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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JUNE
1934
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
Stylish Clothes for the Mature Woman
New tunics, two-piece dresses and suits make it easy for middle age. to find a chic wardrobe
by Julia
Costumes Courtesy - ~
JOHN WANAMAKER.
MATURE figures take no back seats jackets, If you select the latter, you'll
for the, sizo sixteens in this sca son's fashion race. Just becauso a lady as graduated from the misses depart- ment and gone on to women's sizes," there's no reason for her to be glum about it. Not this year anyway.
Frankly, it's pretty hard to tell which la more attractive-clothes for the very young or medes for mature figures. One outstanding difference is that smart costumes in the last entegory never can be termed "cute." But who wants to be eute, anyway, when there are beautiful Lunies, silk suits with flattering blouses and dignified redingotes that certainly give a mature figure an air of suave sophistication?
Let's look at the two-piece dresses that are perfect for town in hot weather, As for tunics, mature figures bow low to these. And why not? Nothing is more slenderizing.
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The redingotes, of course, are youth- fulness and sophistication personified. Try one with a black and white or navy and white printed dress and a long, silk coat that matches the background of the frock.
For afternoon, printed silk suits aro good. Many have short sleeved frocks topped by charming Jackets and others made with separate skirts and
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have a chance to indulge your truly feminine weakness for attractive, gaily- coloured blouses..
Navy blue, black and brown are the And, dressed up with white or pastel leading colours for matrons' dresses. lingerie touches, they're charming.
And now we come to evening gowns. If you want to be very practical, get an evening dress with a matching jacket that transforms the gown into a dinner.. frock. Whito Is the favourite oummer evening colour-prints are pest in, the style race.
Accessories to wear with the new summer crop of matrons' clothes are as fascinating as the costumes themselves. Hats with brims are in the fore, and that's certainly good news. And the summer shoes combine smartness with comfort which is extra good news.
No use getting shoes that aren't com- fortable merely because you happen to Ilke the way they're cut. Look at arch preserver types. These products of an inventive modern age are as
casy to wear as your old bedroom slippers and so smart that your daughter will be begging for some too.
As a matter of fact, it might not be #bad idea to get a pair for her. They ward off all sorts of aches and pains and offer perfect support for weak arches.
HERE'S a brown and white printed chif fon afternoon dreis with matching. three- quarter jacket and a rippling jobot that denderizing. The shoes are step-in pumps of brown kid.
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ORCHIDS on a white crepe back- ground make charming printed pul tern for this sophis ticated evening gown. The matching jacket transforms it into a dinner frock. White kid sandals with in- ieresting perforations are worn with it.
THIS navy blue silk crepe suit with a navy and white printed blouse makes flattering castume
for the mature fig- ure. The hot is a blue straw sailor and the T-strap sandals are blue with white underlay.
AT RIGHT the popular redin gote in a matron's size. The dress is a black and while print and the long. silk.coat with raglan sleeves is black. A wide-brimmed straw hat, medium-heeled. 'dress oxfords and
white gauntlet gloves, are the correct ac- cessories.
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picce dress in dark brown sheer with inter- caling white pique col- far, revers and cuffs. The blouse is scalloped around the bottont and is belted at the waist line. The shoes me brown kid with a tiny silk hid trimming.
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