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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1938.

ashion

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Veiled Lady

The vogue of the evening veil is becoming more pronounced, not only in dealgners' salons, but among those who dine out and dance in the evenings. Black tulle is a popular choice, as also is white, and the latest veils have "top knots" to crown them. Debu- tantes favour a cluster of flowers for top decoration—and some in- sist on wearing real blossoms even at the risk of finding themselves with wilted crowns after a few hours in a warm atmosphere.

BLOUSES FOR ALL

OCCASIONS

and belts.

PLAIN AND FRILLY STYLES

Round The Shops

Paris, Feb. 19. ing pretty scarves folded into the Every week we find something The effect of the new spring neck-lines of their costs. Rodier's new in LANE, CRAWFORD'S fashiona is first shown. In acces-printed silk squares have faconne LADIES' SALON and each consign- sories, such as blouses, hats, gloves, grounds, and the brightest colour ment appears to be prettler than ensembles are shown up on white. the last. This time they are show- Tailormades for Country wear Twill scarves come in soft, coloursing a number of Josephine "C" and for mornings in town are with small tie-sak motifs, which dresses, all in the latest style, worn with handknitted jumpers in are in harmony with the new material and design. Their flower bright colours. A violet jumper tweeds in their dull pink, blue. fed prints, and robaine are absolute- goes with a light green ensemble.and mauve tones. Here and therely the newest in, materials for the jacket being checked and the long chiffon scarves are shown in afternoon and day wear. skirt plain while a cyclamen or two colours, black and white of orchidcoloured blouse of woollen orchid-mauve and navy-blue. For:

ԵՐ crepe can word with darker the evening there are, pointed green. When the weather is war shawls of satin or real lace. mer blouses and waistcoats of;| tle-ailk, surah, and silk crepe will make an appearance.

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WAISTCOATS AND BLOUSES The waistcoats at O'Rossen's are doublebreasted, closing with four plain buttons, below neatly tailored 'revers which give a small pointed neck-line. The backs of these models are often cut in fine

muslin or linen to assure a slim At under the jackets. Blouses of spotted twill are shown with

No matter what time of the year, MAYO'S jare always up-to-date Belts conform to many different with their hats. They are now ideas this season, Natural leather exhibiting a number of the cutest belts are worn chiefly with sports headwear for the spring and sum- clothes and dresses for the town mer and some of the dresses too, are finished with belts of material. that they have just received, makes ribbon. and braided embroidery one rather undecided as to whe- Lanvin makes a feature of kid ther to buy a really pretty dress belts in bright colours, and puts that is really not quite needed- as many as three separate belts. that is if you know what one each in a different colour, round means! the low waist-lines of her figured slik afternoon dresses. Not all dresses have belts right round the

waists this season: some are

The new goods unpacked by

pleated panels in front and at the belted across the hacks or fronts / RIVELLE'S this week include a big

trock with short straps belting

back, held down at the waist with narrow belts of the material. Most only. Vera Borea. shows a striped shipment of summer straws in all shades and also slacks in diferent of the new blouses At over the the two sides of the waist. Long Colours and shorts in sharkskin, tops of the skirts, some are cut up satin sashes tled in bows on the falso in a big variety of colours. some washable side with ends which fall to the There are also hem of the ankle-lengh skirts are handbags in white and in very ser-

viceable sizes, too. shown

Molyneux's cocktail dresses, ribbon sashes are used by Lelong and many other houses; for the propaganda launched last year in order to popularize ribbons

In waistcoat points, others are slightly full. suggesting bas- ques, while a number follow the new low moulded jumper lines.

VARIETY IN COLLARS Blouse neck-lines are as high as last season; many are swathed at

on

belts

DUCHESS IS BEST-DRESSED SAYS PARIS

Paris,

The Duchess of Windsor has been

Here

the throat with short scarves has been most successful. There which either tle in tight knots or are dresses with ribbons laced are drawn in front under slots in through their low-cut neck-lines named by the most famous of the yokes. Small round collars are and tied in bows on the shoulders, Paris dress-makers, who were ask- fashionable

blouses on

at which frocks

Bruyere with satined to give their opinions as to the button up the front in the ord-ribbon

embroidered with world's best-dressed women. inary, but there are others which flower motifs in many coloured is the list: fold over to close on one side as silks, as well as evening dresses well as models cut high against of "tulle and organza trimmed the throat in front and opened at with narrow ribbons worked in the back with short zip-fasteners, trellis designs or bouquets of small Buttons for blouses can be plain flowers.

or ornamental; bone and' mother

SHOE FASHIONS

O pearl buttons give, place to small flower-shapes on figured silk The Paris shoemakers are group- blouses of a more elaborate type, ing together in an effort to im- and round or oblong buttons pola-prove the standard of design, and ted in two or three colours may be some pretty new models have been used to faster bright, striped shown recently. Brown suede trim- med with green lizard-skin makes

bodices.

(1) Duchess of Windsor. (2) Duchess of Kent.

(3) Begum Aga Khan, a French- woman.

(4) Baroness Leo d'Erlanger, (5) Hon. Mrs. Reginald Fellowes. (8) Baroness Eugene de Roths-

child.

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(7) Mrs. Harrison Williama, an American.

(B) Mr. Millicent Rogers Balcon. (9) Countess Barbara von Haug-

A long tunic-blouse o green a shoe with a hidden lacing up the witz Reventlow. surah spotted with white was worn front, while a new reddish-brown.

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(10) Lady Louis Motintbatten.

at a recent luncheon party and 15 in fashion for afternoon shoes, looked well with pale green and a court shoe in kid of this jacket and a black pleated skirt, shade has a piping of gold over blue and pink kid models trim- Coloured leathers are med with silver have been design- while a black and yellow checked the toes.

waistcoat went with a classical used for evening shoes, and pale ed to match the spring dresses, black tailormade. Chanel shows

navy-blue and white spotted

blouses with plain navy skirts and short boleros, varying them with

corsages of gay striped canvas-silk, LILY PONS REVELS IN FLOWERS

which are shaped with many

vers of her dark jackets.

seams to Bt the waist and mould In her current picture! Hitting feathered costume accentuated the figure. Often these light a New High", Lily Pons revels with bright blooms worn in her coloured materials appear as trim-jamid flowers. As a fantastic "bird hair. mings to face the collars and re- girl" in many scenes of the picture, Backgrounds, including a tropf- she wears a scanty but colourful cal jungle scene, have permilited the lavish use of bright nowers and shrubs. In all instances, the studio employed fresh flowers. Even on-stage her dressing room was continually filled with roses, gurdenias, lilies or fresh-cut chrysanthemums.

ORGANDIE GLOVES White blouses are already seen in Paris in the afternoon; they have filled jabots, and are embroidered or trimmed with lace which forms ruffled collars and plastrons. In the dressmakers' collections. there are white organ- die blouses worked with alternate bands of St. Gall embroidery and rows of pin-tucking. Blouses of white damask organdie have pleated fronts and are fitted below the waist line in short peplums, which are in keeping with the black moirs afternoon suits they go with, while white organdie gloves complete the ensembles. Most designers show gloves with individual dresses. The knitwear houses such as Alleen Rice" make fine woollen gloves with wide

bands gaping, or turned back, at

the wrists to show frilled linings of white pique or striped grosgrain silk. All the new gloves are short! with ornamental bands at the wrists or little straps which can be buttoned round to fasten them neatly. The fashion for material gloves brings extra trade to the Coloured veils th delicate pastel fabric manufacturers. There are. tints are decorated with metal gloves of spotted and nowered thread embroideries, or have 30-silk for the warmer days and quins sprinkled round the edges, dainty models in lace, chiffon, and (and, a number have tiny designs

tulle or fishnet for the evening. worked in chalk-white beads. A

some of which have small 'rosettes,

LIANG YOU striking effect can be obtained by of silver sequins on the wrists.

BEAUTY PARLOUR

ENTERTAINMENT BLDO

sewn

wearing A black vell lightly

with

beade white

and caught into a pony of white gar- denias.

SATIN EVENING SHAWLS

As spring approaches Parisians are giving up their furs and wear-

Lily Wears This

Being partial to tallored clothes, Miss Pons finds for her personal use that woman's suitings are well adapted to a wide variety of corsages.

Consulting her florists, she found that for day wear, clusters of gardenias or carnations are fas- bionable, A somewhat mannish touch can be given to the lady's Jacket with a boutonniers of com flowers. daisies or agaponthus clusters Other single flowers which Hollywood snartly dressed women find effective are Dom pom chrysanthemums and large dahlina.

During the cocktail hour, Holly- wood women affect spray orchids, stephanotis clusters and cyripe. diems or green orchids. Also liked are lies of the valley.

For formal evening wear noticed the increasing use of hair ornaments, usually a single full blown red rose, a single gardenia jor carnation. Some women wear a tiara of small white flowers such as lily of the valley.

The sophisticated silver sequin dinner gown which is worn by Lily Pons in "Eltting a New Bigb" was dotigned by: Edward Stevenson.dentas, orchids, clusters of tube-

RKO Radio, stylist, White pique cuffs and collar provide an effective contrast. A beavy taffeta slip is worn "under the gown to give it rustle.

Of course. the corsage of gar-

roses, delphinium, stephanotis or other cluster, flowers is accepted good form, depending always on the gown being”worn,

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