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FASHIONS THAT HERALD THE SPRING

Velvet Gives Way To Silk: Satin For Smart Occasions

By a Correspondent)

The designers continue to stress dark colours and rich materials for formal day and evening' clo- thes. Ruby-red is chosen for the "velvet: ensemble. A lovely dinner model has a tight skirt to the knee, ending in a long train. Two „Velvet flowers are worn on the de- colletage, and an ermine shoul- der-cape. with scarf of velvet 'completes the tollette,

Black velvet has become a re- cognised "uniform" either for the formal ensemble or tailored suit. -omé cinema tröcke in black "vel- vet have a blouse of lame, a coat- like bodice or a tunic of velvet, the skirt being plain, narrow 'and of ankle length,

Curiously enough, before there, has been any real cold weather, satin and silk are in the new and smarter category. Many people 50 away after Christmas and have to look ahead, so although velvet is the ideal choice for the Christmas hostess. fashion is looking ahead.

Possibly the milliners are res- ponsible, for they

are bent on continuous and lightning chan- ges, not only in line, but in fabric and trimming. For the South of France the white hat in a faille, Bengaline, or satin is the smart- est thing imaginable," Espécially when worn with a black vell, in conjunction with a black or alf- white suit of taffeta,

SILVERY GLEAM Silver is introduced a good deal and glimmers through velvet and lame. Bronze taffeta is striped with gold and black with silver. Checked silks of small design are on the Spring card, but plain- surfaced and even smooth-faced fabrics will be preferred.

Parma-violet, a shade always hovering on the brink of popular ity, is good for silk fabrics of thick dull surface. Silk-fringe will be used, and also braids as borders to silk or satin hem-lines Hem- lines have been very interesting, and continue to daim aftentio:- The selvedge border is always "good for soft woollen stuus,

One sees plenty of ruched vol- lars, as well as ruched: frills" and quaint quiltings. Ribbon bows continue to mark draperies and new movements. Ruches are as- sociated with satin and taffeta, and fashion gives us plenty of feather trimmings as well.

Rather new is the dinner de- colletage to the neck-lme in

CAROLE'S RUSSIAN

OUTFIT

We're

Carole Lombard,“- in not Dressing" wears a Clari÷ ing street outfit which is chart- terised by the Russian fhadence.

A black celanese wool forms the skirt and tunic which is em- braidered with an ornate Oriental 'motif in silver threat. A band of silver fox outlines the tunic.. and Miss Lombard weats & Scarf and muff, also of silver fox Her hat, in soft black felt, in very Russian.

NEW WINTER STYLES

Embroidered fabrics will fea- ture rhinestone or metal trim- ming in the new evening fashions- for the winter.

Travis Banton, stylist, has just dest gown for - Frances Drake,"

hite crepe studded with tiny silver discs and stars Because of the detail in the crepe the "lines" are severely simple fund

graceful

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Another of Miss Drake's gowns

is a black satin forina

gown with

spilt in the mid

and develop

tails which

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front, where the fabric is held by a ruche, with spreading ospreys on either side. This is for formal occasions. The simple black taf- feta frock, fastening and cut low at the back, Enishes above the waist with a V-shaped ruche, caught up by braces of the same to the neck-line, where it formis a small ruffle round the arm- hole, too; a ruche being the only sleeve. "A frock of thise type has the skirt cut tight to the knees, then godets into a slight train, bordered with the same ruche.

Edwardian influences promise to be more stressed than ever next year. Fabrics and dyeing will largely decide vogues; wea-.

in unison. vers and designers are working

Many of the coming movements for next year, especially in millin- ery and decorative materials and trimmings, are late Victorian or early. Edwardian. The hat-line, the fringe, curls, the front move- ment, and the back-lift all point to this elegant but somewhat dif- ficult period in clothes. The rage for black in beautiful materials ad the sequinned dress are re- petitions from that era. Flowers, too, were then to the fore, though the posy of violets, or clusters of roses, real" and artificial, are, fär better présented to-day. Bows of ribbon and quaint wells are again used, but with lighter effect, com gether with Jewelled belts and girdies, bracelets and ornaments." Buttons, as well as braid, ail pláj their part in our new tailored schemes.

AGE OF ACCESSORIES

How those Edwardian dressers of distinction would have "revell- ed in our more luxurious inter- pretation ol. accessories — the - beautiful handbags the gloves, hostery and other de-

shoes

tails of current fashion.

Possibly the greatest change of all is the all-important fact that the London of to-day takes the place of the Paris of late Victor- ian days. Air services havè bfid=" ged the distance. The Paris modes and those of New York and London to-day practically appear simultaneously, though each im- portant centre stresses its own vogues and specialities, choosing what suits the lives of the women whom it dresses. Practical clothes for all are charming this year, and next season fashion promises to be even more attractive.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935.

VIYELLA KNITTING

CONTEST

Miss Eleanor Walton-one of the Hollywood Blondes wearing the "Jumper" that wan the 1st Prisa-for the Viyella Knitting Contest

(Photo by D'ASIS & Co., Gloucester Building)..

Fashion Features Three Lengths In Skirts

Just Over The Calf-To The Ankle-On The Ground

"(BY A DRESS CRITIC)

The dress problem is greatly simplified by

any decision skirt lengths. This season the experts give three differing lengths.

silver and belge fox. These capes. can be most effective in the cheaper substitutes Velvets in black and lovely colours are not very expensive, and there are all The morning or tailored skirt sorts of odd furs and quaint fea- is cut a little shorter than a few ther-fringes and borders that months ago, but still is just over

can look lovely, if the cape is the calf. The luncheon or after-cleverly cut, fashioned and worn. noon model Just clears the It is so largely a question of ground (the ankle-length or a

"wearing" clothes well, especially bit over), and evening skirts can

if the best cannot be afforded. be full and touching the ground A yard velvet in certain shades or narrow and slim with a train.

can make quite an attractive The longer train is quite as easy evening cape for a girl Coq's feather" la cheat and most efective, as is cdney and chin- chilla-rat in furs, but it is és- that can loof well the theaper sential to select colours and akihi

category. There are tertain deep shades like ecclefiastical reds and purples and raisin that should never be attempted th but the best fabrics.

anything

There are all sorts of pleasing

dressen of ivet, crepe

to

mangage as the skirt that Just touches the ground and les longer at the back

Very becoming is the line that is cut tight to the knees, then gently godets into a flounce that sweeps the ground.

All thèse marked differences accentuate the formal from the informal dressing, Colom also plays its part, especially in ing dress Black till continues its chic career for the semi- demi-and indeed for all de- castons

or sati necklin

and the also

One of the very newest cock Raglan

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affair. It seems to

blouse and skirt of a dulf

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THE KNITTING CONTEST

A Few Criticisms

A few criticisms are added- which may be of interest to the competitors In competition, work marking is necessarily severe and points were lost for the following: details:-Braggerated styles. Un- `suitable stitch for type er gar ment. Too large needles used re- sulting in loose work (A fairly common fault). Buttons and rib- bons of matching colour and inferior quality; the sewing on of these is important. Button holes unfinished; these are alwayà more satisfactory if sewn round with buttonhole stitch. Joining whol in the middle of a row; joins should be made at the edges for contest work. Badly sewn seams; grafting is easy at the shoulders, and side and armhole seams can be made heat it all edges are firmly and carefully done; crochet seams are quite good in heavy ply wool. Loose stitches in shoul- der and neck line pick ups Too large needles used for collar, cuffs and basque ribbing Scorching or shining yarn in the ironing, Pressing out ribbing: this should not be traned out, nor should very fancy stitches be pressed fat, only -lightly ironed over a thick cloth.

Finally, marks are lost for un- even ribbing, stocking and moss stitches. These three types of stitch are the simplest to do yet reveal the quality of work more. than anything else. Their very simplicity is a pitfall.

LAVISH AUTUMN FROCKS

One very expressive word which will to the evening fashions for the autumn, according to Travis Banton, famous Paramount de signer, is "lavish,”

Banton explains that every- thing points

tolen extremely elaborate and startling formal trend.

In place of the regal ermine wrap or sumptuous sable coat of last season a wrap of gold cloth lined with mink will lead lead the way in ultra-smart cir- cles.

Mavos

HONG KONG HOPPE

HATS

for

that are alway

SMART AND DRESSY.

OLD Hats Remodelled

and Made to Look as NEW.

South Arcade, Gloucester Building.

Vogue Of The Evening Blouse

Evening blouses and house coats of all sorts continue to provide their triumphant solutions for what to wear on quiet evenings, a writer in an English paper. tells us, and not one of them is dull as this sort of thing so often used to be

Velvet, lamé taffetas, and pail-- lettes are the four most success ful fabrics for their construction.

Their sleeves vary from the long and tight and half-way over the back of the hand variety to the loose and flowing; their lengths vary from just to or just below the waist to finger-tip length Thair colours are as sober or as riotous as you please, depending upon the personality of the wear- er, the skirt with which they are which they pre made. to be worn, or the fashion f

Coat Jackets That Transform

A loose, short coat to deep blue, softly shimmering manièkes is the kind of thing which will turn a formal and very décolleté even- ing, gown into a dinner dress,

A blouse with a draped de- colletage, and sashed, waist, with long ends to the sash made in transparent, multi-coloured vel- vet, can transform a sober black skirt into a basis for gay youth fulness.

There are some tempting new things to wear all day (and every day, Ir you, fedt Hife infer a

OFFICIAL

winter coat, whether of fur or

fabric. Some of the very nicest

such a difference. The only thing are in knitting, but knitting, with that gives you a clue to their fabrication, is a certain something about the weave, which doesn't look just like tweed or an ordinary materials wool or one of the fine Jersey

They are in lovely colours, of course, rust reds and warm blues some blues really are waKTU ing harsh, and browns. greens that are vivid without be-

Angora Holds Its Own Both two-piece and one-piece garments are popular, but the knittings have a way of looking their best in a two-piece which consists of a superbly cat jacket or cardigan which buttons all the way up the front is belted with Its own material or with leather, match. If you want to wear a and has a slim-looking, skirt, to blause or a jersey underneath the Jacket you can. If you are tent to tuck a scarf round. neck fisteád it is all that is necessity

Angora is very busy still, too, It drapes very well, you know, so that if a jabot effect down your front or draped collars or sleeves of angora made into a very up- appeal to you, the warm softriess

to-the-minute frock should in- terest you.

HONGKONG DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

1935

CONTEST IN PROGRESS

DAILY AT THE

ROOF GARDEN

HONGKONG HOTEL

DUBING TRA DANCES

230

FINALS

FROM

SUNDAY, 13TH JANUARY,