1956-04-14 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1956.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

What's this? Swimsuits in April?

Yes....and Demachy helps you to plan-

18 the right time. to plan your holl- day tolliemand this year there's plenty of now

Bemachy has sketched four win and play cut. fts by a sunny pool,

ON TILE LEFT: Fiorentine tuale made partly of platu

orange

cotton, partly of white coltan prialod WELI heraldle design. Work over brief shorts.

The simple dress with the cuffed neckline is in a wonderful Hiac towelling.

The swimmer weary a ault with a chemião Cap

and tegu cut like shorts

made of close-knit wool fabric in kingfisher bine, -striped with white.

The spotted cotton swimault has à Uny separate pleated skirt.

F

The Boussac Prints Are A New

Challenge To French

travel

Fashion

the brillant or

WHY FEEL GUILTY ABOUT PERFUME?

TAVE you over watched well over the budget level you tho averago woman put- can think again. There ort She plenty v! moderately priced her perfumes as well that can two thoroughly recommended,

ting on perfume?

takes a tiny bottle from

dressing table top, puts tiny dabs behind her ears and often o dab on her handle and looks thoroughly guilty

the

whole thing.

about

One would think that she was

bu

Remember that perfume lasts for such a long time even you do begin to be a little less niggardly in your applications. One point to remember

doing something shocking-not that a perfume that is perfect something that is so specially for your friend may be hope* feminine and delightful as less for you. Everyone I know "smelling pretty."

uses lavender water successfully me it seems to take

chango

There is nothing "wicked" but on jabout pertume, although from the most extraordinary

the Surreptitious way Rome and smells more like a chemical women use it one would think than a toilet water. that there was. I am not sug- gesting that everyone should drench themselves in perfume,

BIG DIFFERENCE

Don't forgot that there is a

but there aro times when big difference between perfume moderation can go a little too and toilet water. Toilet water is far.

much cheaper and more diluted than perfume and is meant to be used lavishly.

EXCITING

that almost

Rub down with it after

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Paris Some 22 people

the pleats от youthfully tiered or

four pieces; rad simultaneously in a flounces. Bodices are in shirt toned waterproofed "rain ITH

arrival of the W

private Pullman ear. The show, waist style,

or are sleeveless shine" coats paired for mother

I ever The smartest woman spring, two travelling

which frequently lasts less than with bare necklines covered by and daughter; and the practical met had the mast delightful bath ready for a special occa- shows take to the road.

which beach and bath robes mado an hour. Involves the combined little shoulder

of perfume

became slon, sprinkle some in the water capes director and his sometimes transform into open- Jalla terry cloth.

part of her personality. As the when you wash your finest un- One is a circus. The other efforts of

assistant, six mannequins and crowned sun shades

The Boussac prints make entered the room one became dies, rub your hands with it. is the Marcel Bousane all-

their strèssers, a master of cere,

Men love perfume and they Thero

exciting-- 3ro separates to mix special news this sonson, starred aware of something cotton fashion show in :nonies,

some love to buy it for their wives ย pianist,

sound and to malch.

in unusual new designs develop-it was that little extra mechante,

completely and girl friends, but buying and

Two ensembles contrived

after extensive France, featuring fabrics engineer,

research. thing that added so

perfume for someone

clsc solid toned tangerino coloured Sailing vessels are taken from to her charm. woven in on: or other of M. stage decorator.

cotton, and

Engush contrasting antique ♫

engravings. Such a wonderful selection of always a risky business. Unless milla Boussac's 56 cotton

that one knows that a girl has те available tangerine, black

white oral motifs from delicate chine perfumes and scattered throughout the

striped print, add up to four dinner plates, while sheer pop there is bound to be something special favourite in the perfume different costumes.

Jins arg printed with floral to please YOU, I, at the thought line it la safer to stick to nylons. country.

Other travelling ensembles with three wallpaper-China Malt Special. of tiny bottles

features are the silm stripes reminiscent of Victorian of perfume, you begin to think · Margaret Easten

The frut represents months of

This second annual series careful organisation, begun last of presentations, scheduled Scinter, when seven publicity agents visited each of the 116 to four 116 cities between cities to contact retail stores and March 20 and June 9, is shops for commercial exploita- destined to show the public ton One thousand drms have and stock either that France, as well as the collaborated, United States and other the Anished garments, or fabrie countries, can turn out good mass produced clothes popular prices.

The at

this

to be sold by the yard.

Inauguration of spring's showings took place on March 15 at Lea Baux-en- Provence, In the South of

The new collection com France. prisca 140 modala, designed

The clothes, which are simply

by 60 different French styled and welly made, prove ready-to-wear manufactur- that the greatest demand from ers, highlighting pretty and the average woman. Is for easy,

undated silunettes which leave

akune,

of ed

DRAPES VARY THE WAISTLINE

A

By MARIE FONTAINE

GREAT deal has been in the Lanvin collection to sug-

wool dresses for day wear, Worn

milk

and

inexpensive Boussac cottons. high fashion trends strictly bright shades for spring under the new little coatees Marcel Boussae may be the wear. But an extensive use called 'canezoux', these models Anancial bucker of Christian of black, in light-weight appear in pale shades such as

sulted aimond,

batmeal, This French cotton king puts Dior, but he realises that every wools for day, and low-

caffee with

Another his show on the rond in much woman is not a potential Dlor necked dinner dresses, de- waistline effect comes from Jean the

same manner as a circus. ellent. Here are clothes that are

serven just as much atten- newca, who places a curved Five tons of material, including attractive, easy to wear, mode

leather belt midway between all

equipment

quallty to of nice

fabrica nad tion. necessary

the bust and the walst of a transform a bare auditorium, is within reach of every pocket- Quite a number of the Paris light beige wool dress. transported in four vans. There book Some fabrics retail for designers, especially Balenciaga. Is a portable runway and dress about dollar (about 7/8d) a Dior and Givenchy, who incline effects, towards softly-draped ing room for the mannequins: yard.

•

well

A skirt. which risca loud speaker and lighting equlp- Waistlines are slim and set at are favouring black lightweight above the real waistline to Join ment, and decoratiora for the the natural place. Skirts are wools just now. Because of

an abbreviated bodies ending ball or theatre,„

full, or feature caso through their penchant for draped effects under the bustline, is the subter- they are able to vary the waist fuge use by Jacques Helms on an line. For instance, sometimes almond green wool dress. A

is suggested well up under the other subtlety-on a grey flecked bust or way down around the tweed dress worn with a white hips.

starched collar-is martingale

DON'T FORCE JUNIOR TO

PRACTISE MUSIC

New York week 17HEN Johnny doesn't practice. Want to practise his

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A theme which is popular at belt that starts high up at the Christian Dior la one in which sides in front and dips in the the draped effect appears as back to the natural walstiine. natural as if the wearer had just This designer also uses a wide herself in the fabric martingale belt to raise the and wound it so that the end waist in the back on a pale grey disappears in the neckline, leay- Glen check dress. toing the shoulders bare and the

waist undefined.

In

de line

with price tags

1. PIERRE BALMAIN: Tho walet appears to be higher owing to the deceptive high draped cummerbund worn en fizis black wool arepo dress. The narrow skirt is enlivened by a floating panel as the back, 2. CHRISTIAN DIOR: The draped effect softens the waistilne and raises lt on this lightweight black wool dress wrapped over to one sido in front, baring the shoulders. 8. HUBERT DE GIVENCHY: The draped effect dips in the back sad draws the waistline to the hips on this black wool, crepe dress with a hiba flat front. -4. LANVIN (CASTILLO): The canesou conessis the waist and reveals the falloyed, collar of this palo verdigris-sumpon woel dress, which alle in spe collariam neckline of the cost The mark in flared in a dealupes line. 5. JACQUES HIRIM: The wain is ruled at the back by four buations Thon koop in pisos a folded plost an either side. The drone is in a grey MES -whlie Glen check.

a

must be devoted

With the same object in mind, Christian Dior places a wide Mra Frisch, who for 20 years

martingale belt above the waist- W09 supervisor of

in front, where it is main-. advocates

contrast, Ilubert music, don't force him to.

in New Rochelle, Nano classes

of teaching Glyenchy, who has a particular tained by two buttons, on a This advice to any parent the

group method

Biking for black wool crepe, bright coral woollen dress. music. with a stubborn, junior-size

soft drepings with a Examples of high waist effects "Then, the child is competing combines the family in

due to bells, tied straps, bows of musician

at his own levci," she explain-dropped waistline. comes

Pierre Balmain has other ideas draped emuls are not only numer from Mrs Fay ed. "Not trying to match what a Templeton Frisch, well- professional-the male teacher to chloin now waistline effects. ous, but form the main theme known music educator and does. In the classroom, the child To raise the waistline, he resorts in this collection

can say, 'It Tommy can do that, draped cummerbunds and to at Jean Patou and also. 16 to the camouflage of high The waistline is often, blouwod consultant.

50 can I.'"

Mrs Frisch eald some parenta boloror which accompany meny, Jacques Griffe. In the example "Force a child to practise, and

method dresses; also, to bloused effects at the former house the waist- he builds a barrier immediately may oppose the group against munie," said Mrs Friech, on the grounds the child doesn't above the waistlinn Torino in bloused at the natural rumber of his dressos,, lino in balga wool, whores at great get individual attention

the Pierre Balmain has chosen light- Griffe it is bloused at the hiam "But it's like teaching

she woight black one mayy! M

Hendrypsning jaa child to read or write.

sheath end. He shores his succcae clothe

worn over, dramos, bašte placed colloetion the waistline is” much balt,

„Erising in freen and black twoodzaak child is trying to learn, encour with the others. And the teach-

of what or still is there to give the front to just beneath the, busts 95 Bunning up, the main idea of just under the buriline, bands of that the mera art of renting "nourer 25 the jawellery In rumalant to alter he has accomplished so far, and individual attention to the slow line, is an grtificed very often the urin kooleosioon, who taky, fabrion de Inwanted! forget that so many hours-atch or fast learner, United Press,, i repented by Antonio das Camlike the whistline. This is achtered, bonded than the waist, draped the proportions of Shoulde

in an interview.

The other course?

Mrs Frisch said parents should

show an interest in what the

[pgo, him... withi · praise

An Inserind

wation on Are Inga the yellow, by boléros, ~· caranda, / Cangzoux effects, tles and bowe. In this

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