1952-01-12 — Page 7

THE CHINA ́MAIL; SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1952.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

PARIS BRINGS OUT BEADS AND VEILS FOR PARTY HATS

From IRENE RICHARD

PARIS. PARIS hats for parties are deofgned to make women look glamorous. Smell shapes are favourite pastel-toned in wwathes of satin (the smartest fabric) or covered with Irides cant beads. Many of the new daft hats are enveloped In velling.

Already thinking of early Epring days, one milline la thowing small pudding-shaped canotiers.

One in the black-and- white worsted shepherd's lala --is trimmed with pears, plüms and fruit blossom.

Hats pictured here are bu Albany, Claude St Cpr. bid Gilbert Orcel.

January 1951

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From Fireside To The Beach

same

By Dorothy Barkley

LONDON THIS is the time of year

when the English wo man interested in fashion is mainly concerned with the problem of how to be warm and well-dressed at one and the

time. Some hardened adventurers may spend Christmas Day on Brighton Beach, in a wind which cut like knife. which swimming ir: a sea boasted a temperature of 43 F. But Christmas Day found most women in the cosiest of chairs by the warmest of fires.

However, despute the weather at the always turn thought

to planning New Year

una su holiday basking

amart colour for the beach -- and

nobody denies its practi- end by Park brochsults have Back butions, black-trimmed pockets and black-lined stoles.

The

#ole, incidentally, is a

ng

the one

Rood accessory for the beach. A really long stole

lustraded on the left is three yards

has endless uses: as a wrap after swimming, as protection against hot sun or cold wind or in place of a rug. The stole illustrated is made in terry towelling gadly striped in and and black, pink, green finished with a black fringe.

For those who like to be a

the

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te more covered for their unbathing innumerable varia- tions on the three-piece outfit are shown. Horrockses show a delightful oudit pink and moke-blue cotton. A pink one- piece beach sult is topped with

blouse emok?-blue

up-

Elizabet

Two ideas for beachwear from the new Horrockses colles- tion.

LEFT: Playsuit, with long, matching stole, in crushed straw- berry pink terry towelling.

.

RIGHT: Two-plete beach outh in reg-and-white checked tingham. A short, flared skirt goes over the neat romper

baked

suit.

beach and stvimming clanding, childr, dodman Bleaves lazily in the sea. And thoughts and a full button-through turn now to beachclothes. For skirt. This type of three-piece those east of Suez, or in the is equally suitable for wear off- antipedes, these are already a the beach. present possiblity; désigners have made them a reality with their new year designs now showing,

The way to go gay this year with the added precautions

of only If you have the figure

W

has changed

by EILEEN ASCRÖFT

E have added inches to our skirts and taken inches off our waists during 1951. Last January our SKIRTS-15 in. from the floor-were so tight we had to hobble in them. December sees us back with the full, swirling skirt that has dropped a couple of inches. were non-existent at the beginning of the year. At the end, they are flamboyant, large, tip to the ears.

SLEEVES, which started with soft shoulder-lines and slith curves, have grown enormous, with deep raglan styles and big cults.

COLLARS

were

WAISTS became tinier as the months rolled by, and many New Year panty dresses ¶¶ worn over special waisted corsets As waists grew smaller BELTS

Checks for spring

SPRING SUIT 1952... tax- free woven wool sultlet in grey, with overchecks of primrose and white.

became narrower.

Comment from the Nursery.

Sketches DUBIX.

in Parliament we have Dr

Even "SHOES have changed 'drid: "Average baby' weight Euth Summerskill, aged 68, who in 1951. Last January we were Dt one year is 221b,"

wearing slim court shoes, pointed ·

10cs and high spindly heels. De- cember's fashion shoe has a low

cap.

Too old at fifty

burban heel and a rounder toe- IS a woman past het pilme at 49? This was the very un- gallant suggestion made by JEWELLERY has moved from Senator Fred Morris acting for glitter of rhinestone stars back the defence in the Talldan to three-string pearl chokers. Bankhead case. Only accessory that remains un- charged is the UMBRELLA... tall, slender, with a long, taper- ing handle.

MATERIALS have grown shaggler through the months. We started the year in black änd

finished it in colourful deep reds

and greens.

·

The forward tilt THE 1961 spling HATS STOW wings. Spring 1952 will And them stal small, but shorter at the back, with a forward tilt, After a year of non-existent crowns and no brims, we shali be reling both again, according to the Queen's milliner, Ragë Thaarop.

Shorter hair

HAIR, which fast winter was growing dha blossoming out in Big and chiprions, is tong shot again for spring.

Half stylist Rene tells me the spring cartig has already be- guf The neway-martled Mar.. caloress of Blandford, had ber and Villame Rehe Mall, the There is danger ahead for the Frenon Ambassador's whe, the

women in Lon dry skin; it gets old looking more of the smartest we quickly than oily skin, has a pro-don, is find a short crop. voking way of developing early Other

women antlerating wrinkles. It is well to have an

Age-old Problem in 108 cut of 265 Creat

eye on the future. It is easier to spring hair fashions include Lady prevent pulchritude sorrows than Rosemary Spencer-Churchtit. to cure them once they are

Forecast for 1952 estabilshed, you know.

Cool, crisp poplins make ideal

If soup proves imitating, as † OTS of short evening Uressed; dresses for the city office, and happens in are cases, substitute und death to the strapless always succeed in looking coola cosmetic meat. These prepera- top, except for min clothes. and smart in heitwaves. Hor- | lions are not, aš populir as they rockees show them in delightful should be. Sprinkle them taika

New lengt

even-

shades of dusky blak, lemon moist wash cloth covers the trend is seen thenes from

Coffee and black. These desh Intly; unosom

yellow tre, an excellent basis whisked away i

for black accessories which are that, but the pancar

so much more practical than meal tras a soclding

and a amach, all-over tan" white for town wear. But re- an epidermal cost that

is with the romper sult" member to have a touch of to be sensitive if it lacks

Guaranteed

on

be 70

sny beache

pool is the delightful,

suit in red-and-while

white st, some, focal point —- a jail. |

white

handkerchief ticked in the pocket, a white flower, or white glover And the white

gingham, illiberthed Halt), af must be white not dif-binck.!

ing a halter naked bodice, and

cetachabib" overarift. Edtions

of the bodice are in line with

the buttons on the skirt to make.

it look like one-pleet,

Tar the on this season's mat towelling

R

To toive the dryr

Styles are very simple for pale Almbtions to always a good. ald condition yuity to cabines, Mort dresses are youth Leser Welted and have fashion co

uble fullnus: a touch of fuxury comes in the glit-studied Belts

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Housewives' verdict

INTERESTING decision by Pre- sident Vargas of Brazil that people charged with profiteering will be tried before a jury of housewives.

There are many charming, In- telligent, beautiful women over 50 who prove that the dangerotis There must be many British age of half a century no longer housewives, too, who would be inatlers.

happy to give up a few hours to bring justice to the street ped-

us of stolen nylons, the over Sole Agents- chargers on scarce commodities, The world's most elegantly and the ration cheats. dressed woman, the Duchess of World Copyright Reserved-London Windsor, is 55,

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