1951-06-30 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1951.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

Princess Elizabeth starts new hair fad

THE 'FIGURE EIGHT' CHIGNON PRINCESS Elizabeth, who

wore a chignon of hair for formal evening occasions in Malta, has started Lon- don's latest fashion.

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Mr Peter Isain, a London wig-makor, said: "The Princess wore 'figure eight' chignon on the back This is the of her head. most popular style.

"The hair must be 24in. long to make the full curves of the figure eight. Costs of a chignon of this length vary between £9 98. and £12 12s., depending on the colour and texture of the, hair"

Hair for chignons is self dom provided by English "Nearly all of it' belongs to Italian nuns," Mr Isaia said.

women.

"Long hair is still fashion- able in Italy, and when the nuns take their vows at the end of five yearn' probation, their hair is cut off. Then it is sold to merchants.

IN NYLON, TOO

"There

nothing has been

the demand since like this shingle days more than 20 years ago. By working overtime my staff can produce 30 to 50 chig- nons a week."

Cheapest chignons cost. about £7 7. Most expensive are: around 14' guineas. Nylon chig- nons-often preferred because, they are lighter-cost as little as

£3 108,

'One West End hairdresser

"Women said:

pay up to £2 25. for a short cut. But nl- though short hair is still the most popular style for day wear, women are getting tired of it for, evening wear.

"So more and more of them Jare wearing chignons to suit the extremely present

evening dresses."

with the

Velvet mounted

showing feathers semi-forward ́movement.

'Good News For Garlic Eaters

Vicann.

There Is A Return To

Semi-forward Hats

By DOROTHY BARKLEY

London: The hat styl-presented by

Hats for overy occasion ware

and Do- shown,

the restaurant

A hesitant reaction is setting the Associated In against the too-far-forward, signers of London--can be sum- styles, particularly elegant, re- a call these worn by the ladies of brow-concealing, eye-shading, marised as follows: Arstly,

with a a Gainsborough's day large small-crosoned coolle type hats return to high crowns,

trimmed brimmed, and amply which have been worn so

and the man- with ospreys. In the group fricorne brret,

restaurant hats, wo admired because no designer likes to re- darin hat are typient of place

black Persian lamb

in London this year, Fontani-forWRTX)" ·

movement (the

this

a particular fashion until it style). Secondly, a side-to-side has run its course, and women, movement, noticeable on the of course, are often grateful if langer Hats by adding merely a veil, a jewel, Or a cluster of grapes, they can to bring last season's hat up date. A compromise between the off-the-face style and the cur rently fashionable forward une

seems in prospect,

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trimmed with gold.

af

For

It soems, Bro

窳 turban,

Glovce, in matching materials and

made colours,

interest- An To show just what is meant, ing accessory note, which could wo picture here an example of bo imitated quite simply. aach style. You have the side instance, olive green gauntlet velvet gloves were sewn with sequins to-sido style: in black trimmed with while batter's to match the hat, and a mink- plush in the shape of a seagull, trimmed mult echoed te mink And you have the semi-forward on a Regency pink velvet hon- style, in velvet mounted with net. feathers to give height Birds are frequently HATS with a difference and feathe

Millinera, were our main study used as trimmings; one hat had Top of the list of ottractions Spring Fair was at the Groz

in a millinery show which a fringe of shaded feathers always blessed with a particu the wonderful invention of

Jarly pleasing sense of humour. the odourless garlic. The Fair pros-wound up the events of round the brim.

that

this Fashion Fortnight. It was Colours eclected me: Festival How they delight in imagining

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д copy of (n WILIIT pectus states invention "makes garlic attended by 500 superbly Flame, three star

Guardsman's сар trimmed shade which stone fit for the drawing room" and

goes ad- hat- superbly

with a plume, or an imitation of allows the

enthusiastic garlic dressed,

mirably with black), and Prince

bright cator

It was to indulge his passion ted women.

3 Consort, (a deep plum shade), a saracen's belmet (in

But they lot without being ostracized by his milliners' paradise. Coming, There

greens, (Called crusade rod).

their fancy run tree when It friends,-Reuter.

(gorse as it did, the day before rouse green), golds,

comes to trimmings. Among the opening of Ascot, it Hold), red-browns, (red setter); the more amusing were minis

most frequently used, and might have been a rehear- most successful, colour com- anl for Ascot fashions. Large hination is black and white. brims and cartwheels pre- dominated.

дто feminine

SHE DOESN'T SWIM

Remember Ann Blyth in "r Peabody and the Mermaid"? She could swim like a fish-la fact sho was a fish — in that one. But she couldn't speak a word! In "Kafle Did it, her latest for Universal-Inier-

comedy national, she doesn't swim, but she

artful and усгу articulate in this one-piece backless well-moulded bathing Kuis,

Eileen

Guide For The

Ascroft's Garden-party

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OBJECTIVE

If it's hot and you want to

look and feel cool ...

If it's cloudy and you don't want to shivar ...

If you want to look ons of

most alegant

the

there.

Women

If your ambition is to get your picture

papers...

If you're under 25

If you're

Over

50

•

The

DRESS

white linen suit Wear a

tailored dress in natural shantung.

Choose a grey flannel suit or 'three-piece, in navy light-weight wool,

Try a tailored black linen dress, or, if the sky is uncertain, a black

gros grain sult,

Wear an ankle-length lace crino-. line with a fur cape.

Pick something frankly youthful In crisp catton piqué, organdie or Broderie Anglaulus.

You'll look best in a smart silk sult or soft, wool 'ensemble,

Goers

HAT

A cartwheel straw in white, black or navy.

Small hat, as gay as you wish.

A large black hat, straw for sun,

spotproof valvet for clouds,.

Tulle picture hat with flowers.

A straw "sailor” or a flowered bonnet,

Something really elegant. Avald flower bannels—there'll be too much youthful competition.

Hats in the audience, how- show. over, almost stole the Envious glances indeed were cast the way of the black straw coolie, with a yellow tea rose

the placed cach sido under

Long-haired materials are ex- tensively used: halter's plush, melusine, panTE, and. Long- haired fox folt. There is still, of course, an abundance of felts, velvets and velours.

brim; a white pillbox draped A

series

of tailored

with black velling held in place shapes, ("pull-ons")

Jewel; and a tartan shown.

4

1 by |"llowerpot"—all

dience.

.

beret

was

These are in koeping

in the all- with the tailored clothes now becoming more and more the first choice of women in Lon- don. These hats are made in contrasting

materials and

Reducing

Without Cost

As

was

colours: like the one we saw in flame velour contrasted with black: the

flame crown trimmed with a checked brim, NEW YORK.

and offset with a flame-coloured in his part helping bobble. Simpler perhaps, but America's preparedness pro- equality elegant WAS

ire xramme, the head of a health donkey-brown felt with herring- and reducing salon

an- has

back, bone stiching at the down

over- and

with nounced he'll slim

trimmed

long 3 to go weight girls who want

teatrer. into uniform at no cost.

All branches of the service have rules which keep over- weight girls from being accept- ta.

Al Roon decided it was omebody's patriotic duty to re duse girls who passed all other esis for entrance into the armed services, so he volunteered

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one month I think I can have the firs group of Kirk ready, if they co-operate in the exercise, diet, and the rest of the reducing programme," said.

ACCESSORIES

Long gloves, big and medium

heated shoes to match hat.

Navy court shoes and bag. Gloves to match a colour in the 'hat,

Black accessories and one big diamond or paste clip.

Na! mittens and lots of jewellery.

Roon

ono

ture umbrellas, dice on sticks, kaltting needles fixed in balls of wool, mushrooms, and ice- cream cormats.

Black velvet, trimmed with white hatter's plush in the shape of a

showing seagull

side-to-side movement.

the

Glamour Touch For Eyelashes

By HELEN FOLLETT

smooth

THERE is one little beauty ends should be made. rop that every gini should and pliable before they are have as a part of her "Oh-sec- ready for the final beauty step- how-nice-I-look" equipment. curling. Be careful to apply the That is an eyelash curler. Back pomade evenly so that the hairs 9 quarter of a century ago, are brushed out, not clinging when movie close-ups were together forming little spike

now, these little cur were effects.

curlers

found principally in the make- Always strive for natural ap- up kits of professional, beauties. pearance, no matter what you

winker-tilting is some

Now

hing that is being done by may be doing in the way

many girls who keep in touch giving yourself

with pulchritudo trends.

Appis

And provements.

of

are

modern im

USO One raust

and beauty aids with art all aves are on eyes this season discretion. They were designed. Remember that only you

loods for

enhancement and that is out of your eyes; everyone else possible only,

when they looks into them and you wont need or applied as they

should |them to And them lovely.

be. A Insh pomade

The eyes have it.' Especially Then Icarefully and evenly.

when they have a life help in your friend the way you pick up

of skilfully applied ta-mood, insert the silly fuzzen artifice. into a

tiny curved rubber press the scissor handles firmly while you count slowly to thirty. Releaso and presto! Your lashes curto up- ward liko those of a movie stori who

probably does the same thing.

cushion.

Carry a fan or lace parasol_Constant Replacement

As simple as possible, Leave furs and jewels to older women.

"

Simple and comfortable, Good furs and one or two places of

Jewellery.

AND HERE THEY ARE, ON PARADE

Those who know about such things tell us that lashes constantly replacing themeDives, playing a sort of hall-and-fare- well act ko the hair on your hand. This means that the lengths of the shafts vary from long to short. Thus all the lash

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