PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, APRIL 11th, 1931.
Gupsu Colors in the new Spring Styles with line
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This year, for a change, there is no one red, blue yellow or green favored by fashion, and consequently the smart woman may forget the ensemble idea, and go as far as she pleases in colorful self-expression
1. any party becomes a colorful advon-
ture in this soft tea-rose satin ove- ning gown, whose short sleeves have a distinctly flattering, wide edging of sable-dyed martin.
III. here's a black
crepo bolero frock, with gay. Roman striped silk blouse and a cherry volvot bandeau that has caught the true audacious gypsy spirit.
. a vivid yellow velveteen wrap with a square cape collar flaunts lis daffo- dil gaiety over this crisp black faille taffeta evening gown which features a square decolletage.
HIS spring your can be gay and lovely in the colors you like best. Color is the salient theme of the new clothes. There will be nothing depressing in the spring scene this year where the senart women Is concrmed. Her purse may be light, but her mood will be brave, and site will wear clothes in which all colors and color contrasts give her the opportunity of complete self-expression,
Once upon a time the ensemble was the keynote of the wardrobe. We went alout looking as though we had been dipped from top to toe in paint tubs of Chanel blue, Patou ard on Vionnet beige. The inevitable reaction to this phase ise which demands skill and discretion, but the effect in inal atalysis is that of happy accident, of unstudied
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There will be as prescribed color this spring and no pre- scribed form in which cote effects may be achieved.
You may wear a pale chess under a dark coat or reveres the order. You may select a bright suit with a still brighter blouse or a dark suit with a bright blouse. You may choose vivid accessaries for the practical black or navy englume, and so convert in irresistible gaiety, or accent your colorful costume with touches of black or brown.
For evening the beauty of white lace allows for a hun- the modifications by way of colorful accessories, but there are, too, brilliant fruit shades or clusive combinations of gray. yellow, blue and ental to lure you from the conservative paths of other seasons.
You may be deraure in the faint pastels of Vionnet or des perately chic in the extravagant harmonies of Scotch plaid or candy stripes, but you will rejoice in the stimulation and magic of color. You will accept the challenge of depressing times through the ingenious use of a tangible rainbow with all its cheering implications.
The costumes pictured here lose some of their charm through being interpreted in black and white. The effect of contrast, however, is quite apparent.
THIS evening gown of soft tea rose satin achieves chic in three counts-through the color contraal suggested by the bands of sable-dyed Marten edging the elbow-sleeved jacket: through the diagonal inserts in the softly flaring skirt: and through the addition of the gold skein necklace of Patou, which is an outstanding achievement in new evening jewelry.
II. there's
Somo-
thing gay and reckless about this demure navy blue dress that splashes its white vestec and cuffs with matching potka dots. finishing with crystal but-
tons.
IV. shining black buttons and 4 narrow black leather bolt make this white Vionnet frock especially smart for the cocktail
hour. . and a black and white hat brings moro chic.
II. THE yearly renaissance of navy blue finds expression in this charming dress with polka dotted vestee and culis. Here the calur order is reversed and you have the dark frock with bright toucher. This is an excellent and flattering example of the versatile afternoon, dress. The quaint waist terminates in a peplum. Egg-shaped crystal butions add gaiety. The hat with the braided satin coil is from Agnes.
III. CASUAL in feeling yet appropriate to many occa- sions is this black flat crepe bolero dress. The blouse
is of gay Roman striped silk, a fabric which is the natural complement to the classic Spanish bolero. The sleeves of this detachable jacket terininate, as many sleeves do this year. just above the wrist,
The dress itself is entirely sleeveless, and the black hat is ONC version of Agues' famous "Halo" series.
A cherry-colored velvet bandeau gives the inevitable touch of color.
IV.
MANY women still repudiate the dramatic sheer crepe frock for five o'clock wear because its uses
are so limited. Since culor has usurped the position of for- mal black, the simple white Vionnet dress pictured below presents an ideal solution for the cocktail hour. Its shining black buttons and narrow black leather belt make it espe cially appropriate for wear under a black coat. The simple Enes make this frock suitable for almost any semi-formal eccasion
If white, which is rapidly growing in favor for daylight wear, seeins a little impractical, this dress is equally lovely it dusty pastel shades. The Agnes hat of white wool jersey and black satin has a rakish cockade over one ear,
VTHE inevitable high point of every woman's ward- robe is the evening costume. The tried-and-true all black gown, in this instance of crisp faille taffeta, maintains its position this season through the assistance of the colored wrap.
The decolletage of the frock worn by the model (and unfortunately unt visible in the picture), is of a square cut terminating in a deep V in the back. The huge collar of the yellow velveteen wrap is adjustable, and may be ar- ranged in any number of Battering ways.
Even shoes this season are aware that two colors are better than one. The sandals worn with this costumo are of black moire piped in yellow.