Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 25, 1939.
What
to insist on
in your new
TO-DAY 10e give you this season's
Paris aut lines, and show you how to choose a suit that will be not only in the fashion but becoming to your own particular figure.
CORSET- WAIST, FULL SKIRT, FOR THE VERY SLIM.
BUSTLE -・・ PLEATED SKIRT AND JACKET FOR THE TALL WOMAN,
LONG JACKET. STRAIGHT NARROW SKIRT. FOR A FULL FIGURE.
CHOOSING a sult that has not
to last a season is to some people nearly as hazardous an enterprise as choosing a husband to last a lifetime. You've got to be sure of your unterinl.
In other words, you have not only got to judge your sult on its face value, but on its wearability for a number of disser- ent occasions (unless you've got unlimited capital, in which case practically none of these preliminary remarks applies) and on whether or not it is a good foll to you and your personality.
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SMART and fashionable-suit ceases to have any point if it
In worn by an unsuitable person. It is ke putting un essentially matern pleture in Uie mort exuberant type of Victorian sitting-room. It cancels out.
So we must first of all go over the itnes that are most likely to affect your wardrobe this winter, on apply the one
by one to you who are able to wear them. Variations on tails and jackets are many, but the principal lines to look out for are the long
sim. single-breastedi inckel with the straight skirt, the tight- Alling round-the-walst jacket which comes down in, below the hip Hae: a jacket Which cones down to a point in the front and up at the lack-Falconer hos skeleted
e-the five-eighths boxy Jacket (these Jackets are belag worn solo for evening:
A sporta spit in caramel tweed · with the new pleats-at-the-back skirt line. The coat this girl is hulding over her arm is of khaki -corduroy. It in loose and five- eighths" length, and in trimmed with large buttons on a double- breasted front and patch pockets.
Mainbocher favours them); a jacket which has a flared basque, cometimes trimmed with fur, at the back, and, of course, the sports jacket which lives in a world of its own, but still follows the characteristic line to the extent that it is long, slightly waisted, and worn over a slightly flared skirt.
Those who have been deploring the shortness of skirts can put on those exira inclics and know they are on sale ground. Skirts 14 inches from the ground can be wom by anyone but the shortest.
Skirt lines vary from Marcel Roclius's very full ones, that carry the fullness oil round, to those with a sleek front line with fullness at the back.
Schiaparelli does a straight, tight- niting skirt as a contrast to most of the collections, and they are a boon to the rather full ngure, on which an elaborate skirt looks top-heavy.
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TF you are slim, but with a rather heavy waist, udopt the Schla. parel line, which does not accentuate It, If you are slim with a small waist in pro- portion, you can corset it so that your hips stand out, and wear the full, draped, or sightly Bored line, though the last would this season hide your contours, which would be a pity, as good ones are supposed to be ncerntunted.
If you are brond on the hips, with good seating accommodation, but tail with it, you can wear a shirt or jacket with a bustle that will be nipped in at the wolst. But you must be tall to carry this off. If you are not tall, go in for a five-eighths length loose box jacket, and wear it with a slightly flared skirt
nat a too full
olte.
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JACKETS to the autumn suits do, in the main, accentuate the waist-and hip-line, but there are those Iouse Juckets, too, which should be a boon to the fuller figure. Remember to buy one which gives you a straight line at the back. Your derriere should not bump it out.
of those Skirts, with the exception produced: by Schiaparelli and Chanel, re- main the same length, and I think you can rely on them doing so for some time. But the fact that some designers have put on an inch or two indicates that some time in the not so far future we shall be back to covering our legs.
An entirely different line, with a straight-in-front skirt pleated in the back, a long jacket and buttons down the front. This is trimmed with Astrakhan and the booters hare Astrakhan tops to match. Note the hat with the curly brim. It's a wei line. Good for almost anyone became it can be so easily adapted.
This is a typical shape jacket made of striped Donegal tweed, in auch mixtures as green and pink, and blue and grey wide stripes. This one is trimmed with a velvet collar and is worn with a black skirt and black hut. Note the huotees, made of black suede. You uced a slim cuist to wear this.
Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere
suit
This tartan jacket is in wine, purple, und white. It shows the down-at-the-front, up-at-the- back line, and the lavish Astrak- han trimming round the hom, collar, cuffs, and the muff. It is worn with a black wool skirt with fullness at the back. Boo- tecs again.
CREED
(Famous Designer)
Says:
When You Wash Summer Frocks.
¿MENTLY" is the word to keep la
nind when you are about to deal with summery frocks and blouses In the wash-tub. Their Light colours and delicate fabrics need treating very considerately if they are to keep their new looks, so
"SPORTS pults are ideally suited never start washing them in 'a hurry
to the typical Englishwoman. Wear | if you can possibly help it, and don't
them when you can and look for solde shoulders and slim waists, These set of your limbs, which are generally longer than those of the Frenchwoman,
"For town wear, wear clothes that are not erauperated. A good tweed suit (no divided skirts) or a woollen sult can be worn in town.
"For afternoon i do not like velvet on the Englishwoman. She does not carry it of so well as the French woman. I prefer a black wool sul which you can wear with a movater in the morning, and change in the afternoon with a blouse and change of accessories. This is ceonomical as avell as good.
dump several tracks of different colour und materials in the tub to- Kether it you want to get the best results.
If you are washing a frock that hus never been washed before, soak it well beforehand in cold water to Ket rid of the "dress" that is in the material. To neglect this precaution, or to wash o new frock together with on older one, is to court failure, for the "dress" spoils your lother and makes n scum that settles on the fabric.
Dry Quickly
To be on the safe side, cool your hal soapy lather before you dip your frock or blouse into it. It should "Colour is a question of personal not feel hot to your hands, only laste, but I adore black for loun warm. Use good soup, or soap- wear. With black suits like bright flakes to make your father, and don't touches introduced by blouses and stint . If the water is hard, soften scarpes. In the choice of colour to it by adding a little borax. Don't touch up a black outfit, you can rub a delicate fabric, unless it is on show as much individuality as you a specially soiled part, just squeeze it in the lather till it looks fresh and clean. Then rinse it in three waters, and again, it it is a delicate fabric. out instead of squeeze the water wringing. You may ladder woven nlik by wringing. Dry ony coloured frock or blouse as quickly as you can. but never in the sun, or you will get faded patches.
like.
"I'd like to point out that the Englishwoman taller than the Frenchwoman, has longer limbs, and sults are speelaliy kind to her. I design for women who have very good Agures, wide shoulders, and long limbs.".
Ways With Old Stockings
Every new frock or blouse has a crisp look that you will want to re- gain. Thin hot starch will give the necessary stiffness to ginghams and the siouter tub-cottons, and if you have put a little borax in the last rinsing water you will find you get LOVES to wear while doing a better finish with the fron. If you household und garden jobs that like; dip linens also in very thin hot stain the hands can be cut from the starch, bui woll-ironed linen looks tops of old stockings. Lie your well without artificial stiffening. To hands in turn on a plece of news, give back "body" to sills you can paper, and pencil round them for add-a few lumps of sugar to the ring- the patterns. Sew up the glove with ing water. the machine or with short back alltches.
-Mittens for cold weather can be made in the same way by using old woollen stockings or men's socks (not knitted ones.)
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Points About Pressing
The good looks of a home-washed frock depend a lot upon its Treat- Shoko ment on the Ironing-board. the garment Into shape, when nearly dry enough to preas, and roll it up By lifting a pair of woollen stock tightly in a towel. It the frock has ings down the back seams, cutting been starched, press it with a hot off the feet, and joining the legs to iron, while still very damp, and on gether on excellent hot-water bottle the right side. If the material is cover can be made.
a cord orgondie musiin, press it very damp, through the top and sew up the bol-first under a cloth, and then directly tom, leaving a gop in the middle on its surface, and it will regain Its for the hanging-up slip at the bot original delightful crispness. tom of the botile.
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