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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY,

JULY 9, 1960.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

A London editor and a thirsty American in search of black

WITH the weather continuing blissfully warm, I sort

last` summer's swimettite from their poly. thene bags-remembering how, when I stowed them away, my thoughts had leaped to wood fires and Christ- mas, and then on to "What in the world will have happened by the time we need these again?”

One thing that has happened

is that my taste in swimsuits has changed.

1 want a black one. I will tan to 1 BOTWOODS caramel brown and wear masses of heavy gold bracelets.

Sleek

as a seal, I will be different in my plain black sult.

Excited by this vision of my backless black self, aided and skatted by a winning week at Ascot, I cannot wait. The stores with their splendid sun and end departments beckom me.

"Rotually,” mys the rodišem who shares me a couple of sends in plating, "we do have mamething in black, but it's in a cubicle with a

About

man in a sk ́ suit. occupies the opposite chair.

He gives me a conspiratorial smile and I pine for a pair of plastieseyelashed glasses through which to discourage him.

Kinda bet," he says, as with a swift expward fick he sends a cigarette jeeping from its packet.

"Black" mys the cory looking assistant in the first "Hey, Honey," comes дсту store. Plain black? I should from behind "the curtain. And try Schools. More of a regula- Honey, in his silk suit, disap- tion costume you wanted, was pears into a cubicle..

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"Black?" says the duchess in the second stone. "For the beach? I'm afraid we cater for the Continental taste bere."

"Black?" cries the caroless teenager presiding over the shop in the third store. "We d'd have a black thing with sleeves last March, but I don't suppose it was what you wanted, end anyway we sold it ages aga."

The fourth store has black with tartan irimmings and the Ah has a black bikini · each. section of which is no bigger than an eye patch.

Hopeful

The swimwear centre at the afxth store is" a scene of mand abandon.

Great cartwheel hals and out size beach baskets are flung in carefully contrived disarray against curious towelling tabards. Even the sun glasses have run, riot with plastic eyelashes.

"Take the lot," he ADY'S expansively as he ducks back again through the curtains, "My tongue's hanging out for a drink."

Thankful.

Languidly the assistant 'col- lects an armful of swimsuits from the cubicle, spreads them across the counter, and starts packing.

There is a green, i ruke- patterned a polka-dotted and MY BLACK.

I lift it to see if I would have liked it.

"Excuse me," says the assist- ant in quelling tones, "but madam is taking that one.

"And will you have any more like it?"

"Definitely not," she tells me, smiling for the first time, Na absolutely nothing more for this

summer

"ERONICA PAPE OR TII

Simpler, and a dramatic change from all the flowers and frou frou we have seen at this year's big outdoor occasions are these two hats by Otto Lucas. The

one on the left is in matt surfaced stitched white duchess satin. The one on the right is in black wild filk dieo available in velvet,

we may have

"pull-ons,” "pantie belis" "roll-one," tos. But never corsets!)

THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE HIGH HAT=

SCOT 1960 will surely go down in fashion history as the year when the women-vying with the men — added inches to their height

with

But to be realy up-to-the-minute

your choice should be bold, stark

And the only reason I do not mention him by name is that I have nothing but admiration for so dedicated to his

For all who contrive to keep any man

a jump ahead of the field I bring work that he can hold his firm's

appened yesterdays are very Hand singularly foodNever before

you next week's hats this week latest inodel to his non-existent and a sperdid excuse for a bust and not feel a bit of a clot. Of course it can be said there new one?

is no need for him to suffer The slightest embarrassment, Foundations

when Last year's turnover I catch sight of the price tag. "Honey," in his generositystapendosely spiralling, years we have seen cart- "Simply look at yourself, "We milliners are not con-

of fortune amounted to £60,000,000 and has saved me 18 gulneas. big-headed, bouffant, be wheels) I called on Otto Sweetie pie. Your neckline well cerned with anythiig that

next year's is already guaranteed Feeling incredibly thrifty end wildering HATS.

Lucas the man who made away from the shoulders, your happened yesterday.

was young, dark, to exceed it?

Never before in the history of I sit nd walt-revelling in virtuous, descend to "Pro".

loose jumper top, and your slim

, bes such anticipatory delight at the visions" and surender a little

To discover why they more than 200 hats for straight skirt.

nearly history already, thought of

the backless black of the money I have saved on switched from the almost guests at Princess Mar- "This is the modern outline, "We have hart a fabulous looking. Over his Savile money been invested in the elegance they MUST have salmon trout and strawberries tucked away somewheres

traditional wide hat (for saret's wedding... the and with it there must be a showing of flowers and Bower row suiting he held for my hope of turning so little woman into so much and so much into petals, but the pendulum swings approval a white lace so little. man who, to quote one high, important hat.

only a question of and the silhouette is changing. brassiere with buyer, must be responsible balance-of selence, if you like. "The most elegant hat. I cany for half the millinery in the For fashion is a science and show you now is bold, stark and Royal Enclosure."

one for which there are very utterly untrimmed.

**This is the fat for. THE Such a festful responsibility few text books."

"Only the history books" I WEEK AFTER NEXT, sits lightly on the shoulders of Mr. Lucas-a tail, greying man suggested,

sent two to Ascot and they with a Charles Boyer accent.

were evnsational."

for supper.

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"No.

Fashion never repeats itself.

"All this nonsense that crops **There is possitively nothing up from time to time these psychological about the Big cries of Back to the Naughty Headed Look," "he told me Nineties or the Turbulent Armly. "It has nothing to do Twenties' or something with the rise of the Dominant

Stunts! Just stunts! Demale. Let us not waste time "Fashion goes forward with booking for deep-seated signif the times. It is vivid, vital, ever-

changing.

CRBÓCS.

They were too. in a crowd of whipped-up, chiffon, dotted net, flower petals and white rose-packed like patisseries on a cafe counter. they were masterpieces of care fully contrived simplicity.

I photographed them before they left-one black and one white.

trimming.

rosebud

"The support is entirely from "All that we really aim to beneath," he said, "with elastic do," says an older and wiser side panels, foam rubber inter- foundation kings to spread lined half-sections, double cross the slack to the right places," over boost, front booked facings. Yet "Catch 'em young and with plush bladings, nylon in corral 'em with corsets could and be today's ory, Sub-teenage sets, plastic stiffeners

all this in A, B, or C cup sizes." brassieres offer yet another new

He was one of the many men market.

“It is not so much the exist~ who are fast discovering the immense amount of money that ing shape as the potential, flows from what was the corset says a third out business man. market. These days the veryTo this end, one brassiere word corset is deplored. Four company is distributing teen- form uplifts packaged in what look like gramophone.. Frecord

sleeves. With

SIGNPOSTING FIVE SURE WAYS TO datable sub-sections, scalloped

WITH several sunshine FASHION DISASTER

occasions behind us.

|I report, that not for years have so many women been bending over backwards in their efforts to achieve a gigantic fashion success and finished up A FASHION HOWLER.

In a spirit of helpfulness, therefore, I pinpoint five fashion howlers.

at

HOWLER No. 1:Rick beige "for all your Buy them different times under differentź lighting conditions and Don't worry labout too close a match because, after all, belge is

WARNING: There are roughly 5,422 shades of belge..

MORAL A sharp contrast is better than a "near miss."

HOWLER No. 2: Choose

DON'T

suit with nonpered “Ostesaories;

DONT LE 1

endith, it three diferent senėle.

FONT. — OVerde the contrast of Hub fzaally baldurs

WARNING: AD Theme sportáž, kusow!) Or # you do boy one, welow cost the earth and buy something bright. To be Look too "bury” die

dibly certain of Stanster, chopse one in checks or pots at MORALI Znough flower termed all over with ribbage **wide hat, a printed silk is ENOUGH and queen. wide-sleeved top, and a wide that means the blouse and Uring

W |sidet "for a three-tiered pagoda only.

effect.

You can always add a parasol do mellor gratters worse with a ge fourth tier.

such as

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HOWLER No. 4. Go af out

up hard,

WARNING: With... nt - only

kaL, Three stridiisa was one

SPOMAL-IS AS wisen by far to stick to white. The clever oner at Ascot were those who tucked envelope sized transparent mac- "their" "Handbags.

band box Book that "tous curiainly hat sing.

are beloved by all model girls- cut them for me..

edges and lace overlape, they tempt us,

The most surprising thing { learned leat, week about this big and booming business is that She swears they will grow they can no longer sell plain- longer and thicker in con- pink corsets.

sequence "Do not be alarmed, "The women of this country? I have done It many, many seśd my first tall, dark, and times before."

handsome informant "have HAD pink,'

If it works I'll let you know,

-London Express Service).

JACOBY BRIDES

II mos mant., 60 overbid, go had to lose one trump and one ahead!" "l's toks df fun. On the club and go down con other hand, an overbidder had

best play his cards mighty well. What should South have done? He should have trumped that South's gaming two spade bid third heart with either the jack was definitely on the weak side,

but there was no reason why he or tam Then when he led the should not have miked up the nine of spades from dummy he could play his eight fod Bummy zliber with it.

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