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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1949.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

PARACHUTE HAT-

This new "parachule beret," selling In London at under £1, hypleated so that switched to any It can be style-

There's A Place For Cap Coiffure Is Fashionable Flowers This Spring

LONDON.

By JOAN ERSKINE

The skirt fits on tho

Ins

three quarter

summer dresses, but the benu- give you excellent service. But OMEONE has heard fully cut, tailored suits, in cot- PLEASE wear it with a straight Lon pique. Two, worthy of skirt. Nothing gives a moro the first cuckoo; note, come from Dorville. One untinttering outline than a cost flower-a o Ilers ara suit is in Д small-patterned which flows out from the. offering us snowdrops and twisted cotton, which gives the shoulders with a skirt which violets, daffodils and appearance of a heavier weight flows out from the waist. crocuses; eight hours of hips, with flared fullness сол sunshine a day has been centrated at back and front. The recorded on the south const Jacket of England-and while this sleeves, round shoulder line, and the new collar, which falls in state of truly blissful

n deep folded rever. The other affairs continues, what is is a black cotton plque dress —THAT FOLDS UP the average Englishwoman and bolero, with flaring back,

thinking about? You can flyaway cuffs, and gold spher probably guess. Whether it cal buttons. in with a new Easter bon- net, or a new suit, or per- haps n new set of acces sorles-she is determined to groet this Spring, at least, in a manner that will do it justice.

And for easy packing, the pleats enable it to be folded up in the hand.

Many overseas visitors to this country have been doing their share of "window-shopping."

they have seen.

But perhaps you would like to go a little mad for Spring? One London, designer uses tiny narrow furs with real diamonds Dings tiny for eyest Another precious jewels across a lapel. Matti, who received unanimous praise for his collection; makes great play with umbrellas. Long graceful black umbrellas were shown with almost all his spring walking-out ensembles, and they 5

These tailored cottons "for hot days in town" achleve look of coo! formality by the simplicity of their cut, and the quiet choice of colours black, grey and white,

navy.

gun-metal

Unusual Cottons

and here are some of the things FOR those who prefer a simple summer dress, I saw a window filled with Horrockses unusual Sults, dresses, coats, jackets- coltons. They feature stripes of of all in the new, light ns

kinds-zig-zag, all

flowers, feather, chiffon tweed-are motifs skirts are wide but almost, but not quite, Arst slimly over the hips, sleeves tie

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nearly all sparkled with jewels set in the handles. Some- times this idea was carried out on the suit, and matching bril- Hants flashed in a lapel.

Few people are fortunate enough to be

able to buy п

wardrobe complete new

each senson of the

for year-but

why not dress up your umbrella

or parasol in a new case? Have

a summer

it made to match dress, or to set off a plain suit. (Nothing is

Is mare useful for this

wide French in larian checks

than

purpose inffets ribbon

or

Courtesy Bren

favourites. The place of honour in bows which can be undone of ay stripes). Tuck a plece The simple kairdo is easy for any girl to set herself. After washing with

is reserved for the cottons--NOT

the charming, full- skirted,

Anne Edwards

I LOOK FOR A DRESS I LIKE- and find 1 in 40

VORTY frocks which have

F

been this season's big- gest success with the buyerk were put on show the other day in London. Thirty-nine of them proved that the buyers and I disagree.

I saw a dress like a pyjama Jucket with a shirt hanging out below, fussy frilled frocks, made of fussy patterned materials, sults with two rows of accord- ion pleating that looked like an afterthought lengthening,

The fortieth frock પ્રાસ simple lightweight worsted in pinhead binck and white checks. It had a blas pleated skirt. leather belt: (Pictured senriet on right)

I made a telephone check with

the manufacturers of the dresses, and their figures proved that this has been the Dress of the Month with the customers. too. Six hundred and fty have been sold beer

already at £17 aplece.

Can it be that the customers have a better idea of what is smart

art than the buyers have? P.S. I would do some of our mannequins good to see the Paris dress shows. They might learn that a good model doe not wear herbale. long... walk with one hand on her hip and the other "laking the oath'

forget to make up her bands and armis

wear bronze

tweeds slippers with crouch like Groucho Marx wear a permanent grin look scared of her clothes or wear a knee-length slipt under transparent Frocks. DROOLER

ONE IN FORTY Accordion pleuts, red belt.

London's smartest night club. Photo shows the Girl with the Champagne Lipstick. She pulled out of her bag replica in miniature of a champagne bottle three inches high. It held her lipstick in the base.

CUCK-00!

WHISPERS

of spring

cashmere sweaters

pink gabardine sults with choice of straight or flared skirts will be on sale at ceiling price are being made with new off- shoulder tops.for evening skirts the effect of derationing clothes was to double the salcă of the still rationed materials twinsels of sweater and cardigan will soon be triplets- the manufacturers are bringing level of a routine for not feel-out a matching skirt for each ing hungry. What's lucking are twinset.

ENTICER for

cod.

Eating these days has sunk to the

the enticements that used to Princess Margaret Ind

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make overeating a pleasure. separate fur cape made to wear two for Ash on last winter's cherry-coloured Here are Cook in oven with mushrooms cont

there's a Inundry white wine in very little

or which specialises in precious ekker. Thicken liquid and add fabrics like valuable lace

will be on peeled stoned trapes. 2. Make black linen suits white sauce with fish stock and eate

the first lime milk, flavoured with mustard. black

copied patent paprika, and cheese. Cook fish from

evening men's In the

chopped shoes are the latest for women Sauce with scallop. browning AL slowly

leaf coloured new lac

under grill.

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«NEAK-SNAP: Beauty gadget'

of the week turns up in

pumps

dress

eye-shadow to go with red

lac pstick... AH, ME!

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JAPPY PARIS MEMORIES: THE SPIVS who huvo changed thelr offer from "Postcards?" to "Want any rico French franes, lady?"

in Specialising THE SHOP widow's weeds which WID named "The Coffin"

The DUCHESS OF WINDSOR bo- ing shown the entire collection of a top milliner and finally ordering Ave more "beanies" iko little skull caps she always wears

the OPEN-AIR AN- TIQUE MARKET. where tho smart shops put up stalls and charge you double for the sake of alinosphere....

VERHEARD: "Don't

takto me out just give me the money."

for

very

hlab

a good shampoo, hair should be set in pin curls and when dry, brushed

brilliant silk in the neck of a plain dress-and the it casy laundering, and often collars are dispensed with for fashion's sake! Edge a

dress with Broderie Anglaise allogether, and buttons fasten on the shoulders.

If grandmother has none of the Whatever your favourite old-fashioned variety, buy the machine-made type now on the colour, wear it with white this Springe

Fortunate is the girl market. It is just as effective, MANY

for who can crochet, this season, for and wears excellently. doubtless she will take advan

who

fashion

tage of the current trend, and make herself brimmed cloche hat to fit over short hair-do (and it is. not necessary to have your locks convinc- create a

And For Charm

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until ends curl alightly.

By HELEN FOLLETT

the

ni perfect, there must bo oddments among the tresses, One stray whisp ruins the com-

woman who has portant, as wave lines must be been piling her halr in

Clipping at considered. large rolls atop her head is wrong place may cause the hair now a shorn lamb. In beauty to jut out in an ugly manner shops they continue to sweep and form an up-standing fringe. up

tresses for which the cus- If the result is to be

smooth tomers consider they have no

no use whatsoever. The cap hairdu has gone over big, and why not? Fashion changes stimulate the circulation, put a new face In the looking glass. And, with- out question, short hair is more

Looking country of the youthful

than any swept-up mode,.

UT If you have not the time, the energy, or the inclination, do something with flowers-real

position. she is clever,

flowery Spring this year. Whether you live in the land where the hibiscus

oncs,

It is a

shorn to ing illusion).

will make she

gloves to match. just reaching the wrist and no higher. She, may even be am bllious enough to make an off-blooms, or the the-shoulder evening blouse, for beach nights.

Here in London a surprising number of girls have developed a sudden enthusiasm for knit- ting and crochet-they have dis- interesting. covered it is easy." and profitable and the habil seems to be catching.

Flattering Straps

fashionable,

Twear your white arcionarios

with navy-blue. If you like high heels, well and good, but longer, NOT sling-backs any please. If you do not like your heels high, wear your shoes flat, and buttoned, strapped, or tied, Contrary to popular belief, straps which

criss-cross the

re-

ankle are flattering. It was-the straight round ankle-strap, now very definitely Jast season. which gained itself a bad putation.

The short jacket is paying us another visit. This year it has slit sides, buttoned back, flared back, straight back, three- sleeves, quarter sleeves, long high upstanding collar, neat shawl collar, or no collar. You can even tie a belt round 11 and get away with it It is on in- valuable companion. It will

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cabbage rose-try to find place for fresh flowers some- where in your scheme of things.

In London, detalls from the

dress shows come back to mind. A tiny hat made entirely of flower heads, a button-hole in a plain suit, a slow decollete nu- ed in with roses, a ne spray at the walst of romantic even- ing gown, great painted blas- soms on a full skirt,

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And for charm-I bunch of snowdrops pinned to a black handbag: a cluster of muff; and three violets on a crocuses tucked in a belt.

The three-inch clip looks

simple enough, but it is tricky. The cut must be exactly and

right, with never precisely

And strand out of order. To, un expert hair clipper is not easy. It should be no always hurried job. Women have got finicky on this subject, and well they might, as a smart coiffure is the most important detail of a well-groomed member of the universal sisterhood.

If the hair is naturally curly, the cut is particularly im-

ever

Wave lines are wide and fluid, ringlets seem to be disappear- women ing, though there are who will

cling to tho softer effects afforded by soft bangs or curls close to the ears.

is

The woman whose hair

thin, soft and slinky offen has her troubles with the operator who is doing the shearing. She is in a panic when she gets too short a cut, when the hair is tapered and where the growth long pilgrimage, sccking shearer who will pay heed. her cries for sparing her tresses. She is one woman who gives thanks for the permanent wave; it is her salvation,

scant. Then she starts on a

TOE-TOUCHING FOR THE

BEING middle-aged, and

discovering one morn- ing that one's feet have disappeared, is one of the minor tragedies of life.

Of course, there are many worse things than a middle-age spread. If one has to choose between being fai and jolly and thin and miserable, there is a lot to be said for the fat.

EMPHASISED SILHOUETTE

The emphasised silhouette for evening is shown in thla evening gown by Hardy. Amfes of London. In black and belge lace over; 'champagne osloured tulle (both materials made by Birkin of Nottingham) and worn by lovely Deborah Kerr, famous British film star, it shows how the designer focusses attention on the back of the gown.

MIDDLE-AGED

Our Medical Correspondent recom- mends exercises in moderation. They help to fight that "spread"

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But there are a great many ales people nearing middle age who would be both happier and healthier if they carried less weight around with them,

As one gets older, the extra weight begins to tell on the hips and knees, spine and ankles. The commonest cause of ar- thritis in any of these places is overwork of the joints concern- ed, simply because they having to carry too heavy a bur.

den..

cit..

Remember, there

factors

are

two

in 1he middle-age spread. The first is the actual deposit of fat beneath the skin and in other parts of the body: The second is the general tone of the muscles, particularly the

muscles of the back, hips and stomach wall,

Getting rid of the fat is a for more difficult job that putting it

catch

on. If you

earliest stage, yourself in the and then go easy on all starchy foods-potatoes, bread, cakes

and puçidings--you should able to keep the waistilne at what it ought to be. But it will need a real effort,

HE best thing is to cut out using potatoes altogether, greens as a filler-NOT bread or toast. It is hard work keeping In the weight down, especially colder weather. You will cer- tainly not succeed if you do not get up from most meals feeling bungry.

If you are niready fat, the diet is the samo-but applied more strictly. Cut out atarchy foods completely, take reason able

of fruit, quantities vegetables, milk, fish and meat. Go easy on fulds.

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to

fatness

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or stout. The which they may lead to is particularly flabby kind, and especially hard to get rid of.

Often an accumulation of fat is n

a sign of the menopause. I{ a sudden onset of fatness coin- cides with some fulling out of the hair and in certain amount of drowsiness, have a word with your doctor. You may need a things Ittle thyroid to help nlong.

Loss of muscle tone coming on in middle age is usually R sign that you have neglected things earlier.

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the case of a woman, she may not have taken sufficient care before and after bables.

having

to Try

Expectant and nursing mo- thers should remember these things if they wish nvold-middle-age · spread. not to let the back arch for- wart; wear moderate heels and avoid leaning backwards.

Take the

third

and dfourth weeks after the baby is born as easily as possible, Rest on the stomach as well as on the back. Wear good corset for a while until the abdominal muscles have got back their tone.

Exercise them by pulling In the stomach muscles and con- tracting the scat muscles when- ever you have the chance.

For older folk whose museles have lost their tone, exercises are of great value but they must be taken in moderation. Never continue with them be

of yond a point slight breath- Josaness,

will

If done regularly, you And the amount of exercise which can be tolerated without breathlessness steadily increases, And with this increase you will and also an increase in physical offitness.

Often a part of apparent fot- ness is merely an accumulation of water in the tissues.

Whother you are slimming,or, avoiding goting fat, keep