1951-07-21 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1951.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

LEFT: Before transforma- full wedding

tion. A

drous in embroidered pink brocade with long-sleeved bolero full train and headdress.

RIGHT:

WANTED on

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By Dorothy Barkley

EVEN THE BRIDAL GOWN HAS A "DUAL-PURPOSE"

LONDON. Fall traditions that of the bridal ensemble is surely the most reluc- tant to give way to change, When you think of a bride, don't you immediately pic ture clouds of tulle, gleam ing satin and orange blos

same

The

gown transforined into an even. ing dress with pearl- embroidered bodice with- out the bolero and the train levelled off.

the VOYAGE

THE PRINCESS PICKS THE CLOTHES TO PUT IN HER TRUNK

PRINCESS ELIZA. fringed velvet and calls wear hats. In the daytime.

to Canada will make Nor- man Hartnell a busy man. Not only must he create ex- clusive designs for the Princess's suits, dresses, conts, cocktail and evening gowns, but many materials will have to be specially ob- tained and dyed.

hours

Hartnoll spent several at Clarence House one ofternoon talking to the Princess

about her wardrobe. She is the only one of his customers to see the closely guarded secrets of his export collection, due to ba shown in London on July 24. Designs chosen will have to be

them.

NOWADAYS

som? New ideas on the sub- ject, however, are hitting London and becoming popular.

dress-before and after trans- bugles. The design on the skirt drop-pearl formation. As wedding dress is cullined with o

Illustration left) it is com fringe, and the neckline is out- plate with jong-sicaved bolero, lined with the same fringe and full train, and headdress. As a veil of silk tulle strewn with One London dreigner new in evening dress It is complete pearls. codes in his range a number of without the bolero, and the train , on the other hat, you feel madels in soil shades of pink has been levelledor, The you want something particularly and blue. His materials range brocade has an all-over honey- young and, fresh, yet another frem broche damals, brocade, comb design. The bodice, which London designer suggests white. heavy slipper satins to gold and is boned, i encrusted with fucked organdia with

blue sash. ilver brezades.

were ID beading in pearls, eliver bugles Impressed by the appearance of and cabochons to tone with the

a town in pearly pink brocade, material, (illustration right), Fewn at a collection recently, that we chose it. Immediatṛly is" the gown of the season,

'a pale

HEADDRESSES

for

The same designer, has also a'range of dual-purpose bride. We have noticed some par- mains dresses, perhaps in satin leularly attractive styles with liver thread embroidery headdresses in London recently, on the bodice.

Thero is the floral variety- More and more brides, these "If you decide against a trans- white camellias, margueries, days must plan and budge their formation dress, bave you con- ills-of-the-valley, or the tra trouss:aux with care and fore- aidered a crinoline? A London ditional orange bleosom finished thought. They welcome the designer, who oprctalisco In with salin, tulle or crgendie. "remaformalion dress, which a luxurious crinolines, now makos Looking for something more cially converted after the wed them for bridal wear. He su dramatic? What about a small diag into an evening dress.

This

gests ivory duchesse satin, em- plll-box of white bridal saliny. is done by means

braidered by hand with pearl velled with net? long sleeves, rad aprons which do double Galty as capes. For this type of dress, it is wise t to avoid satin, and best to chasse a material that is young and appropriate fer wearing at dances. Organdie, tulle, net brocade make. cx- quisite

with dresses which, clever designing, look well both ca, and after, the day".

To

To ustrate the design clear- ly, we show two views of the

Plastics

Star In Modern Furniture

durable ar

plush. Outside Montrent few women Black is not the traditional As they contain silk and winter town colour as it is in light, colours London and Paris and is rarely reflect the stronger than usual including worn, except by visitors.

The short evening dress is far all the wonderful jewel shades

church windows. more in Gothle

tho popular among

set than Ju There will be few velis, many smarter younger

and ostrich feathers used in jewelled buckies and hal-pins, Britain.

Women wear split and tailore over the base of the hat and

new way.

then veiled with tulle.

3

Less make-up THE Princess will find Cana- dian fashions less elaborate than the British.

less make-up: and pro more modest in their style of dress, particularly in French Canada, In Quebec province not a single evening or

do cocktail gown with a tow colletage could be seen.

(World Copyright Reserved.- London Express Service.)

A £1,158-WEDDING

withdrawn from the collection HAVE you always longed to

and replaced before the 24th.

Sage green, Princes

wardrobe.

the colour the

has worn recently so

have a Society wedding at a Society church? Have you

Is likely to figure dreamed of walking up the aisle,

a full choir singing, the her Canadian

It is far more flat-playing?

tering than the soft pastel pinks and blues she has favoured, In the past.

organ

Have you imagined yourself standing to have your picture

Most of the materials will be taken on a red carpet, beneath a smooth, cut on slimming lines. and there will be lavish touches striped awning, the bells peal-

of the new-spol-proof crease-ing, and extra police holding proof velvet.

Hartnell likes to do most of Re- his designing at his

house, which stands in делеу The New Forest surrounded by woods and lake. One paddocks, day he wants to build a small Oreek temple on the island in

back the crowdB?

And then of the subsequent wonderful reception, with 200 a honeymoon in guests, and of a

South of France? the

Well, it would cost you these ays about £1,150 10s. Someone recently married at

days

-SCOTTIE SAYS-

"The trouble with you 13 that you've got so many places to try out news hair styles you can't make up your mind."

once

Buy a Stylish Hairpiece

NEW YORK.-Plastics, relegated to an, unglamorous role in the itchen, now have, moved into a starring part dri2 *** overy room in the house.

The time

this Was when synthetic was

used largely for kitchen counters and other work areas which took a lot of abuse from the housewife. Now designers, capitalising on this durability, are using it for furniture for the dining, living and bedrooms.

Representativo pieces of furniture were displayed by a firm which makes plastic laminates. Styled by leading "names" in the furnituro business, ono collection included dining-room-tables--television consoles, desks, coffee tables, buffets, serving carts, occasional tables and tiressing tables,

Resistant to Stains

To show that laminated furni- lure was mar-proof, Monsanto smeared д combination of the "household hazards on shining, mahogany-like finish of a dining room table. Mustard, catsup, cleaning fuld, crayon murke,

shoe polish and nail polish remover all wiped off with a damp cloth or soap suds, without harm to the surface, Hot plates, lit cigarettes and metal azhtrays left neither rings · nor· BCATS.

that

the middle of the lake "when St. Margaret's, said that the red find littla but oddments and sales pointed out that, the furniture

I find time to design it."

bolla

Carpet and awning cost £6, the organist and full choir £22, the lowers £26, the extra police (yesl you can hire a paliceman) £5, 108, for six.

Shaggy dog hats THE Princess' hats will be designed by Danish-born Aage Thaarup. He has already The bride's dress and going completed a number of his away outfit would cost £300. sutura models and if the Prin-The bridesmaids (5) £50 each. cess choosen any of these they The rector's fee is £6, the will be. withdrawn from the honeymoon £240. And the re- collection. All the Royal hats ception? About 258. a head. must be exclusive.

Thabrup

is using a lot of Why so early? bearskin folie, like the eyb-

catching Trooping the Colour WHY do the summer sales model. Most of his autumn stort so early? The summer materials are long-haired velours, I has only just sferted, but women

You can change your coliture completely with a stylish hair. plece. This short hairdo looks chic, for instance, with the addition of a brald made of pizze slik.

By Helen Follett

We hear about, the Psyche knot and the chignon, They aro not one and the same. The psyche was popular in that re- mote period when women' bad plenty of pigtail material. The hair to which a woman was naturally attached was tied securely midway between the crown of the head and the nape line. A large up-and-down puff was inatte, the ends of the hair. called around it. This structure extended outward for four or Ave inches."

Back of Head **

The chignon is a coil placed low at the back of the head, It is popular with some pretty models who have long hair. Hair Ucalers are creating them right now and they are a happy change from short locks, especially for gala evening.

be When purchasing extra pieces, the natural growth musi matched exactly and it is a mistake to purchase any other than what is costly is first grade. It is of course ingre expensive Cheap offerings than coarse shafts, but worth the difference. not only look counterfeit, but they soon fade in colour and must go into the discard.

The sales manager, James of aluminium shooting diapersed wanting to buy holiday clothes

heat, and prevented damage. He reductions in the stores.

wasn't made of laminates alone Many women cannot afford to but of the synthetic combined A new feature is the bustle, curl, a round mass of short buy clothes wecks in advance with paper, wood, fabric or ringlets that can be worn high or low. Placed low there. Is of their holidays.

pluminium fri plywood like need of anchorage that is supplied by a thin rubber cord. that The London shops say: "We layers. have always started our Bum-

Finishes ranged from white circles the head, over which one's natural locks are placed to mer sales in early July. After through grey, blond and on to A side part shingle can be disguised by wearing a wide that we stocktake, and then get black. Also they simulated the bandeau of hair with a small group of flat curls at one side autumn and

winter styles de grain of birch, blond or dark where the "switch" meets. If you don't know what switch livered"

mahogany vencers; A mahogany-means, ask grandma. She wore yards of them in her younger The shops should carry nor finish Duncan Phyfe table and days. mal summer clothing stocks in 18th century occasional tables July. Early August is soon carried the plastic into tradi- enough for the summer clear- tional furniture, although most ance sales to begin.

of the designs were modern.-- United Press.

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