1951-10-06 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER

1951,

Page

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

RETURN OF BARBARA GOALEN

THE FABULOUS FACE

--today peeping from the hood of tulle that crowns another Paris triumph in 'ont-of-this-world '-ness

Pictures by Richard Dormer

Fo

By ANNE EDWARDS

OR the Return of Barbara Goalen No. 3 shown today is a dress de- signed by the man who is known the world over for fabulously beautiful evening clothes. Its name is Dior.

It is a lavish tulle frock in shifting shindes of grey, black, and white; ground- sweeping, magnificent. fantastic, and unreal-yet from it a lot of sound fashion sense is in he learned.

Only a top-ranker among designers would....

1

Arrange the tulle to give, those varying drhelnde, so the skirt locks alka ditant clouds as the meves shifting from pale grey to thunder, now sliver, now" black. Shrad the whole thing with an immense stole of pale pink tulle matebed with pai rink reres at the walst.

2

Forbear to seniter sequins all over the skir! as mest designers do, and sew them insigad -thick nud 311 block-Jike petals round the wrist.

4 Design skirt of uneven lengths that

#ber' rok uneven, 19 accentunte efect of charging shadows,

the

Numbs among his clients the kind of wemes who have the opportunity to wear it the skill to mange it, and the nerve to enter a room shrouded in a cloud of pink and throw it off la reveal a montrap of a dress. -

-Indon Express Service)

ano Susan Deacon tells you¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶

How NOT to be MISS-FIT

AGE

COLOUR

UP

TO

SPR

•25

Sensational new colours. Vivid kvatlek ... pink with dark green. Lots of howa and multi- ralutared

Bout checks, colours ant thi new blush pink.

Vivid blury

25

Black

TO

35

pril,

Black with brews, fur withi heather

tweed. Brown with belge fur evening Dark blush pink satius Three retour

dresses,

hones

flack or

35

black with time, blush nites

volaars or a dark purple.

45

OVER 45

ADE Shades of grey.

blur. 13:144

Na red. Pastel shades good wills b. dark green, and black. shades of purpie

lilues

PORTUGUESE

STYLES

DAY

Small waist and wide skirts wur over stillerino- Bars Boieros. Dressmaker muils, ar suits with wide all-round pirateri (unpressed skirts.

Small waisted booler anet straight skirt for KEUN, Abde skiried dresses, Fell highwaisted coala.

Straight and

slender from shoulder to hem. Wrap around ruals with tur

Am trinnings.

for elegance.

Bulky top and straight skirt. Anx fitters at back of skirt only. No whit All-round skirts, stitched pleats only. Long revers un xults.

EVENING

Strapless dresses, Wide *kirts pleated or tiered, Skin tight velvet Jackris worn over corktalkor évening dresses. Frilird Hirla. Lots of

pleais.

Halter neck dresses, willy wide skirts, or two. tiered

skirts.

Sophisticated Lypes wear Bailh or velvet sheath. ballooning below the kiters.

Sophistented

luthes, but sensational

ant

Draped dresses. Dr with straight fine pirating, "pretty" Avold

clothes.

Norisational Bies. Wide draped halter neck OF covered top. Draped or straight-

Skirts,

MATERIALS

DAY: Rough tweeds and tufty wuotiens. Plaids Loud checked Tweeds. Wool Jersey.

EVENING: Taf tetas. Velvets thot black). Lota af tulle.

DAY: Velvet... Wool Jerany. Rough woollens

and tweeds.

EVENING: Laco over taffeta, Grosgrain or fallie with weivel Dramatle materiala

DAY Wool Jer sey, fallle or TOS grain and flannel,

EVENING: Tinsel Brocades. Velvet, sall, striped talicia.

DAY: Smooth worsteds with small pattern, Ribbed velvet. Grey, flannel,g:

EVENING "CHIF- fon. Silk Jerney. Crepe. Dull salin.

answers

to

Here-in quick

a

chart-are the EVERY WOMAN'S current fashion problems. It tells women of all ages the ideal colour, the ideal style, and the ideal material to wear on all occasions.

DRESS

TOMATO AND CHEEST (1)

TOMATO ANO CHEESE (2)

FOUR SALADS

MUST CONSULT

MY SALAD

BOOK

SLICED TOMATOES

WITH QIL AND VINEGAR

WATERCRESS OR WITH

LEAVES

FINELY CHOPPED ONION OR

SHALLOT

AND

CHOPPED -PARSLEY

SALAD CREAM

SKIN AND SLICE POR3 TOMATOES AND MIX

THEM WITH THE TORN UP LEAVES OF25M

DRESS WITH SALAD CREAM

CUT SOME SKINNED

TOMATO FLESH INTO SMALL PIECES AND SOME CHEDDAR CHEESE INTO

VERY SMALL

CUBES

Choice MEATS

Salam AND DELICATESSEN

SALA

Ciss!

Broa's

Unox

Varkensvle

eigen jus ORK IN OWN JUIch

Unox pickups

Emphasis On A Particular

London.

Material

detail

Ofen

a ile tee much. the tabs and buttoned packets on his rufts give the impression of a cossack's unifarm, sometimes,

Ench season there is em- phasis on a particular mate- rial, it is favoured by all ing for ideas in warm cloth admittedly, this is alimeiive, as designers, appears in every to ward off the cold winds whce it creates the impression of collection and is used in an that do us no good, this is cfien the severity of the suit style Impressive variety of ways. something of a novelty. Last season's preference for

a cossack's uniform. Bu more

is unrelieved by bright colours, The second principal use of fer example, his suit in dark blue grey

flannel has been re- velvet is fer sulis and dresses. serge called "Bow Stree:" which placed by a vogue for vel- On these it is never left ulcue, was modelled on the lines of a vet: it appears in bright but adorned with motifs in bead palicewoman's uniform.

braid

and open

work cm- Velvet has

shown its for all types of cocktail and

shown. with simple

colours, and its quality has ab

been improved; it is used,

with greater cunning than clothes

a

for day,

style is

rounded

Designer's Neglect Perhaps these designers have overlooked the fact that mas!

before, for everything from evening dress was the war. The emin war: feminine styles, the

soft shoulder lints, they wan: formal suit to a floor.

pretty detall and a neat il length evening coat, and it shoulder line, and straight skiri, heute, and that they don' want provides trimmings on and is given an air of distinction gleaming rows of brass buttons -by-the--bands-t embroidery-let-and-square-set-shouldera, If they in at the top of the bodice and aid, perhaps they would join the skirt. Also from Mall comes a police force. of sult with velvet detall on collar,

coats, suits, and dresses.~

cuits,

and barque.

sections of the

The molif, in

Of A Novelty Most unusual touch velvet comes in braid, is repealed en cach of the Lachasse's enveloping "Bri-Finally, in contrast with the

barque. gand" collar which

its rest

is a full skirted cocktail snugly round the face. dress by Michael Sherrard. His We realise that this would use of the year's material is in- teresting: the oblique neckline

very

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Ask most women the instant way

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NESCAFE

NESCAFE is the Registered Truje Mack for NESTLE'S volubie eoddeo product composed of coffee sikia combined and powdered with destine, misyon 'sad' dextroit, added so protrat the Borow.

Ireshly made, eight in the cup,

COFFE

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STOP

PRESS...

[ORANT

appen, spanned with floral embroidery Once Again Bringing Revolution in Merchandising

not. bo priate choice for a tropical which is repeated, in a magnified climate, but we show it be- version, across the skirt. cause even in London, where Traditionally Chained designers are always search-

MIX AND DRESS WITH MAYONNAISE FLAVOURED WITH A UTTLS MUSTARD, AND SERVE ON A BED

GREEN SALAD

– POOR MAN'S SALAD

MOX WITH AN ORDINARY POTATO SALAD, SOME COOKED HARICOT BEANS, AND SPRIGS OF COOKED

CAULIFLOWER

UNOX

"UNOX

Liverpaste'

Breakfast Bacon Smoked Back Bacón Beef in own juice

Hunting Sausages

BRAND

WHEN DRESSED

32 oz.tin 75c.

89 oz. tin $1.70

Salami Sausager 16 oz. tin $5.15 Frankfurter Sausages 16 oz. tin $4.80

Pick-ups M

(Cocktail Sausages):

4 lb. tin $13 80

81 oz. tia: $3.75)

30 oz.tin $5.25 Pork in own juice 30 ox.tin $6.90 Braised Beefsteak in Gravy

38oz. the $7.

Soz. tin $2.00

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Looking back on ecuture week, we begin to wonder

is

it several designers are 1101 chained by the tradition of their For instance, own reputations. Worth, whose particular choice of thick material nis casen velcur, designз many cats with large collars, cuffs and pockets, and full skirts, which are worn ever dresses with padded skirts. This piles up a bundled apprar- and does not nchlive a ence, clear silhouette,

And then, there was Charles Creed who can always be relied upan to create tailored suits-in pectre taste, but who occasions). cegenis his feeling for military

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