FOR FOUR DAYS — MONDAY to THURSDAY WE OFFER YOU JUST THREE LINES of
AMERICAN GOODS
AT
SPECIAL PRICES
*ANKLE SOCKS. HOLEPROOF, IDOL, COOPERS $2.50 PAIR
• TEE SHIRTS COOPERS and MANHATTAN $7.50 EACH
* SWIMMING TRUNKS "G & M": RED OR NAVY $12.50
TWO WINDOW DISPLAYS
At
MACKINTOSH'S
Alexandra Building Des Voeux Rond. ·
Wins
The Smile PEPSODENT
That's the
Smile!
MAKES TEETH
WHITER!
HERE'S SOMETHING NEW... For Tired, Imitated Eyes!
(0W-313:
EYE-MO
Here's something new in eye-lolional Eyo-Mo, the quick relief for fired, In- famed eyes, comes ready for Instant use in its own patented glass dispenser, This hygienic Eye-Mo dispenser is 40 designed that it keeps Eye-Mo com stanity from from dil contamination.
·Human hands navar touch Eye-Mo
A There's nothing to mix, no fuss or musha separate dropper that's so hard to keep clean. Eye-Mo Is completely germ free and safel
The Eye-Mo dispenser de Ilver one drop at a time-- for accurate dosage and no waste! You get your ful money's worth. Every drop of Eye-Mo counts with quick re- lief for tired, inflamed øyest
EYE-MO
ZIPPETY
The shoe that fits so smoothly
and zips up so easily.
in polished boxglove leather
exclusively from
$62
ZIPPETY
joyce
QALIFORNIA
PAQUERETTE LTD.
Gloucester Bldg.
Das Voeux Rd.,
THE HONGKON TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY JULY
1949
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
"Nylon Woman
Is Around The Corner
UDGING by the new
Junge of nylon goods announced by British nylon firm, the ALL-NYLON WOMAN is just round the corner; soon It will be pos- aible to be dressed entirely in nylon.
The emphasia among woven nylon fabrics is
on sheers volles, chiffons with some nets and marquisettes, These light-weight fabrics in nylon make admirable lingerie, evening dresses, blouses and children's frocks; and in spite of their delicate appearance, they wear well. It takes a few minutes to wash them; they dry in half-an-hour, and they need little or no iron- inx.
There are 20 different types In the volle range; some aro In plain pastel shades, mothers have self stripes, formal print- ed designs, und atirnclive flower patterns,
Lovely Rustle Nylon taffeta always gives satisfaction because it never however Joses its lovely rustle, many times it is cleaned. Iridescent taffeln with changing shades of life and green дая gorgeous effects; poulis made of tils yarn can be made into
ani
cocktail and dance dresses evening conts, Nylon tricot fabrica Are being produced demand rapidly; they are
in
everywhere for undergarments, dresses, swimsuits, gloves and sports wear-to mention but a few of their uses.
Corvet
the
manufacturers (and wearers) have discovered advantages of these
-fabrics;
even a delicale looking nylon marquiselle gives remarkable support, and outsize garments can be made in lighter fabrica than ever before.
Nylon stockings are now seen In every shade of the spectrum. Nurses and industrial have their own weight-60 douter.
workers service
Necklace Fashions
PARIS. BIB ond collar necklaces "of delicate gold thread passementerie and com- binations of black and white pearls register
important necklace fashions which chic Pariston women are wearing to current fashion openings.
P
Brides Are
PARIS BUYS STRAW UMBRELLAS, BOTTLE-GLASS BEADS Sum traction
That Vagabond Look
from Betty Wilson
PARIS.
ARIS has gone all out for variety in swim suits and play clothes.
Choice for the South of France are:
BABY GIRL-Pierro Bal- main's white pique play dress, edged with rickrack brald and worn with matching, bloomers,
an example:
INDISCREET-Jacques Heim. shows the briefest binek satin
п
bra with punties and three inch-wide specially wired "burt bridge" which drops the decol- fete to Zero:
DASHING..---- Jacques Fath's pirate pants, worn with battla blouse and pirate cap:
FEMININE Jean Desses pré- rents the asymmetrical line in draped colton;
Even DECOROUS. Carven swim suit with a covers, s ground-touching towelling wrap, adds a black elpach frill- ed bathing cap.
and Americe cuts put
the trans
The top of this American costume 'n held on by a new self-support device. It's moda of green'gayon with red and white pattern.
two for the beach-by Molyneux (left) and Balmain (right)
fewer it's smart to be thrifty--and appliques a black cotton dress with big flowers made of natural mud-coloured string.
knee model went out: pantle-and-bra Sutfits.
Schiaparelli, and Curven both rediscover the enveloping towelling both robo-in a surge of decorum which is counter- acled by the surprising:
swim- suit-into-dance dress outfits launched by Pierre Balmain and Jacques Heim-in-mid-season collectlons.
Black Nylon
Pierre Balmain puts ground-length skirt and stole in crisp black organza over a one- piece bathing mult in Jet- embroidered black satin Lastex: covers D silver-sewn while
•Lester' Lastor one-pleco swim-sult with a flowing white mousseline skirt, and adds a stole to wrap round the shoulders.
Jacques Helm has the same Idea, presenting dance skirts in white organza or a
waterproof black nylon fabric with mid- night swim suits in white siln Lastex, with built-out bra en-; érusted with sequins (wash- able) and seashells (real).
Vagabond look Going to the other extreme, there is a new casual "vaga- bond look to replace midnight.
THE average Parisian Jeans-
slightly in favour of the decorous look. There are mora one-piece bathing suits shown this season since the neck-to-glamour.
Be Wise About Lipstick Colour
LIPSTICKS are made in"such, 's wide variety of colours that it's easy to find a becoming shade. Keep several colours on hand, for all occasions.
NEXT
By HELEN FÖLLETT
EXT to your powder pad, your best cosmetic friend is the lipstick. You couldn't get along very well without it. With shining nose and palo tips you probably could not en- dure the company of the lady In the looking gloss...
Lots of Paris houses cobble ¡make-belleve patches in con- over linen play
trast colours dresses.
9 Jeanne Lanvin has a play dress with skirt made of strips
of rainbow-coloured linen. It looks like a maypole.
Jacques Holm lears Akirt
The
By JOAN ERSKINE
LONDON.
UMMER brides are in the nows. Clive Dun can, one of our younger de signers, showed me sketches of the wedding dress he has made for Lady Elizabeth Lambert, who was one of Princess Elizabeth's brides- maids.
The colour is soft pink, like the bloom on a mush- room. The skirt is bell shaped, with deep folds at tho back which cascade into a train, and the hips pro nc- centuated by drapery. The "wreath" neckline falls in a deep cowl. It is worn with a priceless lace vell-held-in place by a diamond and pearl tiaru..
ochru gaberdine for her "going- away" outfit.
the
Queen's niece, chose an evening
Margaret Elphinstone, dress for herself in pale mauve- (popular colour at the
The full moment),
skirt is which flute out round the hem. edged with embroidered tana
Two meet across the bust to form a fichu.
termiring the present-day stric But the hot weather is do for us. With Britain in grip of a heat-wave, wo Bro abandoning all baring our shoulders and mid-
riffs recklessly.
reserve
And
For those who must wear girdles are proving a god-send. stockings, nylon mesh pantic- Wide silk scarves are tucked in belts for une as head-squares if the sun proves too Sitting in a orowded ground train, trying to look coolly unconcerned, 1 found myself thinking along the lines of "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun".
It is sad, but nevertheless truo that most
Englishmen dio before
Uher would tles. cocktall They keep
The bridesmaid dress is in pink-mauve chitton, with elaborately frilled square neck; frilled cuffs and very full skirt. A tiny hat composed of sweet pead matches the bou- quet.
Lady Elizabeth's "going-
away" dress is made of green ouls hole Jackets or
shot taffeta. It's E
Paris ready to dine.
midn
dress so that she can leave suffer. But in Bond Street ro- stift, upper lip and London by air and arrive in cently, I saw a young
faithfully upholding the tradi lion of the
"well-dressed lshman." He carried a silver- topped walking allck, and word
the bell
The boater, It seems, has fol-
Another bride, who will bells, as with hacking-jacket very much in the public eye, is BOATER with a gay
a pearl grey ile, and a Raffia Embroidery
Hazel Court, a talented young ribbon..
striped There is a beachcomber look, British film star. Sho B too. Carven shows saris
and
murrying Dermot Walsh, an- sarongs in West African print-
other
star, and has chosen for lowed the bowler back to popu- ed cottons....uses straw and
អ
her wedding dress gleaming larity, and the effect is very raffin-embroiderys how- Duchesse satin-with-thread-of dashing. boleros and umbrellas thatched gold in it. The dress has a with
straw:::
launches the vhst skirt, and the square. bead anklet and makes neckleis
turned
down collar, and of broken boitle glass washed cd back cuffe on smooth by the sea.
sleeves are heavily encrusted Hats and bags are outsize. with gold. A tash encircles the The bigger the better. Schlapa-waist, and the long ends which rellt has an outsize straw hat, hang down the front are edged so wide-brimmed that the arms
beaded fringe. Her a
plain can be slipped through holes headdress is in the shape of dress, cut on either side. It can be mitre, end is thickly
a selection Covered. "NAVVY'S HANDKERCHIERS
cheap worn as a hat; can be slipped with gold thread and beads,
bright cotton and tuck a back on the shoulders to make
Although she usually likes to different one in your belt every a cloak; can,. on occasion, .be
wear startling clothes, sho Is day. Let it hang down at one turned into a beach tent.
not in the least temperamental, side in points, or
So
-{London Express Service)
}
|
with
Buy two DOG COLLARS in contrasting colours, and buckle them round your waist. This wide studded kind look parti- cularly original on
*
wear it
and has chosen a simple sult in streaming out of a hip pocket.
London Fashions
by SUSAN DEACON
A coat for town, country
W
or the seaside
-OMEN shopping for;
their summer clothes
Care now finding --o-
hems in a jagged regged line scarcity of light-weight finger-
AUTUMN HANDBAG PREVIEW
tip coats in the shops.
Already I have been told by several large stores that stocks `· of summer costs have dwindled and that departments. are pre- paring for summer sales.
MERICAN handbag fashions stocks to be spread over a longer Would it not be possible for for Autumn are geared to period to make allowance
for the following types:
COCKTAIL TYPES them into July or August?
women who take their holidays. {little cocktail poùch is shirred,}
puckered, pleated-sita com- Few women consider buying o
tably on
The chain slip-on coat before their with fancy frame and days are duc. rumed overskirt is feminine for new sheers while the long shir red faille or salin, type to with theatre and dinner clothes has a neat gold, trume."
base.
go
Not heavy
holl-
a
I have had inquiries for versatile, loose-fitting coat which VANITY FORMS-the vanity could be pased off with day and reappeare in familiar shapes evening clothes a coat which But is small and neat and com
can be worn as easily iri town, bait to hold all the evening country, or at the seaside. necessities in its pigeon-holed It must be warm, but not Obleng box or top heavy, smart, but not expen- handle,Batchol_effectàre Im sive, I have found the answer portant, with gold metal band-In the coat Golby has sketch-
Brocade, velvet satin- ed. favourite fabrics.
Interier
int.
อ.
It is on all-purpose cost which could be worn us casily AUTUMN SATCHEL the by an older woman as by spring favourite in its autumn] teenager. version will add on. outside Made from soft wool and purse, thinner top handles, fully lined, the model. I 'Paw more covered frames. It opens was in sugar-pink, wide and cavaciously" to, holdi everything.
DASIO DRESSY TYPE
The right colour is always n question, or has been. Now, long and narrow-in suede. less attention is given to har fallie, broadcloth with the sug hony with the complexion, gestion of soft tucking. moro thought is given harmonious effect with
Petal collar
The distinctive collar is shaped like three petals, ond the coat is flageriip length, shorter at the front, but 'dip- NEW SHOULDER STRAP- back.
plug gradually to the centre cle clothes ono wears. Hence the shoulder strap bags have more
This
fully
fine le pretty on a need of a small collection of dignity are not as casual a young girl, and would be slim- these delightful toiletries.
formerly-medium in size and
ming for a fuffer ägure.jp More
more
the
30
Loose-fittingg coat, front elot, with' mopgaahel 'dág' skirt.
The straight lines of the skirt emphasise the dipping link of the cont wise to restrict their size range The makers of the skirt are
la
Bloga 28-Inch - waist, --
Made in pastel shades, It not a skirt which a' wide-hipped woman could wear esalfy.
The second skatch shows
worn over a navy and white every linen evening skirt.
Women are distinctively-disa “
Just as nail pollshi is beingle flat against the hip. criminalng about these rosy produced in
It is not easy to and a day of them have frames-and they shades than,
cont which can be worn un pencils. They are Interested in ever before, so are lipsticks show satchel Influence.
Into the evening over a dinner the texture, the feel, the op- showing a variety of
of colours.
KIDNEY SHAPE box bags dress or evening skirt pearance ord: the -lasting There are women who profer in kidney shape or curved out- It is wise, when buying one, qualities. Some of the members fairly vivid fints that go well lines appear in many versions of the frail contingent profar a
binck
choose an unusual colour, with
and blue, and give new selling strength which
which looks fairly solid consistency, while frocks. Rose shades are
glamorous nice to box allhouettes. others are better pleased with when one fares forth, to the softer, creamier product. Just evening all togged up in a de-
comeback
good all-round shade and would dobi a matter of taste;://
Hieste, pastel-coloured frock styles on the war. The under team up with
nearly Fuchala is being used, but one arm type is very wide or Very other colour except red. All women agree that a Up- must be careful what ons wears large and has an outside corner The raglan sleeves make the Zipped skirt stick should look moist, that it when lips are polished with to hold gloves. Suede version. coat roomy enough to wear should glow with lustre, that it that rich blue-red.NA This year's envelope style over a suit for travelling,” The skirt - is zipped at the should impart, a clear outline: And, of course, there are the alm : adda A handle to make it? Skeiched with this cost (No. centre, back, and would be a with no fuzziness, even at the orange: reds to be used when now and bids for attention in 1). La s. moygashel skirt in pale tractive for holiday dinner and lip-cornets.
beige, or brown' is worki
calf, pigskin, alligator,
dancin't.
ENVELON 40 plour of this coat, is a back view of the same
**
Loose-fitting coat. back With linen evening skirt,
Colby
mion of the month.
Shoes, siftable “100
· decises or suits
Another evening skirt I saw, was in black taffeta and had large velvet appliqued flowers scattered over the skirt.
SCOOP OF THE MONTH: 1, have chosen this month a pair. equally well with tweeds.or of shoes, which can be.
collons.
worn
The pakaketched, are in brown, and white, and I part!” cularly liked: another pair la honey-sgckle coloured leather Brynd With brown.
outwear for those swomen who like low-heeled shows, and very: comfortable for the countries They are made up to slao Bula
These Idlers are smart lowD
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.