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for

Sunny Days

at

THE DOLLY VARDON HAT SHOP.

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are always

A

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At

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Go

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Kayamally Building.

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IN

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933

"Modes of The Moment”

IN PARIS

Youthful Lines and Gay Colours

NOW THAT SPRING airs are playing through the streets and apring sunshine is giving light and laughter to life, apring fashions are making their appearance.

You gu to a picture exhibition and you meet girls wearing new spring tailormades checked dress and a plain coat with a little capa- let on the shoulders, a small hat something like a fez, or a low. crowned sailor with a narrow brim dipping well over the eyes. ensemble may be in black and white, in blue and white or in brown and beige.

This

There is a lot of red this spring the three-quarter Jungth 'awagger in scarves, blouses and bats. It coat is worn with a small hat of ashes on black, on navy blue or the fez kind, the dress underneath on groy, and is very cheerful. Theis usually very simple and of the red in fashion is called Shanghai kind worn for travelling. But it red and is peculiar to Schiaparelli, must be confessed that it amuses Indian blue is blue which the Parisienna of our day to dress bruyère has made fashionable and for shopping as if she were off to 18 something between a navy and tour France in her car. She may a royal blue, yery fresh and young. be going to drive round the Bois Necklines are important. They or take the dog for a walk; but are careless but must not be untidy. hardly anything more important. The way to tie a bow, or to twist!

M. Paul Poiret is in charge of a scarf, is a feminine gift from the special department of dressmaking fairies which you get or you do at the Printemps, and is showing not get at birth. All the scarves his new models on the famous of the moment, whether square or silver bridge which used to be put long, have to be manipulated with up every year in the Opera on the great care.

occasion of the Bal des Petits Lite Blancs. This year the ball is not to be held.

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The liking for navy blue and white comes with the spring every Scarves are Important. year. This year you get it is tar- I saw some soft chiffon scarves, tans and checks as well as in plain i in bright red and white, plaited as On this fairy bridge of silver materials, with white piqué waist; they were a year or two ago. Then many of the most famous actors coats, collars, cuffs and bows. there is the twisted chiffon scarf, and actresses of the day have "done Organdi blokace finely worked but more often there is a ribbon, & turn" in the name of charity. It are also worn with coats and skirts scarf tied to a bow with ends. will now be the turn of the manne- of navy blue or black. There is no A navy blue dress with a broad quins, since now frocks and new more dainty fashion, but you can white ribbon bow at the neck of fashions are still being called for not wear organdi blouses without the dress, and white ribbon to trim and the art of being a mannequin having them ironed afresh sach the brimmed hat, is an easy and still flourishes. Quite recently the time. Much the same applies to springlike way of obtaining the Rex Cinema bad a concours of linen. That is why the French girl contrast.

young women to qualify for the leans towards crêpes and other ma. When no scarf is worn the coat, honour of being the best ** vamp terials which do not easily crush shows the neck of the blouse or. It was a mannequin who won the and soil.

dress above its own neckline. When first prize.

GERTRUDE LAWRENCE

SETS

GLOVES ARE IN FAVOUR AGAIN.

A NEW FASHION IN GLOVES

1

|

OLDER WOMAN GUARDS

HER BEAUTY'

tre last month. I met her at the There is a completing coatee of final rehearsal wearing the newest the rose-patterned crepe for this thing in "setsa jockey cap, scarf"poem" of a gown.

The design is so arranged that the flowers are clustered like a great bouquet in front of the bo- dice, while at the back of the dress |—which is cut down to the waist

The fabled fountain of youth -they frame the white skin in petal which made everyone who drank it Gertrude Lawrence made fashion curves of deepest red before cascad-young and beautiful has its modern history when "This Inconstancying to the end of a short train and equivalent. In the current number was produced at Wyndhams Thea- ending in a shower of many-shaded of Vogue you will find the new

petals.

ways of repairing Time's ravages. One good tip is to use less powder as you get older, not more. Never powder your nose twice in the be. lief that you can thus overcome that shiny appearance which you may suddenly find yourself acquiring. You need a definite .cure for the shininess. Care for your hands and neck. They show your ages first. Don't exercise indiscriminately, but get an expert to plan out for you the exercises that you need.

and gauntlet gloves of that spotted

blue and white foulard silk. of which the Prince of Wales is an fond.

I just couldn't resist having gloves made of it," she said, "and you have no idea how comfortable they are. The gentle friction keeps ope's hands white and soft, too.".

Chiffon Gloves,

So she has had fabric gloves, "matched up" to all the dresses in the play a burnt orange foulard pair, a white eatin pair, and a blue chiffon pair.

Those blue gloves accompany sapphire claak that goes with a "flame-coloured gown-amazing com-

bination.

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MAY

1953

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exist. The name is an alias of Montague Ewing.

Poem of a down, One exquisite dres that Miss Mr. Ewing became well-known as Lawrence is a creation of dull white a result of "The Policeman's Holi- crepe printed with roses, full-blown | day," and one of his most recent and half-opened, softly pink and ong

"Humming deeply red.

Along."

Dolly Vardon Hat Shop.

I found some delightful white

ARCCESELS

wis

Round

the Cown

Seen this Week in Local Shops

THE DANCE HIT FOR MAY

A NEW GRAMOPHONE

RECORD

Many people who have heard Butterflies in the Rain," one of tho dance-tune hits of the moment, are wondering if Sherman Myers, the writer, a new composer.

As a matter of fact-end this bas been kept a secret-he does not (Continued an Previous, Columa

the latest, there are some wonder- At Lane, Crawford's.

ful "prams" on, view, from the When everyone wore stockings the simple "Push-cart" priced at 89.50, ats with big shady brims at Dolly girl who wanted to be original de the more elaborate Sedan Baby Yardon's yesterday.

Some are cided to dispense with them. But Carriage at 849.50. to that Rolls trimmed with multi-coloured rib- now that so many women go with Royce of the Baby World known bon, some with black velvet and out, the girl who wants to bei De The Mermet. Baby Carriage, one very attractive one was trim- smart must wear them again, and There was also a most useful little med with bands of coloured organ- it must be confessed that all girls die, and a little posy of flat flow-look infinitely bettor wearing silk ers. Organdie is being used for stockings than without, everything this Spring and my eye l There are delightful silk stock was caught by a sweet little frockings at Lane Crawford's this week

folding pram, just the thing for a small flat or house where space is a. consideration. This costs only $75.00. I saw children eats too, in black or white enamel, complete nets, and a gadget for soap and sponge with a rubber bracket which does not scratch, the bath, an

of red gingham, with a collar and and they are amazingly cheap. with detachable mosquito poles and pockets of this ubiquitous material, I saw some Luxite stockings which was both smart and pretty. At Gordon's, Ltd,

There are some charming shoes, and several novelties at Gordons this week,

at only 83.78 a pair and they were in all the new Spring colours, "Sand," "Shadow," "Mallow and a charming now colour called "Ten-time"

Another make goes by the name of “Rainbow" and is âne, as, gos- I was much attracted by those samer. Yet another is the R. & I of strong open canvas beautifully Morley Stocking which is for those bound and finished priced at $14.50 who prefer a heavier eilk a pair. Then there was an all- The problem of keeping them white pair in open canvas, priced taut and trim is solved by wearing at: $12.50. Even nicer was a shoea Késtas Zoma Belt" which in both strapped daintily with black and light and comfortable. I was shown finished with a smart little black some smart little glace shoes in bow

Bhoes made of plaited string beige and fawn in the courts there Dept... struck me se most original and looked so pretty and cool in pale are some silk tennis socks in. va- beige,

rious gay colours,, Whiteaway Laidlaw's.

Some of these shoes had slender heets,, some had Cuban heels and some had-sandal-heels for hiking or for beach weaT.

Whiteaway Laidlaws seems to be. specializing in Baby Carriages this

and hays just unpacked an

There are some folding garden chairs which are exceptionally light

and easy to carry, being of hollow metal painted green with canvas in

similar colour: At $8.95 each they struck me as being very good value.

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