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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
FASHION "GOES FEMININE "ONCE MORE
The new models are tailored, but the mannish note is out now and if you like you can. be positively frilly this fall
PERFECT for nice fiule afternoon parties is this pin-dotted brown velvet frock with cord- ed raglan sleeve. It achieves a trim, toi- lored line in the skirt but breaks any suspect- ed severity by the cord- ing and the handsome
piece of white neck
weat.
BY JULIA
CO S/T UMES
from KIVIETTE Y ORK
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BLACK astro- khan trims this lux- urious oatmeal-col· ored rough wool coal, which has corded shoulders to give the effect of width.
JUST the dress for weat under the oatmeal coat is this black silk crepe one. Mirror glass and dlver leaf clips on either shoulder are important trimming touches.
THE LADY who goes to dine in this black transpar en! velvet dinner suit with white flow es on the shoulder
is going to walk apay with the hor
ors. Jeweled but tons fasten the jack et and its cuffs..
A DARK GREEN rough weed suit has a pully-colored caracul collar which blends beautifully with the ribbed-velvet blouse of the same shade, which is shown at the upper left. Wear a dark green stitched suede belt on the blouse and you have on ensemble which matches and flatters.
THE now autumn styles are to be essentially feminine.
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The tailored models, however, are not to disappear entirely but they are to be tailored in such a manner as not to look mannish.
The trick of this so-called feminine vogue is to look trimly tailored and at the same time not to look too severely. tailored. This sounds rather difficult but American and French designers have successfully worked out this now Idea. Careful shopping is required to find just what is smart and new as well as suitable.
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Double-breasted mannish' costumes are not to be worn by office girls during the cooler months nor will they bo obliged to wear models that trail and swish. If novel stylish, they should choose a tailored costume with novel effects on the shoulders or sleeves,
For the winter months, woollen dresses for the office should be carried out in straight-line silhouettes and tailored collars. These styles achieve the feminine side of the autumn fashions.
The feminino vogue is to be even more popular with evening gowns of the hour-glass-figure variety. These gowns are to be carried out in the newest of materials.
Autumn coats achieve their feminine mode by the use of fur and fitted lines.
Almost all autumn conts are fur trimmed. Sometimes, there is a collar which comes down across the front, ending. right at the hom or there is the furless collared coat with. fur trimmed cuffs. For trimmed cuffs, however, are not quite so popular as the fur trimmed sleeve vogue,
For early winter wear there are more three-piece suits than separate coats. The coat is complete in itself and can be worn with other things besides the skirt and jacket which it matches in fabric and design.
Blouses are also important this autumn. Amorican designers appear to be featuring them to the utmost. They are always handy and add variety to winter ensembles,
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