PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MARCH 14th," 1931.
First Fashions for Easter
Now is the time for all good women to plan their spring wardrobes, and here begins a series of pages giving you the benefit of free suggestions from the world's foremost fashionists
Mari
grand duchess of Russis, now style advisor to Bergdorf Goodman, New York, creator of all the models shown on this page,
1. any between-season party will be re- mambered through Lont If you wear an intriguing black face gown like this, with pointed ruffles and curved #lip.
LOTHES bing new lite to jaded winter ward- robes with a welcome suggestion of spring-
time.
This is the season when occasional days of warm sunshine arsuse impish desires to skip along the staid city streets, and when vagrant breezes suggest an expedition in search of the brst spring flowers. Everything connected with winter seems a little dreary and pase and noth- ing, surely, is as depressing to a feminine eye as the last sad remnants of the winter wardrobe. The reckless voice of spring counsels us to tuss aside all our winter clothes and dash forth to purchase a whole new troussenu,
But stop Winter has not slunk away for good. Those gay new clothes will often hang mournfully in the closet, and when Easter comes with its full array of new fashions, your daz- zling but premature collection of spring clothes will be deadfully familiar and trite,
This does not mean that you must resign yourself to your fate. Your winter wardrobe can bloom again, with the aid of a few skillful additions that will not take away the zest of Easter shopping. If you select carefully, a few frocks will supply all the glamour of novelty and for the basis of a clever spring wardrobe. BEWARE of anything too extreme: smartly conservative and wearable clothes will be chic both later on and now.
Colou may be gay and springlike, yet blend with heavy coats-black and white or navy blue, for instance, are always appropriate. It is not too 8000 venture a print dress, and the details of neckline and sleeve may be re frealingly new, for Paris promises the greatest variety of fascinating collars, scarves and capes.
Street dresses may reveal the wide sleeve that will be no smart later on, and short sleeves are already considered very chic in Paris, so you may indulge in a short-sleeved silk frock now. and still be reasonable in several months.
Lace or crepe make the transition in eve ning clothes, and an amusing little velvet evening jacket may be as smart and practical now as it will be in late spring, A new and seasonable. note is achieved by combining tool crepe and silk crepe, and a warm but furless coat may be worn right through the reason. A hat that is a little larger or a little facier will do amazing things to one's costume and one's morale.
I. LACE belongs everywhere-at Palin Beach, at winter social alais-yet it in one of the most delightful spring and summer evening fabrics, so naturally we suggest a grace- ful gown of black lace for the between season. This gown shows the becoming lengths to which fashion will go just touching the floor in back, just revealing the slipper in front.
The curved line of the slip is most becom ing, Two pointed ruffles at the hipa pre repeat- ed in a ruffle accenting the pointed decollete in back. The jewelry worn with this gown 'in
1. if you want to welcome Easter in # new style choose a black, collariasS coat, which increases its effectiveness If worn with
a gay printed dress..
of crystal, with small plaques of gold, harmonizing beautifully with the costume.
short- a -frock. II. OVER
sleeved, of course, of green. yellow and black printed silk, is a worn one of the new collarless coats. It is surprisingly warm, although amusing little openwork petala re veal glimpses of the fabric beneath. The frock has a large collar of white silk embroidered in color and litle ruffles at the hip. This coat and dress are charming, with a wool thee hat featuring a tiny brim and black and white feather cockade.
III, A LOOSELY-WOVEN
black and white tweed makes the skirt and bolero of this suit. The selvage is used very cleverly in trimming the jacket and front of the skirt. The broad leather belt shows the new emphasis on elaborate buckles and the draped neckline of the wool blouse is also smart. A motif of black checks ornaments the blouse. This frock could be worn under a coat now and blossom forth in full splendor a little later.
IV. WOOL crepe and silk crepe are smail- ly combined in a frock of Chanel red that will look well under a fur coat on cold days and bloom accw under a spring coat. The silk yake of the blouse, tying in a large bow, meets the other fabric in a deep V, and the motif a repeated in the cutting of the skirt and sizeves. The flaring sleeves will be very popular all through the spring season,... »,
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V. ANOTHER evening gown that is mirac
ulous in its adaptability in of rich white
Ill. to get a full share of attention
in the pro-Easter parade here
is a loosely woven black and white tweed suit.
crepe, cut on simple but striking diagonal lines. It can vary infinitely, according to the acces sories that are worn with it. A tiny black vel- vet jacket with a pert little flare at the waist, and graceful, full sleeves is lined with white taffeta, and interlined for cool spring nights, A necklace of five rows of small pearls with a pendant ornament and two bracelets of exquisite workmanship using pearls together with bril-
·liants lend the finishing touches,
VI. A FROCK of black wool features a
springtime touch in its gay silk scarf
of black and white polka-dots. Modified leg. of mutton sleeves fadden with tiny jeweled but tons and the belt has a matching buckle. The neckline opens into wide revers.
With it i wom a handsome silver fox scarf and a brimmed black felt hat which lend just the proper effect of chic to this delightful costume,
IV. flowers that bloom in the spring can't be more colorful than this wool and silk crepe frock of vibrant red.
VI. there's a breath of returning adventure in the black and white polka dots of the gay silk scarf which is a feature of this black wool dress.
V. and here is a naw touch in a black vel- vet jacket for spring- like evening affairs, worn with a gown of rich white crope.
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