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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

24,

1934.

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Formal Frocks for February

ASHIONABLE ladies bow low before the glamorous new February

frocks.

FASHION

First of all, individuality predominates. You can follow the mode and yet retain something individual for yourself and your costume.

The windswept trend swept through designers' minds as they thought of mid-winter holiday fashions. But not all dresses are windswept after one pattern. A dress may be perfectly straight from shoulders to floor and get its backward sweep from a smart little shoulder cape which flows and trails behind as you walk.

Interest centres at the back, generally speaking. Inserted back fullness, either in pleats, tucks or flares, assures lady that her gown is correct for this season.

One model, shown at a New York fashion show the other day, bad·· a panel of tiny pleats down the back from the waistline to the floor. The dregs itself was flesh-coloured and was topped by a pale green and lesh-coloured flannel jacket with cape sleeves.

Chiffon comes back into the limelight this month. It's soft; Battering and flowing. And girls, ng well us more mature women, always have and alwaye will love the looks and "feel" of it.

Pebbly erepes are also favoured and no matter where you go, or what you do, you're sure to bump into several rough crepe models.

Colours are in keeping with the holiday spirit. Flamboyant red tones, vivid blues and many red and white combinations flood the colour scheme horizon.

Of course, 'green is good this year. And black, that old favourite, continues to hold up to its reputation.

Fur trims some evening dresses. Often a cape sleeve is banded with elegant fur. Again, a matching cape is luxuriously fur-trimmed. If your invitations are strictly formal ones, be as daring as you please. If you can't seem to get daring, look to the covered shoulder models to help you out. They still are in the fore. Sometimes cape. Jets cover shoulders. Again wide bands of twisted self fabric may- do the trick.

You can follow the mode and still retain a note of individuality in the newest mid-winter gowns

A ROSE crepe cock- fail dress, with a wide bell

of gold kid, shown. at the left, has the new "win- don" skirt which displays feet and ankles in the front and becomes sud- denly demure at the sides and back.

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COSTUMES CO

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JAY THORPE

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DINNER outfits are shown at the left. --The-one--farther-to- the left is of navy blue crepe and red velveteen and has an amusing little jacket with back and 10/1 shawl collar of red velveteen and the sleeves and front of navy crepe.

The gown beside it. of chartreuse crepe, made smarter by the wide bands of fur on the short sleeves_of the little jacket. The dress has a low back" decolletage.

TWO perfect gowns for formal February holiday parties are shown at the right. The nearer model wears a lettuce- green pebbly crepe evening.

· dress with an er. pecially interest ing back; the other, an evening gown of flame chifon, typical of the new wind- step mode. It was designed to give a blown bäck

efect.

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