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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, ́1048.

Woman Today BELMAC

THE BATTLE BETWEEN WEIGHT AND ELEGANCE

At stated periods dress de- signers, are seized with the irresistible desire to recon- struct the clothes of bygone generations. So crinolines re- turn, or bustled dresses are presented with a flourish of trumpets. The threat of-this-is- now upon us, although in the search for something .new, crinolines. at least, are being ignored for the simple reason that designers of trains and other moving vehicles copnot it these monstrosities into their scheme of things.

By VICTORIA CHAPPELLE

International fashion writer and former. fashion editor of the London "Daily Mail:"

woman whoopt-to-púl-- on weight. They show up the lack of Puy waist-line so badly: on the other hand, pleats, cleverly managed, can give an impression of shirt width without, necenting

There are fewer exaggera tlan-padded hips look charm ing in the salone and alarming? ly unsuitable outside, on hips which have plenty of natural padding: our choulders by no means slope, as much as was unpleasant facts. feared, and although "doctora hoped to injoy scolding about tight waists, the truth la

Slick Sleight Of Hand

There's the greatest satis-

There is no doubt, of course, | faction and fun to be found in that, generally speaking, fashions "convertibles" and fashion

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Nevertheless. It has

In the normal course of things,

for the woman who has won in enjoy wooden

these

mentioning. changes.

the battle between weight and They appeal to the feminine

This is illogical be- yearning for novelty which

average elegance. woman could have n 20-inch cause the older woman is usually helped to build grent industries, and is primarily responsible for

waist without giving herself the owner of the deeper purse chronic dyspepsia, there is non fnet which pre-supposes that many a successful man's career. But changes of this kind must doubt she would not worry about fashions will presently be kinder come slowly, logically indeed, if the size of her hips, and designers women are to cerept them, and are doing their best to give her it was the sudden appearance of the illusion of a small waist with the longer skirt which has near-cityer seaming and cutting.

Flares are another trial to the ly been responsible for killing

11.

However, it has survived and,

the natural order of things,

w develop, although it is not Impossible that there may be a sudden reaction before thut de-i |velopment cones.

Fower Exaggerations

For the present, however, wo- men are prepared to enjoy the fashions-all other things

New

being equal and in the export collections in London every de- signer has enjoyed himself, dresses modelled on 1880 1 close-Bling Httle buttuned bo- dices and bustle effects; dresses on 1910 on 910 lines-princess dresses, amoothly flowing with sailor col- lars and veiled boaters all com- plete; and versions of 1840 modes with sloping shoulders, full, al- mcst ankle-length skirts, ruffed necklines.

Jean Back

From Fiji

and

Nineteen-year-old JEAN SIM. MONS has now returned from Fiji, where she made the island- ECCTICS für ****The Blue Lagoon"; Travelling home via the United States, Jean was prosented with on elegant "New Look" wardrobe sho by Hollywood stylists, but still wears her own special out 8 In the studios, Called "Jean- nies" in her honour, this is com posed of a practical one-place trousered playsuit in dark blue linen, with plpings of white, В cotton white belt, and a plain shirt to match. As Joan politely- explains, you cannot run or ride a bicycle in voluminous near- ankle-length skirts!

LOST FOR WORDS

A love-lorn snilor decided to celebrate pay day by sending a telegram to his girl in Manches- tor. After chewing on his pencil for several minutes, he naily handed in a message that read:

I love you, I love you.".. ~~~~The counter clerk Fead"K" said!" "You're allowed to add another word for the same price."

The sailor pondered for several minutes and then added his extra word. It was: "Regards."

WISDOM

Women don't get into a meas and

to her.

In the meantime, the new Lo13- don styles are a triumphant preof that the ellent always prefers elegance to exaggeration.

Paris Fashions

Film star Lana Turner with her husband Bob Topping (left) and the Parls couturier Jacques Fath examine models from the latest collection in Jacquea Fath's show rooms.

Care Of The Baby

Let Him Tan

In Small Doses

good

one

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trick with its ingenious trans- formations. Blouses, skirts, and jackets serve as the chief pivots around which circle these sleight-of-hand changes, but they..by no means con- stitute the whole show.

Your daytime dress becomes a party dress by the addition of a few frilly petticoats. A drawstring handily daytime blouse inta shoulder dinner bodice.

snaps Д an oll-

A snappy little tuleta shoulder cape whips off and winds round the waist as an impish peplum. Cummerbunds twist into turbans, aprona move цар mud become capes-or shoulder

shoulder zapes become aprons.

Hata zip apart and lead dou- ble lives, while bonneta lose their crownɔ and dwindle into halos.

Surely the prospect of practic- ing such gay deceptions, of en- joying so many lively possibili- tles. from ordinary clothes, not only means extra money in your pocket, but imaghistion on the wing.

Shirtwaists and the blouses

Into their own.. certainly come Many designers are careful never

to leave the choke of a blouse to chance, as perhaps we may be templed to do. You find blouses designed all of a plece with п skirt.

Sometimes three have print tops which match the linings

*

- jackets, or they may be a

light shade of taffats with teffata skirt and jacket of a darkor., shade. Polka dots are

sny-of-there-biðusa

top

too.

The glamorous shirtwaist top is seen in many variations. Sheer nylon nets, tucked and shirred and sometimes irset with loco, show the gleam of exquisitely Shell dainty camisoles beneath. tucking, metallic stitching, and fagoting give chiffon blouses pleasing daintingas.

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Satin blouses are ever-recur ring favouriten. These are seen with trapunto designs done in metallic or other contrasting stitching, and in fine scallops or

པ་ horizontal blas folds, Over- blouses with their alim hiplines are less in evidence, though they too have their admirers. Usual- y these are shown with boat necks and dolman sleeves,

Skirts and jackets have a good time with themselves. don'

sults. Though us- in Just suits. mean Ing various colour and fabric combinations, they achieve 2 heal difference between the usual run of suits and dresses. may have, for example, a You fitted basque jacket buttoned from its little, sharp, pointed coller to its sharp-pointed waist, worn with a full-daring ballerina.

Or choose A brief bolerp Jacket with long sleeves and wear it with a gÏlm-fitted dark sklet that has a deep

ruffia just bolow the knees.

The blouse beneath the bolero may be of a contrasting shade for a touch of excitement.

however, must be

be- open, On sunny summer days it is

cause ultra-violet rays, the a great relief to be able to take Baby out of doors, to the

health-giving element of sun- beaches and picnic spots that

light, cannot penetrate gimu, and 'heat without

any you enjoy so much yourself.

result is no use at all, But the problem of suntan be-

Under a treo, if there is comnes quite a big one when young, delicate skins are con- available, is a good place to start, Pro- many cerned, and

mothers, since the light la diffused. than "The trouble in this country all rather

risk dangerous tect his head, neck and eyes from the glare, undress him complete- began because men have not real- sunburn, are compelled to ly, and put him on his back on ly a good housekeeping sense. leave their children at home. your knee. The first day, expose

This front to the air for one min- then go weeping to somebody elso They consider, with reason.

Then there is the skirt with a saying, "I owe all this; for God's that even if Baby is protected ute, checking the time with

watch. The second day, turn him | four or five-inch blas fold sat up sake get me out of it."Dame from the direct rays of the sun, Lilian-Barker JP.

the danger of sunburn by reflect over and expose his back for one six inches from its bottom edge. cd. light is just as great and all minute On the third day, ex-It-might-have-a-matching-Jackel, pose his back for two minutes, long-sleeved and trim, fitted at the more dangerous because it is

and on the fourth his front for the waist and just curving out ilable to go unnoticed until it is

two minutes. Go on like this slightly over the hips, and frog- far too late for remedial moa-

gradually increasing the time, until it takes twenty minutes all ged up the front. Fresh air and sunshine are es

skin sential-to-healthy-growth, Sunfold. By that time. his

ahould be brownliäll över. shine especially, with its ultra- When he is properly brown, he violet rays, is nature's tonic,

can safely play in a sunsult or and nature's own prevention for knickers. many ills and ailments. So to enable you to take baby with you to the seashore, the best plan is to tap him sufficiently in gradual doses, so be con resist the harmful effects of the Eun- light while benefiting from it..

Just as the beautician's advice about tanning is always "Easy Does It," so it is with baby's ten-

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cloudy days, too. Bunlight le *"Rath,”* moaned her long. quite as active on a baby in • sufferin ́ husband, “you promised Wight cloud as on a bright day, you wouldn't buy a new dress.

What made you ot it?"

1

the devil tempted me."

"Dear," replied the modern Eve

behind me, satan?" the

"Why didn't you say, 'Get thee poor

While on this body-building der skin. But the advice la em process, is a good time to break phasised a hundred times. You must never, under any, circun him into the habit of cold. baths, which dount bigger and belter stances, leave the

of timing baby's tanning process to gues men that he. When baby is work or chance. Given to him moted to the big bathroom bath,"on then he whispered over my

about six months old he is pro- man inquired.

"I did,” she replied sweelly, in small doses, carefully regulat- ed, sunlight will cream his

skin and then you can start reducing

**** | Just beautifully in the back'" to a point where he can scamper the temperature of the his daily shoulder. My dear, it fits you round in rompers quite happily, bath." without fear of burns, but the

NO TROUBLE treatment must be gradual.

Do it gradually until he be comes accustomed to having luke- warm water. Then finish of with The ideal place to a start is, a colt sponge, and a quick rab [of-couren," "out-of-doors. Some down with a towel. ·· times this le not poveikio, and You will find. that this is not „than...the next best thing is by only doing baby a lot of good, un open window. The window, but also, surprisingly, he likes-iti

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