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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4,TM 1936.
Fashion Notes SIBERIAN FURRIERS' STORE
PARIS FASHIONS
Black And Its Rivals
There is some conflict in the Ruc de la Paix, that most ver. satile and elusive of fashion streets. Simplicity and luxury are fotis to each other. Colour strug- gles for the accendancy over black. With all the richness or velvet, lamé brocades. Korgeous. em- broideries, feathers and flowers, i evening dresses are cut on such
straight lines that they can claim to be simple. Or, again, a luxuri ous dreas is worn with a woollen evening coat.
turned back collar, above which may show a tucked-in scari of two colours. The hat may be of felt. more or less Tyrolean in style, or it may be a tall-crowned hat with a tilt to one side, a narrow brim, and a veil hanging down the back. Soft long-haired felt with a twist ef velvet may be used to make it. or black panne with felt. It takes
courage to wear some of the new The Decorative Blouse.
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Short fur coats and close-atting shoulder capes in fat furs, such The Directoire and Empire fas- as astrakhan, ' broadtall," sealskin, hlons in dress are not followed and otter, are made with little very closely, though they continue stand-up collars which tie in front to influence many dress makers. or button across. The same turs In colour more than in line the are used for trimming woollen Empire fashions are to be dis- Jackets and coats in some pro- covered Purple, bright green, and fuston. The fitted jacket and long scarlet. with much gold, make coat with its neat waistline and evening dresses bright. em- some fullness about the hem is brolderies arc brilliant on
coats plain sure to be popular. The silks and satin. In the collections with a great deal of fullness be- of new dresses black is not often hind, such as Robert Piguet shown for evening. But "the makes and Mainbocher began to Frenchwoman, "who loveS black, make last season, have style but will not hesitate to change are not so easy to corry. Alix has colour in its favour.
some which are full all round; these again are for the few.
In one way or another every dress is closed to the throat. It may be with a straight little collar lightly tipped with white: or with a soft frill which dies away as it reaches the back of the neck to fall into a shallow, open point. There are light draperies, scarf földs, of many kinds-all serving to close the bodice to the throat. The high-necked long-sleeved
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*There are no Agured chions for the winter. Velvet dresses in black and colours are made on princess lines and Worn with Howers on the bodice. A black velvet dress goes with a long tull coat of helliant red velvet. A dress of pink and silver lame, cut with a train which falls apart from the dress at knee height, is worn with a long coat of night-blue velvet and a collar of silver fox.
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In Fashion Scheme
Afternoon And Evening Designs
The blouse has a definite post- won in the dress schemes of this season, but mast of those ideas associated with Edwardian blouse- wearing must be left out of our calculation.
There is some resemblance, how ever, in the highly decorative as- pact of the blouse and the Atted
under-slips required, True, years ago when the smart blouse came to the fore with the tea gown they both constituted loose, and com- fortable garments, which could be worn without à mais of buckram, steel and whalebone.
over
The "best of the loose'y fitted examples were, then worn boned slip bodices, so that they presented a slight" semblance of trimness.
In a similar manner the blouse
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Gold lamé is used for the evening dress is also worn for dinner. In sloppiness.
as now worn should not suggest HARLENE-HAIR-DRILL
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on the lines of a little morning formal for a party. When the dress, with short sleeves and high neck. The same dress designer trims both her evening and after- noon dresses with incrustations of leaves, as when she makes a black woollen afternoon dress with white kid ond leaves in a fat branch across the bodice. Gold
kid is used in the same way on
brown and black, and also makes belts for dresses in brown
and
dark green or purple. Wine reds Rre colours In fashion for alf hours of the day and evening.
There is no "boned". material it is sumciently slip. but the gracefully moulded.
corselet and
fitted brassiere be- dress is cut low at the back it
reath is far more effective. For may be high to the throat in front some time women have been ac- and have long sleeves. The very customed to the well-tailored shirt low-cut back. Is not nearly so com- and to the highly decorative monly worn as formerly. Most evening blouse of lace or 'amé. evening dresses are built up from
but this season has seen the in- the waist to a reasonable height.. troduction of a formal afternoon and many have little Jewelled but style to give a complete finish to tons to fasten them
the latest wool and velvet ensem- bles.
BACKGROUNDS FOR
JEWELLERY
The fashion of the shorter day skirt is helpful. There is, however. still the demand for a clear, well- defined appearance that is the outcome of the stream-line scheme of dress. It is ingenious, though sometimes a trifle difficult to do away with all unncessary display and trimming, and yet to be elaborate in these never designs: but beauty, of colour and fabne can work wonders.
The morning, blouse in striped tailored silk or knitted wool often has a straight. Ittle upstanding collar and finish of tabs in the same material,
Some of the fanne's and linen
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shirts, Instead of a separate catar. STEPS TO BEAUTY
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fold of piqué complete
with bow, to wear as an extra.
There is also a studded dog-collar Here is your chance to consult line in soft kid or stitched velvet. Elizabeth Arden's travelling with tiny chromium or gold mail- Elizabeth Arden's travelling Re- heads.
Favourite fabrics are the nine soft valvets for wearing with best suits. A red velvet blouse made high to the throat was finished with a draped neck-line of its own. Another one, in pale yellow vziyet, worn with a black velvet coat and akirt, showed a neck-finler in thr guise of an upstanding Medici collar made of black ratin trellis work; the front of the velvet was Jaced through black eyelet-holes in the satin.**.
presentative, Mrs. Lynn, who is giving treatments daily at Lape. Crawfords. She is here to advise you as to what is neede, to have a perfect make-up, and to retain a beautiful complexdon. from the many fars, bottles and powders of the world famous beauty expert Elizabeth Arden.
Every face needs daily care. A as you would give your garden; a neglected face will very soon look old. The thiree steps to beauty be ing: Cleansing. Toning and Nourishing.
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Cords and tassels are often used to complete the neck and wrist- THE FIRST STEP IS CLEANSING bands, though in some cases short First of all your skin should be frilled sleeves are preferred. In cleansed 15 carefully... never all cases there a great deal of with crubbing, never with handwork shown, such 25 Ane harsh handing.. but gently tucking. smocking, and pleating. and thoroughly, with a cleasing
After valvet, satin is a fashion- cream
feathery light-ness able choice. Some of the satin
that will penetrate into the models have no trimming what- pores, ridding them of dust and ever; others are piped" and have impurities as soap and water can a futed border, fringed or self- never do. Night and morning- edged. In fact, there are a hun- and whenever you wish to refresh dred or more ways of embelishing your face-follow this simple pro- the formal b'ouses peculiar to this gramme.
Sapphires,, amethysts and rubles The Scotch tartans are much should be worn with pale blues, word in the morning--a closely mauves and rose shades respective pleated skirt with a plain dark ly as they do not show up well botero or little, Jacket over 3 when contrasted with other colours bright pullover or blouse. A beret although sapphires could, be warn' mason, but decoration must al- goes well with this "ensemble." A with a silver or grey tollette. Gold ways be restrained, neat tailored coat and skirt in jewellery looks best when worn to- brown rough woollen material has gether with rich, warm colours such
a blouse in gold and brown tie as beige, brown, red, rose, yellow, silk, cut close to the throat to green and mauve. It can of !show Just ย little above the course, be worn very successfully straight stand-up collar of the with a pearly white or with a black jacket. With this is worn a brown and gold sari. But do not wear felt hat with a brim, a folded gold with cold colours such as crown, and a jaunty feather. The blues and greys or with silver. Jacket Bts the hips and ́· has ́ a straight but not hard shoulder- To wear the new long earrings line. It is also quite right to have successfully you should possess a * plain tailored dress in brown, pretty neck and your face should. black, dark green, dark ́red, and be well-shaped being neither too to wear with it a rather more than full nor, too thin, the thin-faced-
half-length loose-fitting coat of woman will be improved by wear- broad uncertain cheek with a ing stud earrings -
Squeeze pad of cotton wool out of cold water moisten in Skin Tonic and dip in Cleansing Crearn. With light, upward strokes, cleanse the face and necks, Remove the 'cream with Cleansing Tissues—so soft they will not stretch the skin.” The preparations you will need аге:
Venetian Cleansing Cream—a light cream that liquefles with the warmth of the skin and dislodges 'impurities, Jeaving the skin soft
and receptive.
Ardens Skin Tonic--a mild astrin- gent which firms and tones the skin, making it radiantly clear. Use with, and after Cleansing Cream. It stimulates the circu-
Girl in Slacks
This in: Jaos Hamilton's idea of * informal"attire üboard ship. It will be noted that the young RKO Radio playur bas chosen' à 'costume that, adda much to 'the' pleasant moed of" the promenade deck.
lation and brings a natural glow of colour to the ener
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