1950-05-31 — Page 8

Now Showing

a new collection of sundresses

and swimsuits by

cxclusively at

Cole

of California

"Paquerette Ltd

LOOK

OPEN

-it's long.

easier to apply.

The best lipstick idea

CLOSED —It's short, easier to

carry.

5d.

since lipstick itself!

PEGGY SAGE

Lipstick Convertible

in seven high fashion

colours

with matching nail polish -

PERRY Sage does it again!

A sensational new Lip- stick Convertible! ... the best lipstick lien since lipstick incll. A beauti fully designel, ingeniously designed case. Closed, it's short and -sweet, take, up-practically_no_room in your new smaller hand. lage, or coimetle cases. When you use it, you merely place the cap on the button. Prestolong, graceful, easier to apply. Sole Agents

ED. A, KELLER & CO., LTD

petal soft finish

GRANT

for natural loveliness

Nothing could be lovelier, or more admired,

than the fragrant velvet finish of Yardley powder, on skin

+1

that has been kept clear and smooth by Yardley,

YARDLEY

Complexion Powder

(in ulos natural shades)

STREET

LONDON

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1860.

Woman Today Eighth Arden

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BIF

By JANET MARTIN, WRITING FROM LONDON, This year's British Industries Fair has received' higher praise than ever for the variety, quality and craftsmanship of the goods displayed by nearly three and a half thousand exhibitors - record number.

My first call was at the Hong Kong stand in the British Commonwealth section at Earls Court, where the range of the Colony's manufactures has attracted wide-interest and à tremendous number of trade inquiries,

Net scarves

On the second day of the fair,] and bag...and on the chiffon the stand was visited by their scarf...or the same ideas carried Majesties the King and Queen out in block lace on gold leather. and Princess Margaret. The King was especially interested to sec the controversial "Hong Kong shirt", while the Queen and Princess Margaret were delighted with the display of artificial flowers and asked for a selection to be sent to Buckingham Palace.

With a few notable exceptions, the merchandise displayed throughout the Fair indiented an effort to refine, develop and im- prove upon existing lines, rather than create any starting innova tions and many firms claimed to ut any offer flower prices than

me during the past 10 years.

New items

Among the really now and exciting hems I found the first fabrics treated with flexible metallic film-gold and silver

film on

silk or

colton, looking exactly like the finest kid leather

but far easier to handle, and much cheaper.

with

I liked too, the not evening scarves sewn all over with zig- zag rows of sequine-and litla bolero Jackets handsewn beautiful patterns in let beads and sequins on fine net,,with little juliet caps and dutch bon- neis to match.

at

The jewellery section Olympia was a wonderland out of which it emerged quite be- witched and dazed with bril- Hance. Very often it was only by enquiring the price that I could tell which was "real" and which "costume"! But I do recall one heavenly wristlet watch (real), consisting of a row of graduated gold boils starred with diamonds and rubles, the watch set into the largest ball...and a blazing window (costume) of white, wrought into a matched collection emerald, ruby and sapphire paste.

of brilliant pleces with a butter- fly-and-flower motif.

1

pearls...singly, by the row, by And everywhere pearls.... the yard, by the mile how they sell buyers!), worked into intricate collars and gauntlets (bracelet Li too mild a word) or partnered with gold filigree work.

(if that's

them to ovETSCAD

was

A "snip of the show" ilno baby a patented nearby

the Stork patterns, scissor in enamelled pink or blue, of which one U.S. buyer purchased 75,000 pairs, and further on, I spotted In a a travelling cocktail bar

hold

These fabrics can be pleated, gathered and stitched as costly a any other cloth and, make the most glamorous accessories and trimmings I have seen for a long time...evening bags and gloves, cocktail hats and applique motifs ...some in plain goid, silver and metallic colours, others overlaid with fine embroidered slik nets.j Fabrics play a leading role in any display of British manufac tures and here, I made a special note of new dark. cotton prints, with hold multi-flower and pea- sant designs; featherweight wool- lens in postel shades printed fibre and plastic case to with dark line designs; "Zoo" three bottles and a dozen glasses prints for nursery

in fitted holders. furnishings, featuring "Brumos", the baby polar beor; quilted safins by thế! vard: satin damask for soft fur- nishing. In lovely pastels trellised with natural; and homespun hand made woollens for dresses which we can hope to see in time for the winter.

New York

is crazy

Among the accessories, com- Women in New York do the bined sets make the biggest news. strangest things-but it pays There are printed sunshades with

to keep an eye on them. Here proofe matching beachbags in chintz and cretonne, plaid scarves are some of their Intest ideas. with matching handbags combin-Flowers. They're being worn ing leather and cloth, and for anywhere and everywhere: mass- evening, gold applique on black ed on a grosgrain choker, on the velvet for jullet cap, gloves, slices ends of a sash belt, mounted on scotter pins, tucked into a scarf at your neck, pushed under one flap-of-your-collar,-or-dripping down one side of your hot.

Renommée

dresses

Original & Very Charm- ing Evening Gowns & Sun

Suits by Pierre du Bois,

All Washable, Moderato. ly Priced.

504 Victory House Wyndham Street, Tel. 38643.

Altay beling

1

You could probably the them to clothes pin and clip it on your nose-if you did it with an air. In other words, mesdames, flow ers are being worn.....

Mask hat is latest

Paris creation-

Paris fashion designor Schiaparell presents this novel "Catcher's Mask" hat in her latest mid-sosson collection. modelled in black horsehair and has a diemand necklace by Boucheron draped around the crown~~~ẬP Phots.

A college for working women

In a spacious old house,on the outskirts of London, 50 students who have temporarily forsakon their jobs are taking a year's course in Britain's only residential collage for working women. The less formal education an, work in a factory to undertake applicant has had, the better her serious study at evening classes.

of admission. Many chances students, indeed, have had standardised education since the age

of 14. But to qualify for en- rolment at the college, they must satis satisfy the staff that they have pursued their own scheme of training through the Workers' Educational Association or some almilar body.

no

allcroft, as the college is call- ed, draws its students from all from Norway. over Britain and Austria, Denmark and many other countries. They come from all walks of life. One woman, now studying there gave up her job as a bus conductress 13 take the 12 months' course, another hal

assistants and

Accessory wlas. The fine spring weather has brought out a crop of nonsense in the accessory feld. The rage is for pearls, with a been

been a cook and others were, civil spate of blue ones offsetting the servants, shop normal variety, Bracelets

Bru

to nurses. The minimum age for) match usually have a pendant of admission is 20; there is no up- some kind. Examples: pearl dice ward limit. rattling in a gold

gold basket, or i The students take three main a gilded cage.

subjects of their own choice and pearly bird in of the heavy | two subsidiary subjects. The busi

There

are sull link bracelets-weighted with a conductress" has chosen English thick pendant, square or sham- Economic und Social History, rock, or what-have-you, and all Political Philosophy and Econo- strongly reminiscent of a prison-nies. Her subsidiary subjects are er's ball and chain..

Logic and the History of the Novel. Bonnet Parade. Hats, always Six hours a day are devoted to mildly crazy in New York, have lectures, and reading. There afo broken out in a seasonal rash of also debating societies, discussion white pique. It lines the under- groups, current alfairs talks, play side of the brim, Boats-in butter readings in fact most of the ac

in # women's fly bows on the crown, or masses tivities that develop

college.

Household in a choux to give a one-sided residential effect. Easy money for the copy-tasks are shared by the students, each spending about an hour a cat.... •

1. day on domestic duties. Home - dressmaking Home- What is the object of the dressmakers are halling another lege and what do the students plastic triumph. The new put hope to gain by attending the ferns will soon be made of pliable course? Most of them are seek- plastic which you can gather, ing a fuller life. They go because gauge and gore to your heart's they found that they were too content.

physically tired after a hard day's

USE

་

Maybelline

EYEBROH PENCIL

Soft

FOR YOUR LOVELY, GRACEFUL EYEBROWS Obtainable Eve where: UNITED TRADERS, LTD.ATEĽA80110

Their aim is to equip them- solver for jobs more helpful to the community than they had been doing, particularly work concerned with children, the supervision of mental defectives and other branches of social work. None of them. find the technique of study easy, but all agree that Ir-is-worth-the struggle:-

SHANGHAI

WILOW TAILOR

We offer you SUMMER

DRESSES

at. most

Reasonable Prices.

Please call at:- 21, Granville Road

Kowloon

LADIES!

SALE

SILKS

FABRICS

SHEERS.

A Wonderful Variety At A Wonderful Pricef

HARIS SILK STORE

14: Onent's-Egad; Contral,

BEAUTY

FOR YOUR UPS

Four essential shodes to harmonise with a wide range

of costume colours.

MONTEZUMA RED ..... głowina, vibenat end, RADIAHT PEONY (+48 64sy, rich shoda, CİNHABAR.......... dále maiting FIL PARADISE PINK.........with Hattoring pink somet

OBTAINABLE FROM THE SOLE AGENTS:-

1850

Lane

OʻJunizen

Crawford's

Be the

Belle of the

1

Beach

with

Jantzen

BOLE AGENTS: D. B. SPARKS

Tel: 31255

Right from the start

The contents and preparation of Glaxo make it, in the failure of breast feeding, the food for

ensuring baby's steady development,

Containing added fron and vitamin D. and packed in airtight, clas ensuring its purity and frealsricas in all cilmates. Glo Laboratories Ltd. Greenford

GLAXO

Sole Agents. DODWILL

ORANT