choose deep colors unless you are planning an extravagant wardrobe that can include many off-tones of thus or that that no one else will have. There is much con- trast to tempt your taste, dark frocks with light tops, light coats with dark trimmings.
You can have a fall suit and suit your fancy in getting it. too. The longer jacket is prefered or you may, have a "real seven-eighthe coat, with a frock or with a skirt and
blouses under it.
I FOR you, if you are a little more mature, if you occupy a portion of dignity in your work, there is a short-jack- eted suit of French tweed that is the color that many leaves turn when frost hits them, soft rust red. It has much brown in its tone, uses brown buttons to fasten its double-breasted jacket and a brown velour hat,
Note the longer skirt and the slightly longer jacket. The skirt has a pancled front and back, with pleats at either side.
a new way to get fullness. It has its own belt and its inn
shirt of fine silk broadcloth tucks into the skirt.
With this suit a vagabondish velour bat, with simple banding, and a pair of modish two-eyelet oxforde in brown suede, with calf trim, are good accessories.
II. YOU may still prefer tailored perfection for your office or your school and yet like to be 100 per cent feminine
in the attire for your leisure, lounging momenti.
You are right in style if you do. Many women still prefer the tea gown to the pajama suit. Here is a beauty, a hya- cinth blue chiffon which has a flounced overblouse, worn over a princess slip finished off with a deep circular flounce of the chiffon.
It has bow ties in the front and the wide, long sleeves are trimmed with feathers, in a shade deeper than the hyacinth blue of the chiffon.
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III. FOR evening this autumn, shimmering, richly bro caded and metallic striped materials make the love liest gowns.
Quite the tone and color of summer moonlight on water is a green tissue evening gown, almost silver in its soft color. that has an entirely new cut. The material is threaded with gold. There is a definite flounce, deep, from the hips down, with a squarish train in the back. The bodice is cut rather formally low, and has a pointed back treatment that looks like a low bolero. The front is simple, with a rather round decolletage. There is a little belt under the back and extend- ing across the front.
For this evening gown. a pair of gold and green opera pumps, with gold bandings and rhinestone buckles, is made of the new pompadour brocade. The color richness and the material both are perfect for this, type of gown.
IV. THE cloth frock is one of the outstanding fall high- lights of style. Even before you don your suit, you will need a cloth dress. You can have just about any kind you want, any color, any material, made with or without fur, with or without lingerie touches.
Among the newer ones, the bolero effect is excellent It is especially good for you, if you are a little person, and if you are young. For it has a youthful character to it
New and smart is a salt and pepper wool etamine frock. It follows the body lines, adda a bolero and takes on chic by the addition of silk pique collar and cuffs. It is eminently practical for office, wear, school or the street. The kind of utility frock that is admirable because it has grace and "beauty. One-strap shoes are fitting accessories,
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IF you are young and pretty, don't get too elaborato a suit. Stick to a richly simple one, one in good color,
one that shows up your youth and freshness and does not
in itself catch the eye the minute you see it.
Such a one is a tan tweed, a charming suit for the first frosty days. It is homespun. with the border of the material used for trimming. The skirt has a yoke, and a gored por tion below the yoke which has pleats both front and back, to give plenty of easy width for walking.
There is a crepe blouse, in a soft green, à tone that has a rich creamy cast to it that blends with the homespun suit and at the same time contrasts nicely. It has much handwork on it. fine tucks and fagoting. Collar and cuffs have jabots.
The coat to this suit can be belted snugly, with the bodica portion bloused, or if you are slender and well formed, you can just fasten the belt easily and have a more sportsy model of it. The pockets and the collar have suggestions of trim in the way of stripes and bowknots of the material's border,