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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THE NEW COLOUR SCHEME.

There is also a Vatican red One of the best evening gowns Th

"he reign of black is over.

There are a few designers who which is used in valvet ovaning is in white crepe, with a black, show black costumes out after the gowns cat on simple lines with lace cape, showing a low bodion fashion of those that have been the drapery that is the despair of underneath, it is embroidered worn for two years. They insist the amateur. This same designer with red beada, and there is- that the French woman is not uses that tone of red for the odd a band of scarlet beads down the ready to go into colours; that she Moorish trimming he puts on the front of the frock from shoulder has not the money to permit her-surface of gowns and wraps. It to iantep. self to depart from the econe ny is a difficult red to wear." It is of Nack. Not that the buying of a beautiful red to see. Its intro- black begins in economy; far duction is a rebellion against! from it; for only the best quality black.

STEEL AND SILVER AGAINST

BLACK.

No designer omits the clashing

of black fabrica are worth the pur- There is no falling off in beige, of bright white metal against a chasing. Where economy begins but the new beige has a curious black surface. This is the com- is in the mid-service of black piok quality to it, suggestive of promise between all black and all cloths Every woman knows that the kind of marble sometimes red. It is one of the subtle steps the assembling of accessories to used for lovely houses in Europe, away from black that are offered each coloured gown is where the Tais underlying tone of pink the women who are loath to genuine expense must be met in make's beige exceedingly becom-change their choice of colour. the wardrobe: it is in the assem-ing to the average face. It does Steel, aluminium, bright silver bling of hats and slippers, of no: desden the skin. It carries are preferred to gold and jot stockings and underwear, of for a certain warmth and gracious-penamantation. Very little jet is and wraps that the leakage of ness with it. There is little darkļused, and a great deal of steel is

green, only a flicker of purple, nostau. money occur.

By the same reckoning choice of one colour to

the dark grey, no eropbasis laid upon Gold seems to have taken an run light grey, no wifespread accept-lobscure position. It is rarely

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are other old fashioon that aro adrooLind in now clothes." Cine is the tunic blante,

UTILIZING WORN OUT.

TABLECLOTHS,

Word-out daruaak; tablecloths

* The blouses reach mesrly to the knees so that they appear beneath may be out up to make picnic the abort cost. Jackets are short lunchcloths, and tray clothe for and flaring at hem, which gives breakfast or invalid trays that go the tonic an excellent opport- upstairs with meals. It does unity to reveal itself, even before not pay to put a deal of work in the jacket is removed. In anti- kemstitching or handscalloping cipation of this, the bottom of the on these cloths of old, saft Hoen tunie is finished with a three-ingh and hams may be turned and run band of fur, oldy od alynx, of thick with darning stitch in two shades zephyr.

of wool, making a smart and pretty finish. Squares out from The skirts below these tunics aid tablecloths also make good reach nearly to ankles, and this napkins for the nursery table; or length is balanced by thehip belt bibs for the little people. And which holds the fulness. of the alt-over strips should be out and blouse into such alight dimensions wound into bandages for that the cloth above the hips is lamergency use in the household.

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throughout the costume savce' money. When a woman is as amateur in the choice of clothes, the choice of one colour often averts disaster.

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The skrich shaus luck and frimt of while crepe erening gran from Madeleine et Madeleine. Binck luce forms cape orer the shoulder and the train is nttuched to it in the back. The buck of the bodice in embroidered with red beculs which show through the lace, and there are red bend tassels at each side.

[acce of brown. What are the seen. The steel industry should colours then, the public may well look up. The French gown col- ask. Well, there is a new type lections alone have used so ap which is called Madeleine blue. It preciable amount of this metal.. has somewhat the tons of powder. The large rings of steal will prob It appears to be a mixture of ably spread from girdles to other green and bine with a dash of parts of the frock. Other steel coloured metals which it would gres

The cape is the novel feature of take a metallurgist to define are the costume. It introduces a new woven 00 a coarab found- line. It is cut to hang in a series ation and turned into splen The French women will con of points at back, front and side. did evening wraps. An evening tinue to wear that type of black It has no opening for the hands, wrap of this metal opens down costume which is the most con-and it has no collar, oor has it and the side, has a burnous hood at spicuous kind they have invented opening at the neck. It is quite the back, is fringed at the lower, for decades. Yet that does not the most enveloping cloak that edge and is sied on one shoulder argue that the costame has not any fascinating brigand of the with weighty cords and tassels passed into second place. It has XVII Century could have chosen of the metal It is lined with The introduction of colours by the The originality of the neckline crepe in the colour of aluminium. daigners, the almost complete lies in the way that the cloth is There is no reason to freeze in it. Rosence of the black costumes brought straight to the top edge It is not necessary to permit it to show that the winter fashion is of a hidden collar of stiff buck open over one bare arm and blowing from & new quarter. ram. The material falle in straight shoulder, for the side can be! lines from the even top of the turned to the front with facility. COLOURS FROM THE SUNSET.

stiffened neckpiece and gives It is merely not as smart nor The colours in the new gowns new and exceedingly interesting as original when opened in front prove that the pendulum has line to the chest and shoulder.

swing far to the other side. Son-It is worn with a Napoleonic hat: OLD FASHIONS WHICH PERSIST.

The frock beneath it, also diị rise and sunset, the desert and

the Orient, have contributed in- Madeleine blue, is cut on the To use steel as Salammbo who epiration, There is an insistence straight line with a belt at the was the sister of that Hannibal upan red, that light, brilliant red hips. It is embroidered in silver who crossed the Alps, used it in that one sees in the geraniums thread, has open sleeves, and her gorgeous "clothes, may be a

simple neckline.

new and ruling fashion, but there' planted in formal rows.

Are At left, a smart cape of blue cloth. It falls in printa back and front and is trimmed with bearer. At right, one-piece frock worn beneath the cape, of the same material, embroidered in

silver thread.

Belone: Long Molyneux ecening (cape of aluminium cloth, with

towels of silver beads.

KEEPING RINGS UP-TO- DATE

fall and sagging, somewhat after) the manner of a peasant's blouse. Some suits have a skirt, with tanic of rough crepe, banded

Fingers "loaded with rings" with the clipped zephyr's cape have no effect of smartness and that falls from shoulder to knee, special interest cowadays, also banded, and & turban of unless the rings are themselves zephyr and crepe. It is a con-smart And interesting. Ju venient thing to buy an entire diamonds, set anyhow, no matter outfit in one sweep.

how handsome the stones are, do So, here we are, back to the not give their wearer any special over-blouse. It is called a tunic. distinction. The diamonds must" It is sponsored by the best de be set in some new and intriguing signers. It is worn in every colour way: one's rings wwet that Nature and artifice bave con- individuality-or one might as tributed to the world. it is no well leave them locked up in the longer banded in at the hips, safe deposit box. however, and it often has long The fad is just now to wear all leeves. Its significant feature isn the rings on one hand and lears sits longth. It is bodily take the other hand "white"-or ring- from the blouses of the less. On the ring decorated hand peasantry and was invented a few carefully selected ringe are to offset the length of the new WOTD. Another day another long skirt.

combination of rings give#, 1 diferent effect. One no mOTO wears the same rings all the time -er on occasions when one is dressed up than one would wear the same frock over and over, And the best particular diamond

HANDBAGS.

With the change of fashion no longer adorns the wedding ring finger. Above the slim band nothing is to capricious as the of the nuptial circlet (and all handbags; fashion after fashion wedding rings are being pæred follows swiftly in handbag. Suede, dawn now to look smart and in silk bags with embroidered bead-conspicuous; a broad band of goli marks one, as a brideof so many work, velvet, satin, or a curious years ago) goes a bandof diamond nigger lesther, a girl nowadays set in a row. The big stone that has as many bags for her in-was once the engagement dis dividual jumpers as she has of mond is set magnificently in a stunning little finger ring of these useful accessories.

platinum or white gold. If you The bag plays an important have several small diamonds, part in a woman's attire. It is have them set in one really often the only note of colour, and handsome ring in missed of that point is intended, ins severe cluster affect. Small diamonds sie not af all smart, volesa, they ly classical frook-coat.

are sat together, and the more The ring of change is often odd and individual the setting/ played on a chain of besils, amber, the more stunning the "ring coral, or coal black jet, and where Far better all your diamonds in these fail, a handbag of brilliant our really smart ring for the dittle colour tone is what modistes rely ages, than a lot of adattered stones adorning various flügers upon for their chionems.

of both hands.

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