1931-08-01 — Page 9

PAGE THREE

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, AUGUST 1st, 1931.

eliquet in clothes

i

having

smart new wardrobe

is only half your problem

for a successful vacation wearing exactly the right costume at the right

time is just as important

Ralph Somer photos.

~UMMER gives you the big opportunity to make

S

the grade socially if you know what to wear and wear it with chic.

In every girl's mind there is a distinction between

a formal and an informal occasion. But just what

that difference is is another matter.

Before dressing for any occasion, remember it is always better to ers on the side of being dressed not quite a formally as the rest, rather than more for mally.

If you are going to an afternoon tea or some roof garden, beach cluli, country club or other "cocktail ho" event, you will need a beautifully made but rather simple appearing frock, preferably with tiny short sleeves,

fit is dinner you are going to, perhaps on a roof garden er the town's smart resort club, you must have a jacket costume this year. The jacket should match your frock, which should be sum- mery to the nth degree. Your accessories should be mildly info:mal. Pumps, a pretty purse, short pull-on gloves, no jewelry to speak of. but perhaps a flower,

When it is a brilliant evening gathering which you attend, your escort is apt to blossom out in long-tail coat and formal white tie. white vest and gardenia in his buttonhole. Then you, of course, mus! rise to the occasion with a formal evening gown of decollette.

1. for formal evenings.

For the very formal occasion you will need a strictly formal evening gown. This one is a charming new summery affair, white flowert against a pale blue background, with aqua-marine blue centers in the new stiched chiffon that is ravishing.

The long tight line of this gown flares just at knee height to give tippling fullness about the feet. The neck is cut very low in the back and has jewelled shoulder straps and a diamond clip at. one side of the neckline.

With this you will need very format dancing sancials, with high heels and of course beautifully made with cut-out design and silver pipinge. You should have a huge chillon handkerchief, prefer- ably in white, with a light blue design. Your pure should be a formal little evening gadget. a beaded or tucked chiffon envelope purse..

It is not just the costume, you see, but all of your acces sories, that change for the occasion. For there is an etiquet in clothes now that demands that you know exactly what to wear on each occasion, if you would have the world know you as an essentially correct, well-dressed person.. For each occasion there is a "just right" harmony to the ensemble, and the well-dressed woman achieves it.

IV. masculine white vests and ties should be matched. up with strapped crepe de chino slippers trim- med in silver, a huge chiffon handkerchief, and tight, white flowers.

1. when your escort wears full dress you'll be playing up to him if you choose this for mal gown of starched chiffon, designed in white- flowers on a pale blue background.

II. if you top your printed starchod chiffon evening

dross with this flowered chiffon jacket you are right to

travet along with any- body's tuxedo to anybody's dinner party.

Y. lots of men in busi

noen suits will ask you to ten just because they'll approve of your lighter-than- blue-georgette frock with its pleated ruffies.

costumes and accessorios by Bergdorf Goodman, New York.

II. for the dimer party.

III. dining out is lots more fun when you have a crepe de chino bag, calf slippers' with cut-out design, and flat ivory beads with

ribbon bow.

When it is a dinner party, you are attending and all the men are looking their best in Tuxedos, you will need a little jacket to top your gown, to make of it a costune informal enough for dinner at the best place in town.

This one has its printed chiffon jacket of its own material, with sleeves seven-eighths long that do not quite meet the short gloves you may wear. White walin pumps are quite the footgear, and the purse of finely beaded loveliness is a pretty touch. The flower is of chiffon, too, in white.

1. dinner costume accessorias.

You may change your dinner costume very successfully by merely. varying your accessories. Instead of the beaded bag choose an in- formal crepe de chine one with a blue design, and a pristal or ivery handle. Calf slippers with a cherming cut-out design will keep you stepping in just as interesting a path. When you fasten some flat ivory beads around your neck and tie them with a blue ribbon, there isn't any doubt but that you are a credit to the man who brought you to the party.

IV. more formal accessories.

For formal evening parties, when you want to be gay and glam- orous, and dignified, too, accessories have a lot to say about the way in which you are going to score. This chiffon handkerchief with its applique design in white and hydrangea blue knows a thing or two about charm. Strapped evening slippers, which may

be secured in either crepe de cline or satin, are tocing the fashion line.. Small white flower are a pleasing decorative touch that is just formal enough..

V. garb for tea-time.

For the afternoon party, for tex or for cool drinks

atop a city roof, in the Casino, on the country club veranda, you will want a simple looking but exquisitely cut frock, with accessories the last word. Such a one, one that any man in business suit will be de lighted to walk beside, is a lighter-than-navy blue georgette, with Accordion pleated ruffles at the hipline, collar and alcoves.

A white kid belt girdles it. Pull-on white gloves of rather short length and one of the necklaces of twisted blue and white small

are suited to it

bead

The purse is darker blue, an are the one-strap, conservative

saniela, and the chic milan hai, with its attractive one-sided brim.