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YULETIDE
CON WOMANSENSE
What To Wear
When the INVITATION
'BLACK TIE'...
says
London,
CHRISTMAS la party
time. No matter her age, job or dress budget, every woman wants to look her best.
What do you wear when tho invitation says "Black Tio"?
The other night I went to an
elegant party given by the Irish Ambassador and his lovely wife, Mrs Frederick Bpland.
Our hostess, who is a well- known Dublin painter under her maiden name of Frances Kelly, wore a full-length even Ing of emerald velvet.
gown of Mrs Digby: Morton, the blonde wife
of the couturier, had chosen a long-sleeved dinner dress in fine black wool.
Mr Hugh Gaitskell and I wore short silk cocktail dress and Mcs O'Sullivan from Dublin compromised with tong-sleeved ballerina block lace.
Never has fashion been more
Guld for party dress.
Artist Rix has sketched here some perfect party dresses for all ages.
The teenager wears a sleeve-
dresa in spot-proof faille. It has the new long body line and an unusual band of smocking on the hips,
For tho young married 4 short
in peacock, organza, with a romantic tiered
skirt
Dark green taffeta for the older woman in the sketch, has a matching jacket thai makes · the drew look like smart cocktail sult.
.
EILEEN ASCROFT
Are You The Grecian Type
Or A
A Pocket Venus?
NEEKING . now
fashion
By DOROTHY BARKLEY
Sideas for the party hats,
taken inspiration from the, joke in the new velvet printed to
season?
a
Evening hats seeru to have the following might sult; a skirt
found In Christmas resemble plaid, leopard skin or erackers. One of them is a a colourful section from This year, though there is chignon hat which consists stained glass window; Eastern greater vapety in styles than simply of a piece of black satin shoes with up-pointed toes ever before, the secent is on drapert halo-fashion round the gleaming with bead embroidery: colour. There is a swing away top of the head, then swept or. sweater with a hood from pastel shades to bright, back and knotted into a chignon-attached. clear colours. And it is easy to on
on the nape of the neck. In But Christmas is the time for sha why be_ tonics will this way, so they tell us, those enjoying ourselves, so make sure who didn't grow their hair when beforehand that your wardrobe pret decorations.
are the long hair vogue came in a can cope with all invitations but they are dazzled by few months ago will catch up likely to come your way. See
Tullo with the test
that it contains "something for one set but Christmas, though, isn't only everything The of ball need It's distressing to they lose their effect against a parties, and you will probably have a
Soft
and blucs
All customers who buy glittering Christmas tree. want something now for home when your mantelpiece
of
THREE articles LEATHERWARE, COSTUME JEWELLERY HANDBAGS, SILVER MOUNTED PEARL JEWELLERY
in the same price range, will receive a FOURTH article of similar value
FREE
This offer expires on Christmas Eve
Make your purcha Jointly with your
friends !
OPEN TILL 6.00 PM. TO NICHT
FALCONER'S
Not for you the sugar almond wear. From the host of new packed with invitations to cock- shades, but rich colours like ideas for casual clothes, one of fail parties. sapphire, flamenco pink
Vermoer blute. And not tho flimsy fabrics, but lavish satins or brocades which stand up against a gleaming background!
So much for colour. As for style, the bell skirt is the most important detall for this year's Evening dresses. It came a few months from Paris,
ago
where
Dior showed it on tunic-topped satin dresses, and Jacques Fath on strapless black velvet styles. Perhaps the chief attraction of
the bell skirt is that It
wel
goes
inion
equally well with the short evening dress as with the long.
If you are what the fashion designers call the Gredan type -"inoly_chusciled features and a statuesque Agimd" --- Then you, will be choosing a Grecian style ‚ovening, dress. Usually there
are in silk jersey with
draped bodice and gathered skirt." You are what they term "pocket Venus under Ave-too!- two with trim gure, then you need alittle girl dress. You might like one with a bell but watch for the "lia detallam the bows on the
matching down the front, the calf th
e straps, the Boot buttons.
Bigger change in, accessoriós sinde last year in the come-back of low-besleo khóm. These have Louis, heels about an inch and a half high, and contrive to be comfortable: EWithout
being
For the Festive Season
See these INEXPENSIVE PRESENTS
FLORAL PLAQUES — “
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ASH TRAYS all sizes, all patterns, all prices! CRYSTAL vases, bowls & cake stands
from $45 up.
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FOR HER
Cashmere Coatings.
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| Cashmere Gäberdine
Wool Jersey
Woot Shantung: Wool Crepes Velveteen "Silks
Brocades, Etc.
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