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LONDON FASHIONS
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London, April 5. Women are wearing mirrors now. Evening dresses are trimm- ed with large plaques of looking glass, and handbags are covered with glass. There are
heavy bracelets made of looking glass in which they can' glance, when they wish to renew their make- up and necklaces made of pleces of looking glass.
The Pinched-in Walst
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For early spring coats a slightly pinched-in look with fulness be- low, is noticeable. This suggestion of ftare ensures a proportionate balance between shoulders and hips. The waist line is marked both in day and evening clothes. On the other hand older women often prefer, the straight sll- houette, which they can still wear and be in the fashion. The slik sult is smart when tailored and with little feminine touches add-. ed. Soft stuffs follow the line of the figure, and a little stitchery helps to guide the shaping. An- other fashion point that helps to balance the line is that the tailored suit, while slender and neat, suggest some sort of spring at the hem. This movement ́ is even more stressed in the longer and more formal afternoon. dresses. Most teminirie and youthful looking are plain dresses in checked summer sliks, with short fly-away coats to match. Often a checked and fancy slik coat is worn over a plain dress of white or coloured washing - slik. Very smart is a dark blue, shan- tung with a little waistcoat and three-quarter coat of soft silk in blue and white check. A favou- rite ensemble is a black sult worn with a dainty white cambric. blouse. Many smart summer and evening frocks are being made of In a bold pat- Nottingham lace.. tern this cotton-face looks very well in white or in shades just off white. Dresses made of it
are worn under long black silk short ruched capes of
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For summer capes make admirable change from coats. The new capes are" larger and more important than the capelet
of last season." Decorative ex- amples to match the frocks are closely fitted to the shoulders and full below the waist.. trim-. med with bands of fox ta done. Others for warmer times are Jairly short and bordered with a ..silk ruche of fringe. There are
also ethereal capes mtde of gauze, tulle and chitton, effec- tively. trimmed with shaded ostrich to match feathered head- gear.
Spring Shades Need New Cosmetics
Turquoise blue, duck-egg green, dusty pink and platinum grey, the favourite pastel shades for Easter, need specialised cosmetics applied to a pale and flawless "matt" surfaced skin. Liquid rouge which is waterproof is the choice of many women where; an open- .. air holiday is planned, and when pastel shade clothes will be worn. It should be applied with the fin- ger tips and leave no ridge of colour, so hard against the new hat-lines. Older women and those who only like a faint flush of colour in the day-time are using this, Magnolia and · Ming. are two new shades of powder rough for pastel colour ensembles. The general. effect of an Easter make the skin make-up la" to
appeat about two shades lighter.
Patterned materials are having an amazing revival, but no "wo- "men can complain of uniformity in design. Foral, spotted, striped, checked or blaid with various geometrical forms are all to the fore. It is wholly
a matter of choice, and diso regard to the line of the garment itself.
Hats Scarves sitd Blouses
The sailor hat is the hat of the spring. Some are like the bats worn by the sailors in Nélson's time, but with shallower crowns.. others are bretons with small and large brims. The upturned brim is general and is seen in all
• kinds of materials as well as straw and felt.
Breton sailors in spite of their shallow crowns are easy to wear.
For those who like a sharp clear line there are hats of stitched white canvas, pique or straw, and softened for those who like a brim there are: straw bretons with ruchings of ribbon and plect straws with rolled-up brims of cut ostrich feather dyed in pastel tones. The use of ostrich feather as a material, and not a plume Is die and in påstěl thrquote- shade it accentuates a clear coff plexion. More casual are wide- brimmed salior hats of navy khantung cahvas khd #Bitc bique; there is much blue... in millinery bethuse of the many blue frocks?
Other styles of hat also find favour small brimmed hat Paribuntal straw with a down- ward dip is paually trimmed with nowers or leather pada Wat brimmed picture hats may appear
later on, trimmed with flowers or ribbon; the brims may dip or curve. A hat with a square brim like a mortar-board turned up- side down has been shown, and there is a four-cornered marquise hat. A hat with a jutting fluted brim in front growing narrower to the back is a novelty. Coolie hats, pirate hats and bonnet- shaped hats have also appeared. The sports beret survives in a wider shape with a forward movement and is usually made of the same material as the suit and trimmed with stitching.
Quilted
Taffeta scarves "are in accor dance with the fashion for taffeta, Some are in gay colours with the edge piped In contrast and others are black with a fan of pastel colours on one end. taffeta with one, side black or 'navy and the other in a pastel tone makes another scarf. There are also georgette and tinsel. scarves with narrow ravelled bor- ders to give a fringed effect; they pastel stripes and checks with a tinsel thread wo- ven through them. Embroidered angora makes the scarf to go with a top coat. Bows are also made up with collars of plaid taffeta for wearing under coats.
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Two leathers are used for wal- king shoes, as when suede is thon. ged with kid or white buck is thonged with kid. Court shoes have thonged collars and other shoes show perforated trimmings.
Blouses are now made of floral Muslin, spotted müslin, check and plaid taffeta, surah and tle silk. Nearly all have high necks and neat walsts. and are worn over the skirt. A few tuck in, but a blouse that comes over the skirt and is finished with a fancy belt looks better.
Loretta Young in "Born To Be Bad." a United Artist's Picture. Coming here soon.
Care Of The Skin
Fresh air has the effect of Kee- ping away blackheads and other unpleasant pore secretions, but unbecoming roughness, a very
brick red shade, and even a pain- ful feeling are all skin troubles almest as bad,
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Always wash the face with a solt water. You can soften it yourself, and a good way to do is to have a butter muslin bag Alled with equal parts of ne oatmeal and powdered otris-root.
OATMEAL FOR SOFTENING
You can, buy a special oatmeal for softening, it can also be used as a toilet powder, as it. 1s de- Meiously and delicately perfumed. Choose a tar or a Castile soap. Always dry the akin very thoroughly. After drying, rub on some special tollet cold cream very quickly, leave it on for about two minutes, then wipe it off.
Each night, a nourishing cream or some all of sweet almonds should be used and left on for about ten minutes. In the mor- nings, after washing, apply a specially healing lotion. You can make one yourself by dissolving two teaspoonfuls of boracic cry stals in a tumblerful of boiling water and adding - volume of rose water.
half its
A HEALING OINTMENT
Thia ointment is very useful and healing, especially if one has the kind of rkin which stings 'after exposure.
Mix together all of sweet al-- monds and kycerine in equal párta, and aɗa to them four drops of strained lemon juice; shake their well together.
A mixture of warinèd blive øll and honey allowed to "het is an- other good luck, la A läät Word
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dry in Winter! this begini the":" chapping process. Use plenty of nourishing cream or oil.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934.
FLOWER-LIKE FROCKS
And Silken Shoes
"I have just seen a ́" set piece
all ready for the exhibition Fair, which opens shortly, writes a cor- respondent,
Six still life" manner lins. three of them dressed for Ascot. the rest forming a wedding group- showed how Edwardian and Vic- torian our fashions still are,
The models wera gowned in Re- ville creations, in materials made by British Celanese.
Princesse gowns, bustle frills, flounced Achus, poke bonnets and parasols were prominent in the Ascot group.
Here" a frock in a new type of printed patterning showed, in its design, a clear and a suede-like- and dull alternating scheme,'
From a Chinese Print
The actual design was copied fiom an old. Chinese print, The bodice was finished under the chin with a stiff "pussy cat bow." Another trot had its colouring of mauve-petunia, toning to "ör- chid taken from the shadings of a lupin in a summer herbaceous border.
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Even the shoes worn with this gown were covered in the same, crepe-like silken fabric.
The wedding dress was in palest water-llly pink Celanese fabric, which had a rich suede Anish which isthe result of much re- search and many experimental processes in its manufacture.
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Accurate Colourings
The rounded train was made in the shape of a water-lilybloom. and on it were appliqued water- les and foliage in satin, hend painted. The flowers, follage and even the stalks, were authentically copied in colouring by artists who obtained the co-operation of the Horticultural Bociety so that every detail of the blooms should be correct.
A Nottingham lace Victorian be- frilled bridesmaid's dress and poke bonnet were made of. Celanese yarn and pure silk. A "Dolly Varden hat in the "Summer Frocks" group had roses and a bandeal made of taffetas, the col- our scheme
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A parasol, and a pair of shoes' to match, were in striped pique, a narrow velvet neck ribbon, a bridal 'vell tinted pink pearls in tone, and a Galas borough hat, trimmed with Eriglish ́tulle and South African ostrich feathers, were other interesting features in this exhibit.
Slimming Craze a
Menace
Doctors are alarmed by the.. growth of the slimming cult, which is becoming a menace, not only, to the women who are the principal victima, but also to the whole community.
They say the slimmers, by deny- food which ing" themselves the is necessary to give them reais... tance to disease and prevent bloodlessness and nervous disor- ders, are laying the foundations of epidemics.
#Slimming is one of the dangers of the present day," said a lead- ing Harley Street doctor, and the trouble is that many of the medical profession are forgetting that their job is to keep people healthy in spite of themselves.
"Instead they are indulging this fashionable whim and even en- couraging women, and sometimes living men, to freak forms of which can only lead to disease and disorder,”
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Coroners have issued wärnings. following the numerous deaths which have followed slimming "treatment."
Now alimming is blamed for many of the childless marriages "of to-day. Mr. Eardley Holland, the obstetrical and gnaecological surgeon of London Hospital, at- tacks it in an article in "The Practitioner."
He points out that à diet-ade- quate in calories, proteins, and
Vitamins B and E L necessary it. -sterlie marriages are to be avoid-
ed.
"The deficient diets on which many well-to-do women. live. In order to keep slim' is astonish- ing," he says.
"It is important, to Know what I 1 the infertile woman bata. am not satired, I give her an ex- ercise, book page for a day,"· with each page maxed out for breakfast, luncheon, tea and din ner.
A gay 'new beach ensemble of blue and white checked Jersey overalls with deep sunback, worn with the new white crochet beach beret and matching white, crochet beach clogs by Mat Clarke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actress.
Spring Clothes Demand White Hands
White bands are essential to the
In spring outfits
pastel .colours, when tur coats are put
aside.
One specialist is busy with hand-masks that whiten: soften, and smooth the skin in half an hour. The mask liquid, which looks like a thick ivory film of country cream, is painted on with a brush, left for a quarter of an hour, while the client can have her weekly manicure, and then rolled off like a second skin.. Underneath the hand will, have a matt appearance, and a make- up is applied with powder Wo shades darker than the fint used
for the face.
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An American authority hand beauty has two prepara- tions, one for use at night, com- pounded with those tried favou- rites, almonds,” honey. and cucumber, and one to be rubbed over the hands after washing.
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Th America surgeons and nurses use the latter to counteract the drying effect of antiseptica, and it is a pleasant old rose colour.
Women
who play golf, hunt, or garden In the winter will need something more drastic for ~ the cracks and chapped places that occur Especially near,' the nail and firiger joints. Another specialist has devised a cream with a hygienic healing quality for this purpose.
- Dry Skins
Dry skins need, in addition to nourishment and adequate pro- 'tection from sun and wind, cos- drying metics which have no effects
For example, cream rouges are considered better than powdered New ones for dry complexions. cream rouges have about the same consistency as whipped cream. They blend easly, leaving no rough edges and give Emooth, Velvet-like appearance to a skin which is otherwise pretty dry.
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Always smooth on a foundation: lation or cream before you start to apply cream rouge. Here's a little rouge trick which probably will prove helpful the anyone who has trouble getting the edges smoothed out: Dip your forefin- ger lightly. In your cleansing cream and then into the rouge pot. You'll find that the combin- ation of the cream and rouge will aid you in blending the colour. on your skin. "W
Buy your powder from a re- Hable manufacturer and try it before you fake the purchase^» The texture of face powder is just as important as the shade of ft. Sometimes a heavier one, con- taining a little of, is dattering to a dry skin.
If your lips are dry
use a oreamy lipstick which will tend to keep them looking moist and freshly made up.
HOT WEATHER HINTS.
Have you noticed how even in the hottest weather some women Always, contrive to look cool and serene? They are the unhurry ing type who get quite a lot of work done without fits or fret: and find time for their toilet too
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"She should eat generously at・・・ The wise toman carmes a little two meals and take plenty of muk dat glass phial in her handbag and cream, as well as fresh fruit.” -- containing istim freshener, eau-
BEAUTY HINT
Here is a treatment for skin which has become coarse and the pores enlarged.
Put a teaspoonful of powdered borax into a basin of cold water overnight, stir up well and allow to settle.
In the morning rub the face complexion vigorously with
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glové (obtainable at any, chem- ist's dipped in the borax water, borax which has settled. at taking care not to stir up the the
bottom.
Now take an oatmeal bag (a tablespoonful of oatmeal in
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little square of musiia), dip it : Into the water and rub between the two hands. This will give out a lovely creamy sort of emulsion which must then be face. massaged well into the Wash off with cold water: "dry the face carefully and dab on a hazel and mixture of witch tincture of benzofri (a teaspoon- ful of witch hazel in a wineglass of water and ten drops of tin- cture of benzein).
The charming Bally Blane wearing the latest hit in fashion of lounging priamas in "Advice to Iovelorn" showing now at the Alhambra Theatre.
de-cologue, or plain witch hazel The latter requires diluting be. fore being dabbed on the skin, so too does the perfume, but skin freshener or tonte can be used straight out of the bottle; and how refreshing it is!
Always before re-powdering. the face should be washed with this tonich: It is cooling and cleansing after a drive along our dusty roads
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Mme. Binner notices that the Hollywood girls are putting on weight, for intance, which gives their bodies that rounded slen- derness that is so attractive:
In regard to the present day mode of the rather long skirt and tight atting lines, she cautions against women permitting grace- ful curves to have ugly breaks. The present day silhouette is the hardest to maintain, she says, and thinks that the near future may bring some sort of crocheted. girdle that will solve the problem of long unbroken lines.
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