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and

Accessories

for the Beach

Slacks

and

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1936.

Fashion

→PRE-VIEW

WOMAN AND HER WORLD

A Forecast Of Fashion

Now thar fe has begun to move forward again, one is able to look ahend. At this period of the year there is still time to remake plans for the season, to adapt its main features to the subdued mood ta which the nation is likely to re- main for some time, and to ar- range eur social fixtures our per- sonal pleasures, und, our clothing in a manner which shall at once avoid splash and display, and yet rufl the wish of King Edward and Queen Mary that material suffering should not be added in our loving regrets for King George.

It is only two or three gears since the long and patient re search of our dyeing experts, and the curious trend of taste which underlies change of fashion, made It had grey a fashionable hue. always been looked upon as “dif- Acult"; difficult in many respecta It was difficult to dye, difficult to make the dye fast, perishable, not becoming. These objections were swept away and a whole range of delightful greys came in; shades like those of the clouds which pass under brilliantly whites ones on a spring day were Included; "the pansy freak't with Jd" was distilled into numerous evaporated blue-greys, red-greys, result and dappled-greys. As B everybody wore grey, and every- body was pleased with it.

BENEFIT OF COLOURS

We are now reaping the beneat of its Inclusion among our "col- ours. The increased skill of the dye-makers and the dyers has rendered it possible to give a be- bulous quality to quite definite colours. The

$inkes group af known as Chinese to the Colour Chart issued for this year is 111 many cases greyed, to such an extent that before many weeks are over they will not constitute a breach of good taste in those who wear them.

For many years we have at thought that we knew what Chi- acse colours are. Chinese red, Mandarin yellow, Chinese blue (so oadly repeated in the now vanish- ed "butcher-blue" of the peope one would really have expected to wear Chinese red, in view n

vivid their occupation), and a

rose and green associated with China in our minds by the pulsing quality of the background of cer-- tain vases in our great collections -all these seem to us a quite good gamut of Chinese colour. Well, so they are just as a five-finger ex- ercise is an admirable beginning to a knowledge of Bach.

When it came to an opportunity," unique hitherto, and probably never to be repeated, of seeing. what China herself considera China's best work, we realise that, the terrible pastime of gilding the lily was hot one of the gales of the Celestial Eraptre; if it had a fault it led rather towards edu cating the lily, so that its white should not seem exaggerated.

The Chuese influence is parti- cularly useful, in view of thi quality of restraint, in settling ou clothes for us this year. Bome for- eign countries have overdone the Chinese influence by a resort tu what ole may call the poster Aues. Such exaggerations were always wrong, and the present circumstances in England, "plus the opportunity of resorting again to the restful joy of a visit to the Chinese Exhibition, are sufflelent to make us pleased with the kina- ty tones which will rule our cla- thes for some time to come. particularly Interesting chart of colours, which can be properly classed

Mandarin as Chinese takes up every tone of the ordin~ ary Mandarin coat and shows how in rough weave, and therefore im- plicitly in smooth-surface mater- Jals, the tones of Chinese work as known to us, whether in porce- lain, textilcs, paintings, or em- broidery, can be adapted to our wear.

FOR THE RACES

A.

Money to the extent of hun- dreds of thousands of pounds has already been expended on ma

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terials for the coming season. It is therefore a matter of consola. tion to realise that the wearing of slightly greyed Chinese colours is open to the general public who are not going to be in touch at Court.

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The principal of these Chinese green, nacre' grey, Mandarin blue, sall red, and falence blue. They will all be available for general wear at once.

Those who are liable to take part in the main fixtures of the year, will remember that all these tones of rose and beige can be used with the greyed Chinese colours. In summer Imperial gold, tropic red, and Sicilian green can go with these tints.

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Moreover, there are some col- curs which are beautifully adapt- able to the occasion. Buch for instance is Illac beige, which looks quite pink if you put pink flowers on your shoulder, but with amethyst-dyed ones quite mauve. Devon cream is another very good colour, For different accessories, black, belge, grey, and the darker tones of the pansy will be very useful in expressing a wish to avoid loud effects of unthinking galety.

ROUND THE

SHOPS

LANE CRAWFORDS

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Are showing this week a very big selection of afternoon dresses. A model in royal blue with pleat- ed neck, sleeves, and hem of silk and wool marocain and another with the new shirred shoulders also in the same shade and matè- rial are dresses that would be suitable for all occasions.

Another very striking dress was in the new "ragian style and new neckline Anished off with dia-. mante cilps..

MAIZEES

Malzees' дет shipment this week Includes everything one would require for the beach this coming summer.

Lovely new swimming suits. beach sandals, slacks and ban- dannas, and #

of other accessories. Watch their windows next week.

TEXTIL

. MAYOS

Are showing new summer straws in very attractive shades and also a number of very pretty" summer dresses have been received from the States.

RIVELLE

W be having a Special Sale on Monday of all winter Dresses in- cluding all velvet and silk evening gowns. They are some very smart. dresses going in this lot. All win- ter hats have been reduced to half price.

GORDONS

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HONG KONG

STOPPE

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ilnes, eveni while they made the walst tighter and the shoulders and elbows as aggressive as these know how to be in crowds. There were also those who endeavoured t made the best of every world, and with tightness contrived apa and flounces and trailers and folds which might serve as antidote to a complete inability or a tight dress to walk.

Are showing sprink models for the easy expedient of day and evening wear.

PARIS FASHIONS

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Paris is notoriously influenced by exhibitions in the designing of clothes. But when there is an Italian, exhibition to demonstrate soeu: the cordiality of "notre latine." and

L3 when there

a Flemish exhibition to remind her or the ""brave Belge," and when. finally, there is a Chinese exhibi- tion at the headquarters" of the 'Amitié Franco-britannique," why. then, even Latin logic becomes confused and so do clothes,

The past year has constated sartorially of a battle between the Bight evening dress and the full-

evening dress-that is to say, be.. tween the realistic and the roman- tic schools. The romantic school has had an unusual degree of suc- cess for several reasons. One was that the English, pre-eminently, and the Americans, as far as it does not interfere with their idea smartness, Bre romantic of Therefore many romantic clothes were bought. The French them- scives," being realists, like clothes that approximate the human body. Hence, many sheaths. While the romantics justified themselves with history, and Its exhibitions, the realists talked of the natural

Generally speaking, the Chanel formula came out triumphant, pernaps because it is based on a long tradition and does it need going Chinese or Italian in order to be fashionable. It would be interest- ing to know to what extent thi Chanel sheath to that careful line above the knees, completed with " brush-like flounce, will eventually stand out as representative of the day. And as regards the Бешко new almost upon us, the question is: Will the full or the tight have it or will the new season "again be * compromise littered with acces- soriesy

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