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EVENING WEAR

IT'S

at.

VERY BEST

Soft marcella-fronted shirts with collars attached and fine texture bodies: precisely cut and finished by Austin Reed of Regent Street

or Tootals, the latter having the cooler body.

PURE SILK DRESS TIES

BLACK

CUMMERBUNDS

"SUMMIT" WING COLLARS

SILK OR RAYON SOCKS

KREMENTZ JEWELLERY

ON SHOW IN THE WINDOW at

MACKINTOSH'S

Alexandra Building Des Voeux Rond,

NAVAL AID FUND

CONCERT

OF

POPULAR MUSIC

PRESENTED

BY

HONGKONG LIGHT ORCHESTRA

AT

HONGKONG

HOTEL

(Gripps Air-conditioned)

SUNDAY, JUNE 26th at 9.15 P.M.

- BOOKINGS:-

MOUTRIES, H.K. HOTEL, KING'S MUSIC CO.

The Smile

That Wins PEPSODENT

Smile!

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

PARIS CANNOT AGREE

By

Eileen Ascroft

D

PARIS. IFFERING view of the skirt. length

new

among

the big Paris fashion houses produces odd contrasts among fashion- conscious Parisians.

Seen at Longchamus raco course (where beautiful women the create more interest than horses)-iwo girls atrolling to- gether, one in the Dior not- length. much below-flie-knee

the other in a tube skirt near ly to her ankles, with a deep. stit at the back, a la Schiaparet- IL.

Cruzlest fashion was set by Madame Schiaparelli herself, who appeared in the fashionable Tour D'Argent restaurant wear- black Kown with Ing enormous Russlari ikons at the throat and streven.

Apart from the difference In skirt longthis designern here are agreed on the general new line.

Narrow underskirts are cover- ed by flying panels, lors (sometimes handkerchief point- petal-shaped). ed, sometimes

wrap-over spron

folde.

panels and

Newest look is the coat dress with panels giving one-sided fullness to a basically slim bem- line.

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EN

HIGHLIGHTS AT DIOR~~. Mannequins wearing hair longer

perfectly and jewelled necklace

straight....

collars....

polol helmet ceps for day and evening...

A new "Petite Boutique" sell- ing Dior ready-made silk and dresses from wool

about

ANNE EDWARDS AND ROBB

PICK THREE FROM LONDON'S

THEATRICAL GARDEN PARTY.

UTSTANDING, outfits at London's Theatrical” Garden-

0. Tarty were three that are typical of the "Brillah book

The "Deb" Look exemplided by Jean Simmons, the 'Well- Dressed Thirty demonstrated by Margaretta Scott, and the elegant Over-Forly as shown by Gertrude Lawrence,

JEAN SIMMONS In a pale blue silk full-skirted frock, dolled with black. She wears' a short cut, no jewels, and a low neck shawl collar. Shoes, gloves, bell and bag were all: black.

MARGARETTA SCOTT in the lavender grey caped wool retrimmed for frock that she wore for her wedding, yesterday's Party with a stiff silk bow. Hat is matching pale frey, accessories navy.

check GERTRUDE LAWRENCE in a blue and black

extremely taffeta dress with Victorian flavour and modern accessories. Her "bcante" hat is black, trimmed with blue and black aigrettes.

by SUSAN DEACON.

The perfect material

£23....flowered silk strapless for a summer dress

£10.

ROSE FORTNIGHT

celebrating Paris has been

Shop Rose Fortnight.

win- dows were gay with great bunches of roses. Flower bas- kets hung in the boulevards, and fetes were held in the city's Rose Garden.

HAT per-

fect sum- m e I

material 0 broderle

An

glaise is now back in the shops. Use it

a

to trim a suit

make or

or plain dress,

It

Roses were used to trim many of the loveliest summer hats.

Seen in the Ritz bar was small Balenciaga bonnet entirely covered with white silk roses.

In the Buo de Rivell a giant Osler straw with red cabbage into crisp

a chin strap. roses forming a

Os the Opera 110

House they played

BL "Chevalier Rose" at the cabaret restau- rants there were rose banquets and Rocha launched an en- chanting new perfume called

At

blouse or sum- the mer evening

dress.

ROEC

Parisian poodles go to the "Chenil Chic-smart dog shop in the Rue Francols Premier,

perfumed They can have a shampoo and set, or a

mix- tatered to match their

cont

tress's latest outfit, or choose a party collar in purple suede sludded with Brilliants and coloured stones.

SEEN IN THE BUOPS. — Peneli slim umbrellas with leather shoulder straps....p stick with tiny mirrors attach- the ed (I

these first at БДЖ ..white linen carnations n man's buttonhole.

BIF)....Y

for n

NOTED IN THE CAFE.— Food

carefully covered with

MAKES TEETH transparent wrapping paper or

WHITER!

Swimsuits

In latest styles and colours

by.

Catalina

of California

PAQUERETTE LTD.

Gloucester Bldg.

Des Voeux RL, C.

fine goure....cakes and sand- wiches lifted with tongs, never by hand....even the humblest dish served garnished.

Before the war broderie

used glaise was mainly for chil- dren's drzests,

but this season it Is being worn at formal dances or social functions.

If you are wearing it for evening, choose a simple pattem. The all-over open-work brodery on the material is un- suitable

1

fussy style.

for

em-

An off-the- shoulder. neck-

no with a bound edge or deep cuff would be attractive, and make the skirt with many full unpressed pleats all round, gather it into a red 'veivel sash.

or

to

IT'S AN IDEA.-Children's An evening dress which in sailing yacht for hire on a bar-washable (you may need row at the Round Pond at the starch it slightly) is most prac Tullertes Garders; дл idealcal hord for Kensington Gardens.

An open-air performance of Broderie anglaise would be. "The Barber of Seville," near lovely made into a plain,dirndl the Louvre. Not so ambitious as skirt for semi-evening wear. Roma's open-air opera, but gay Keep it white, or have it dyed und original

black and wear it with a white

Suggestion for all stores blouse. send your window dressers to Paris. Faris shops are full of Ideas which would brighten up Bond Street.

In plain black Summer materials, linen and

It windows were as exciting colton, In plain black are the

Intest idea for hot weather. clothes from America.

as those along the Faubourg St Honore the same Sunday crowds would congregate. Sun- day's gazers are Monday's buyers

(London Exprose Servico)

Anti-Slip Device

For Seams

A hostery Lecims N anti-slip device to keep

straight has been - designed and petent application has been made by the inventore

The accessory is a imali pad, 'one surface of which is treated

to cling to the fabric, of the

If you have a plain linen

Calbay

or

Your Pet Superstition

MAN

ANY women have pet superstitions, yet few

Watch out for

·B⋅LACK· this summer.

Anne Edwards

LONDON.

OOKING ahead for summor... Most popular dress colour will be black-black artificial linen, black shantung, black-and-white cotton (but no nll-black cottons or linen yet). See Robb drawing below.

Hats are getting smaller and smaller. Look out for the eggshell caps, less and less trimming-and what there is will have a garden flavour, daisies, cowslips, cherries.

Hair shorter still, with brushed-up, ducktail ends. Exports predict the shingle by summer's end.

Skirts limmer and shorter. Ankle-length out except for evening dress. Lots of all-white dressen for Ascot occasions, especially worn with cherry trimmed picture hats.

White accessories, erpecially white nylon marquisette gloves to wear with summer dresses while plastic handbags smart enough for anyone...gaberdino and linen shoes...gayer-than over umbrellas.

Pearls going out at last in favour of coloured rhinestone chains. Three varying sized Inpel ornaments, replacing the double clips and, svatter plus.

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PEOPLE

The

Wo hear: DUCHESS OF KENT

wears a white jersey housecoat.

been

know the origin of the cus-as her at-home evening dress..... tom or saying. Try your- Helf on these:

"If you aing before breakfast is 黯 you'll cry before bed” moral warning against over- optimism, and generally correct.

Fulse. It is just a silly say- Ing which sounds as if it had been made up by harassed Bleepy parents wanting penco morning and quiet with their coffee.

Actually if you feel so good that you sing before breakfast, chances are at least even that you won't cry before bed.

MOIRA SHEARER has seen buying 24. Od. bedroom elippers...In one week MARION STEIN was in three nightspots, three nights, same dress (black and gold spotted), nume escort, LORD HAREWOOD...In the same

8 HARMAN Week DOUGLAS was in three night- spots, three different dresses, same escort, HON. JULIAN FANE.. Prettiest 1040 tante, BALLY ANN VIVIAN, was wearing matronly navy blue hat and coat for Whitsun shopping in Bond Street... Promotion idea by That

Store s Knights-bridge fashion adviser, MME. DE LA

debu-

SUMMER DLACK

in rayon flisen- with low rolled; neckline, ca gersted pockels on the alp, arri pleats in front of skirt.

drawn

by ROBB

walls and white pine, according to the "personality" ascribed to her in her firin. In any case, there are more armchairs than office chairs, more silk lamp- shades than telephones.

At lunch she talks with shut- tering enthusiasm about

hot job, stringing one, copywriter's cliche after another, 1111 you get the impression she never reads anything but her own ad- vertisemenia -and belloves every word.

Wishing on the first star is TORRE. She helps our foreign visitors lo avoid social dress blunders. Sample: "Don't wear

in Manchester".......The mink

·AGA KHAN daily' puls on the reply she says, "Well, I may be

jast a children's game.

taken False. It was

quite seriously by lovers at one time. The first star which becomes often the visible at dusk is planet Venus, star of the god- dess of love and naturally. be- lieved to be beneficent to lovers.

A similar magical rite is that the crescent moon of bowing when it first becomes y visible, coln. while you hold a silver The metal silver was associated with the moon, therefore as the moonwaxed, so would your did fortune provided you nothing wrong.

The custom of walking around ladders didn't spring from superstition at all, but normal caution.

pass under a

Occasionally she stops to ask you how "things are in Europe," and at the end of the thought- his ful silence

that follows your

wed sticking my neck out but I guess shares are going over big this fall."

grey topper to walk down seven steps at the Ritz, followed by an equerry carrying a trilby At the car door he exchanges the topper for the soft hat, and, the topper travels in the front seat on the equerry's knee.

LCAN DO WITHOUT

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on

After lunch she insists paying the check. You know she knows that "Britishers are And always short of dollars."

she knows you know that her

expense account is good.

NOT SURE?

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He doesn't REALLY love you...IF" he says,

People I hate meeting are the people who say, "You are looking well," when you know you're starting a cold.

That is a delightful picture of "Sorry I haven't enough petrol you," when it's ghastly, "Well, to come and pick you up."...IF he says, "I'may be working-FI It tones beautifully, madam,'

Hive you a ring."...IF he won't from when what you want is a per-

Tend you bis car because you're fect match. "Mine could read

bad driver..IF he says, the newspapers at five," when ..

"Whom we get to make up a can't read a word of

four?" Boven. "We're going to see Danny Kaye again,”

THEY'RE ON THE

de- to

Js False. Actually It batable whether it's safer

to ladder than make a half circle around it- safer. because If the ladder- should fall it would probably sidesilp; more dangerous if any. body, on the ladder should drop something.

yours

WAY

We can have it here... *

the little wood-and-

pera, too.

wire handles they use in Paris But really the custom has its and New York shops to make origin in a very ancient super-bulky parcels easy to carry are stillon, not known to one in coming the way of British stop ten thousand who walk around A leaning ladder n. Jadder. forms a triangle, the symbol of life, in ancient times. The an- clents feared that stepping into that triangle would break the symbol, thus endangering their lives.

Make it re- versible, so that the deep square

"Bread and batter" is just a worn can be

some people cither at the nonsenso plitaso back

the uso when they're separated ac- front

cidentally. of tho neckline.

Folse. Since the beginning of blouse A broderie anglaise

afraid worn with a plain suit is perfect time people have been. for day

wear and useful for that an accidental separation Make it with cap might be an omen of a real evening. sleeves and a plain high neck,

one They tried to counteract

Do NOT thread black velvet the omen by referring to things. 'baby ribbon round the neckline, belonging proverbially together the sleeves and the yoke-i-bread and buiter, hand cheapens the whole effect. glove and so forth.

For the SCOOP OF THE MONTH 1.have chosen a sun dress: which can be worn in many different ways.

Made from alinon «fypa fabric in navy, green or paig blue with white...it is styled like a dirndl skirt with a long, wide stole attached to it at the front waist. Golby has, sketch- ed three ways for wearing it.

** Forms a sleeve

in

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POCKET: PORTRAITS

THE AMERICAN CAREER WOMAN. ——— She accepts your phone call charmingly. Then enthusiastical- ly the makes a lunch date for the week after next

She receives

in her you "office," standing so that the light from rose-shaded desk tamps throws a becoming up- ward glow,

Exquisitely dressed, she is usually somewhere between 28 38, occasionally white- and haired and 50, but never in the fortles.

Her office looks like a boudoir done up in sprigged wallpaper and polished walnut or pastel

Don't Be Shortsighted

By HELEN FOLLETT

you happen to be that type contrivances. You have every- of woman who goes on a thing at hand when you want cosmetic binge, lugging; home, to make yourself a new face- various precious Items, only to powder, powder pad, rouge, Up- salt them away? It is being stick, eye shadowsk donc bif the time by short- A manicure outfit is a price- slhled beauty stars

less, treasure. If you haven't

is tucked

↑ The first way is more The atomiser is filled with one and your birthday ap dress which needs trimming formal. The stole is taken the favourite perfume but, as it proaches, start hinting. Some half a yard of broderie anglaise tightly over the bust and round will make a wide shawl collar to the back, where it crosses, with the new revers which have, and the stole ends brought over dcop.points to the centre front cach shoulder to form a sleeve, taked under the arm again, and waistline..

tled in the centre back.

RWAY BOMB places member of your family, stay- where the light wan't strike it ing awake at night wondering] and cause its fragrant, contents what gift to select for you, will to evaporate. It is overlooked. bo grateful for the suggestion. Or its owner is one of those hurried, panicky dressers, al- ways late for any kind of an appointment. There is no time to use t

If your hair brush la looking a bit tired and worn, with The collar needs to reach the is very good for the girl

bristles bending under the strain of grooming your precious shoulders at each side, and to Z. with a small bust. The

For some reason it is easy to that you think it would be por to the middle at the centro. lola is taken straight up at the stresses, you may coyly remark front.

front" and roundthe neck, to form a halter necic, it is then forget to sprinkle bath salts in heavenly to have a nice white With this collar wear brief crossed at the back, brought the tub That is indeed a plly backed brush, with a plastic cuffs to match. They can be round and knotted at the front as they soften the water, impart cars to keep it in so no dust

a compelling scent, and make will touch Le worn on either a full-length ore."} Cold Shoulder Lokshe feel like a million dollars three-quarter-length sleeve, lejů na the stolé, le inken lightly do file with zone of those get a transparent plastic case for

Do not face broderie Angiales,

stocking, and the other surface or you will lose the Beauty of

to the leg of the wearer Held the patte

to the stocking at the sarier,

the pad prevents a twisting and

round the past as in Fig.1 aroused at the centre, Back) and one and continued up and over one shoulder, to; lle at the side waistline,

ho sends you home 'a taxi alone,..IF he insists on a night club when you're tired...If he says, "Let's cut

show out dinner and just do a s

He REALLY loves you...IF he doesn't go to the dance when you can't go with him...IF he Monday drives you back on

though

has ho

day the morning off...If he does your mother's shopping on Saturday...IF he apologises when you trump his ace...IF he spends his foreign things currency on bringing back for you...

TERM. And that reminds us, you can wr

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