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EVENING & DAY DRESSES

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BRENNER SPORTS

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of London Selected by Alyson Telan prosanally

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1049.

Woman Today

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There is a boom in beachwear-and it started long before the heatwave. "Bun and fun suits" ara boling bought by everyone between 16 and 60.

The selection is extremely good. Designe have do- finitely gone ahead from the unimaginative beachwear of pre-1929,

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You can decide to go all out for A ton with strapless swim suit, or all feminine with broderie anglaise, scalloping, and Jane Russell" frilling. Pretty fitfle Victorian bloomer suits (centre illustrations) or drawstring bra and briefs will set you back very little. The nave pleatiolsed swim Evite are a good idea,

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Ebetter sulta hava aulit-in brassieres, and there is

one made by a famous corset firm.

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For the las extravagant there are telescopic swim sults. They are capelaily good for hony prople.

Out to make history are the tile velvet Jackete that slip on over swimsault er shorts. (Drawing on Terty I have seen them in wonderful sulphurous yellow and cyclamen.

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A fashion from the States is the sawed-off middy` beach shire (drawing on eight) that Mary Martin wors in..../Bouth Pasifatin«blue denim with pullover neck- Iine it sells cheaply. Enterprising British manufacturers, please copy.

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WINE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

If you feel that you'd really like to have neplush" dinner

1. home me evening try Cooking with wine.

Last week I dined with a friend who served a meal of soup, fish with pans and new potatoes, icecream and straw

berries,

The fish was peached in the end or a bottle of White Bordeaux which she had had for a party

before. the week

The whole noal, for four.people, would not have disgraced the smartest French restaurant.

By BARBARA WAGĘ

I was shocked at first, but once, tumn fashions, It looks as if we

I got used to it the effect was shall all be wearing floating panels most attractive. "I've made and buttoned-on over-skirts and switches from wool to match each aprons.

new hats."

of my drassen," she told me. “It's One afternoon dress had a, lace much cheaper than buying lots of flying panel which gave a lovely

swing to the skirt. But be care Wool is now available every-ful if you get one not to sit on it- where, so it is an idea for any when a flying panel is crumpled woman brave enough to try it. it looks dreadful.

Stoles, I think, will continue into the winter. I saw a most attrac-

It i tive one in a shop window. wan crocheted in a soft grey wool, and covered with gleaming sequins, It would have suited the smartest evening dress.

Collar Sense

Another American, Lucinda Here is an excellent wine-using Ballard, famous New York singe recipe invented by the chef of a dress designer, who dressed "Okis- restaurant on the outskirts of home," "Street Car Named Desire" London.

Bod

many other Broadway hits, rocipo for

and

yot But last month the heat seemed

Ponch fresh Allots in fish stock. has spickti

Make a roux (melted margarine looking

in four lightly cooked, strain fish saving herself

stock over roux, adding curry powder.

Jittle

Unhappy Feet

Her lingerie collars and cuffs to bother people, people's foot al

I limped horne myself

Whisk, make into are always beautifully launderad any rate. creamy sauce, simmering_fon half (she changes them, after overy from Wimbledon, and when I nak-

门 hour. Set aside for few wear), but who never sews themed my doctor what to do nhout,

minutes, then put good tablespoon-f'im

Nauce,

4

it he just answered curtly:

when poaching fish, try, cider. _ a loose the collar like air.

fal of white wine per person into When she buys

A collar he "Shoes" add butter

In this weather shoes should be and seasoning makas duplicate of some cheap and pour over halibut,

material like muslin, and now fas- light, low heeled, and lot in the I you feel you can't afford wine tenings to

There are some new raffia It 100

ones just arrived from Italy, tastes almost an

Then good. For

nhe changes her which are perfect for warm wea- making fruit salads, flies, foes or collar she just tucks in the under ther trifies that are a la different, collar beneath her dress neck, and.

your feat hurt whatever you try adding some Passion Fruitbecares it with a safety.pin Ro

so wear, try massaging them with Juleo from East Africa a

that it will not twist. No sew methylated spirits, or soaking them Going Green ing needed, when you're off to in Epsom salts in the oldfushioned

work or a party in a rush.. For way. Talking of doing things diffor the cuffs, she Inserts an elastic ently, an American friend of mine at the wrist, and wears them like torned up the other day with the cuff-savers some people wear "green hair!" At least, the switch in offices. she wore pinned on the back of her closely-out blonde green-green: wool

head was

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They're Flighty Judging by the previows of muI-

COCKTAIL PARTIES ?

RACES?

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Obvious Solution One beauty expert told me that }' Aince the war, when women's feet

spread in Army shoes, or with queueing, they have been booked up always at least a week ahead, Another way to rest your feet,

of course, is not to stand on them! An evening's mending on the sofa will do a lot, and if you could have one of the new sewing cab inets I saw at Ileal's, it might al- most be pleasant.

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