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

THE extraordinary thing about!

fashions in Paris just now is the difference between the clothes shown by the English and the French houses. There is, in fact, only one point on which they seem to agree They have all gone mad about

of peculiarly becoming shade

greige for day clothes. Apart from this one one detail everything is different. Where the Fretch houses show wide, padded shoulders, extraordinary methods

weak

Battle of Skirt Lengths." French couturiers are introducing very kind of ciré and lacquered materials for both day and evening the English dull surfaced materials for day. soft chiffons, lace, or patterned chiffons, crepes and satins for the evening.

Skirt lengths for day timo are, another

LONDON v PARIS Where Fashionists Disagree

As all Englishwomen have a root-combined with case linens, as ed objection to long shirts, it will well as French and English tweeds, be amusing to see whether they are used for the day clothes. Some follow the English or the French of the new linen and cotton mater-

ials are used instead of woollens. leg theory,"

One of the maddest and most As usual, there is a good deal of amusing dress shows in Paris at the black and navy in this collection. moment is Schiaparelli's, and, crazy His new shades are stone, dune, though her clothes are, they are | sand, maize, string, and always very popular in England. His new feature is gloves of the

Her new ideas for the season in- clude," shoulder trays." These are seen on the long day coats. The shoulders nie padded so flat on top that a woman could wear a small tray on each shoulder.

The sleeves of both her coats and jackets not only have enormous width

aerous the shoulders, but the actual sleeve. from shoulder to elbow usually has some kind of geometrical line to give it width.

She has introduced what she calls [the circus” Eat, which is a little round knitted cap with a regular tail on top.

poppy red,

same material as the dress, whether they be day or evening clothes."

Maggy Rouff has brought in a now corded woollen material that looks like very thick' ribbed hand knitting. This is used for jackets, blouses, or yokes of day dress.

Spring Colour Contrast. For the evening she has intro- duced a new cotton crepe with either red or blus spots, ne well' ans' i some very attractive printed satins with the design printed on the warp of the cloth. Canvas Enens, very coarse and soft, are popular} in this collection

Patou's new. colours for the season are deep blue and pearl grey. A severely straight coat of the deep blue will be worn over an ultra feminine dress of the pearl groy. He is also introducing the short, straight, evening velvet coats. Mainbocher is showing the one-sided peplum, which falls like a

Feather furs are used as a trim- ming here, and all the evening dresses have balayeuses." which are the old-fashioned sweepers put in the hem of the skirt, which make it stand out and swing as the girl walky. The colours in this collection are wheat-yellow, smoi-detached train from the side of quinquira brown, mussel blue, her straight, severely-cut evening gilly-flower mauve, leitchi pink, grey, and Shanghai red.

Black and Navy"

In contrast to these most typical- Parision clothes, we have Captain Molyneux's collection. All

ly

skirts.

COTTON CREPE FOR EVEN-

ING FROCKS

Fabrics

こ

Women are going to look more models created for the first of the the skirts of his tailor-made suits attractive than ever in their even spring dress shows, and day dresses are about two ing frocks this arason. inches above the ankle. The skirts are lovely, and the new fashion are very slim. The jackets may be silhouette is simple and extremely nipped in at the waist, and hip-graceful, bone length or a good deal longer, reaching to the thigh.

The dress sketched here depicts a evening silhouette-long typical and slender, the skirt coming out in flowing lines below the knees. It is made in a simple white are among the materials chose for cotton crepe, with a pattern of blue some of the most effective evening cire satin.

Printed satin, crepes, obiffone, The coats source of disagreement.

In the Paris drem houses these are, if anything, a little shorter than last season, and the afternoon

on his afternoon dresses are usually three-quarter length.

Many of his evening dresses an in printed satin, crepes, chiffons, dotted white cotta muslins.

of putting sleeves in, or sleeves dressers have been shortened con- with an elaborate cut of trimming siderably, In the English dress of some kind, the shoulders in the shows sports dresses and coats and or English houses are normal, un-skirts have been lengthened almost, Fine woollens and wool materials padded, and the sleeves straight.

to the ankle.

cotton musling and cotton crepes!

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PRETTY THINGS IN LOCAL SHOPS

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I was in the furnishing department of Whiteaway Laidlaw's yesterday and was amazed at the very low prices when showed the simple books of the new furnishing fabrics they are expecting by the next boat. It is nice when something is cheaper and these fabrics are exceptionally lovely too.

Sumince must be coming, Lane, 1 Not the least attractive thing!This is the time of year when showing bathing about these bathing suits is that one ought to consider new clothes gowns this week. It is strange though they are just about half the price for the house as well as for oneself. that although there are plenty of they were last year, tuis frocks to be bought it is almost į impossible to get a real summer hat The Dolly Vardon Hat Shop aro yet. Au Pelit Louvre hivo a few expecting a big shipment of hats big brimmed hats of a decidedly at the end of this week, I believe smart order, and the Dolly Vardon there will be a lot of summer shapes have or had one or two big straws, among them. As the number of tub, beyond these I have seen nothing but spring between season models, However, the cotton frocks are be ing bought up eagerly so I suppose that those who have bought them ure content to wait a while for their hats.

But to get down to details. As I have said before this year's styles seem to be generally more restrain- od than thoss of 1932. This is ovi- dent akkin in the bathing gowns now being shown by Lane, Graw- ford's.

Nearly all of them are in a single colour and there is very little in. dication of the appliqué flower, scal or monogram effects to which we have become accustomed. But they are smart.

are

Lots of them, of course, back- less with a crossing braco. I have al strong suspicion that these were cut on a model on whoss plaator back the line of an evening frock had been carefully marked, for they appear to leave exactly the samo amount of back exposed, which is very comforting it you are inelized to aunburn.

I liked the smart siniplicity of a suit with white trunks and skirt and a backless top of narrow brown guud white stripes. White with a scarlet knitted belt is, also smart, and a

LANE, CRAWFORD LTD. green spit with insets of knitted

lace atitch should look extreg

well.

frocks they are showing is getting very low I have no doubt that more dresses are coming in the same con signment. I hope so, for the Dolly Vardon things are so very nice that whether I have have money in my pocket or no I love to see them.

Just received

Very smart Straw Hats

from Paris

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Elegante

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atid at

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You know, of course, that White- away's specialise in making curtains and chair covers and do it very rea- sonably. There is really no need to

wait for the new cretonnes, etc.; to como in for they have some awfully nice furnishing fabrics that arrived about a month ago. By the way have you soen Indanthrenum cloth?: It is dyed in the most fascinating rainbow colours, is double width costs only $1.95 u yard-and is guaranteed absolutely fadeless: It scema to good to bo truo cepecially when I add that it has a most de- lightful surface and drapes parti cularly well.

Gordon's have the loveliest of evening shoes. I do like the new embroidery note it is an ornament without being too showy.

Summer shoes are just beginning to come in and there still seems a little doubt as to what form the popular sandals are to tako this year.

Shall we show our toes or not? I hope we shall, it's a delight- fully cool fashion and pretty if the feet are nicely kept.

Mr. E. J. Muller, civil engineer "of many years standing in Shang hai, being in business under his own name, left Shanghai on March 8, in the Thalatta for Norway, accom- panied by Mrs Muller. The depart ing couple were onterfainekat-du- ner on March 7, in the Astor House," having been hosts at a similar func- tion on Saturday. Mr. Muller wus Connected with many of the build- ing constructed in recent years foc Messrs. Jardine,, Matheson & Co. It is possible that they may not re- turn to China

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