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PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MAY 16th, 1931.

suits suitable between seasons

f. black and yel- low make', an appost that is vividly sophis- ticated when this yellow silk jackot tops a black crepe skirt.

suits trom De Pinna, New York

now's the time for all

good women to step out

in a new little outfit that reveals a dash of spring, a bit of summer

. it's smart to bo mannish

this year as you will soon learn if you stop out in this brown and white three-ploce twood suit.

Julia

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III. 'you'll share honors with Greta Garbo

herself if you choose this nautically double-breasted. navy blus suit, topped by one of the new brimmed sailor hats.

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OW is the time for all smart women to see to it that they have a suit of some lovely kind to wear for that "little season" from the end of April to mid-June when dresses are in order.

There is a double advantage in get- ting a suit at this time of year. Your carly spring things are beginning to look a little worn. The psychologi- cal effect of stepping out in a brand new suit is wonderful. Moreover, a suit purchased at this time is not only wearable for street now and for travel later, but is just what you will most likely need to eat September right. A good sult cannot be raten. It covers such a lot of needs. You can wear a auit to the office, shopping. calling, to ten, luncheon, to a bridge party. And this year you, can get whatever your peculiar individualities demand.

Tweeds have body but are beautifully lightweight. They stand up under wear like lit- the major, take tailored cutr in the most sporting manner. and cannot be beaten for a suit that many go abroad this summer or take some other trip.

Soft. basket-weave crepes make gorgeous · dremmaker suits this year. They usually

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IV. a groen and

brown print ed blouse breaks tha soverity of this dress- maker suit of emerald green by showing itself at col- far, cuffs, and down the front.

have some soft touch in the way of blouses with scarf and so on. Smooth featherweight woolens make the mannish tailored suits that certain chic women wear so well. And silks, both printed and plain, are the media of some of the cutest, most appealing suits you can possibly get.

I. A SILK auit may be your answer when you go shopping for just the thing to wear for semi-formal daytime things. Something flattering but not too dressy, something that relies on its fine material and tailoring and its pretty color, rather than fussy details of accessories.

This suit of black and yellow silk crepe is what you may be looking for. It has such newness in its combination of color. its cu! and its style.

The close fitting jacket han under it a blouse of yellow fat crepe, with the unique theme of half sleeves of black.

There is a black and yellow scarf, too, that ties at one side.

II. IF you want a very serviceable nuit.

there is a smartly tailored brown and -white tweed, with a mannish cut to its jauniy waistcoat of self material that makes it an ideal country suit or suit to wear to the inces. You can take this waistcoat oft- and wear white pique, or any other blouse or gilet that you pleair.

The skirt of this suit lias a new point of interest and chic, and that is the way a tiny tit of fullness is eased into it via a few very small pleats at the waistline. This is illus trative of the way many clothes are begin.

ning their fullness somewhere near the waist- line now.

III. IF you are a young girl, with more than a dash of Greta Garbo about you, this is the year to go smartly nautical looking in a mannish navy blue tailleur with a double-breasted cut to it.

You should be slender and have a nice, graceful-neck-and-set to your shoulders or this won't be so good on you. But, given these graces, you can look like yourself and by the envy of others in such a suit as this. Quite new this year is the big hat with a suit. It seems very different. But we are getting used to it and there is no denying its chic. For such a suit, with such a hat, you can have one of the plaid blue and white Ascot scarfs or you can wear just a white blouse, perhaps, of handkerchief linen or pique,

IV SUMMERY, yet in tune with spring, is the charming dressmaker suit of emerald green which has a green and brown printed blouse.

The skirt is beautifully tailored to give just the right flare. The little jacket is belted to show that slender waistline that you are sa proud of. And the way the blouse is cut and the way the print shows over the jacket, make this a very individual suit, one that you will be proud to wear anywhere.

V. IF you are a person who wears gray,

nothing is more elegant that a grey suit right now as well as when days are balmier. Flowers look so pretty against gray.

Very much of a lady-suit is a soft tailleur in gray won!, with a bow to fasten the jacket together at the waistline and a flattering gray fox trim on the jacket.

You can wear a black hat, a gray one, or you can go jaunty and try out one of the lovely hydrangea blues that look so pretty. with gray, or one of the opaline greens that have such a lot of gray in the material.

There is something solt and feminine about gray, which makes it a charming background for almost any color. Reds sparkle a little more vividly against it, yellows grow more golden, blues and lavenders and pink be come a little more intriguing.

Other colors, used for costs and quila, in- sist on taking most of the stage for them.. selves. Gray i considerate color. It withdraws and leis a blouse, flowers, some accessory, contribute the more vibrant color tone. And it does so in a charming manner. Gray is a safe color, also. When the flamboyant shades of the spring rainbow are being scattered up and down the avenue, it is cooling and restful to find suit that is quietly taking life easy. Its very demure- ness makes it noticeable.

Another interesting feature of this neutral color is the way in which it can be used with several sets of accessories. A hat, bag and gloves in the tailored mode will moko, a dis- tinctly different costume out of a suit or dress. which, in turn, is exceedingly feminine at tea time when a more lacy hat and ornata acces- sones are acceptable,

dolor may be the keynote of the new sea, son but it can't do much when it comes kil contact with this soft gray sult that ties

its jacket with a big gray l