1931-12-12 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1931.

SIMPLY

ELEGANTY

Furs and velvets

hold the foreground

of winter fashions,

setting a new high mark for loveliness

Joy Julia

Photos and Illustrations from Bonwit-Teller, New York

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HEN the glamorous spirit of the Em press Euproic came to haunt the fem inine world of 1931 with an impu- dent lie hat cocked rakishly over the ght eye, its trailing plumes tickled the imagination of everybody concerned in the restoration.

It was picturesque.' It was romantic. It had its beauty and it had its charm. Also it was different with an elegance which intrigued the mid so long autuned la lailored practicality

Except for sports occasion there are few hours of the day that are not dominated by velvet.. For mati- aces, afternoon teas and bridge there are lovely vel- wer frocks with black and white combinations leading the procession.

short coats and matching muffs

TOPPING the velve: climas are the quaint little short evening coats with their matching muffs. The mults are barrel-shaped and very tiny. They are shown in vefvet, chiffon, and even flowers to core- spond in color to the tiny coats, Those of velvet and chiffon look just like little shirred barrels.

Keeping step with all this velvety elegance are the luxurious furs, Luxurious does not mean costly. In fect, the prevailing fur mode for daytime wear is the stunning little short coat of galyac, or pony, which falls well under a hundred dollars in cost, and which every woman wants to wear over the woolen frocks so popular for the street,

For that winter coat caracul remains the formal

fur, but kidskin, galyos, and Hudson seal are as

numerous as the sands of the sea,

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an afternoon frock of volvot

NY woman who can't look absolutely ravishing

Am one of the lovely afternoon fracks of velvet will

a plumed hat tilted jauntily over her right ear is a hopeless dub.

Black velvet with collars and cuffs of white lace is a stunning costume for Sunday evenings, but for those who prefer colors there's that lovely new shade of red called "Spanish tile."

One lovely utilization of it is a Russian blouse and a skirt of deep, rich brown velvet. The blouse is

ted about the waist with a heavy silver cord.

a recipe for evening charm

T you want to be simply irresistible, deny yourself

anything whatever except the little velvet evening cent with its matching muff which looks for all the world like a tiny shirred barrel.

a hostess gown in velvet

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HE velvet vogue, inspired by the romantic period of the Second Empire, finds, expression through- wut the sartorial world, from the impertinent hat which til over the right eye to the hand bag which is an exact replica of that carried by the court ladies of that fascinating period' when they went forth to shop-or whatever court ladies did then,

Especially glamorous are the hostess gowns. There a Vionnet creation in black and white chiffon rel

You will tell a fascinating story in black and white if you choose this black velvet afternoon dress... which knows how to ba very demure and yat daringly chic.

Muffs don't muffle your style ... Instead," they add to it... ma does this little barrel muff with 'a': regal looking Hudson sext

Very fiat- tering and highly stylish is this shart velvet jackot ***** which has an ador- able velvet muff and which goes beauti- fully with street frocks.

vet which will warm the cockles of your heart with-

out doing anything too devastating to your pocket- book.

fur coats for woolen frocks

YOU can't get on without one of the swank linte

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fur coats to wear over your woolen frocks, and you'll find the most reasonably priced and most ratis- factory ones in pony or galyac with felt hats of the derby school to match.

a new coat-and-muff harmony

FOR all-round service and luxury you'll be mighty

glad to own a Hudson scal coat with its contrast-

ing fur collar and little barrel mul, or one of the Vionnet muff-and-pocketbook combinations made the

rape and size of a large hand bag.

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Light, luxurious, warm, and inexpensive Hudson seal may be worn with impunity for both formal and informal occasions, and is consequently one of the most satisfactory of all furs;

something now in footwear

NEWEST accessories leap backward through the years and bring you bang-up against the Second Empire, with cameos and crests in jewelry, and hand bags of velvet and suede fashioned after those of the court ladies.

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Because velvet is not suitable for street-aloes, a famous New York creator of milady's footwear hat ... achieved an astounding innovation in a soleil shoe

which looks like velvet and has reptile trim.... The ex periment has been so successful that women

every

where are buying soleil shoes to exactly "match" -color of their hals or gowns—or both.

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To ride in fashion's parade, why not try this short pony coat? which, for all

Its brevity, length- ens your style and takes a hat with

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pert, chic little

feather.

Everybody will come to your parties if you maka yourself alluring in Vionnat's black and white. velvet hostess gown .. which could teach Eugenie a

trick or two about romance.

High-pom

padoured ladies who, liked this black vol- vet bag... and who' wouldn't Uke It? could have stepped much faster) In the accompany ing exford of 'soleil.j