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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934,
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
New Suits for the SPRING Parade
Julía
PARADE
- COSTUMES COURTESY STERN BROTHERS,
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HERE ARE THREE suite that
'can be worn all spring for various occasions.
At the left to a dresap nuit in grey-blue wool with wide wind- blown revers of prey fox. A stig` organdie blouse with frilly jabot is worn, under the form-fitting" jacket.
A box jacket suit (centre) of nary blue woollen has a pellm, from-fitting akirt and a com fortable cout with set-in pockets. A plaid taffeta shirtwaist is worn
with it.
The Norfolk jacket suit tright) is fashioned from a handsome
piece of imported English" tweed with bright coloured fecka.
The new tailored outfits. combine original designs with a bold use of vivid. colors and gay stylings
THIS two-piece Swagger suit in beige nouelty woolen has a trim skirt and seven- eighths coat with reg. lan sleeves, deep pockets and a delach. able Ascot tie.
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You'll suit yourself this spring. Suits for church, suits for street wear and suits for sports-you'll choose not one but several.
Coutouriers have borrowed an idea or two from the British, and Norfolk jackel sults are featured throughout the spring collections. Their skirts are alim and form-fitting and the boxy, belted jackets have Inverted pleats right down the backs und fronts. Theso uppeal particularly to girls who like patch pockets on their tailored things.
Three-piece suits aro utility persont- fied because they really give you two separaţe dulfits and a topeont. You can wour the skirt, a blouse and both conts on chilly, curly spring days. Later on, wear the short jacket and omit the top- coat, which will be useful to wear over Hght dresses throughout the summer.
Dressler suite mako URO of fur. Luxurious fox collars, fur slcovo trim ming and bands of it on cuffe apo popular this spring.
It's a blue year. Navy loads all other colours. Varying shades of bluò are in 'great' domand too. At the Paris spring dronings, Patou introduced n sapphire blue which is handsomo worn
alone and very flattering when used as trimming on navy or black.
out.
Generally speaking, colours are more vivid this spring. Bright yellows, greens, blues and purples are standing. Brunettes have been con- sidered particularly, Orange is the colour for the brown-haired, dark-oyed girl.
THIS three-
But if you take your colour scheme in a mora subdued manner, consider beige, gray and the new neutral tone, gréige. piece swagger suit in monotone tweed By your blouses do you achieve In-. is virtually a whole dividuality this year. Instead of wear- wardrobe. The ing the black and brown shirts that fallering topcont were so smart last spring, you'll go in can be worn alone dress as for taffeta blouses in vivid colours,
well as with the When you aren't wearing taffeta, you'll man-tailered jack choose plain white blouses in sheer and et and skirt. crisp fabrics.
Skirts are alightly longer, even on sports things. And split skirts are to
be worn. Skirts that button from waistlines to hems are now. The iden in to leave the last three or four buttons open to allow for walking comfort.
It's a year for buttons. They are used in most unusual and unexpeoled places. For instance, some of the now coats for both street and formal after. noon waar are buttoned-on sido seame and again on shoulder scams.
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