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PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MARCH 29th, 1930.

PAGE THREE

Fashion's Pendulum Swings To New Extremes

1. a large bow of cherry red adds the necessary splash of color to this gown of white, flat crepe which Ber- nard and Cie have created for the debutante.

IL

this en- semble from Bor- nard and

Cie uses

black

crepe Sakal in both the

coat and the dress.

Styles now insist on

every touch that has been denied women in years of boyishness

SOPHISTICATE by day, and a

A goddess by night. is the program

for the 1930 belle.

The same capricious fashion that made it smart to eliminate the frills and fur- belows and look chic at the expense of the picturesque and lovely for several seasons back has now completely changed her tactics. and is returning everything. she has denied woman for the past decade.

It is now smart to be pretty, and to show that you are making an effort to be. The figure is graceful and rounded, in- stead of straight and angular. The coif- fure is infinitely more feminine and flat- tering, and little flirtatious curls are ap- pearing at strategic positions.

The pink and white complexion is challenging suntan, and white shoulders are very desirable again, with the direc- toire idea revived. Shapely arms, too, are a decided asset with the new puff sleeves, and the shorter lengths for day.

TRAINS, for evening, have restored the

old elegance and the glamour to the ballroom, and have caused women to give a thought to what was once known as a "superb carriage."

Day clothes are a triumph of sophis- tication and chic. They achieve both the modem and the picturesque, and they know how at once to be practical and romantic.

Here are a few fashion points to re- member:

Gray is one of the smartest of colors for day and evening attire, shading into the warm shades of pink and mauve, and it is being combined most effectively with stranger colors. Gray, as you know, is a most feminine and dovelike color, and is in line with the present sartorial pro-

gram.

Capes, long and short, are very much featured. The pastillion line is very pop- ular. The smartest suits show the sug gestion of a cape, sometimes just over the sleeves, and sometimes showing a deep back cape, but always with the line kept slender and graceful.

WITH sleeveless outfits for sport, there

are often capes of matching ma- terial, that relieve the abruptness of the sleeveless line when the wearer is not- actively engaged in sports.

Embroidery is staging a great come- back. Tailored crepes for day wear are relieved of their severity, with colorful applique, and evening dresses show all- aver patterns on chiffon and crepe.

Every frock makes some concession to femininity at the neckline, usually with

lingerie touches, or with scarf or ribbon bow effects. The old unadorned plain- ness has completely vanished.

Illustrated today are some of the latest inspirations from Paris for day and eve

ning..

1. THIS new Bernard and Cie goddess gown is appropriate for modern. Dianas. The material is white flat crepe, cut long all round, with one fold of ma- terial making train on one side. A splashy bow of cherry-red satin gives a gorgeous touch of coler at the waistline, and brings the costume down from the clouds and to the earth. It positively glorifies the debutante.

II. BERNARD AND CIE are pre-

senting an ensemble for formal wear, in black crepe with an original vest effect in finely pleated white georgette crepe and large white buttons. The black tie, falling over the white, is very stun ning and quite unusual.

III. BERNARD AND CIE are also

responsible for the smart tweed ensemble for city wear which features a three-quarter length jacket and pleated skirt of beige mixture, and a tuckia blouse of white shantung with a scalloped front and knotted tie.

IV. THIS evening gown, which is cut with classic simplicity with Patou's marvelous skill, is developed in. dahlia-colored chiffon, It features the long back and front and the short sides. The recently discovered waistline is em phasized by a belt and a tailored bow directly in front.

V. PATOU has created this hand-

some evening ensemble which com- bines delicate and very lightweight Jame cloth with rezal sable. The line of the gown is simple, but extremely subtle; molded at the waistline, and full and deeply scalloped at the hemline. The three-quarter length coat features the cape back, and the small, upstanding collar.

VI. A TYPICAL street frock from

Bernard, which is as severe as the season permits, and yet is a model of softness and grace, is made of fairly deep brown crepe de chine with an intricate vest and panel of a brown of lighter shade, with coinspots of white.

It is a new whim of fashion to offset .brown this season with white, instead of the beige shades that have been considered so appropriate.

V. simple, form fitting lines are featured in this handsome ove..

of ning ensemble gold Jame which

Jean Patou has de- signed.

IV. Jean Patou

· ro-

Ill. Bernard, and

Cie are sponsible for this bolgo tweed sult with its fashionable three quarter length coat.

has cut

this dress of dahlia

chiffon with long- er back and front

• a belt

marks the waistline.

VI. dark brown crepe de chine forms the basis for

this mid-season model from Bernard and Cie

The vest and panel choose a lighter brown crepe. with a white polka dot design.