1958-03-22 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1038.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

The Making of the 1958

Joan Vaughan in Cavanagh's Creep-Up dress -- aicevo- navy wool, under A balloon-backed cape coat.

Tews.

in

Now down to detail

Woman

REPORTS THE SUBTLETIES THAT MAKE HER WHAT SHE IS

The Creep-Up Dress

PICTURED on the left is

Vaughan, aged

24, beautiful and vivid brunette, whose sensitive fashion Белве prompts Robb to choose her AS epitomising from crown of head to tip of toe THE 1958 WOMAN.

Beginning today, Robb is to "behind-the-

examine in

counter" manner the subtleties that go to make up the fashion- conscious woman in Spring 1958. Where docs Robb begin? Obviously with the skirt, key- ,point of the 1838 fashion story.

On the bias

In his startling drawing here he has used "disembodied hands" to tell the story of The Creep-Up as seen by the cost- liest practitioner.

It's not pretended, of course. that all price levels can offer the cut and fl and finish of the John Cavanagh dress seen here.

But this dress is shown because it enables you to take a detalled look at the 1958 Creep-

Upr

The dress is cut on the blas news again after 20 years to give it a sinuous freedom and fluidity of movement across the

body.

Look at it in close-up.

First, the dress us Hobb Boes it when Joan stands still the skirt coming just below the knees. Next The Creep-Up action. As she walks, the dress slides up, across her body.

Suppleness

shows its

The third drawing cut and construction—the only two seams In the skirt, the darts, the long zip. Fourth- underpreps for The Croep-Up-

small flatish brz, a straight- slip with a slit at the back, for walking freedom. "Sitting knees are pretty" says Cavanagh- "standing knees aren't."

Rabb's fifth drawing

shows

how the direas creeps up, up above the knees when Joan sila down.

The last drawing sums up the whole story: the mipple give and stretch in the 34in. hem-the ways the dress fits and dows across the figure with every movement of the woman wear- ing 11.

That's The Creep-Up. And it's coming up fast.

BEEN PROM THE BIDE.

THE LENGTH HAIR 18 CUT TO.

FRONT HAIR SMOOTHED DOWN FROM PANTING....

THERE'S 11 good reason siways for showing the fashion- conscious woman the high-points of styling....the "extremes," it you prefer it that way... which are currently attracting the at- tention of the world's leading artists.

AND SET INTO SMALL PINCURLS.

ROLLERS OG BACK OVER HEAD, DOWN BIDES.

that has ever stylists. maybe also it stimu- eaught on in a big way, they shocked and startled at Brat you to try something

sight,

And for The Woman of 4958 I don't see myself that way." everything new nothing is much more important than the style of her hair....

Maybe when you look at this picture of Joan Vaughan you say

.... But lates

new.

In today's picture. Jaon Remember this: the Arst bob Vaughan shows off the look came as a 'bonerang. The first that's newest in the opinion of shingle was shouted down. Like Rene, one of the world's top hair

Réné's

high wide hairstyle -dressed for evening

PICTURE SY

Like it or not, but look at It: It's higher, wider, strangely dif ferent from the smooth, short pageboys or the tangled heada the girls have been going around Maybe, It's going to maks in. them as dated as ringista...

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