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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1960.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

The "Light as Air”

Look

According to the London collections the relaxed but never casual look is still with us. Fabrics call. the fashion tune and give us a "light as air" look for summer.

by PATRICIA DOUGLAS

THE top London fashion designers are united in their presentation of an easy-to-wear, relaxed look which is never casual, but on the contrary is always matched and elegant. Fabrics called the fashion tune at the spring/summer collections, with their cheerful colours and individuality. Most of them are so featherweight as to present a "light as air" look for summer.

In premi, jackets and coats offer the greatest difference, Jacketa are mostly lenger, often long waisted and either 10 easily -round the waist or are "drop

ped" with low placed packels, -belts and other realmnesið!.

Coals. on the other hand, vary by being or in length and gurine kiris, suit: ut GTEASCA in matching, or some panion chaths. Almost every Jacket, dress and coat is collar- less, and the bufton-"hrough look is one which should give Joy to every button mites

turer.

Dromer slov silm and re usually bloused at the waistline. In some houses they have either. n pleated skir, or a skirt with sofiners either side created by darts or unpressed pleats.

Colours begin with the basica -block, navy, lots of grey and while Lilac, pale blue and po -olicy mixed with white--form the main colour schtm. Incidentally one textile exper: medict: tha b. autmann we shall be wearing deep blue. and an EFLARE.

LADY

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Textiles are extremely light- of in- weight and chock-ful ferest. Wool weeds have laken a new turn. They are checked, and are an incpiration of young

designers Scottish

who fore aking a great interest in de- signing materials. One such Secttich (wreń used by VICTOR STIEBEL, malees ub into a dress weighing about 111⁄2 lbs! HARDY AMIES. another Royal dress- maleer, features gossmer tweeds

delightful for air travel), and says that an all-woel dress and jacka cen now weigh less thun the load weights used in the bem of a cont! LACHASSE DRCY white wool mesti for a cont sni-filled front, and an oval back with a panel of un- pres ed pleats either side. Wool Is now SUMMER fabric as much as is a winter one.

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Within this general frame- work, every couturier works in dividually, and you can follow some of their ideas, even if you caust buy their clothes.

CAVANAGH Is another

designer

whom u pen

young

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CHINA MAIL

horoscope

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

AQUARIUS (January 21- February 19): The gather- ing of frienda tonight, to which you have been ao eagerly looking forward, will go off very successfully and old tice will be strengthened.

Hardy Amied

Charles Creed

Asouth

British fashion hopes must de- lue or bell-shaped skirts with pend. His clothes are youth- the stamp of a truly regal col- ful, elegant and have the fection. matched-up look of true cou-

The same can be sald of Mr Lure. His simplicity hears the hallmaxic of Molyneux. Here, Stichel's collection. Here, long- jackets are slightly burter; so, er, looser blazer-typo jackets too, ara skirts. He shows swing over slim skiris and they Jackets slightly indented in are curved inwards under the front and straighter and longer bust in front, Rose pink, lac yellow these at the back, Sleeves, as ele- and white, lime where, are never full length. are the flower volour he favours, Skirts are mostly slim but swell Little ties are used at necklines and waists, inset bells are re- out for evening occasions.

peated with neckline strappings, Topcoats are starkly, simple and skirts again have "sofi," but extremely inart, and are semi-picated tops. Typient is u often buttoned-through. Bolero suit in pinkt wool tweed with a backs--a general falure are Jacket buttening through-save Terhionable here as well, and for one button where a tiny lie we chore for illustration a fine takes its pluce. Over this rocs pavy wool coat, with an im

length ocably smert navy wool dress with belaro back and elegant white pique trimming.

Blousing at Cavanagh is efien extended to the hipline rive a short slim skiri, giving rewthing of a "maternity" fection air. One such dress it In the new shade of "gICEL" worl. Another bloused top dr is in wool shaded from palast beiga to brown. Hats here are amusing but very

Some are

smart.

type with

wide

comparton elola

coat with a double cuff effect achieved by a fold. Flower colours and flower prints are used for evollen ekirled evening

gons. These are both short and

long with delicate shades of greeny-grey, soft pink, greyish mauve and soft blues ali inter- mingled.

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sombrero HARDY AMIES. another brims while Royal dressmakter, and present others are helmet fype like the chairman of the Incorporated old Robert Peet policemani

Socely of London Fashion Designers, uses the theme flattery. Who would want to resist him! His suits have Afted fronts and loose backs OWEN HYDE-CLARKE of and, of course, bracelet-length WORTH, Who recently made sleeves, He has lowered the มก INGW with Lady Pamela walst and he uses airy fairy Mountbatten's wedding dress, weeds and other fine cloths. is a specialist in clothes for the “Travel clothes weigh nothing.”

His grand occasion,

clients says Mr Amies. Having some have such events. Neverthe- of the smartest ellents in the suits, and dress and Jacket less, he shows beautiful tailorei world, he should know! cams which could be useful to every woman..

unswerving loyalty are inspiration to thone who need a shining example by which to mould their lives.

VIRGO (August 22-Septem

ber 22): Knowing how wastly you require know lege, you ought to overcome your reluctance to sit down

do and

serious somo

PISCES (February 20-March

20) Duo to events which you have no control, reading.

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your friendship with per-

My own pick of the bunch, is what Worth (with over *

with CHARLES - CREED, hundred years of tradition) generations of talloring calls a coat and skirt whereas ancestry, shows redingotes others call it a sult. Here, a coats and suits as the backbone

son of the opposite sex will, LIBRA (September 23-Octo-sult in mauve and grey checks of his collection. The longer cool off considerably.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before signing a contract for na expensive item 011 hire purchase, make quite sure that you will be able to keep up the payments,

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ber 22) You may have to use all your wits to deal with person who is trying to put something over on you.

have

wor! gives a zephyr like effect. waisted look is most emphasised The short

broad revers

Three Royal designers offer

are here with a lowered waistline, edged with the fabrle used on and a very easy fit at the waist, the blas, and blas strip, which is buttoned, runs down Mr Creed uses whimp-trans the length of the jacket and of leather, kid, braid and pique, skirt.

His now motis is the looped gCORPIO (October 28-No-

bow which appears at the back amber_21): Owing to your outspoken nature you may truly Royal suggestions of what of blouses peeping over jacket necklines, Scarves are slotted. TAURUS (April 20-May 201:

estranged a

should wear. friend, you

Fabulous through either side of high cut Your constant desire

and only time will heal the NORMAN HARTNELL has a sidris. Dresses bere emphasise

large collection with a change makes

atrained relationship. you dis

lot of the core-back of the Alentext ,everything which is beautifully antified with your present

skirt, Įdone. His sulis have Jackets lot. but for the time being SAGITTARIUS (November

which are mostly cut to -hip- The Brillah collections show you ought not to make any

22-December 21): Sinco your bone langth, and ho Ica some truly fabulous fabrics, ... rash move.

do not like to work intures them in variety of colour come first class workoutship confined space, you should ful tweeds and hopsacks. Many and only here and there a try and find an occupation ruits have longer, looser fecioris truly original them, These which entails moving about of length, and there

aro.ara Umeless clothes which dress and jacket or dress and British women love and which and meeting people.

full-length coat teams. My even

the most wealthy of concentrate CAPRICORN. (December 22 choices are a clover pink llaen women expects to wear for a January 20); You are never weave wool sult with a long number of years. Whether or satisfied with your own ne. Jackel, a long cost and drves di voi, they will make fashion complishments, and it la inrey flannel with darker bruja history is open to doubt, but who like to your nature always to neck/dgings, pod a yoy fãc tây? for: ihose of ur

wool dress with fine pleated look quietly elegant, there 15 Improvement.

bodies and lightly wider pleste much to use for inspiration. if the skirt...

***** fictu ́a" profiction Tag automer For evening wear, Mr Hart can be seen in a

GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

Discord

which, n scherno although tempting. know to be rather practical and instead OIL rational idea,

you im-

some more

semi-fitted

CANCER (Juno 22-July 21); You ought to have a good chanoo soon to renew a cou........ noction which was severed LUCKY ENCOUNTER: [II]|| through no fault of yours. today is your birthday. " nell produces: time and again navy wool coat over a 'blue mosting with a woman | fantastie beaded and embrod- and green check dress, wil; a' named HARRIET may have {dcred cocktail and full-length pleated skies, diagonally cut to -some spacial significance. gowns both with alim and crino- one alde, rising to the waitino.

LEO (July 22-August 21):

Your stable character and...

LEFT TO RIGHT: 1. Hardy Amies calls this "Outside Left", It is a smart pink wool hopsack tweed topcoat with large outside pocket and is worn over 2) a jumper suit type dress in the current fashion fabric craze-grey West of England wool flannel, 3. Creed calls this model "Sahara," and des cribes the coat as a "travel-length cardigan". Sand wool suiting is used for the long jacket and skirt with rolled edges, outlined by saddle stitching which gives a tunic effect. 4. From Worth is "Zephyr"—an in- teresting suit described as a "coat and skirt". The

A story of unmatched

accuracy- backed

by official figures!

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John Cavanaghs)

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check fabric is cleverly used for bias edgings on the revers and a buttoned strip down the jacket and skirt for a new, button-through effect. 5. John Cavanagh's superbly smart dress in finest navy wool with white plque trimmings is the second half of a team. There is an elegant 7/8 coat to match, giving a tunle look. The dress has the new long bolero back, 6. The Cavanagh suit look is worth following. This version in yellow and beige checked tweed has a faraway neckline, and inset belt with soft tucking above and below. The skirt is short and slim.

Beware of counterfaitemen

buy only from authorized dealers,

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