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The most delicious SPRING HATS

have just been unpacked

at

THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP

WASH FROOKS JUST ARRIVED.

When women are

sewing:-

They talk about the things nearest their hearts, children, husbands, homes, frocks, and GORDON'S SHOES Have you seen the new shoes from Raines

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Kayamally Building.

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SPRING

1933

All the newest Spring goods, to make you lovely from head to heel.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.

DRESS GUIDE FOR 1933

ALL-IMPORTANT LITTLE POINTS

GOLD or silver shoes for evening spring wardrobe. For sport white heavier bordered variety, Spanish

look well with scarlet, all-black,kid belts, fastening with a black and all white dresses..

Hosiery and gloves for night should in this case be of pale flesh- ahades ard tan. A handbag enn match the frock.

With smart dark afternoon and cinema dresses, purple and tur quoise "kid" shoes and handbag, with matinée cap stressing the two. shades, will add a touch of novel ty and distinction. The old court pump is still smart, especially in a one-colour.

Coloured gloves are on the wane, but brilliant shades in velvet, and kid, might with advantage be bought, to wear with an otherwise completely dark ensemble.

The latest novelties for youth. are mittens made of tulle, to meet puffed sleeves of the mme. This is a light transparant fashion, charm- ing for a ball, and economical.

Sprays of really beautifully. made flowers are worn in great variety. They must be chosen care- fully and seldom go wall near jewels. Over-decoration is bad.

the new consequently

way

AS IN DANTE'S DAY

THT corded belt fashion up-

pears several times and in- trouves a definite Florentino trend in a late alternoon frock of beige crêpe remain, with puff elbow sleeves caught into deep cuffs, which recalls to memory picture of Dante's Beatrice.

of

finishing the "backless" dresses with a scarf caught with a floral sash spray is charming, as is a cluster. The gay blossoms are then kept well away from necklace and corsage brooch.

onyx ciap, and shoes of the same leather, are perfect style. So in green inequer and felge kid...

Sprays of kid and leather flowers'

in appearance, may adorn the brimmed shapes to come, but the caps of the moment in far, fea thor, fabric and sequins are smart- or minus the veil.

Handbags are in black or dark

Sally Gilers wearing a lovely black velvet gown

Scarves assail us in wonderful put on to belts of knitted wool and I brown seal, morocco, patent, or colouringa at every counter. Choon canvas are new. Very charming is kid, with initial clasp to carry out with great care, both regarding the evening belt of dark velvet with a practical matching scheme with colour and shape, also Bo should buy scarves unless they a beautiful floral back spray of the shoes, scarf, and gloves, with know how and when to wear them multi-coloured flowers in velvet, the tailored "ensemble' or knitted

The new scarves will be rather silk, or paper.

suits and tweeds. narrow, and composed of spring- like erinkly-crêpes, striped in s variety of soft shades to match the crowns of the brimmed straws.

Belts, if of good style and ori- ginality, will and a place in the

Veils are an attractive vogue, if a little over-done at the moment. The clear meshed nets do assist to- wards a tidy appearance, and the

ROUND THE TOWN

SPRING GOODS IN LOCAL SHOPS

sometimes at the whist and at others to trim the neck line. Among the heavier silk frocks I saw one per fect dress in old gold with a collar of white satin, cub so that it crosses and gives a directoire whist cout effect. Their new hats are mostly smallish shapes, and are designed to match the semi-tailored silk frocks... a new collection of shoes

For more dressy occasion there are the black and coloured velvet, plain or fanciful, with monogram in paste or ivory.

price a certain number of odd and sample pairs which you should look over carnfully. Gordon's shoes are an investment at any price, and at bargain prices it becomes almost a duty to buy them)

Whitesway Laidlaw's sale is over and they are opening up new goods. In the furnishing department I was struck by the very reasonable prices of the new shipment of Marple sheet. You know, of course, that Marple sheets are about the best. make for real hard wear, which, is what they get at the merciless hands of the wash amah Pillow cases made by Horrockscs are well worth their price too. It is a wise move to buy both sheets and pillow cases now, one wants to many in the hot months and when you have to buy the price always seems to have risen!

The spring goods are coming in can be arranged as one wishes, and in most of the local shops, new the twisted ribbon effect which is hats, frocks and shoes, and it is so often seen on the fécoletage of possible to forecast the coming the backless evening gowns appears fashions to a cerisie extent, though the early spring collections are never no entirely safe guide, ong thing seems evident that the new fashion's generally will be less ex- treme and more dignified than last year. The woman is to be consider ed rather than the girl for a change. Shoes have decidedly longer vamps and coloured leather is less in evidence. Hats are wide or medium is well worth looking at.. brimmed, if they are not turbana. The brimmed models generally have?

In the Dolly Vardon Hat Shop I a bandeau to lift them to get the correct angle. Boft greys, blue saw more of the delicious spring hata. Again soft fabric straws are

If you are one of the lucky ones violets and night blue. are very

this spring look in noticeable in millinery Flowered noticeable and are complimented by going on, leave chiffons have returned to favour, soft colours and charming little fena Whiteaway's and see their cabin all of which seemed to me to be and, with the little shoulder capes ther and flower trimmings placed at and wardrobe trunks, also suitcase

very reasonable in price. that most of them affect, are kind unexpected angles, to both the young girl and her I. was particularly interests to mother. Drosses are tailored but see here the frat summer frocks. on graceful feminine lines the Barconette style is, for the mo- ment at least, quite out of the pieture.

These are decidedly youthful in lins "wearable" by women of and very all ages. A series of semi-tailored drestes in plaid silks (plaids are immensely fashionable at the mo- ment) in trimmed with organdie. An Petit Louvre I saw some lovely For examplo a plaid in tones of hats with wide and medium brims, tawny red and navy has shoulder The Broderie Anglais theme of last ruffles and, a aash of navy organdie. years frocks has now gone up to Very pretty is a pink silk plaid cut our hats and down to our shoes! with a yoke, which has short pulf One lovely model hat in pale green sleeves and sash of white organdin. crepe de chine embroidered in thin The same erisp material appears as style,

has two narrow plaits of insets in Frocks of printed cottons, corded silk as its trimming, another and gives as always that cool, fresh perfect hat of pastel blue fabric look which is so desirable in a ho straw with a crepe de chine horder country.

to the brim has the crown made of The hats are selling like the pro- "leuves" of, straw joined by fancyverbial, hot cakes, and its little use stitchery Lace forms the crown my describing any particular one, of another green hat with a big lots of women are going in and brial * Crowns are very sluillow and buying two or three at a time which

wer in front than at the back so is a wine plan,

minst take the correct filt.

Mode Elegante have both at their Ice House Street Shop, and in the branch at D. Chellar's in Pedder

some most attractive early spring Street, opposite Hong Kong Hotel, hats There are of the new pama lace straws. They are mostly in dark colours for present use with snite or tailored silk frocks. One finds repeated here again that very fashionable mixture of navy and white or oyster. Navy is also trim- med with scurt and white and black and white is always smart. Browns this season ally themselves with fame and beige and oc sionally with orange The hats are very reasonably priced from-$18 to

A number of nicely tailored régle de tine dresses are also new gr rivals and I saw a few evening frocka, of satin which looked smar and modern in line. I believe that Mode Eleganto gives great insist anco to cut and line and when con sideng prices they are much more. willing to sacrifice trimming than cut, à very wise decision for no amount of dressing up com, disguise whereas even a cheap

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Just arrived; a wonderful

SPRING COLLECTION

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Straws: soft and supple as a piece of tabric, which will match your smartest dresses. You'll love the any flower, trimmings and feathers in unexpected places!

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