1939-09-25 — Page 28

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 25, 1939.

What to insist on in your new suit

TO-DAY we give you this season's

Paria auit lines, and show you how to choose a suit that will be not only in the fashion but becoming to your own particular figure.

CORSET WAIST, FULL SKIRT, FOR THE VERY SLIM.

BUSTLE. PLEATED SKIRT AND JACKET FOR THE TALL WOMAN,

LONG JACKET. STRAIGHT NARROW SKINT, FOR Ʌ FULL FIGURE.

NHOOSING a suit that has got to last a censon is to coine people nearly as hazardous on enterprise as choosing husband to last a lifetime. You've got to be sure of your material.

In other words, you have not only got to judge your suit on Its face value; but on its wearability for a number of differ- ent occasions (unless you've got unlimited capital, in which case practically none of these preliminary remarks appiles) and on whether or not it is a good foil to you and your personality.

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is worn by an unsuitable person. It is like pulling un essentially modern picture in the most exuberant type of Victorian allting-room. It cancels out.

So we must first of all go over the tinen that ure inost likely to affect your wardrobe this winter, and apply them one by one to you who are able to wear them. Variations on suits and inckots are many, but the principal lines to look out for are the long dim, single-breasted Jacket with the straight skirt, the tight- fitting round-the-waist jacket whilch comes down On. below the hip line; Jacket which comes down to a point in the front and up at the buck-Falconer has sketched one-the five-eighths boxy Jacket (these jackels are being worn solo for evening:

A sports suit in caramel tweed with the now picats-at-the-back skirt line. The coat this girl is holding over har arm is of khaki corduroy. It is loose and five- eighths longth, and is trimmed with large buttons on a double- breasted front ani patch pockets.

Malubocher favours them); a jacket which hns flared busque, koinellmes trimmed with fur, nt the back, and, of course, the sports jacket which Ilves in a world of its own, but all follows the characteristic line to the extent that it is long, slightly waisted, and worn over a slightly flared skirt.

Those who have been deploring the shoriners of kirls can put on those extra inches and know they fire on safe ground. Skiria 14 inches from the ground can be worn by anyone but the shortest,

Skert nes vary from Marcel Rochas's very full one, that carry the fullness all round, to those with a sleek front line with fullness at the back.

Schlapurell does a straight, tight- Atting skirt as a contrast to most of the collections, and they are a boon to the rnther full figure, on which an elaborate skirt jooks top-heavy,

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IF you are silm, but with a rather

heavy waist, adopt the Schla- parelli line, which does not acccatuate it. If you are silm with a small waist in pro- portion, you can corset it so that your hips stand out, ant wear the fult, druped, or slightly flared ne, though the last would hide Your contours, which this season would be a ply, as good ones are supposed 16 be accentuated,

If you are broad on the. hips, with good seating accommodation, but tall with It, you can wear a skirt or Jacket with a Inisile that will be nipped in at the waist. But you must be tall to carry this off. If you are not tall, go in for a five-eighths length loose box jacket, and wear it with a slightly flared skirt .. not a too full

one.

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JACKETS to the autum sults do, in the main, accentuato

the waist-and hip-line, but there are those Joose jackets, too, which should be a boon to the fuller figure. Remember to buy one which gives you'n straight line at the back. Your derriere, should not bump it out.

Skirts, with the exception of those produced by Schlaparell and Chanel, re- main the some length, and I think you can rely on them doing so for some time. But the fact that come designers have put on an Inch'or two Indicates that some time in the not so far future we shall be back to covering our legs,

An entirely different line, with a straight-in-front skirt pleated in the back, a long jacket and buttons down the front. This is trimmed with Astrakhan and the bootecs have Astrakhan tops to match. Note the hat with the curly brim. It's a new fine. Good for almost anyone because it be so easily adapted.

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This is a typical shape jacket made of striped Donegal twced, in such mixtures as green and pink, and blue and grey wide stripes. This one is trimmed with a velvet collar and is worn with a black skirt and black hat. Note the bootees, made of black suede. You need a'slim waist to wear this.

Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

This tartan jacket is in wine, purple, and white. It shows the down-at-the-front, up-at-the- back line, and the lavish Astrak- han trimming round the hem, collar, cuffs, and the muf. It is worn with a black wool skirt with fullness at the back. teen again.

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Tel. 58545. mind when you are about to deal with sumuncry frocks and blouses in the wash-tub, Their light colours and delicate fabrics -need-treating very considerately -if- they are to keep their new looks, so "SPORTS Buits are ideally suited never start washing them in a hurry to the typical Englishwoman. Wear If you can possibly help it, and don't them when you can and look for dump several frocks of different wide shoulders and alim waists. colour and materials in the tub to- These set of your limbs, which are { gether If you want to get the best generally longer than those of the Frenchwoman.

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"Fur town wear, wear clothes that are not exaggerated. A good tweed suit (no divided skirts) or a woollen

suit can be worn in tow.

"For afternoon I do not like velvet on the Englishwoman. She does not carry it of to well as the French woman. I prefer a black wool suit which you can wear with a sweater is the morning, and change in the afternoon with a blouse and change of accessories. This is economical as well as good.

"Colour is a question of personal laste, but I adore black for town wear. With black quits I like bright touches introduced by blouses and scarves. In the cholec of colour to wuch up a black outfit, you can show as much individuality at you Ike.

"I'd like to point out that the Englishwoman is taller than the Frenchcoman, has longer timby, and sults are specially kind to WT. design for women who have very good figures, wide shoulders, and long limbs."

Ways With Old Stockings

results.

If you are washing a frock that has never been washed before, sook well beforehand in cold water to material. To neglect this precaution, Het rid of the "dress" that is in the

or to wash a new truck together with an older one, is to court failure, for the "dress" apoils your father and makes a seum that settles on the fabric.

Dry Quickly

To be on the safe side, cool your hot soapy lather before you dip your frock or blouse into it. It should not feel hot to your hands, only warm. Use good soap, or soup. fakes to make your lather, and don't stint it. If the water is hard, soften it by adding a little borax. Don't rub a dellente fabric, unless it is on

specially solled part, just squeeze it in the lather till it looks fresh and and again, if it is a delicate fabric, clean. Then rinse it in three waters, squeeze the water out instead of

wringing. You may ladder woven silk by wringing. Dry any coloured frock or blouse as quickly as you can, but never in the sun, or you will get inded patches.

Every new frock or blouse has a crisp look that you will want to re- gain. Th hot starch will give thọ necessary stiffness to ginghams and the atouter tub-cottons, and if you have put a little borax in the last rinsing water you will find you get wear while doing GLOVES 10

a better finish with the iron. · I you household and garden jobs that like, dip linens also in very thin hot stain the hands can be cut from the starch, but a well-ironed linen looks tops of old stockings. - Lio your well without artificial stiffening. To hands in turn on a piece of news- give back "body" to silks you can paper, and pencil round them for nád a few lumps at sugar to the rins- the patterns. Sew up the glove with ing water. the machine.or

short back stitches.

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Mittens for cold weather can be made in the same way by using old men's jocks woollen stockings or (not kailted ones.)

Pointe About Pressing

The good looks of a home-washed. frock depend a lot upon Its treat ment on the ironing-board. Shake the garment Into shape, when nearly dry enough to press, and roll it up By siliting a pair of woollen stock tightly in a towel. If the frock has ings down the back seams, cutting been starched, press it with hot off the feel, and joining the legs to iron, while still very damp, and on gether an oxcellent hot-water bottle the right side. If the material is cover can be made.Run card organdle muslin, press it very damp, through the top and rew up the bof- first under a cloth, and then directly tom. leaving a gop In the middle on its surface, and It will regain, its for the hanging-up slip at the bot- original delightful crispness. tom of the bottle.

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