Afternoon frocks are more sophisticated, less dressy
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Coiffures for Pretty Necks: "Scrap-Album" Dresses
IN the latest coiffures Another early straw and a narrow
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SECOND DAY OF SUMMARY
BY ROBB AND LUCY MILNER OF THE NEW SPRING SHOWS
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Hints
for Hostesses
PLANT your spring bulbs,
Buch as parrot tulips, cro- cuses and anowdrops, in any odd antique wineglasses you may have. Placo a wineglass in tront of each guest, and you have something new and personal in the way of table decoration. Scarlet tulips are particularly attractive, for they look liko a row of soldiers round the table. Especially if you cover up the earth with a bed of bright green mosa.
Home-made Mats
THE season's newest table. mats can be made at home, Buy a yard of pastel linen to
TWO points stood out about after-tone with your dining room
noon frocks in the early dress shows this year.
First, frocks were sophisticated rather than dressy; accond, hardly any prints were shown at all. In colour, black and navy blue were easy winners.
At first it was impossible to tell whether these were only individual ideas of one or two designers, but as the same theme ap- peared in show after show during the week I realised that here was a main trend of fashion.
All kinds of pleating
more or after- noon frocks than they are on zufts. Olten they make the only triniming-running Arst one way, then the other; stilched down or left open; stepped up on a skirt or panelled into bodice.
PLEATS are used even
a
A line which appeared again and again in the later shows was pleating which started, not from the wolst of a frock, but from the hips. More sophisticated than an entirely pleated skirt, which always has something of a schoolgirl look about it.
Waistlines are lower, often carried right on down to the hips and emphasised there by panela of pleating or Iines of stitching. Eccentricities like boned corsets worn over a dress showed up now and again, but the moulded, draped walsis of last year are gone.
Navy blue crepe romaine,
made with a low jersey bodice. A deep panel of accordion pleat- ing hangs from the hips, and another from just above the knees, Neck 1s (louble finished with a bow of while pique.
Here's an Cx- неге
of the ample
idea for making the back
new
of a frock as important
us the front. The front
of this frock was plain black crepe.
of
But turn Found-and there's a big panel pleated chiffon down the back
printed with small, flowers. bright, chintzy shirred round the shoulders and squin in a deep band below the waist.
ornamentation of dresses to be Hair requires to be of a taken seriously? consistent length to dress it First an evening dress. carrying to this style, and curls are in photographs of film stars round the
wide hem, then belt on a dress++++f=|=f=f visibly pinned to keep them in with bag to match made of shiny place.
Victorian postcard mounted on suede Good for revealing a pretty neck and patent leather have been seen and well-shaped cars.
recently in London dress shows.
TIERE seems no end to the variety et ways in which hat veils can be worn. A perky new sailor model saw had a veil gathered in a cloud round the band which held the hat to the end it the back.
ULL, heavy bunches of artificial childish
flowers-violets, anemones, snow- drops, etc-and perfect reproduc- tions of the real thing, are being shown as important accessories to the new ensembles.
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Tor show I saw the nice idea of pinning a flower on each laper of a long coat; when the coat comes off you find the same bunch of döwers printed on the frock underneath.
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What prints there
small; formal, Oriental designs, or chintzy, daisy patterns. You remember last year's craze for light printed Jackets over dark frocks? This year they've reversed it, put plain jackets över printed frocks, the jacket picking up one colour of the print.
Not so many suits
TAILORED afternoon
sults
in silks and satins were 60 much talked up by fashion fore- easters that I expected to see more of them. Actually they did appear In every show, but few times weren't all that prominent.
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If you feel you'd like one and they're pretty smart-have it made of ottoman silk or alpaca, cut plain as a man's sult, and wear it with a pleated chiffon blouse.
TRENDS
There's high but
Kanc
ECKLINES ure
a pleasant, young-look- plain; lots of round and ing fashion for putting a casual little collars; several simple Vs. Jacket, short and swinging, or bolero-
shaped, over a frock of the ODICES are tight as you colour.
con take them, and tight
SLEEVES are three lengths: right on down over that difficult line,
short (four inches below your diaphragm. An easier to-wear variation is a straight, flat panel your shoulder); just below the el- running from neck to waist, fulness bow down to the wrist. shirred in from the sides all the way down.
MATERIALS: Dull
rather shiny: fine wool, SKIRTS ore supple and crepe romaine, alpaca, jersey; otto-
flowing, following your man; heavy crepe de Chine. movements as you walk, with bunchy pleating ar folds front back. Length: Slightly shorter- fifteen inches from the ground.
Or
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TRIMMINGS:
Embroiders lace; bands of colour; de- talls of pleats and panels.
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colour scheme and cut it up into
mats measuring about nine inches square. Froy the edges of the mats with a strong needle, so that you have a fringe about three-quarters of an inch wide.
or
If you're an embroideress yalı çan give the mols an expensive note by working your Inițials in a tiny circle in the centre in a contrasting silk. Lettuce-green linen with black chestnut initials is a smart combina- tion.
From New York WHEN your friends come
in
for a game of bridge after dinner use the plain wooden tray off your trolley for the cakes. and biscuits. use no traycloth, but place the cakes and biscuits in rows; a row of sugar biscuits, then a row of cakes, then a row of plain biscuits, and so forth. This excel- lent Idea from New York makes it easy for the guests to see at ́a glance what you have to offer them.
Glass Cups
THE smartest way to serve
your coffee is in glass cups and saucers. A favourite pat- tern has silver stars on clear glass. The price of these is 4s. Md. for a cup and saucer.
Ramekins
MOST hostesses begin their
a
luncheon party with some form of egg dish in individual ramekins. Just on the market la a Eot of ramekins in heavy pottery on tray of lie some pottery. The ramcklas have tiny handles so that the tray can be handed round easily and guests can help themselves. The top of the tray and the inside of ramekins are lined with a colour to match your dinner service, while the outside is painted a deep cream. The price for four ramekins and tray complete is 7s. 11d.
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CHINA CARE VERY delicate and valuable
china must be treated as carefully as one would a week- old baby. It must be sponged carefully, not washed ruthlessly like ordinary cups and saucers.
Then again it is foolish to let a servant wash valuable croc- kery. It is not fair on her to give her so much responsibility. Wash your china yourself, then you have only yourself to blame if it is broken.
Don't put too much soap in the water; this makes the china slippery and leads to disastrous results.
If you find a permanent place for your small Chinese cups or valuable plates, either on a shelf or arranged up the stairs, why not stick them in place?
plan is adopted by many experienced collectors.
Don't
bore your friends with lengthy descriptions of how ond where you got certain pieces of china, If they are not collectors will find that themselves, then you the limit of their interest in that picce you paid so many pounds for ili be a polite, "How pretty!"
Be careful where you place your most valuable pieces. Remember that the rumble of a pussing lorry might shake them down from the picture rail,
M. F.
HOME HINTS
WHEN washing fragilo fabrica in hard water add a few drops of glycerine. Puro glycerine will remove stains from all wash- able materials. Apply with a soft pad to the affected part and leave for a few minutes; then wash the garment in the usual way,
Blacklead moistened with a little methylated spirits will make the kitchen stove, shine,
Lacquered trays should dever be washed. Clean them with a cloth dipped olive oil.
Hard leather can be softened if It is sponged with warm water, dried thoroughly. then rubbed all over with olive oil.
Paint stains on glass can be re moved with turpentine.
Before beginning to wash dishes, rinse those which have contained egg, mlik, or four in cold water before placing them in hot water.
M&W
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1988
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