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GOB-I

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

Springtime Marchioness' Honeymoon Trousseau

hair-do

By JOAN DALE

THE first Spring clothes are

the now in

shopa and women's thoughts gre turnina towards new hats, make-up and hair-styles to go with them,

one

HAIR: You can have an in- dividual style specially designed to suit your features by leading hairdresser for 203.. you co buy large bottle of hair perfume for 15s. 6d. which Elves the hair a soft, fresh fragrance, and there is a new quid henna to use at home if you want to brighten faded tresses.

Long hair fan

UNEXPECTED

advocate of long feminine hairstyles Is beauty-expert Elizabeth Arden. She cites three glamour girls among the world's best-dressed women who all "got their man" without putting scissors to thelt long locks....Rita Hayworth, Romaine Simpson and Lady Sylvia Ashley.

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SEWING WEEK: During National Sewing Week, home dressmakers will be thinking of tummer frocks and lingerie. There is a cutting-out service, which should interent many amateur needlewomen. You send the material and pattern to an expert cutter and fill in a de- tailed measurement form. Within a few days back it comes, cut- out, tacked, pressed and ready

for stitching.

Sequin embroidery is a most attractive way of brightening a plain black sweater or a tired

wel frock and is not dimut or expensive to do yourself. Sequins can be bought__in packets of 100 for 3s. Od. many shades.

HANDBAG NEWS

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New spring handbags, which enn be given three different np- by changing their pearances outer covers.

Another new range, in lots of spring colours is made in some most unusual shapes of suedette or boxcalf, pin-seal or morocco leatherette. Pictured here are two, modelled after → Camera and heart-

An attractive bookshape in grosgrain and another half- moon shape has an unusual flap mirror at one side so that you can steal a look at a shiny nose without opening the bag,

TUIE new Marchioness of Milford Haven, now back in London with the Marquem, has Left: black feather helmet with loop- brought these hats with her honeymoon trousseau.

hat in Bermuda-pink

ing feather spray and scattered with rhinestones. Right: head-bugging

shantung straw hale decked with a thistle spray.

London Express, Service.

The first hint of summer sunshine has sent every woman's thoughts racing to her wardrobe

Motif for Spring is Gaberdine

by EILEEN ASCROFT

ACH season has its own colour and

its own material.

--Last spring R-was-grey flannel, in the..

demand

cotton. summer the

was for pink

whipcord, With the winter came bottle green

and now for spring 1050 we have gaberdine In shades of stone and beige.

Showerproof, hard-wearing, medium- weight, it is the ideal material for an English spring.

All-wool gaberding showerproof overcoats, In- with detachable tartan-lined hoods, cluded in the utility range-a basic Item for any wardrobe,

Bre

A gaberdine spring set, in a range of love- o hooded coat, with ly pastel shades, has matching suit for town, and stocks and the from Paris for country. newest waistcoat Envious males can buy overcoats and slacks to match.

Gaberdine's Ideas from Paris, diready adopted by London as its own, feature tunic sult coats, which act as individual jackets well, the loose "Coolie jacket" and the Desses "French Porter" cap.

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Round the Shows

as

Jean

PRING wholesale collections reveal lots of

organdits for summer.

evening plain and patterned.

both day and

There are many

lovely floral designs from Switzerland,

to

·Wook-and set in gaberdine includes coat, suit, slocks and novel waistcoat by Aquascutum. Cup Is Jean Desser "French Porter" model.

Black linen continues to appear in spite of the fact that English buyers will not sponsor und Bo do It. Continental buyers order it,

Dominions. Americans and buyers from the Fashion magazines feature it manent glaze, which will with have made their appearance In and readers write

cleaning. London, with black slik Jersey inquire stand washing and where they can buy it. 15 it Previously for export only, this waistbands, collars and cuffs.

treated cotton Is possible that the British buyer specially

and and dirt-resisting,

Also a crcase

collection of French is wrong?

can be will not lose its shape.

model gloves which First Parisian windchenters in copied in any colour to inatch British to the cotton with a per- black chiffon over paste: chiffon a special cult.

Newcomer

-(London Express Service) market is

Paris Turns To

The 'Twenties

LONDON. normal places, though draping belling gives an

HE slow fashion slide and loose

towards the styles of

illusion.

every one of the

dresses was

By Joan

shery 1025); the second

pic- Jona

The

Erskine

women

skirts; layer upon panels attached to the sides and twenty-five years ago The shoes worn were all high enormous

nix- was temporarily checked by heeled with pointed toes. Nearly layer of finely pleated organza front of a narrow skirt. At the

was used for other skirts. There back the skirt was sound

distinct lines for teen inches off the floor. With a the London spring collec sleeveless; wide "slave" bangles were three

the artis; eatrich evening in the Dlor collection. little clever persuasion

the tions, which were sane and covered

of The Orst was short and straight might be induced to wear

was dress with shortened front skirį, well-designed in general. feathers trailed from some

the hats; and wide

would Only one or two houses were panels fell from the

never, we feel, short and fall like a ballet- but

third was they accept Fath's clumsy line, daring enough to produce a of coats and Jackets.

dancer's dress; the full and long at the back, and almost showing the knees at the few straight jackets with ture was

completed by

holders) mid-calf in front Bodices were back. Jewelled cigarette low fastening.

fringing; chiffon scarves hang mainly strapless. Paris has brought matters to Ing from pockets, belts, or hats; tortoise-shell head. Christian Dior and lorgettes;

Two very Pierre Balmain have been In bells and buttons.

colours emerged fluenced

so strongly by the vivid new 'twenties that women will be "angry" red and "fear" green. forced to accept or reject this look. vampish, short skirted Naturally, they are showing the same reluctance to shorten their skirts, that they showed when asked to lengthen them

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Reluctance, Why?

furore

and

Not So Extreme

to

JACQUES GRIFFE my he Balenciaga was as Spanish as was inspired by Picasso's blue Gossamer lace, and period. Harlequin seems to have the name. novelty straw fabrics were com- been on his mind, for many of

dresses were for evening, his

In largo bined with taffola

checks, sometimes and satin pantalettes matched diamond many of the dresses! These pan- jewelled. talettes are embellished with rubics and rhinestones below the knees, to give, an elaborate stariling

Dlor was not so extreme. garter effect. It was Tight and short though his to see this departure from the skirts were, they had pleating conventional, at the back to enable you walk, and he provided neat Jac- kets to cover bare shoulders. Many of the sleeveless dresses have barrel conts to go over them, mostly in contrasting colours.

We are always nasured of a good collection at MAGGY ROUFS house, and this time she concentrated on travel and clothes. New holiday

Hineng,

New York Holds The

Wine-glass shape

LONDON and Paris have

launched their trianglo mushroom and 1920 lines. Now from the New York Spring collections comes the "Wino Glass Silhouette."

Last autumn there wore signs that America was going to re- turn to the flaming '20s in a big way. According to one New York report, Flapper Styles aro being featured by most big de- signers

Adele Simpson Inunches the Wine Glass silhouette, pencil- alim and short, with enormous, furing elbow slcoves. Her dresses feature bloused backs and a provocative version of the camisole neckline, slashed to the waist, filled in with tiny, much- needed modesty vests.

"God-a-bout

ganza,

or Jule

Sults,"

in Ell

from Italy, Honan silk China, *French silk or-

and hemp. "Hualla" from Hawali, are stem- skirted, with flared box Jackets and bracelet sleeves. "Easter Parade" sulls have taffeta box fackets teamed with silm, sheer wool skirts and transparent halter-necked blouses.

Soft clinging georgette exepet great. love of the 1920s. Is

for any time of the day. In short evening dreams, sleeveless smocked day dresses, even sults and coalfrocks.

a new

"Shadow Black" is colour with an unusual light- and-shade effect in handapun

Chinese Honan silk. For even- ing wear, Ahort dresses in billowing moth wing silk or ganza

pro

Cotton shantung makes this nary puff-sleeved coat with white grolei border and cuffs. The tide-draped hat is of navy horabair.

ribbon fancy necklaces, and shown over tight Peter Pan callar-and-cuff scle in taffela sheaths in cobweb flower colours on dark, sheer periwinkle, burnt sugar and wool dresses. ihapsody blue,

|KA

Her shoulder straps -ATHERINE HEPBURN, op-

•pearing InAs You Like It on Broadway, is wearing Valen- tiro's short navy blue toffeln evening dress with sleeves and flared short Jacket, trimmed with while pique,

Hattie Carnegie has a white net evening gown with decorated shoulder straps.

'Shutter" Bra

Behind the scenes of the very low decolletogos is the "Shulter Bra," in embroidered nylon not.

which can It has revers,

bo turned back for a very low style or folied across to act as a modesty vest in extreme styles. Latest pigskin gloves have a mica window set in at the wrist can see her so that the wearer walch beneath.

Two-faced stylo for evening embodies a built-in profile of the wearer in a strapless low-cut neckline. (For a trifling 43,000 dollars extra The oyo in the be mado of real a necklace to

CCESSORY shops on Fifth profile can A Avenue reveal the velvet diamonds, with touch. Wide,

crushed belts of match.) parel velveteen, black velvet.

--(London Express Service)

When the March wind blows...

VANERESS

Jumper. top

Black velvet combines with black faille in a and skirt outfit completes this yourful spring costume. Shiny broad belt is paleni black braid decorates the skirt and the

Icather,

First Aid For Enlarged Pores

EVE

By HELEN FOLLETT

defect of the skin On the coarse skin make-up shows up more plainly then on one The Ane texture.

warm

AVEN the most delicate com- plexion can suddenly change

dual, after to the cutaneous surface. in character, showing enlarged pares that attract Why is there such a

This water should be just Loru. which blackheads over this new styles?

hou cottons, alpacas and shantungs change-about may be due to enough to form a rich Inther. After all, designers have. dip-

the neglect, careless face Soap suds should be frictioned Were the chief fabrics, taliored general or a diet that

treatment, even A Any Into the skin, after which con- ped into the past before with no

wash cloth can be used. All the simplest cleansing treatment, Is disastrous results. In the first His very plain, tailored suits, flannel sults Delightful dresses place, the style is downright were again padded on the hips, of chiffon, with deep collars of tains too much fat. The victim

pique, had been of this pulchritudo grief should soap must be rinsed away with best carried out at bedume, coloure were navy, starched

water thereby giving the skin an op- warm water, then cold ugly, and women feel and the

designed for

ahun rich gravies and young

pastries and fat

of portunity, with other tissues of meat.

She applied to bring a reaction should also add to her worse will follow.

dlot the blood streams, and to con- the body, to rest and recuperate

during the hours of sleep. tract the pores. more fruit and fruit julces. Pierro

Tiny akin blemishes, and en

in At any cosmetic counter can larged pores, which, occur

Wholesalers of CUT-DIAMONDS rain that if they accept its grey or black, Loose shantung specially

and

Bole Agents for

Johannesburg, South Africa.

Liberty Diamond Cutting Works (Pty) Ltd. home sett lengths finely pleated from top to hem Suave Compromise

Bank of East Asia Bldg.,

7th Floor, Room 707,

Hung Kong.

and alpron coats, collarless, and girls short-leaved, were worn OVOT Balmain ruthlessly

WILS summer dresses. Chiffon daytime it nose to 15% to make afternoon dresses. from the ground, and for oven-

Gleaming acquin beads by the JACQUES FATH produced a ing, It was an inch shorter. Ha Telephone 21816. showed no long evening dresses million covered fabulous even compromise between the

at all One comfort remains ing dresses; hundreds of yards and the short ovening line.

baby lace made showed a dress with floor length the waistlines are sulil in their of frilled

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alices,

be found astringents and tonic small areas on the skin, can be hot lotions, compounded especially partially, if not entirely cover- waler when washing the face, for the purpose of overcoming, ed up during the day by apply

troublesome ing a hygienic lotion. because most heat to

long

It is not wise to 1160

He

relaxing this commen and