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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY

1934

New Styles for the Office Worker

The mid-winter fashions: give the business woman à chance to dress well- on an economical budget.

“ICK pleats and side pleats, two-plece dresses and high quite full. You need fullness for comfort when you're

Knock list are the plate,diner features of this sex typing or working over a fat-top desk, Raglan sleeves

son's office frocks for the business woman..

Coutourlors as well as otiquette authorities have succeeded in making the average girl who works in an office pretty clothes-conscious.

And in the right direction. Miss 1934 wouldn't think of wearing trailing chiffons to the office. No more would she appear. at her desk looking dowdy. The modern business woman is an excellent budget manager and sho dresses appropriately and in good taste on her salary, no matter how small It Is. She realizes that one or two frocks of good quality, exquisitely tailored, will see her. through a winter.

However, along about this time of year, she shops around for one more dress to freshen up her wardrobe. It does just that until it's time for spring clothes.

Rough crepes and sheer woollens fashion the smartest office dresses right now. Colours are beautiful. Bright green, gold, brilliant blue, rose, red and all the dull shades are popular. Got something vivid for the in-between season and go in for pastels later.

Shirtwaist dresses have become popular and business wemen love them. Whether you're an executivo or secretary to one, there are shirtwaist frocks for you. They are so trim and so comfortable 1

The exit of blas-cut and ontrance of straight lines to take their place naturally brought plenty of pleats. Have your pleats across the back, on the sides or on one side of the centre front.

Necklines continue to be high. To be chic, your throat must be covered. Sleeves in office clothes usually are

are grand and so are those with fullness between should- ers and elbows. Most office dresses have tight cuffs.

Two-plece models are in the fore. They give you a chance for varloty since the skirt can be worn with several different blouses.. A new Idea is the Russian blouse type of bodice in the two-pleco mode. They follow the Russian influence in that they have high necklines Inatened on one shopider with large buttons.

The business girl who doesn't want to invest in a mid- season frock will do well to look over the stunning nc- cessories with which to dress up a winter frock. There are bibs which tie in back and make a low-necked dress appear to have a high neckline. Why not get a gay, one while you're about it? They come in all colours.

Lame er sequin bibs are just as sweet as can be. Sometimes they come in sets with cuffs to match.

A bright plece of jewelry, worn high on the bosom, changes a dress somewhat. Fresh gloves, new collars and other accessories give interest to a wardrobe of which you have grown a little tired.

All of these are pleasant and inexpensive ways of making a winter dress last until spring without getting. tired of its sameness. The girl who knows how to make the proper use of accessories is almost always able to savo money on her clothing bill. She does not need the number or variety of dresses that her less clever sister must have, and the frocks she does buy need not be so expensive. A few dollars carefully spent on accessories can do a great deal to make a rather slim wardrobe appear much more elaborate and expensive than it 18.

Costumes Courtesy of ABRAHAM & STRAUS BROOKLYN, NY.

GROUPED around the desk are four smart busi- Neza 100mten wearing charming frocks appro- priate for an office.

The girl on the left wears a frock of bright green erepe with raglan sleeves, a dark brown yoke and pier rot ruff neckline. Iler uede belt is also dark brown-

The girl standing back of the desk wears a two-piece rough crepe model in gold. with brown and green Atripes. The short tunic blouse is Russian-type with a high neckline.

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The scaled figure has on sheer wool, one-piece

frack in leaf bud green with a fringed scarf lie at the neck and a fringed belt. At the right is a pirl clad in a shirtmaker frock in bright blue crepe.

THIS SHEER wool. rose-colored dress features the all important pleats al the bottom of the skirt. The waistline closely molds the figure and, the ample slecues become light at if wrisis.

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