1961-02-25 — Page 10

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1961,

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

FAST

clothes for

the girl on the GO!

ABOVE: Riding high dress of chalk-white Arnol. AT RIGHT: Flying high dress of black silk chiffon.

RONSON

THE

by JILL BUTTERFIELD

THE first thing to get off the ground in 1961 is FASHION. And as the clothes with the swinging stamp of the 'sixties zoom into your orbit, you'll under- stand why. For these are the clothes that the girl on the go has walted a life- time for.

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After the years of the nipped-in waist and the pushed-out bosom, the second- skin skirt, and the shaggy dog copt, they are as important to feminine emancipation as votes for women and equal pay.

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They flow. They float. They swing. They swirl. Above all they move-but fast. SKIRTS are stride wide-free enough to take the stairs two at a time.

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SLEEVES are loose or non-existent-easy enough to let you hang from a helicopter should you be so inclined.

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WAISTS are there-but only just. They are no longer the pivot on which the dress revolves.

PLEATS flutter and furl through every kind of fabric for every kind of dress.

For these are the kind of clothes made for the life you live. They'll work just as hard as you do." They'll walk all day, dance all night. They look sensational as they follow your every movement.

And, although they are bang up to the fashion minute (the whole of Paris was brimming with the same running-jump feeling) you could walk out in the street in. them tomorrow and feel wonderful-not weird.

And here is a further glimpse of

THE LONDON LINE

ASHION PAGE

GAY pretty clothes with plenty of movement in them that sums up the London Couture Collec-

tions. For the first time, the British couturiers have produced something up to the standards. of their French counterparts fashionable, wearable and, most important of all, with a definite line [in view, one that will be copied I'm sure by the ready-to-wear houses.

Creed,

overboard for tafetas with

The shape for sulta has sleeves cut in one with the flannel-introduced by Charics kets over long-sleeved dresses, altered, radically. Jackets are bodice,

Cavanaght cut away the jacket eut so that they almost stand the way out: practically all of went

The poncil-sim skirt is on For evening, the couturiers collar, tucked it ander the neck- away from the body, some go the sulls that I've seen have printed

warp- line of the dress. Paterson one step further

went further and topped a and become

Smudgy swing flower patterns,

taffeta embroidered warp-printed

a1927- capes. The rounded shoulder sported eldets with line is emphasised by magyar about them, achieved by bias organdia and, above all, the noon dress with # double-

cutting, low-set rolled pleats or soft Buid materiais liko chiffon breasted Th coat iri Intricate darting to give and crepe.

same fabric, cut exactly like a flared hemline.

The colours they use arcmore trench-coat. The result was important than ever before, and elootrifyingly chic.

on this occasion London agrees

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If you're buying a skirt any ilme from now, pick one that

By

JANE ROGERS

is cut on the cross and be right in fashion.

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Gimmicks I noted at the shows: Ronald Paterson de- signed some enchanting evening hats--little cages of stiffened. coarse velling, enclosing a sin- cle full-blown rose. moxie a series of city bowlers 100, the

·Tabric...

Michael

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with Florence. The fashion trimmed the stole of a crepo altado for spring is a bright cocktail dress with looped sib- bon 'tringing, used tho same The Line of the simple little grass-green, softened and en- dress whether

livened when mixed with clear iden do trim the waistline of for day or

n dress... evening is straight-and that Cavanagh all

rose pink. Michael, Creed and

..he gives a caulical featured

this. Book to a black and brown Includes your waistline too, for the alightly lowered waist la ini

check dress by adding a deep with

V-shaped band of black leather on the bodice..

new vivid colour in their cal-

a bang. Sometimes it is lactions; Victor Stebol teamod defined by seaming, sometither it with a blouse in turquoise wonderful by a low-slung belt or a sagh blue to make

or sometimes by flat pleating

cating spring suit.

that starts just above the hips. Two fashions already around The fabrics of fashion oro the ready-to-wear, and now Important, this year. Knobbly underlined by the top designers: multi-coloured tweeds have dis- the collarless topcoat in a light, appeared completely. Look out bright colour, and the dress instead for hopsacks, face- and jacket that looks Bike a cloths and e new, fabric-navy sult. Creed put sleeveless jao

Michael featured the 1920' tools for evening, put a deep trine of what Tasions like sea- wood but was, in Tark, fronds of brown chitton round the hem of a drass in the same material. He used auched chitton to give an It's a trimming to a straight grazs-green 'tubo, dress,

Two summer hats by Rudolph, shown with the Muttii collection: LEFT: A high-crowned cloche with a big side how, made from crisp white "RIGHT! A big beautiful hat made from cool blus organdie; has an earl bow as its only telmming.

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LADY LUCK

your

CHINA MAIL-

horoscope.

of friendship motivated by self-interest.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

(January 21. AQUARIUS

February 19); An offer of help from a distant and un- expected source will arrive Just when you are most in nted of it..

PISCES (February 20-March

20): This should prove B. happy weekend for you: now friends, new pleasures and no regrets.

ARIES (March 21-April 19); Your steadiness, and ro Tiability are greatly d mired, and whoever comes in contact with you feela an instinctive trust

|TAURUS" (April 20-May 20): Don't place too much re- liunco on intuition' today, but act only after due thought and preparation.

GEMINI (ny 21-June 21): Although your work does not bring .you great, material gain, you are de riving gront satisfaction from doing what you most want to do a doddaja | CANCER (Juno 22-July-21): A most enjoyable weekend In in stora for you, although it will prove far lens costly than theund

LEO (July 22-August-21): Since you are a gooil,judio. of "human nature, you will" not be deceived by an offer

(August VIGO

September 22):- Give up the notion that you can get something for nothing. Stendy application to your work, will bring much more certain results,

LIBRA (September 20 October 22): A hint from a neighbour may lead to a change for the better in domestic your regular routine.

gCORPIO (October 20- November 21) : ... If you realise that you have made an error of judgment, re- frain from placing the binme on somebody else.

·BAGITTARIUS".·'(November. 22-Deaomber 21): By uy- ing toplosse others you will find grost antisfaction in your ability to con- tribute to their happiness. CAPRICORN (December 2 January 20): By accepting An invitation to a social gathering you will comenta friendship which has been threatening to poter out,,: LUCRY ENCOUNTER; It

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your Birthday, a mestling with a man named TIMOTHY Dny: Imva nomo special significance.

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