1929-02-16 — Page 8

THE

"MAIL'S

Circular Overskirt

THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929.

FASHIONS ILLUSTRATED.

Screen Stars Who Were Divorced Last Year

The Boudoir ?

BLANCHE MEHAFFEY

MADGE BELLAMY

HELENE COSTELLO

LOUISE BROOKS

For those women who prefer simplicity to beruffled farbelows one of the most popular dressmakers created this royal bite luce

and chiffon gown. The material is cleverly handled to make the eircular overskirt possible.

Comfy and Smart

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NOTES AND HINTS

FASHIONS, COOKING AND HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Portraits of well-known people, eat out of newspapers and Illustrat- ed weeklies with the names re-

moved, form an intriguing party competition. They should be pasted on cardboard, numbered, and hung on the walls of a room. The guests are asked to write down the names of as many as they can identity, prizes being given for the most

accurate list.

Ribbon Brocade for Shoes

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JACQUELINE

LOGAN

DOROTHY MACKAILĻ

Romances of many famous screen stars went on the rocks in 1928. Louise Brooks, the part flapper of the films, was divorced from A. E. Sutherland, a director: Helene Costello separated from John Y. Regan; Jacqueline Logan was awarded a decree from Robert Gillespie; Dorothy Mackafil and Lothar Mendes, a director, were separated by the courts: Madge Bellamy and Logan F. Metcali, a broker, called "Ania," and so did Blanche Mehaffey, who told a Judge that George J. Hausen, a big game hunter, was "too untamed" for domes the life-Note their various styles of hairdressing.

be made between six and seven feet high, having a horizontal slit about one inch by four inches to allow the eyes only of anyone standing behind it to be seen. Guests are divided into two teams, one of which goes out of the room. The mem- bera of the team in turn appear behind the screen, and look through the slit. The second team follows the saine procedure, and prizes are

FICKLE FASHION

THE STRUGGLE TO BRING

LONG SKIRTS

The fickleness of Fashion is a myth. At root Fashion is most con-- servative. Once in a decade she changes radically, but for long

modern tastes and conditions of present-day life.

The things in Fashion which will endure are the practical sport clothes, the comfortable walking skirt, the hat which does not blow away with a puff of wind.na

Women will never accept fashions which impede their movements again. They have worn skirts

long dress for evening, and they may be glad to have skirts for the day which allow them to sit in comfort without showing their These are modifications, knees..

not changes.

As to hats, it might be well for the very tight hat to go, since it ruins the hair, but to face hate which have to be held to the head

Strong brocaded ribbon in various given for those who recognise the years she only hedges, compromises, which are outrageously short be with five long stabbing pins and a

designs and colourings is now sold in London for covering evening shoes. The ribbon is specially woven to stand hard wear, and made in a suitable width, so that the task of re-covering à favourite pair is now a fairly easy onɑ,

An Unusual Evening Gown A beautiful picture frock of parchment-coloured faille silk has an original colour note introduced by one shoulder strap of hyacinth blue silk flowers matched by a large tulle bow on one "hip. The tulle is secured by a cameo brooch in hyacinth blue surrounded by Franch paste.

. Cire Satin Coat Navy blue cire satin is the material chosen for a smart, bridge coat which is a change from the more usual models in velvet or brocade. The coat is cut very plainly with a flat collar edged with scalloping, and a similar · edging appears on the cuffs and hem.

good

Simply made with a. cross stitch

"Whose Eyes?" design on cuffs and pockets, this de-

"Whose Eyes?" fortus a lectable pyjama creation both enhances milady's loveliness and permits of real competition which will amuse guests

'comfort. It is easily made.

at a party. A paper screen should

greatest number.

Daisy Brooches

Dalales in brilliants with centres of coloured stones make unusual brooches which are used in pairs to adorn hats and coats. The brooches are worn with simple tailor-mades, a small flower being used for the hat and a larger one pinned to the lapel of the cost.

Peter Pan

Lady Pamela Smith, the daughter of the Earl of Birkenhead, playing the part of Peter Pan in the Hyde Park pageant, given at Wyndham's theatre in London.

develops, modifies.

Take the short skirt. We have had it for about fourteen years in this form and in that. It came first full and jaunty like that of the Vivandiere or the ballet. girl. It shrivelled down to the tight little bit of a thing which was and is so difficult to sit down in, and which has been caricatured as a frill, a flounce, and a kilt.

Now it is being vigorously attacked by dressmakers, who have taken up the theme from the moralists. They are trying their best to bring back long skirts, but without much success. They have managed to persuade women to wear evening dresses which dip low at the back and which trail at the sides, but the front of the skirt

is invariably, short......

What are they going to do this spring? This is a daily question.

What May Come

We are told that the new skirta are to be longer and the waist higher, and so some people at once jump to the conclusion that we shall wear skirts to the ankles and waists which can be spanned by two hands. *Exaggerated hopes, Fashion dis- carded the long skirt and, the tight waist when she saw wonten taking seriously to sport and business. What may come is the straight dress, well below the knees, with a Buggested waistline well above the hips and even high, under the arms.

There are many women in France who are inclined to the modes of the First Empire, modified to suit

Daring" Fancy Dress

cause they can dance and walk in them with comfort. They will never take to skirts which drag about the ankles and have to be lifted on a wet or dusty day.

And Fashion will never ask them to do so. They may consent to the

Costliest Fan

vell tied close about the face is unthinkable. Such a fashion would i revolutionise hairdressing to begin with, and it would also mean that women had lost their sense of values altogether. Again, Fashion will not ask them to make the change.

To Be Remembered Every season it is clear to the observer that women's dress is ruled by more commonsense, better taste, and a realisation of life as it has to be lived than formarly.

It is also much more closely connected with decorative art than It was. A dress has to look right in its surroundings or it is wrong To be over-dressed is a social ain. To walk in silk attire is not so expensive as to walk in the right woolle: s.

To bave the right sports clothes le much more important than to be rich in afternoon dresses.

All these little nothings about fashion are things to remember at this moment when the new spring and summer fashions are being designed and will shortly be shown.

IF YOU DON'T WANT :

A COLD

Once again the desire to creatà 3 chie

ensemble la responsible for the popularity of a new piece of wearing apparel. The breakfast jacket has come in- to its own now that jackets in gen- eral are fashionable.

The vogue of wearing jackets be-

gins early in the morning and ex- tends throughout the day into the very late hours when the cocktail jacket is featured over the evening Kown.

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• The cocktail jacket, however, does not match its gown, but sup- plies a note of brilliance in con- trust. The breakfast jacket, on the other hand, finds itself completing an ensemble aspect by matching perfectly the night robe or pajama that is worn beneath it.

“The bed jacket that is attract- ing so much attention right nois distinctly feminine in feeling.

Tientsin Carpet

It

Right, Gary Cooper, who gave an other screen atar, Lupe Velez (left), a H.K.$2,400 Tientsin carpet: as a Christmas present

is most often seen in chiffon or crepe de chine, the favoured mate- rials of the undergarments. Elab- orately trimmed and embroidered they offer the latest whim of fash- lon tuensembles. For warmer climates these jackets are unlined and extremely cool while chill days need a padded or lined jacket of matching charmi

Doris Dawson, in the First Na- tional motion picture, "His Captive Woman," demonstrates the popu Use: "Vapex" regularly for its larity of this combination by ap- remarkable protective power. Just pearing in a matching "nightie" a drop on the handkerchier each and breakfast Jacket of two thick- The costliest fan in the world-em- morning and an occasional inhala-nesses of chiffon in pink and blue broidered with 2,111 pearls-a gift totion of the vapour during the day that are blended into an orchid Buffices. "Vapex" and the germs of tone. Cream Chantilly lace and ribbon form an effective trimming. cold and flu cannot exist together.

the Japanese Imperial House from the lecture of Miya. This phoenix fau is the first ever received by a mam- ber of the Japanese. Imperial family,

Kayser

SLIPPER HEEL HOSIERY

A hose that enjoys wide popularity is this Kayser "Slipper Heel" bose, that is service weight. It is exqui! sitely fine and clear of texture—yet it wears exceptionally well. And the exclusive Kayter feature, Slipper Heel gives a smart slenderness to natural beauty line of the sokle. In street or costume shades,

At all leading dealers,

Kayser

Pamela

is now showing

selection of

NEW STRAW & FELT HATS

and RACE DRESSES

collection of

NG GOWNS.