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THE
COCKTAIL
WOMANSENSE
DRESS IS
NOW A KIND OF UNIFORM
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BY EILEEN ASCROFT
ORE than 1,000 manufacturera con
tributed autumn styles to the "Fashion Fort night" ut the London Coliseum sponsored by the Apparel and Fashion Indus- try Association, introduced by novelist James Lavor and his "Nymph Errant" actress. Gertrude Lawrence.
every-
Paris influence was where. The floating panel high pockets, dipping dirts, dy-nwny collars and culla and pelot skiris of the spring shows have now been adopteil and modifted to the quieter, more wearable Lan- don style.
The Paris spring coloura were there in profusion, too ..Kreya, navy blic, mimori greens and yellows and all shades of a pluks and mauves.
Bigest applause went to the cont-frock, typically English.
A model in navy and curly Link checks had an apron over- skirt and navy shawl collar, another deceptively simple style in fine grey worsted had a tulip skirt and coacaman's collar.
uniform fallo, grus train, fie silk nnd moirce, with floating panels, petal skirts and shawl collare. Pictures of the "debs" attending the Royal Garden. Parly proved this.
Biggest applause in this sec- lion went to a simple style in navy fine wool, trimmed with white allk, which cost only. 20s, and a steel grey slipper satin with an elegant slim skirt and draped halter neckline.
A pure silk blue crepe night- Kown
matching negligee and
the dripping with lace, stole LINGERIE section.
It will do women's hearts Rood to see the lingerie now coming into the stores, lavishiy, trimmed with Ince again after all these austerity years.
For TEEN-AGERS there were charming pink flower-sprigged satin pyjumus with matching dressing gown.
EVENING STYLES still fen- ture the off-the-shoulder line. English women, who have the loveliest shoulders in the world, can wear this style so well.
MOST BEAUTIFUL MODEL was in two shades of reversible grey slipper satin, with shawl
PARIS HAT No. 1-
A double-purpose hot. The stitched green linen brim comes off to leare a printed hondkerchief crown which can be knotted to make a swimming cop.
The COAT section produced an interesting example in fur looked fabric, which_actually like Phantom Beaver fur-even off the stage, (But every coat In the show was rather over- shadowed by Gertrude Law- rence's own beautiful silver blue mulation mink.)'
One outstanding swagger cont in black duvetyn had a full- length tartan liner waistcoat.
the
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modela by millinera to Queen and the Duchess of Kent. Tailored felt styles were smarter than the more dressy types which somehow we never do as well as Paris.
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collar, full skirt, and draped eum merbund with tiny front A -away pancis
Many of the full-dress mo- dels had hall, or even
PAKIS HAT No. 2-
sa "pirate" bai It is made in red and white striped, cotton and white piqué.
Dol-
Autumn fashion notes: man sleeves, loose scarf collars, detachable velvet hoods and) tuxedos, split collars, loose back pleats and shawl effects.
For women who like to keep warm and took glamorous at the
beautiful same time, house-cout in white.coney,
TOP TOP-grade utility styles be-
come better. and better. Autumn collections that I have scan so far reveal good tailoring, One materials and fashion do- tnil Even the most fashion-
fastidious woman would be
happy to
Moving Info their first per- monent humay together are Princess Elizabeth. and Prince Philip. Clarence House wit bis one of the best-equipped of all the Royal residences,
Princess Elizabeth.prefers goa to electricity forouking and heating. Consequently, gas, boj- Jess will work her central heat- ing plant and the constint hot water system...
is.
ller kitchen has been equip
Ave. assorted ped with cooking stoves. There single-oven relecirle cooker as an emergency standby. Other gadgets include a gan hot-cup- board and a double coffee per- colator,
Electricity
is used for her
two enarnous refrigerators, the hot closet and the dish washer, and also for some of the smaller kitchen gadgets-such as mixing and slicing machines, vegetáblej And ou 10- paring machino genious contrivance which chips, chreds and minces.
(London Express · Serolce)
NEW DEVICES MAKE BABY CARE EASIER
By Elizabeth Toomey
TAVERYTHING from plastic, E non-stick diaper pins to the clothes like last word in baby baths want these: and many oversens buyers on display recently in New are belog attracted by them.
York. Autumn favourite is going to be Jersey, Models I have seen this week are in angora with: long sleeves, wing cuffs, stitched pocket details, and skirts with grouped knife-pleating,
wear full, sleeves very effective with a low decolletnge.
Popular unl- for film form stars was shown at the Third Fashion Fort night parade.
It is Silver- re- Blu, mink, cent addition to the luxury fur range.
Most unusual exhibits were: a silver fox and kid skin cape with one sleeve, and a moleskin bat and coat 'dyed in a very deep green, cut with waistcoat front.
Dyed moleskin will be popular next winter. One glamorous evening model was in midnight moleskin with draped pannier effect.
blue
A beautiful Argl-night even- llued with lec- ing cape was blue satin, heavily embroidered. Collor, too, was ined with em- broidered satin.
oro
used which Buttons
collec- averywhere in autumn tions, have even strayed on to
I noticed that men still ap- plaud most loudly for the large brims.aarl eye vells.
Cocktail and afternoon dresses have
become a sort of hein,
new
fur coats. A beaver lamb swag- --- ter was buttoned from neck to
by CHERRY MARSHALL
to
The exhibition. eliristened "Our Children's World," used both lectures and displays bring parents up to date on the 1949 way of bringing up the The displays in- A combined jersey
wear youngsters.
dientect the lob was getting parade showed some interesting casier, even though the lectures three-piece outfits, including
Into a complicated lis an attractive model in light blue delved and wine, with knife-pleated of child-raising problems,
the new Developments like skirt and quilled embroidery on Jumper and Jacket. Another baby bath which can be used for both washing and weighing dress had a two-colour skirt-of
one of the dis pewter and mauve haze, blended the baby was jester-fashion with an interlock-plays that made child care look ing waistband.
PARIS HAT No. 3
An outsize cartwheel hat the colour of burned toust, with a double brim. It combines a fine picot straw" with fancy Swiss strow.
The secrets of a
glowing skin
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also clothes moths, mosquitoes, bluebottles, cock-
roaches, silver fish, fleas and bed-bugs. Use the
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skin may be bad for an- other.
Should you, for instance, leave a skin food on overnight?
For the young it is unneces-
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Older women, especially those Good creams do not clog the is stale, day-old porcs,
no! thoroughly re- make-up moved at night that causes spots and coarsens the skhu.
Liquefying creams penetrate the pores deeply leaving the Ekin clean and replacing the natural oils,
For rough complexions, mix n: teaspoonful of salt with a teaspoonful of cold cream, and massage. gently, into the face until it tingles.
Wipe off and wash with warm water.
This is an excellent tonic, and leaves the skin soft and glowing
See that skin' food is sufil- elently absorbent not to need hard rubbing Into the face, as this causes the skin to stretch.
Hair
go-easy:
·Which do you prefer, vigorous hair brushing night and torn- Ing or scalp massage?
It should depend on the tex ture of the hair.
For the bust and shouldera.
To reduce your waist.
See that your lipstick is not dry or it may cause tiny linca on the lips.
Alternatively, don't get a very because It won't
greasy stay on.
one
Lipstick should go on easily without pressure and certainly never look like a coating of grcasc.
:
Exercise
Exercise for the foure: Check your figure-faults by comparing "" your measurements with the Ideal ones for the three average types of figures.
If you are about five feet six. you should aim for a bust of 36ins, a waist of 20ins, and hips of 38ins,"
Tho
-
soft,
For lim
mer hips
casler.
The baby is placed on a perforated plastic fabric bath rest over the water, Simply by hooking a strap over a scale attachment the baby's weight is dial at the back registered on
of the bath, Two other dials are on the bath "dashboard." One registers the room tempera-"i ture
and the other the water temperature.
Lover Makes It Easy
After weighing, the baby is lowered into the water by re- leasing a lever, and he's raised out of the water on the bath! rest the same way.
Plastic plays as big a part in the new children's equipment as It has in new household equip- ment. New diaper pins have plasite fusteners in pastel shades which lock the pin to keepi junior from getting stuck.
Plastic handles are used on a children.
The
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new curved spoon for
silver-plated spoon curved towards the front and the plastic handie is shaped lo fist. At the grip of a child's Instead of having to get the food from the site of the spoon or try and lurn it into his the child can toke a
mouth,ln on his dinnerware, right, allding! the hands as scoop towards his mouth, and far down the the spoon will be pointed in right direction.-United side of the the legs as pos- Press.
sible.
Don't bend
forward
you
or
will ba wasting your time
and
energy.
Repeal six times. Kneading and brisk sinpping will also help to reduce that unsightly "apare tyre."
Hold on to a chair, Ilps: keeping the body upright, and swing each leg alternately for ward and outward, then back ward and outward, six times,
A few minutes brisk friction with a rough towel after a hot bath assists in slimming the hips and scat.
T
A cycle 'ride'
Bicycle drill done rapidly lu effective. for reducing thighs and legs, and tones up the sys-
Bad
BEAUTY AND
THE BEACH
Spanish Influence
By PRUNELLA WOOD
Charmbart
THE magnificent costume feeling of Old Spain la THE
adapted for our use here, in this formal evening gown of black taffeta and black lacd. The gown is classic in effect, however, and only the bared shoulders show that it is not entirely borrowed from a stately wardrobe.
The equal depth black not flounces, edged with two-inch lace, are over a taffeta underskirt; there is--- no lace on the taffeta bodice which is finished with a self-taffeta band. The two-yard black laco scarf may be worn as a shawl, or as a mantilla.
Take Miss New York-
she's made sure about...
HER HAT .. a small HER HANDS
.well cared cloche worn on the buck. This for and unchipped. That's be- one la sackcloth, but most are cause American noll varnish white pique or linen or straw, half the price and lasts twice as Often it is trimmed with a long long. An American girl renewing question-mark quill or a single her varnish every two days Rower on a tall stem. Here wo beller manicured and spends no measure a hal's daringness by its more money than an English girl weight-the more irimming it has who renew it once in four days, the smarter it must be.
* ·7% HER CLOTHES... generally
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or
HER FIGURE
generally zlimmer. But then she can diet on meat and fruit juices and Inexpensive salads.
HER HAIR invariably cheaper and better styled than short, and getting shorter,. She ours. But it is hard to And
girlish shompoos it once a week while styles that aren't
well under that wear we think once a fortnight is good fabrics enough and her hairdresser is £20. much more skilled than ours. Mostly they all look alike, so the same hairstyle suits everybody-- but even when it doesn't
90 American girl still follows the prevailing pattern. -
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* 1 much HER MAKE-UP A
'the' HER ACCESSORIES heavier than ours and much best thing about her. Com- belter done. She wears make-up plete absence of down-at-heel all over her forehead, cheeks, shoes, crooked or wrinkled stock- and chin as, well, as her nose.
ings, dirly gloves or battered Cosmeticians -pro constantly
handbags can't all be put down bringing cut new versions. Latest to more dress money. Is not the cake but a fine liquid.- She has a bad skin and no natural colour so the heavy all- over make-up suits her.
tem.
Pulling on weight is more dimcult. small woman ideally. Swimming is excellent for
She readily admits that no- mensures two inches less than developing he bust, shoulders, this, the big woman two inches and legs.
thing beats a genuine English St. complexion. But an artificial pink more.
You can get the benefis fromi Here is a good tea-minute swimming movements done on
and white looks more artificial thar anything else. She thinks" daily routing which will help the floor.
Summer accessories aco gay you to achieve these proportions.
posture ruins perfect
and restaurante. (are Bust and shoulders: Standing #gures, Itules to remember are: and unusual. A uretul addi- most English girls make up
tion to any bench outfit is this badly, Кеор the head up, shoulders erect, swing the right arm up-
back and down, sest tucked well outsize beach bag made from lighted to make her look worse, Average, American girl spends wards and backwards in
waterproof canvas and trimmed clrcular movement, keeping the in
tises mascara elbow.straight.
sun: the morning. Walk from the hips, placing with smart brass, studs. It will 15 minutes on her make-up in Do this six times and repeat one foot in line with the other hold swimsuit, towel,
a brush. A three-minute massage night with the loft.
an it walking down a straight glasses, books and picnic lightly, puls on her lipstick with
· junches, h and morning to loosen the scalp,
Another original idea when Limbs's phould bat and Living material for a summer | A few light strokes with the hairbrush, and a final polish with a silk handkerchief, will For a Small Watst: Bland with graceful-no-hip-awaylag or frock-isto-galizon extrs 14
Thick, wiry hair can stand vigorous brushing, but it can cause finer, silkier hale to break off and at the ends. It may
split even damage the roots.
M* The "apare tyre,
keep your hair abining and feat #part, bend sideways from healthy.
Andthe hips alternately left und?
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"shoulder-swakigor, Suk
London Expresă firulce).
yards (80 in. material) and have A matching parasol "made,"
HER 4 TEETIE 2 invariably good and frequently displayed. A national characteristic.
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