1955-10-15 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1955.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

Elizabeth

From Left To Right: Evening outfit in silver brocade and binok

grosgrain, and one of the new tunio tops in

There's

velvet, town

checked fell

two-piece in

A Golden Girl Rush In London... And

The Magnet Is Glamour

By Eileen Ascroft

X'MAS GIFTS

for

SMART MATERNITY HOME FOLKS

CLOTHES

By Dorothy Barkley

the Brock-buttons London. lines, and either a pouch front replaced

which the trado named down the back, has the amart neckline, and is "kangaroo," Or n scooped-out stand-away

[OTHERS-TO-BE

M°

aro

has

giving up those dull, U-shaped front. In any case if given a fresh touch with the

serviceable clothes and you like wearing a slim skirt scalloped edging. Other materials

It's NEVER TOO EARLY to send your X'mas Gift & SAVE by using surface mail.

Take Advantage of our

SALE

going in for fashion in n don't imagine that it is now im- for evening aro metal threaded Commencing TO-DAY

In

and talho in dazzling

paisiblo, It Is not-provided organza striking way. So many

you choree one with either of colours. thothers now combine career these devices.

For casual everyday wear, to and family that they neext

or slim skirts, Our favourite

go with slacks outit had a The smart clothes they

three-quartor length coat and there are numerous variations on might otherwise go without, pencil skirt,

dressy the tunic top. Elizabeth has one here in checked And designers are seeing material-grosgrain criss-crossed sketched

with cellophane straw-it had felt. that they get them.

all the details of current fashion. So throw

top, sloping those A long, tunle-like away drab, dreary smorks, which out, from narrow shoulders to a wide hem, surt stand-away because you collar and three-quarter sleeves. thought they were the only thing available.

you

Wore

There's help on the way ul best if you still want to look young and attractive-and why shouldn't you?-and if you still want

fairly to lead sociul life-and why shouldn't you?

active

Very praclleal help it is, too.

Black

In Fashion

Apart from this, we noticed that much of current fashion is for accommodatingly suitable But why so much black every you. There's the caftan tunic, where?

for day suits, Dior's Eastern-looking three- black for evening, block for quarter length cont. There are afternoon dresses. It may be a the casual, straight up and down smart colour but surely most

shirts, worn outside the skirt or others prefer the soft, flattering slacks, belted or unbelted. And

tones.

Tunic Tops

It should make those sad, shope- A evening clothes we liked less outils a thing of the past, best the overblouse teamed with For the full smocked look which a slim skirt, or for those who

them, stale long prefer proclaimed

your before it was necessary is done slacks,

tapered

you will find innumerablo un- waisted coats, with enormous wrap-around skirts.

By wearing these, you will be

in fashion and at the same time

no one will guess your silhouetic. Even if you do not happen to velvet One striking outfit, be running a job for part of the Elizabeth has sketched, time, you will realise how im-

R silver comes a sleek, fashionable, but partade blouse with black velvet imaginative clothes simply to threaded portant it is to have pretty and ezentially attractive appearance.

Lway

with, and

in its place which

This week. with arlist Elizabeth, 1 called on two people who are giving maternity clothes the glamour treatment. Both designer Polly Peck and Mrs David Kramer, ༥་་་

who has just opened a speelality shop, have the same idea. They want to Live maternity clothes good styling, bright colours striking materials.

Gay, Practical

After a quick look round, we can report that they have done so, Together we complied this shopping ist. All of the items are gay, most of them are practi- tal in that they can be worn after the baby's arrival, and none of them are costly.

For

wear around the house there is an adapted version of

jeans. The tunle top-which has keep up your morale.

USEFUL TIPS ON

Lighting The Work Area

Chicago.

work and create a better "see-

with a avoid

THOME work, usually an ing" environment,

Tho desk should have a light I unpleasant task for

surface, or be covered

to more so if light-tinted blotter Junior, is even his work area is poorly harsh contrasts. lighted.

The American Home Lighting Institute, says that 25 percent of school-age children have de fective eyesight, with eye trou ble increasing by educational Lovel.

Light up the rest of the room Axtures with ceiling or wail which cast down light on the room.

If your child studies at the dining room or kitchen table, better install the type of centre celling fixture which can

be "While poor lighting alone has raised or lowered. For studying the pinafore dress, which makes not been known to cause or lower the fixture to provide

practical house frock and

1

One of

the most

common

Illumination,~~~

also smart enough for doing the Banic eye disease," the Institute specific study light, and turn on

general shopping. It is really a pinafore adds, it can cause eye stralu, other lights in the room to pro-

fatigue, headaches and nervous- vide suit, the top is tunic style, casualnest, thus reducing the child's United Press. and loose-fitting, with scooped- out nock and no sleeves, the study efficiency"

matching fabric is skirt in a slim with an adaptable waist fanits for lighting a study area

Under in line. clothes either free or at reduced ting since July, specialising London.

the sult goes a is use of a single desk lamp, the young, casual unsophisticated cotton shirt with a matching tic. Institute says, Ton from

THE Golden Girl Rush is prices.

clothes, and getting the reputa-

For trins to town come It says that light should be overseas. So Then there are the parties and tion of "the girl you want when innumerable versions of the two-balanced; provide a light at the glamorous have the lives of the invitations to country house

picco sult. With the long boxy study deskt and general light a Big Smile is needed." the top London model girls weekends. There's a new kudos

Jacket of current fashion, these throughout the room. to a model girl today that makes

There are more

in good stand you become that pretty girls her socially acceptable in the

would-be models in London to- after the baby's arrival. Jackets from all parts of the world most exclusive circles.

day

Place the deal so that it faces than from

other usually have a double row of ony arriving in London

for Of all the hundreds of girls country. Probably inspired by buttons

conversion. a light-coloured wall. The wall easy of Nola Skirts every week set on one of the each year who scrape and save the fabulous success

have expanding waist- will reflect more light on the fashion top

photo for their training.

then Rose, who came to London in

and hos join the difficult search for 1948 as Miss Pacile.

are

or

arid

Australian will serve

graphic modelling jobs. work, how many really succeed? held one of the top places ever

No longer do peers seek their brides in the front

very few.

Very,

Currently since. of the there are about a dozen Golden chorus. It's more popular today Girls at the top, always in de-

in choose one of the new Gaiely mand for work and social fun,

Girls. London model girls who

married

and perhaps, another score

tities, include the the second night.

Duchess of Ritland,

the

Countess of Dalkeith and Lady

Douglas of Kirtleside.

Apart from the possibility capturing

HARD WORK

After that, the job is

in

;

Svetlana Kassinova is a lovely dark-eyed Russian girl,

avho was મ ballet dancer until January this year when she tore a leg muscle. This training

the her

nivuntoge Elves

of beautiful poise and movement not and a 22in. waist.

of glamorous any more. It means

a titled or wealthy a

regular 0.0-5.0 job in a

I saw her the other day,

husband, there are plenty of dress house at a salary lower modelling Oriental-inspired mil-

other attraction about a suc- than

ressful model

pretty youngsters

igures.

a shorthand typist's. 1 linery for autumn and winter, by Simone Mirman, hard work and hours designed hours on the feet, and who makes Princess Margaret's

Ittle chance of ever say title hats..

girl's Ke

with

to Food and

precious

involves

ATTRACTIONS

There's the salary, Kor in-

being spotted by one of the Wenche (pronounced Venka) fashion photographers.

Oostbye is a striking Norwegian blonde

In spite of the disadvantages,

stance. £2,500 a year not on the Golden Girl Rush goes on,

ambitious estimate of what one

of the top girls can carn.

From Australia comes

June Mallett, In year-old

addition she gets photographic brunette,

20.

from Stavanger, She

came to London in March to be near her English flance and got aa job with designer Nail Roger. "Wenche is just the model I for-Scandinavian was looking girls have that wonderful blonde gter," he says.

in

with ก glowing, trips abroad, with all expenses healthy dan. Sho arrived paid, and a number of lovely January, and has been model

WOMAN PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS:

Parental Flareups Are

PAREN

Not Harmful

Chiengo.

in

all

Lian-shin

Chinese model Yani (Lotus Heart) hints that trend in the present Eastern

fashion will help in her search for work. Her tiny 21in. wolst has already brought her job advertising? slimming tablots, and she iras modelled young Kim styles and posed for hands and hair photographs, «

TO THE TOP?

to-day wear-and-tear

With her to London the hug familica

brought many .quilted Chinese ARENTS who flare up

Perhaps it is time to say that dresses to keep out the cold at their children

OC- this is all very natural and that and one of the first casionally shouldn't worry youngsters are rarely hurt by she had to make for her work her beautiful hair, about it, according to a their parents' annoyance, so long was to cut

us it is not chronic or mean, which reached to her knees. woman psychologist.

she explained

sacrifices

One of these cager girla may "Parents are human and aro-- Sho said pro-school children go to the top, two perhaps, subject to stress and strain," "een be particularly annoying," another may capture an eligible with Helen Ross in a recent and it is at this time that parsnis husband and live happily ever tho most patience. Infter. The rest will faco a cow issue of tho National Parent

understanding and hard years of into work and Teacher. *But annoyance at

ok back

xcrcking

the moment is not an damaging affection, she feels, is a better low, pay and then drist Info to the child as withholding of way to teach appropriate be other tobe love."

Miss Rasa teacher, lecturer

tho Chicago Institute of

haviour than instilling a tear homes overseas.

But

of punishment.

even more important,, mio

thoir

Hut one thing is surely, they love Lóa” homo si mas batoh

is for parents to of rechults will be Simplying. and administrative director of cold thomelyor Sheir incokinku: hoping, condzhelleview J'aychoanalysis, said the parent own idual ne set forth today does not Tiede and lempements that they are cookin

Amritardom ons of the Golden Girls 02: the

London model world.

-(London Expreši. Bervie

always maka allowance for with their S children. United normal impatience and the day- From:

Some other lighting tips dro the Institute:

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