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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1948.

Woman Today

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King Cotton

GLAMOROUS GLAZED COTTON in red, green and white striper in used for this ballerina evening dress by Dorville. The

little Boucy monkey-jacket is severely cut to balance the wide, gathered

kirt,

caught with two full bows at the walsi-band.

BOWS NEW IN PARIS PARADE

The femininity of bows is emphasized in almost every collection in Paris this

spring. Jacques Heim shows bows of all shapes and sizes, little tailored bows fastening trim turn-down collars and large floppy bows of the poetic type finishing the necklines of spotted twill blouses.

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HEELS, FLAT SANDALS;

IN NEW STYLES

By Barbara E. Scott Fisher

of The Christian Science Monitor

Footwear is having its fling. Shoo designors, on

their toes, haven't missed a trick.

With great ingenuity and imagination they have made shoes this season which mark a much lighter-hearted approach than anything we have worn for years.

Today it is

footwear your which will date your costume feature more than any other of your dress. Your feet will give you away.

The neet height range is terrifs. Sour beels are sharp and high, some are content to be medium, while those cut on sandal nes

www.ur became we've nomads.

a race of desert

Silhouettes offer great gwite ment: newest, most graceful, and interpreting the mood of fashion Is the shell, which Recentuates the long, allm lines of a foot.

The sleep Louis-heel opera pump carries out much the same line, but is minus the ankle strap of the shell.

Mabel and Charles Juileneilt bring out a lightly Inced pump that achieves a completely new look by incing the leather thongs straight across them.

The T-strap does much for the of some feet; so does appearance sink to such flatuess as to imply the side-swept slihouette in strap

arrangement.

Delman shows A new RD- proach in his high-lacing anklet developed in sveda or satin, where metal catches coax the crossed lacings right up to and around the ankle, with the fle at the front.

At the other extreme, the next

numerically group

ran to high Louis heels, usually with ankle- strap pumps with the prevailing | low-cut sweetheart vamps and high close backs.

Colour in shoes is important in spring and

stimmer collections. You will

pastels, Mexican combinations, and ombres, Gold kid is no longer considered purely formal.

Gold kid appears for lay-time, street, and casual shoes und accessories, which is a de parture.... -Gold-nnd-white also combine for casual wear,

Gunmetal Patent Greens, rede, blues, navy, and cocoa are heavily pro. moted. Black suedes find many admirers. Gunmetal patent and black patent are seen.

and on

For dressy afternoon occasions Into the evening. pale Leige satins have # way of blending inofensively with many colours as well as dark clothes.

One ingenious Amerleon de- signer shows these laced over the

instep, tied about the ankle, and Anished in a tiny litle pussy-cat bell which is no end of fun to

wear for dancing.

of

tortoise-shell.

Platforms. Shrinking

open and closed toes, also pumps with closed backs and toes, Vor heart throats, and slender, morg slightly pointed toes are also pat- terns people like to wear. Scal- loped vamps give a neat, becom- ing trim without being funny.

While there is nothing uke leather for a shoe, there are ocensions when lighter materials of varying textures seem to fit Nylon is well into the picture. Hight and strong and used in a

Gabardine la stil!! nhacs. brocade evening, and crepe or faille

ked for strent

cool mesli.

for

før afternoon.

Reptile, skins include alligator, which is one of those tenthera that almost never wears out, and These several kinds of lizards.

and colours, used as pipings and trims on both fabric and other leather

shoes, Snakes are lighter, softer, and

charming

colours. nisa come in

When it comes to genuine wear and foot comfort, calf and suede remain the favorite leathers.

People used to

think thorp was nothing like a new pair of

leather patent

pumps

are often seen in

*pring, but patent, while stepping out, does so feas fre.

less quently, and with

style assurance.

for til)

For the conservative taste, black suede and gray suede hold

You see some platforms-not) a strong place, while, navy and so many-end these are moderate coroa in suede tle in companion- in height. Sling pumps with both ❘ nbly with many outfits.

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others are busy studying the designs of those equally important houses, who cater to the re- quirements of the younger set.

Each house specializing in styles, there will be many small HONGKONG'S GREE

Red

and

children's wear has its own checks used for summer outfits, Bruyere's collection makes

round beads, topaz, form of individuality, each white duster checks" in ging-1

and white or blue big feature of bows, they

take ropes the place of buttons on the front coral, jade or amber, as well as may be said to "cater to a ham and linen make effective of dresses, trim the back of the

type." just as the leading romper suits for very small boys neckline or peep from the top of

couturiers do.

and girls. For midsummer,

dot- There are those whose claimed muslin will come into its own and there is a feeling for pint- to fame lies in the beauty of

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a breast-pocket. Larger bows Another popular medium for are the finishing touch to sashes Jewelry is paste, huge white bril-

romantic

evening dresses,lants recalling the paste neck- white elsewhere an Immense bow inces of the Gay Nineties, which their party frocks and dresses over little white blouses, or with COTTON CASEMENT CLOTHS of stiff taffeta ribbon interprets either form choker dog-collars, for special occasions. Elscout for sun-playsuits. the popular busile movement. or lie in decorative plastronlike where specialists in more prac

Ribbons are also important in forination to fill the front of the costume jewelry feld

senson.

this rep evening decolletage.

Pearl and rhinestone pendants hang from black velvet, neck ribbons tied close abou. the throat in the style of Renoir and Monet paintings.

Choker Choice

The same type "of "ribbons are used instead of clusps lo fasten single or about the throat.

atical clothes for children attract attention by the simplicity of designs which unite such qual- ities as comfort, easy washing and pressing, with originality,

One of the prettiest summer 30" wide, pinafore styles chown in Paris

recently is

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coloured stripes with printed floral designs

Is in white mustinFANCY-FURNISHING-FABRICS Minggy Rouff-features many of

embroidered with pale plnk these glittering necklaces with

and pale blue dots. The little 48" wide, floral designs her spring evening dresses, vary

skirt is gathered into a tiny ing them with similar designs'

Two colours lead in the 1948

bodice-band and fastened over FANCY RAYON PRINTS, 39" made in plain gold, like small

the shoulders with bows of the fashion chart for the very young round coins, or little squares of blue and shades

same of putty or

material which

can bo gilt linked together in decor-off-white,

te,Among the popular

opened out for ironing. Plain muslin and linen dresses

tive patterns.

The diaphanous evening hand-fabrics for spring styles are soft

little frocks and tailored

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treble rows of pearls kerchief has returned to favour pastel-coloured woolens, used for are daintily handworked for sp! FARNSWORTH RADIO RECEIVERS $198

large and

this season. Black chiffon is par-while Shantung is a favourite for Some aro worn tight as ticularly popular chokers; others merely encircle squares are trimmed with em- late spring and summer frocks

In

the nock

rows.broidery in graded

to be one corner, "Pearls are as popular this carried in the und knotted spring as they were during the round the

winter rearon," says the preal- | negligently "Tist

dent of the Paris novelly Jewelers' syndicate.

in

rout

Piping

conts,

cial occasions and embroidered with quaint animals and nursery Model ET-051 All-Wave Midgets quotations for play wear. Co- lours riot on pastel shades and

AMACO 12" ELEC, DESK FANS... on white in this latter field design, Noah's Ark and popular

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smocking oneoft Always mop Ilnoleum with MEN'S STRAW HATS, TO CLEAR $4.50 Each

clean, cold water-(no soap), dry] -

often intertwined with strings of These are then knotted at. the Often piping in used to out-well, then rub over with _• the "SOCIETE" Fancy Box CHOCOLATES $5.50-Box

Handkerchiefs play their part numerous

the latest Jewelry also, and a newest They are sometimes worn infolded triangle of coloured chif- frocks come

have little ropes casually looped about the fou may

enameled and throat, while strands of pearls are flowers sewn round the point. shades of blue is seen,

a little gold beads.

back of the neck to suggest

worn Coloured beads are being used necklace

over П little costume jewelry too, often of throat-scarf. Pearls and irregular shape, such as those are used in a similar manner unusual neck made from opaque plastic mu anl provide an terials which have Took of old trimming to dress up any simple enamel. More conventional are1trock.

Gal, Gingham and Glamour

beads

fine the design of a dress and polishing mop.

tod-

to suggest a bolero an dier's

dress, when * true

meat When starting to cook bolero would prove too bulky, soups, use cold water to extract for The kimono or Magyar sleeve the juices; boiling water is makes its appearance in dresses vegetable soups, so that they keep for little girls of eight years and their colour.

over.

the

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It is suggested in garments for For children: A few drops of very young by the introduc-glycerine in the water when tion of cape-yoke movements in blowing bubbles, and the bubbles little coats, but the tendency of blown are bigger, beautifully Rimono styles to slip off the coloured-and float longer! shoulders does not make them practical for active youngsters.

Bright Colours

or

Linen looks "best" ironed pressed on the wrong side,. bo- cause the weave of the cloth will

Contrasting coats and dresses then stand out.

are a fashion note for children of all ages. Bright green coats look well over putty-coloured wool dress, and frequently the "dress"may be touched-with'a-hint | of green embroidery or smock- ing.

While plain-coloured materials hold first place in early spring

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A GLAMOROUS GLIMPSE OF SUMMER brách - things' to come, R.K.O. Radlo star Barbara Hale (left) is prepared to launch herself with gingham swim ansamble

Fancy tharkskins, Jerseys and elasticised doo-daha may come and go, but gingham goes on forever,

Note the fancy cross-cut checke At the bottom of "the-at- parstice, The sporty shirt with the three-place outfit is also the latest Dolle's Beachwear.

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