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The Rarest Jewel needs an Exquisite Setting. THE MOST LOVELY WOMAN

is made more lovely by the artists who design the Hats and Gowns which adorn her.

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For Artistic Millinery and Dresses GO TO THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP

PAMELA

Tennis.

"Fifteen-love"! The court is gay with colour, white and green no

· longer. hold sway alone.

But white still predominates in the dresses "of the women as in the men's flannels, though it is now bound and trimmed with bright hues, scarlet, yellow, green and blue,

MOST

THERE IS A

INTERESTING COLLECTION OF TENNIS FROCKS NOW ON, VIEW IN OUR SALONS.

13, Queen's Road Central.

FELIX HAT SHOP

..ICE HOUSE STREET.

'Felix" means Happy

THE SHOP FOR HATS, FROCKS AND ACCESSORIES, WHICH YOU WILL ALWAYS ENJOY WEARING, BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE YOU YOUR MOST CHARMING.

THE PIONEER SILK STORE.

We have just received

A DELIGHTFUL COLLECTION

of Silks of All Sorts to fill your Every Requirement for

SUMMER DAYS.

SILKS for MORNING, AFTERNOON, and EVENING.

ONE'S HAT IS THE DECIDING FACTOR

IN ONE'S APPEARANCE.

A "Large Consignment of Chic

EARLY SPRING MODES

IN STRAW

have just arrived and are

being displayed

LANE CRAWFORD'S

LADIES. SECTION (MEZZANINE FLOOR)

TEL: C. 4567.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929.

WOMAN'S PAGE.

1929 FURNISHING FABRICS.

JACOBEAN DESIGNS ON LINEN, BEDROOM CRETONNES, LIZARD" FABRICS.

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The dress designers have already let us into the secret of what we are to wear during the first ball of 1999 but the new dress fashiona for our homes have only just made their appearance. I had the first glimpan early this week in Whiteaway, Laid- law's when I saw the, big bolts of material being unpacked, making over 14 miles of furnishing fabrics. This comprises the finest selection of cretonnes, otes, which White away's have ever had at one time, and owing to the great success of those they had last year they are being offered at a very low prices.

Furnishing fabrics always seem

Jacobaan Linens."

The new all linen cretoune is, of course, harder wearing and has aimilar characteristics of coolness. The designs which have been copied from Jacobean needlework. are printed on a ground the colour of unbleached linen, mostly in darkish dall shades, like the embroidery from which they were taken. of blues, reds and greens.

The cubist designs are amusing, and bose I saw were in pastel shades with a pink or beige general tone.

For Hangings.

An "exceedingly striking cretonne. designed for hangings has a beige ground on which is printed a green. to echo to a large extent the reign.vase filled with flowers of dull ing fashions of the day, which is. mauves, fame, and grey. Unlike of course, as it should be, for they similar patterns which I remember must be the background for frocks from last year, the effect is by no as for furniture. It is not, there means heavy, and a novel note is fore, surprising to notice the follow-struck by the material being border ing points:-

ed with a black and green stripe.

(1) A predominence of beiges,..

Lizard Bilk Fabrics. pinks, and mauves."

The big range of Lizard" silk (2) Smaller Boral, patterns than fabrics gave me many most, delight

last season with somewhat less ful surprise. These materials aro indeterminate forms.

all woven in shot "effects and are (3) A series of small clear floral exceedingly beautiful. They are in

designs, like those of the various grades and priced accord aprigged muslins foulards and ingly but none of them are expen ninons of our dresses.

sive. Some are shot in two distinct (4) Small cubist designs without colours as peacock blue and green, the futurist colourings former-blue and red. others are of silver ly associated with them. or gold shot with colour. ns blue (3) A decided hint of the fashions and silver, mauve and gold, beige of a much earlier period. as and gold. Some are woven with linen retonnes with designs what I can only describe as a lump from Jacobean embroidery;„. or thickening of one thread, at in-

Bedroom Gretonnes,

tervals, which gives a sort of rain There is a most delightful selec colour which is, according as the drop effect and emphasises that tion of bedroom eretonnes printed drapery falls, least

prominent: in small floral patterns on a white There are many exceedingly lovely or beige ground in a variety of petunia shades, bronzes and pinkish colours. These cost only 81.75 per beiges, but you should see them for vard, are reversible, and, like all this season's fabrics guaranteed fad yourself for words can do little to less. The designs are very similar bring them before you. to those used for the printed broad cloth and music, of which nearly all the summer dreesea are being made this year, and they are parti- cularly suitable for use during the summer as they look so cool and fresh. A room with curtaine and

Whether you realise that you chair-covers, of one of these fabrics would be delightful during the hot need them or no; a visit must be months, and if the material does not enjoyable, for the materials are so wear so well as the heavier more very lovely in themselves: but I costly cretonnes, it has the advan-think you will have to be very tage of cheapness so that you can strong minded if you leave without replace it at comparatively small buying a new putât for at least one.

of your rooms! coet.

PAMELA HÀTS.

Coarse straw, varnished, and in two or three colour effects, is used for many of the smartest summer hats. Among those at which I was looking the other day in Pamela'a was one woven af red and white straw, about an eighth of an inch in width, which made quite distinct checks. A broad band of scarlet ciré ribbon, is the only trimming

Big posics placed directly in the centre front are again, coming in.. A model of coarse varnished straw in the new Lido beige, speckled with red and black, has a large posy of orange and green flowers, and a narrow band of black brus· grain- ribbon. Feather mounts are much used too, sometimes in the same tone as the straw, and at others in brightly contrasting colours small brimmed hat of fine tagel in true corn yellow has a yellow and brown feather mount and a narrow band of brown grosgrain Pink silk straw is used for a small model which turns sharply up at the back, and has a matching feather mount laid on the brim just to the right of the centre front.

STOCKINGS.

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There are some very nice, silk stockings now to be found in the Ladies' Department of LANE, CLAW FORD's which have arrived with the new shoes. Among the colours are Lido sand, Atmosphere, Wate: lily, which is a pale yellow, grey, and Grain, an excellent colour for day use being a warmish beige These atockings are at various prices from 82.75 a pair and are all beautifully' fine and well shaped.

WELL CUT UNDIES.

I was introduced, Au Perr LOUVEZ the other day to "Carter's" underwear. It is made of a silk tricot rather liks Celanese; in a beautiful colour range, which washes and wears splendidly. There aro Bome most attractive pyjama suits, and knickere made on a hip yoks to preserve the slim, line, which is now so important

In the same shop I was shown some lovely chiffon silk stockings in" two qualities and the latest Lido "sand chade,

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I expect that, by the time you read this Whiteaway, Laidlaw's furnishing department will be hung with these new fabrics, and you will be able to see many more that were still unpacked when I paid. my visit.

LACE TRIMMED NECKS.

Lace, especially Alencon lace in an éoru shade, is being much used on afternoon and semi- evening gowns. Tucked gar gette is used in conjunction with Alencon, lace in the top example, while point de Veale mounted an plain georgette makes the demure looking collar and cuffs. shown below.

GAY AS THE FLOWERS.

DELIGHTFUL COLLECTION OF SUMMER FROCKS.

Folly Vardon is a heroine who has lived and become real to many. people besides those who have read her love story. Her name has be come associated with certain types of frocks and hats, and is a synonym for dainty old world charm. Here in Hong Kong it has an ever, more direct significance, as Dolly Farder has been chosen as the patroness of a shop where you can always be sure of ånding millinery and dresses in which the little lady would have rejoiced no less than we do.

A collection of the most delightful frocks arrived this week. Some of them are waabing silk, others of cotton broad cloth and yat others of muslin. They might. perhaps, be roughly divided into those which are made on tho semi-picture lines which are often termed "Dolly Vardon and those made in semi- tailored styles. Both are most at- tractive and which you prefer de pends on your own taste. The de signs on all the fabrics are, for the most part, the small sprigged flower patterns which certainly claim the. first place this summer in the hearts of dress designers and wearers alike, but there are others of a more chintz-like nature, notably on the broadcloths, which are equally pleas ing.

Many of the little muslin frocks have "chus of clear organdie in' white or a pastel shades, sometimes they have cute little pockets of organdie as well, and generally a Each or bow of ribbon in one colour. of the design.,

These dresses are all very reason- ably priced and are in various sizes. They are selling so quickly that I advise you to go soon, although an- ther shipment is expected before Jong,

PRINTED GEOR- GETTE

The

THE 1929 DESIGNS.

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designs for printed georgettes are charming. They have most of them the old world in- spiration which is so marked in both pattern and line this season. Many of them seem to have been copied from Morris designs or from the sprigged muslins of an even earlier date. I saw over forty different patterns in the PIONEER. SILK, STORE this week, of which a description of two or three must suffice..

A light brown ground is starred with tiny plaats with pink Bowers: and green leaves, between them dart dragon flies of a uniform pale beige colour. On a white ground are small pale pink and pale bine flowers, and another white is print- ed with small leaves in pearl grey. A pretty squared design is carried out in cinnamon brown with a few lines of pale blue to lighten it.

There are also designs, for those who prefer them, of larger flowers in stronger colours.

This is altogether a most delight- ful collection and one which you

| should look.at-

NEW PYJAMAS.

There are some very nice pyjama 'suits now to be found in the PIONEER SILE STORE Three-piece suits are novel and most attractive. They consist of a sleeveless jumper and trousers in some plain colour, trim- med with bands of printed material or a little embroidery, and a three quarter length coat printed in some gay design. The coats have, geor gette sleeves and can be worn separately as evening coats. Some of them are printed in haari coat designs, others are of all over print- ed crêpe de chine bordered with a "plain colour. The idea is to sleep, in the jumper and trousers and unc the coat as a dressing jacket, or the whole, casemble may be used as a negligée. There are also very chic two-piece pyjama suits made of good crepe de chine and embroider- | P ed with not insertions just like the familiar Shanghai silk embroidered underwear. The jumper has be pocket in which is found a small silk! handkerchief to match the suit,

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TRIMMED HATS. FOR THE CHILDREN.

There are some very smart trim- In the Children's Department of med hats now to be found AU PETIT LANE, CRAWFORD's this week, I saw Louver. They are made of bankok some charming little trimmed straw or tagel and are trimmed with a hats, very similar to those which widish swathe of velvet or gros their mothers can find on the floor. grain in the same tone as the straw. above. They are in various colour. most of them also bave a bindingings and mostly made of glazed or I saw in the PIONEER SILK STOEL round the edge of the brim. The tagel straws.

They also have galoshes in all some 3 and 4 piece sets of Shanghai shapes are medium to large, and

an excellent silk embroidered underwear in the motive in every case a certain children's sizes, and white, pink, blue and champagne, dignity which makes one of these eclection, of shoes. The designs are new and pretty and hats an admirable choice for a mid- the material good; the 4 piece sets season afternoon ensemble. The have a chemise in addition to the colourings are all good but I was usaal nightgown, petticoat and especially taken with a model in madonna blue and another in the knickers

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