THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY
1952.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
Student Designers Think Differently From London's Big Eleven-By Dorothy Barkley
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London.
HEN the fashion designers of to- morrow make L collection of clothes, do they fall into the trap of imitating their elders, the established Big Eleven?. Not a bit of it. They have klens of their own,
The "designers" in ques-
But the blouse looks expensive because it is well-myled.
Machine embroidery {s ane of the new details this year. It is done on on ordinary Singer sewing machine, with an.em- dc. broidery attachment, and
from Bu
but- corales everything
grand-scale 10
evening tons dresses, and
every material from from cotton to silk. Mildstery "collophane straw, which can be bought by the yard, already
patterns, scrail blouse, illustrated here.
tion are students, aged 16 rice is stitched on in In-
embroidery round the
it to transforms
The
collar something
"pecial for palty and even- Ing wear.
to 20, at St Martin's Art School in London, Just lavender organdle Its machine now they are preparing for their annual dress show, timed to take place in June. For the first time, they will have an audience of "outsiders"-including well- known dress designers.
LEFT:
This dress rehearsal suggests
that tomorrow's designers seem to know where they are going. Here's hoping they get there.
Lavender organdie blouse, showing machine em-
broldery on collar and cuffs.
CENTRE: Full-length eve ing cloak, briliantly coloured, with enormous sleeves, and banda of embrostéty.
RIGHT: Green collen blouse, with high collar, vertical plesting, and balloon sleeves.
And their ideas? "Don't PARIS ACCESSORIES. Paris wait for Paris to give the fashion
houses are showing
eye-catching accessories in
lead in fashion," they say. their "Let's start something our- Inch
new Electons. Four- broad clastic belts,
steered clear of the. Ed- with
dresses....heavy colion
the form ... wardian look, the
Of car rings petit-
bunches of bright red cherries garcon look and the too- made
coloured porcelain.... madly-1920 look, current the fake chignon, a knot
Belves." So they have with big brass clips, for wear
SUN HATERS.
The suit is in a neutral patterned shontona. The give parasol, to
A
portabil shade, is covered with matching fabric.
Double-Duty Slip
ll
of
ly in vogue. Their "college material worn at the back of
the head, which matches the
look" takes its inspiration belt of a dress, or the from the 1830's and the Itself. young Victorian fashions.
dress
01-
Double-daty lingerie.
for the woman who is tortured on the beach. some holiday fashion hints to make it a pleasure this year
London.
THE .continental trek to sunny beaches, epicurean meals and good wines starts in two weeks. Nearly 700,000 holidaymakers are expected to cross the Channel this summer and many are already packing,
Some women love the sun; others hate it. Some skins turn golden brown and glow with health; others become red and sore and peel. Some of us relax in the sunshine; others feel tired and sick.
So today's holiday fashion news is for the sun-haters,
Back again to the parasol SUGGESTION No. 1 is a return to the old-fashioned parasol. I discovered this charming example, sketched by Rix, in neutral shantana to match is com- panion sult, You can also have parasols covered with your own material to match summer frocks or beach dresses.
Another idea is a matching stole for each summer frock to cover arms and shoulders. You can also wear it over the hair, sari-fashion, to protect the head and shade the eyes,
Most sensitive runspots are the top of the head, back of the neck, shoulders' and armtops.
If you keep these covered you!! avoid that sick feel-, ing. You can do this even in a bwimsuit with one of those attractive Capri shawls in One wool, trimraed with heavy fringe ar tossels.
The girl in our sketch, is wearing a circular black wool, snawl, edged with white, fringe.
After swimming there are gay a women's slacks show recent- coloured beach, jackets of Terry ly he said: "Any woman can towelling, rome with hoods, wear trousers if they are pro- though personally I think they
perly cút." are smarter in chalk-white.
Oil on troubled skins To protect the skin and arms from sunburn there is a ma toate, which allows gradual golden tanning, but does pre- vent burning.
was
For bathing I swear by a sun oil. I once sat in brilliant Por- three Bunshine for tuguese hours evered with this, and emerged feeling fre and slight ly tanned, while my unfortu nate husband, who had scorned boited my precautions, like a lobster, and had to spend two days in a darkened room. It is wise to put a coating of this cil on before bathing. A salt water can make a sensi- tive skin that has been in the sun very sore. And during the
fact holiday the
should be cream, cleaned at night with not water.
SASCRO
éta capet shawt is in block, wool edged with a white ising Block suc piaries.org/ decorated with gold,
fur coat is nonsense. Wealthy men are not noted for their generosity.
Cost of a baby GOOD news
for mothers-to-
be is the intended Bill to I beg to disagree with this
ralse maternity grants gallant Frenchman and offer
Also suggesed in the new of women
of who Bill is the extension
the bim my list could not wear trousers. weekly maternity allowance for mothers with jobs to cover 18 weeks instead of the pre- sent 13.
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ALL FOR YOUR HAPPINESS
AT THE BEACH!
BEACH PARASOLS FLOATING
MATTRESSES FLOATING VESTS
RUBBER RINGS
go much
further
the cost
of
RUBBER BALLS
RUBBER BOATS
RUBBER CAPS
Anne Shelton, radio unger; Yvonne Arnaud, actress; Poro- thy Pagel, racehorse owner: The new proposed maternity Allee Bacon,
for Leeds Frants will
towards covering .E.; Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer: Judy Garland, lm star: a new baby than at present.
cost Today's average total Bessie Braddock, MP for Liver-
O'Shea, for essentials apart. from extra pool Exchange; Tessie
variety artist; Winifred Atwell, domestle help in the home is: pianist.
La d. I dozen muslin napkins 1 12 6. 1, dozen towelling
napkins
Fur bargains?
لاقات
3 baby vests
to 3 matinee coats
of 1 shawl
CHECKING rund furriers
discover the erect latest fur tax reductions I find:
Bootees
Cot blankets (two) That a £3.000 mink coat Cot rubber sheet
now costs 3' dresses Ping (its former price)
£2,994 10, a reduction of 3 nightdresses £5 105. in
For headaches
To prevent that
headach? alck fecting you can now buy a stick of perfumed solid cologne to.atlip in a handbag.
the A touch of this behind cars and across the forebeat is very refreshing.
Eye-glamour
FOR eyes that
UTU bothered
purchase thx, Pram Before the recent D-scheme bud. Cot
get the same coat would have 2 maternity BresseS cost £3,006 109.
(1 cotton, 1. silk) Maternity corset
...That in the cheaper clasS, fur coats cesting £12 are now exempt from purchase tax al- together,
on
1 10
1 12 9
2 4 8
69
2 12 U
47
1 11 0
2 43
12 10 0
3 17 0
8 10 0
1 80
41 19 4
in
But even with the increased' allowance having a baby Any idea that the £12 total 1952 will still be an expensive -tax reduction on A
mink business. couldn't matter
less to
by strung aufchine it is about to spend £3,000 on worth visiting the oculist. to have the right linted lenses for sunglasses prescribed,
more Frames tend to be
this streamlined than chunky zeason. Shining Black is strik-
extra Latest sunglasses hove
So sleeves are enormous, ballooning
of the cleveresting. out
ONE And white is the popular colour between shoulder and elbow, waists -white gabardine, white
pieces of double-duty lin- 1 toman, white flannel, white
to widen vision and protect the are wasp like, tightly gar- tweed, white blanket cloth, and gerie, we have seen in many lenses sot into the side pieces Others have slots in these side pieces through which a scart can be threaded.
tered
sweaters,
with an elasticised white velours cloth, White a day is a new slip. It is of eyes from sidelights. -belt, and skirts are full, jersey ig good for evening navy nylon tricot with nar-
with can-can frills descend-
Typical of these is row diagonal box-plenta set to form a front plastron. ing of inches below the dress embroidered round the tight Tiny pearl buttons look
a provocative couple it is hipongth, unwaisted, and
high neckline with a wide band pretty
with coral silk.
.hem-line..
when glimpsed
Smart idea Is to have the
frames of your glasses made to match your dress any porous material can be laminated into the frames.
Wearing the pants
of coral and lined edge-to-edge through a sheer blouse, but By the way, the designers have really, there's no need of a And they have fixed a new line on white. It is, blouse for the plastron can irleas on colour. "You they say, not at all an unpracti- star under a suit jacket and must be adventurous with cal colour," they say. "English collecting than any other pastes present a completely finish-ADVOCATE of women wear-
clothes
are oh, so. dull." They want bright splashes of it-purple, orange, and green. The prize exhibit in this "all-my-own-work" col- lection is a dramatic even- ing cloak, (see illustration). Its high collar, big sleeves, nnd flowing skirt gives it a
colour, la no more
shade. interestingi
ed appearance,
ing, trousers is Monsieur Mehnert, of Paris, Introducing
MOTHER-MODEL STARTS UNUSUAL
SERVICE FOR WOMEN
NEW YORK-Let them come tan, will be limited to women a snack; showers; locker rooms
festive air. But its colour up with something new for strictly. is the student's 'real joy women and the men immediate-
where a giri can park shopping "That doesn't stop the men bundles or a change of costume from making offers, though," "The whole idea," old the cald Mrs Pitt with a smile. "I've founder, "is to provide the com-
It is a brilliant flamingly want to act in the act. orange, with a vivid mauve So says Tanya Pitt, a Paris- bad them wanting concessions forts of home."" Ining. It is designed to torn clothes model and mother next door to the clubrooms, cause something of a stirof four, who has started an un- Some of them make side re- amongst the blacks and sal service for women,
Dues Moderate
mcm**
and. chung members even before it openedicente per visit, and 10 cents for":
marks about us. Many of them: For the "comforts of home,"
the
carefully-screenat Mrs Pitt, a striking, blue-eyed seriously want to know why greys and mid-browns pre- brunette of 32, is running a sort there are no such facilities for bera most of them office girls and suburban housewives-pay ferred by the majority of of club designed for the woman
men." women--if there is someone who wants to freshen her make-
The club had close to 5,000 $1 yearly membership durs, 25 modern enough to wear it. up, curi her hair
day at
showers, or towels clothes at the end of a
Rockers,
Someone suggested to M PHI before she including two from Denmark. In the show, the "college work or shopping,
"Some men, have pent that she wasn't going to mate film. trend" will be illustrated in starts out to dinner and
any money at that rate, qvenlog dresses, casual beach- "I had to let the men horn in membership applications.
made a cocktal dresses and when it came to financing the their wives," Mrs Pitt sald.
Woolworth built a on five and 10 fortune to fall
she retorted. The niudents are ex-project," said the alton Mrs Pitt "One office manader
present of memberships
13, of with all kinds of "Some of the money, is my own-- the girls in WomenSAN JUAN,
enough to give me the title of them." Inchirier three
ies include a rocce Farts designer caiton und fur-present but hatz a dozen
a receta gati, three years ago, when she These materials business men who liked the idea. Club facilities
tion room where a man can call came to the United States with as those are helping, back, me,"
for a date, although he gets no other Fresch modies to show MATOES, provided
further, then the reception woodi, dff Paris Kashions. VORE
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