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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY ́ 12, · 1957:

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

The

LAZY LONG LEGS

AT LAST. something really now

in "casuals.” Brillant coloured tights with matching shirts from vi America add glamour to woman's wardrobe.

The young will wear them under shorts. Other women will wasr them with: full skirts or kilts for the country, for week- ends, for winter evenings. *

Left: tights and shirt in holly red with a plaid skirt. Right:

with Bermuda shorts,

Punished without mercy!

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German Designers Favour The

Ensemble Theme For 1957

VIE most important and

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generally-accepted dress

silhouette is essentially mus natural JERICE follows the to the actual contours of the body. It is n

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By MAGDA MEYER

Other

-London Express Service).

Wear Purple With Discretion

-it's a tricky colour

PURPLE'S one of those extra- Iwo

tricky colours, Some of its cause pale sharies-especially those be

K

hadn't

strikes against her, be- she was too plump to sweater girl, and the

But no!

on the grey or blue side are colour was so vivid it cheapes-- beautiful, rostful to look at, cd her looks. lovely. Other shades of purple, Applicant No, 2 was slim; however, are just too rich, These brunette-too striking in purple, latter shades are the ones bud-

Her hair, jet black, was ex- get manufacturers seem to be tremely long and bushylt using now.

been shaped in years. Her skin was extremely white, her eyes very blue. With such Where a high-price dress or dramatic colouring, she'd have draped dresSES, The popularity suit is done in a soft, subdued been wiser to underplay it with of minute checks is exemplified | mauve, a cheaper version of by the wide variety among the style will appear in what subdued colours in clothes. frequently seen addition assumed new guisus and uppeur wool cloths and tropical weight|| can only be describedi DS

almost pring sult.

rustle. Among

the worsteds.

lavender. shocking

bright,

She had on a purple suit, more speclúe consumer fabrics, The pale, subtle colours have sundy colour that does not be- The treond version

vivid. It had a widely spaced }::

come anyone, Cabergine

again winning contributed much to the new silhouette with a artemiy new-looking

some sort, na popularfly,

Wo Invourites look of the fashion fabrics. All

had the point brought white pattern of soft, rounded shoulderling, interprcted on generous Ines, elude the

dramatically this week, The boxy jacket was open, re- home new woollens for tones of the belge family top whic sittlag in the reception vealing a brilliant pink blousei intricately set-in or semi- Motels

this type are rainwear. Claiming hard- the list. They include string,

to- voluminous and widen out

of a O wearing

aand, cut-on sleeves which further

What a catastrophel properties

room-front clay, putly, ershell.

very wards

But the hem. Novelty

she really topped off the

water-repellent finish, they are champagne, and haney. Vister, chi-chi firm, waiting to ste a emphasise

feminine introduced by tuiness released articularly

entire effect with orange sought after for another

fashion now noth

shunde. shoulderline, modelled

The result rainwear ensembles. houlder level.

Hipstick and nail polish. ranges from

Watch your purple shades. heavy slightly bloused tops, a slim is

The companion cloth idea has Navy is frequently used with scrubbed college type wearing a

They can be troublesome. waistline in its normal place material does not flare in loose

cleverly extended by white.

The new rods all havo smartly simple grey wool dress,

of but fully In and, finally, slight hipline bulkiness.

wide grouping three different types slight bluish Cust

in was interviewing applicants for you can't find a soft shade and

the colour, then you're better a clerical job. The two we saw flamingo, Instance, a clude

coral, and and midaiff

baste black, navy bluo The horizontal accent.

were about 17 or 18, and yo'd be off in M worsted fabric plain and lobster. Prominent in the latter has been achieved by swept to the front, the back W

Janded or grey. When you c patterned in self-colour is yellow colour

our range are lemon, willing to bet neither

m the job.

purple, don't forget to choose way of variations on the apps wide and almost boxy, teamed with an all-wool fleece

yeik, and light mus- grapefruit.

One girl, a cute round-faced a purple-tone Lipstick to Dutch boy skirt theme with with lower-set sleeves achieving of the same shade. The fashion tard, Blues, especially occan and brunelle, was wearing a purple with it.

the effect of 2 widened

that are being reynt, pleats concentrated at the shoulder-line

without potentialities

remain in high favour skiet and matching sweater with

-JEANNE D'ARCY offered tu designers who Greens, above all jungla white angora collar. It was front.

appearing high-mounted.

specialise in ensembles are absinth, olive, and lotus, obvious.

rising in fashion importance. Coloured farmels in stripes Spotlighted is white and a great and chocks are used for blazers success is predicted for it for: and other summer garments. The new season, especially in

widm

on

The great fashion favourite, however, is not the casual day

dress, shown The

although it is ucing

the that

By meari

shoulder

yel

woollen

Separates

coat style

In endless variations. The slim main

ensemble, the

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fabrles. For

and

office

friend.

The receptionist,

lilac to mauve.

theme is The interpreted atong Princess times, Wool jersey is favoured for high-grade woollens. complete pult with a loosely-fitting waistline. for wear at any hour of the Lower set martingales day. These combined ouinta much in evidence with toppers," include atted dresses for morn- while higher-placed ones ing wear teamed with jackets, reminiscent of the Empire tire. stoles, capes, knitted cardigans Needless to say, the cape there o straight coats.

hi Laven extended

conte with the result that tiress- length capos now form part of the stylish coat programme,

The tend towards young- Implies that looking models

terelangeable reparates cou

tu retain fashion These include, a stguideance. host of interesting wool skirts

given

which

arc

Covel

Modified suits

Three-quarter length or full- Jenglis capes and couts of various lengths are also shown with p matching dress in material which is co-related or tuned to its shade. Sometimes it is the lining of the coat that

related to

to the dress. sult silhouette has appearance by being made in tindergone a a certain modifica- fabrics with animated patterns, tion: Jackets Inve beer: Jersey blouses with either low. shortened, which makes them cut summer necklines or which are high-necked, jackets in strip- generally more youthful-looking, tr The jacket hem barely reaches ed or checked designs sultable hipline level in sults with skirts for wear with the various dress styles, pretty aloles, lightweight with the hats, and an endless variety of

with all round pleats which, wool gloves teamed by the way, have lost some of their former

new

signißeance-and

also in slim-skirted sults.

the pullovora of different lengths. stylish capes frequently

elther appear

is additional accompany garments to

the suite or simply by way of eut-

mostly

Bow trimmings

$1

Bow trimmings make

only an cape collars or cape-topped frequent appearance not Jackets, Whlie jackets are on simple morning dresses but single-breasted, capes, also severely tailored frocks.

elther cut-on, however, nro in many instances, They are

material buttonless and when they are contrasting collarless, they are placed below appliqued, produeing gay colour the jacket collar.

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Coat silhouettes

contrasts.

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or

The new lightweight woollens come in patterns with no Individual character, This

In the combined sult field. applies, in the first, instance to the highly-fashionnble co- the

coarse linen-textured

0:1

and

related woollens are in for 4 woollens, fabrics for sportswear great vogue, chiefly the like wool serge, dressweight merils of their modified yet Shetlands and herringbones of harmoniously tuned design. various types. However, the which, while animating the Cheviots in minuto check fashion

Sceno croate the designs,.

palo pastel-toned impressim of the complete

lete shepherd's checks

gen spring outfit.

checks should not be over- The most noticeable fashion looked. change has taken place In coats. Here, severni distinct Another important group silhouettes appear to be out to from the fashion viewpoint are win equal favour, The ensual woollens with the Panama and cool, tailored on straight lines, basketweave look In addition and the topper style-in lengths to the trellis pattern, manly now varying from

three-quarter, textures have been developed. orren-eighths to full length-ly By the addition of kuops, loopa zablicus the most versatile and and boucle stubs they have

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Top Left: This young-looking coal in ink-blue wool is. dramatised by a large coschman's collar. The easy-fiting walsiline features a wide belt in black patent leather. Vertical piped pockeis at ́hip-level add style" intereak. › Top Right: Shown here is a three-piece ensemble interpreted in a knopped-sportswese woollen. The joket, whichs fastena with two wide-maced puttorm, in short enough to show the pleats of the hutch boy skirt to advantage. The 7/8th length spe WIEL » WON TRão at the back, matches the walke: Lower Kæli:- This camen) spring ensemble consists of a pienied shirt in, a lieigo all-wool gun-checked fabelo “and... » matching, wooi blouse, formed by a hisuund einde Jackel trimmed with the checked fabrio. Lower Clender?”) Turgód lu used for this milan-- Fitting Aros cul on Princess Unok? It is teamed with a round- onf" jaokes, fexturing a bloused back, Lower Righi:"A novel effron la inirocking in tam ekani wak)? Wilber Ay allow maden

hem. The model in in a fino wool cloth with a collar of velvet.

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