THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988.
Don't be afraid to wear
DRAMATIC CLOTHES
WHEN you go out NEGLIGEE You can
to buy your new
even
look dramatic at utfit, don't be afraid of breakfast--if you really want to hoosing clothes that will-if you wear one of the ankle- length house gowns to match hake people "look twice."
It won't be difficult, because your lingerie. They vary in ress designers have decided-style from trimly tailored conts to
frilled Victorian "rest robes." the
hot weather hat
Here are two examples: lothes shall be dramatic and colourful.
new
SUITS Bolder
Stlebel,
Arcen A tailored cont of lime Celanese broadcloth cut with wide and bolder flared skirt like Regency buck's overcoat, and woody-brown ruched checks, says Victor revers, It is worn over the pyjamas
in the photograph." and lots of them.
Victorian negligee
with
bustle blue Celanese weed, and brilliant colouraninon trimme dwith wine-red velvet orchid pink and blackberry; ribbons over matching nightdress in acid green and orange; sea blue and crepe satin, with high waistline and low, square neck. Both designed by hunt red.
longer, Alexedis. Look for coats a little without so much nipping In round the waist, and waistlines that are higher. Skirts will remain more or less the same.
Stripes, too, in light-weight skirt, in turquoise
DRESSES Victor
Stiebel
shows day dresses in jorsey and light-weight wool with elaborately draped bodices, high waists, and skirts that are Jersey is fuller than they look. plain or silk-figured. Coloura: lots of blue, navy, royal, and pervauche; black, as usual. Printed crepes turquoise and raisin-a lovely com- bination-navy and scarlet, emerald and lime green.
in
Pients are "in," especially sun- ray pleats. Dilkusha is favouring these for summer frocks, and she likes them simple. For example. from her collection comes a summer dress in Courtauld's china blue rayon hopsack, with pleated skirt and plain sleeves and shirt bodice, short turned-down collar. EVENING You can
choose
one of two sil-
houettes for evening. You can be slim with a sheath dress, or full skirted, with hips accentu- ated with corseting and a minute bodice with or without shoulder
straps.
For the "romantic" there are dresses Edwardian and Victorium in inspiration. Alexedis shows one in pure white Celanese ninon over taffeta, with a "bustle" skirt trimmed with sprays of camellias.
Colours for evening; blue again. but pale this time; marshmallow pink, oyster, gold, lime and pastel shades. For the more sophisticated, golden browns, deep rich greens and strong blues.
.......
SKETCHED, top right, is a strikingly
simple evening gown in Cour teuld's black rayon velvet with full skirt trimmed with a wide band of ruching.
OVER your evening gown wear a coat
like the one sketched designed by Dilkusha in Courtauld's "shocking pink rayon satin with button-padded bodice, like a Victorian sofa, and the new high curved waistline. PYJAMAS (left)-designed by Alexedis
are made in Celanese wondy- brown crêpe satin, piped in linte-green, worn with matching dressing gown.
WHAT I SAW AT THE
FASHION DISPLAYS
WINTERHALTER HOOPED SKIRTS: FLOWER TRIMMINGS: PLEATS AND PRINTS: GAY BOLERO JACKETS
Α
MERICAN, Continental and English buyers and fashion writers, both men and women, after they have been through 10 days of the Paris fashion dress openings, present the same air of utter exhaustion that you see on the faces of competitors in a six-day bicycle race during the last few hours of their endurance test.
This is not to be wondered at when you realise that every morning
they have been at a dress show from half- past twelve and have drished from there to
a milliner's to sec the latest hats, or to
o'clock show for knitted
midday to two
models. Three o'clock finds them at another
dress show, at five
o'clock to six o'clock
each evening a small house shows its col- lection, and there are evening shows from 0 p.m. to 8.15 p.m., or from 7 p.m. to 0.45 p.m., or from 9 p.m. to 12.15 a.m2.
Kido
FLOWER printed crepe evening frock in cyclamen, Royal blue dnd jade green, with green belt.
At each "opening" we are packed liku sardines, on knobbly little gift chairs with are lights streaming As each of the 100 to down on us. 150 modela poasca we must take notes at brouk-neck speed. Then Imagine our feelings when frionida sayHow lucky you are to be en Joying yourselves in Paris Now hat you know how hard we work o your baball, Frill tell you what
have seen
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你 nd
tau printed
dress with
tan tace 017
revers.
NEW
NE of The new
hat styles, with buncher
of
flowers
over riosun,
NEW fashions that have caused the most sensation are Capt. Moly- neux's hooped skirt evening gowns, inspired by Winterhalter and Con- stantin Guys. One of these is in n lovely shade of grey-blue duchesse satin with a tight little bodice and grent hooped skirt. A three-
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shade of blue is worn over the shoulders. Another in champagne- coloured satin is worn with a large black ince ahawi.
cornered shawl in satin of a deeper
Adress of pink moire, cut with an off-shoulder bodice and buttoned. down the back, has the hooped skirt divided with two.horizontal Binds of allver sequins and trimmed... with -bunchy_roses. Another champagne
bolero
B
DOLERO
in flower print, bur Zered with coloured spots to tone with colour of pat. teen.
bordered with little black bobbles and a white tucked shirt,
drawn in place of a pattern.
the front drawn in
In
papawath
SHOULD
WOMEN
GIVE
TIPS?
WOMEN are reputedly more sparing with their tips than men, and, as the question of abolishing the tipping system periodic- ally crops up there is a sec- tion of the fair sex who applaud the proposed anon- ition.
Nevertheless, women do tip, and so long as there are fair- minded people in the world tips will be given by both men and jwomen. It is the abuse of the habit which has brought it so greatly into disfavour.
Tips are supposed to be a reward for services rendered, yet it often happens that those who tip have been rendered no service what- Hoover.
True, they may have been handed lunch or dinner or ten, or the ser- vant in a private house may have performed her duties for the guests of her mistress, but the services. have been rendered to the person who has paid for them. They are nat personal services.
have a friend who is quite generous to anyone who goes out of the way to attend to her, but never leaves a cent for the one who has
Soir de Paris
de Paris BOURJOIS
RIE FRANCO
Amid the featívitics it awakens- the soil of the evening, and the thoughts of all Paris. Its elegance- harmonises itself in their ̧midst due to the very aublioness of 'Soir de Paris, the perfume of charm:
and youth.
BOURJOIS
Paris
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made no effort to please. For F1047-Bel Mir Bist du Schoen. F.T.
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special service she is more than generous, and, those who know her custom cannot do too much for her. F1044-Palais Gilde.
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If this method became general | F1053-Patals Glide. (Selection). Dance.
F1033-Rosalie. Q.8. there would be No servants, waitresses or alop assistants with sulky or angry faces; no shirking of duties-only a strong effort on the part of all to earn and deserve
tip.
but there are crepe de Chine shirts The strongest argument against with pockets, buttons and collars the tipping system is that all workers should be paid adequately for their labour, and should not, One of these shirts has roses and therefore, require tips. Secondly, satin dress has black tulle bows all buttons down down the front.
pale beige colour. A yellow shirt most people like to know exactly what an outing or a visit will coat, has buttons and pockets drawn
and this can never bo determined The long, slinky evening dresses of contrasting colour.
while they may come in contact with Napoleonic line are worn with large black hats. One in shell-pink 18 There is a full-skirted white tulle other people who expect a gratuity ruched round the hem; another in evening frock with tiny blue and at every turn. white crepe has two large
the flowers embroidered on toffets bows forming the front of the shirt and n white taffeta bodice. It is argued, also, that to give bodice and a tiny little bolero jacket Another full-skirted debutante frock even a small sum of money to those be with long sleeves. A black dianer has the bodice entirely ruched and who are fortunate enough to suit has the front of the short- a blue chiffon evening frock has earning, while there are yet many belt walsted bodice in patterned crepe; wide shaped
and bolero unemployed people, la wrong.
A full- the same crepe is used for revers of crocheted in black silk. n tight-fitting Jacket.
kirted black tulle dress is sprinkled
brown pinit
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a haller band around the back of the
It has been suggested that there All the long, clinging dresses have with long rod-shaped black sequins should be a box in evidence at every The skirts here are full for day restaurant, cafe, or hotel, into tip neck and, as usual, there are a great clothes and bodices fit easily. There which anyone who wished to runy artificial flowers used for these is no long hip-line and the waist is could put their coins, and that, at frocks. Day skirts are pleated and where nature intended it. Coats are the end of each month, the sum jackets are tight and hip-length. A nipped Into the waist and have collected should go to some unem-. soft shade of yellow is used for long swinging skirts. Most of the even-ployed person. This does not acem coats worn over printed frocks; a ing dresses are very full-skirted.
to be a practical idea. pearl-grey woollen coat is shown
over a navy and white spotted dress. THE collection of Nini Ricci is large
and most interesting. Day Quite a number of employers take A COLLECTION 80 varied and full dresses are all in dark or brilliant into consideration the tips their of originality that it is hard to shindes, encrusted or appliqued with employees may make when fixing describe is that of Lelong. Not only contrasting colours and materials. their wages. This Is not only un has he the most wonderful colour mixtures, such as a black skirt slit: A great deal of shepherd's plaid fair, but leaves men and women in and braided in front, with a wide-red and checked designs are used for a dangerous position,
L. R. C blue amort country clother.
belt,
over which is worn a
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