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THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY^^3, 1952,"

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

NEWS for WOMEN (and MEN

Six unnamed men of FASHION

BRITAI

by SUSAN DEACON

men's

America's best-dressed; singer. Miss Stafford is a "sults girl.” She was married in Dwult; seldom wears anything but a sult

RITAIN is to send six men and two women mannequins to the first in- ternational

style show at The Hague in June. OBIECT: To prove that we still lead the world in tailored afternoons,” clothek

Paris Jealous of British

market on the Continent.

et ve sults," she said, "Three day, one evening, and one for

"Well-dressed women need at

Americans like the label "Lon- NEW wide belts of strong eins-

don Made."

Germany and Italy, anxious

to reb British reputation, will

br among the 12 nations taking part.

The men,

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We are waisi reducers — ana

attractive accessories.

Selling price? Under 108.

SAFE CHAIR

whose names are you can now buy a deckchair

being kept secret, will display WHICH CANNOT COL an evening dress suit, a dinner LAPSE. A

£2,500 tree

sult, single-breasted lounge accident policy is offered win suit, a double-breasted lounge each.

sult, two overconts, or one over-

cont und an optional garment.

The women will show tailored

suits and couts

CONFIDENT of success is Mr

A. W. Robbins, secretary of the Bespoke Tailors' Guild,

"Parls would like to be con-

sidered the world's centro for Both men's and women's fashions," he says. "I'm afraid she can't have both."

Looks, charm and genius

TWO New Boys have lesped to

the top of the fashion world -John Cavanagh in London.. Hubert de Givenchy In Paris. In common-

THEY are the youngest top... line des

designers, Givenchy is 25, Cavanagh 37. Givenchy has worked with Piquet and Schiaparelli; Cavanagh with Molyneux and Balmain.

THEY Are some designers in

hand.

the on and

Paris," say fashion experts and wealthy customers. "They have looks, charm, and genius."

THEY "arrived" with thetr first collections, and the secret of

is possibly thelt success Givenchy's new

lower prices (from £20) and Cavanagh's "Molyneux" look.

THEY agree on the clothes women should wear-"well ent,

but as simple as possible."

Window boxes coming back

MARA****CE A DO

WINDOW boxes are returning to fushton, spreading from Cily firms to private houses.

FROM PARIS: A new version of the old short cut. The hate in dressed straight and sleek at the front, and is brushed into dovetafi 'eject at the back- casual, elegant, and perfect with the new season's fate.

The chair is easy to put up. easy to adjust -- and cheap di 375. 11d.

Elastic wool roll-ons

Use

elasticised knitting wool,

OR.

garment,

MARILYN MARSHALL

Docs tho wear 'em-or doesn't she? A glamour girl's glasses are her own secret if she uses' contact lenses—as so many of them do..

THAT

CONTACT

GLAMOUR

IN LENSES

old saying about men not making passes. "at girls who wear glasses" is now so old

fashioned it isn't even true-if it ever waa!

Nowadays, a girl can have her glasses fitted to her face as well as her eyes. And If she regulation can't and a pair of

specs that do as much as she'd morale, lika for her looks and she can switch to contact lenses, must Contact lenses, as you know by now, are tiny, tissue Just thin, transparent shells,

visible alightly larger than the part of the eye. They are about the size of Д nickel, ova in

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Glamonr

shape, and so killfully designed tennis

champions, golfers and that they 101 comfortably under stlers find this type of lens in- the eyelids,

dispensible. Such contacts' do These lenses are måde et un- „not steam up, bicals, or fall off, breakable, non-irritating Blastic For that SZTROVERSon, many which is ground to your indivi- service men, aviators, motorists dual eyeglass prescription. They and metal workers have come move with the eye and only an to regard the fluidless contact optometrist would suspect you lentes as a

0! tecessary part are wearing them.

their equipment.

A sea captain swears by his fuldless lenses because, prior to using them he found he was al- ways bothered by the spray on his spectacles, And a chemical engineer credits them with saving his eye-sight when test tube exploded in his face, Without the protection of these lenses he would surely have been blinded.

There are two general classes of contact lenses-the Fluid and the Fla'dless-we are informed by Dr Donald L. Golden, of New York, Detroit and Washington. This specialist sponsors the new fluidless contact tenses which are called Divisions, and has found that many

persons formerly unable to wear contact lenses now wear them with full comfort and efficiency.

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But enough about the people who wear them and more absul the lenses themselves; In 11:0 This type of lens has been use of this type of lens, ΣΤΟ and worn in Europe since 1935 by foreign liquid is required countless men and women, and the lenses may be worn for an alace. Dr

Dr Golden introduced it indefinite period without re- Into America thousands have moval for changing Buch been fitted at his various offices, solution. Furthermore, the lenses These are from all walks of life are extremely light in weight housewives, secretaries, physi- and, also, markedly thinner clans and the like. Stars of than the contact lenses which stage, screen and TV, of course, were made in the past. are among them.

One prominent theatrical per- sonality vows she owes her auc-

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cess to her fluidless lensest She

Slight openings in the fluidless laughingly admits that I'm lenses permit a natural clrcula- bind as the proverbial bat with ton of air and tears; the lenses eyeglasses, but if I had to wear rest zo lightly as to be almost the thick, ugly specs I used as indiscernible on certain musela a schoolgirl, I'd never have got points, leaving others free, so anywhere in my profession." that there is no constriction on Th's famous star likes her con- the cornea, and a cuction cup tert lenses 10 well that she is unnecessary for their re- wears them. constantly-offstage moval. and on.

In this new type, no mould is In the world of sporis, prize required for fiting the lens to Bghters, ball players, swimmers, the eye, All measurements are accurately made by cpecially developed Optical instruments i and.-in-t grinding, the lens-Is made 10 confcam to these measurements. Unlike other Jentes, a change of prescription usually is not required for about six years.

PINNING DOWN THE

WAISTLINE

THE

By DOROTHY BARKLEY

most

London.

elusive

T fashion detail this sqa-

kingfisher, fabrics, including honey gold, sea green and mid- night blue.

for

Raincoats are now consider- ed sufficiently glamorous evening wear. They reflect the detalls of current fashion their dropped shoulder and full skirts. Black coats, lined splashes of colour-gold, scat

line

rain-

has Bon

been the waistline. It has appeared WOMEN, have found another in three different positions for the new French-high, natural and low.

with contrasting Pinning it down has become Originally intended for swim

let or emerald resemble sults, they have now discovered a matter of personal choice,

Illustrated are two equal- academic gowns in their full- it is perfect for knitting a roll-

calculated to In weight, elasticised wool isly fashionable alternatives, ness, and are

in any theatre This is the week-end for

toyer, planting.

whose equivalent to ordinary 2-ply. Typifying the natural line cause a`stir An expert, Orm make, tit, plant cut, and knitted up firmly, it gives all the is the dress in gossamer

Fashion Footnote maintain hundreds of window support needed in a foundation fine silk. The waist here

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by the emphasised boxes, says

The latest shac fashion "Carnations and the 100

contrasting belt, the "naked look." The aim, as varieties of geraniums are fav-

and by the

full crino- the name suggests, is to cover Gurites."

line skirt which billows less and less of the foot. Con- beneath. Contrasting sequently, many sandals

no ankle straps at all, and are this with

is the

held in place only by a narrow strap over the instep. Straps, where they appear, are as nar- siringa. Straps row as violin of many colours on the same

201 kandal provide

unusual touch. Elegant to look at. But comfortable to wear? There's the rubl

And he advises: "For success -fresh soil, air, and regular watering. Obvious points, but forgotten by many,"

"A

'SUITS GIRL' WOMAN can be well dress- ed without having, one dress in her wardrobe." So saye Jo Stafford, twice named

FACE IRON

narrow

Un-

LATEST method of applying out skin food is to iron it on to your skin with a metal ironette.

The gadget works like A natural line. or the middy" fountain pen. It releases cream line.

it is called, In small quantities, and the shown here

on a suit in head-warmed In hot

worsted. tropical-weight metal

Into the water-smoothes it

The natural waistline is replaced by a new lower line suggested by a low- alung, hip-hugging belt, and emphasised by the

pores.

London Express Service}

Looks That Challenge Any Age straight, peg-topped skirt.

Whe, girl in the old-itua Etomour: gown but with the looks khas miami challenge any ato is : lovely" Rhenita Fleming of Columbia, Plelares, who, is appearing in "The Golden Hawk." The off the thoulder and very decollete gown" ls' pĹ«!lk solvetge with; enpèmioim "puffed riceves and an insol panel of watered silk taffeta in pato grens to contract with tile dark green, of the velvet, Bodide is tightly, akick-in, km- MAPHORISAWMCTE Jowellery features mul as in recurring settings.

have

Colours and fabrics are ex- eiting and unusual. Navy, green, and brown aro "hut."**, Mush» room, azalea, buttercup, forget- Which of the two do me-not, tangerine and sulphur you Consider the most

are "in." Worsted, gabardine,

palsley poplin, nylon Lace · and

feminine, flattering and broderie anglaise are popular fashionable? As yet, only fabrics,

a few have sported the "middy" line; the rest are satisfied with keep- jing the waistline where .

naturo meant it to be.

Designers, however, claim to know our own minds botter than wo do our. selves. The way ahead is clear to them. They say we are now in a transition period of fashion and they are confident that women will soon wear this "middy" look.

But will we?

New Way With Lipstick

Now there is a now Upstick trick. You can have four lip- st'ck shades for the price of two If you borrow this iden from cosmeticians, 'anti wear Оло one shade over the other. This creates a luminous effect with more than usual depth of colour. Colours, though, must be selected wisely to tono.with one another. To help the certain lipsticka", are sold here in pairs In trans parent.containergschiet sign sh

being

Well-drewed in the, Raine ;'N

Gone are the dull fawne and browns once uniform, :, eqjourg: for rainwear. There is 'n palette al-colours in' the new, piODINĖS

"natural"

white

WAS.

volvet.

The "Middy" look, shown on a dress and Jacket in grey worsted flannel,

You will be interested to know that one of the latest develop- ments is the use of the fluidless lens

For this for sunglasSES, purpose, the centre portion of the lens is tlated to cut down the light

and since the lens moves naturally with the eye, the sunglass-dyed spot is al- ways over the secing part of the eye where it is needed.

There is just one thing these iens magiclans haven't done Jet: They haven't perfected a bifoca! contact lens, so if you need glasses for reading, you will have to slip your specs on over "contacts" that have been ground for distance. But, that is, of

ព course, minor con- sideration.

Now that you know *GOTTSC- thing about this fuldless lens, you may want to make further Inquiries on your own account.

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