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"AQUASCUTUM” RAINCOATS.

BRITISH UMBRELLAS.

(with Fox frames)

COMPLETE RANGES

NOW AVAILABLE AT

MACKINTOSH'S

13, CHATER ROAD

(Between Moutrle's and Kelly & Walsh's)

SINCERE'S

DEPARTMENT STORE

GO HAPPILY SWIMMING OR SUNNING THIS SUMMER WITH

1950

JANTZEN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURD

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

Tub Dresses Appeal Four-piece For Sun & Sand FAWN EYES,

To The Little Girl

In Each Of Us

By Joan Erskine

LONDON, the bottle green dresses took on

THAT is it about cotton

olive tints. Several were trim-

frocks that appeals to med

with white broderie

the little girl in each of us? anginise. One particularly lovely popiln had shoulder As we watch the gay, full- bronze

with ric-rae skirted summer dresses flip straps trimmod

com- The corsage was past we no longer want a brald.

of one outsize bow. tight skirted auit.. or a posed swathed cocktail dress. No, Another showed the shutter we want the open air life, neckline" again trimmed the fun of the bench, fried ric-me braid and dingonal fas-

tening. mushrooms for breakfast. and dances at the tennis club.

with

For "small girl appeal 1 checked ginghams. liked the One was in blue and

white

We are not often given the opportunity to feast our check with low curved neck- eyes upon a whole collection, line, jutting forward (as

on many evening dresses). In

# contrast, pink and white)

of cotton dresses, but Dor- ville has shown us their checked modesty vest filed in "Corvette Collection."

HIGH STYLING

It showed how high styling and low prices can be combined with no loss of quality. la the inexpensive усага, pre-war American cotton d achieved popularity in

No

Britain.

Another the curved neck-line.

frllied has dress, gingham sleeves which matched a frilled hemline. It is in fawn and white check.

CIRCULAR SKIRT

No wardrobe was complete in

without a

Then there is a Corvelle dress fine pink and white candy

very full circular

(UM- a few "tub-dresses" as striped poplin, with shawl cul-

ere had lor, and umbrella skirt. they were termed There always been cotton dresses, of BRELLA: course, but the majority had shirt). been too casual, too "thrown-

For the strictly tailored shirt-

together," and too uninteresting. waist type, a dress in green and

took

the cottons The American cott

poplin was white satin But today country by storm. British women have far too few attractive, and another in dollars to

spare for such un pink and white stripes, necessary luxuries, and British designers have been spurred on to greater efforts in this field.

most

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fly-

For town occasions, there were a number of dark twisted coltons. One was a navy and red spotted dress with round scooped-out neckline and away hip panels over a straight skirt. Another was a suit, slim- in skirted with belted jacket, nigger brown and royal blue spotted twisted cotton.

Dorville will be remembered for their introduction some time cottons, go, of dark tartan which were of

necessity some what too expensive for the average pocket. These "Cor- velte" dresses are tailored and finished with precision that can stand comparison with the best American dress houses, or in deed Dorville's own ceiling price" clothes shown recently.

A dress that might be describ- ed as "dramatic" was one black rayon. It was a button- through model trimmed with and skirt, in sky-white white marcella round the neck with a star design. continuing to the hem. Straight

were Was

For those who like to change their appearance, there

One ceveral two-pieces. Havy and scarlet cotton with a battle-dresa top and full. skiri. top Was a neat Beneath the halter-neck $12

bodice. Another blouse dress was, in reality, a

cotton

hip pockets were edged with

the marcella.

My personal favourite

from

the show was a dress and stole and In striped bolle-green

cotton trimmed For charm, I liked Paisley black twisted

Tho

SWIMWEAR patterned town dresses with full with white ric-rac braid.

a

We have just received. variety to meet with your choice

Noteworthy is Jantzen's new fabric composing of

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SOLE AGINTS ED. A. KELLER & CO LIB

In a West African print is from Horrockes

Lailored pants. It's The whole outfit comprises bolero, akiri, sirapless bra and

available in three traditional colour combinations and sizes,

This delightful four-piece beachwear Fashions.

WEDDING SECRETS FROM TWO NOTABLE WARDROBES

....ANO A MINK WORTH £20,000

Trousseau for a Duke's daughter

by EILEEn ascroft

bride,

a

It

PRING

Lady minimum of hota; she belongs to Victoria Margaret the baro-head brigade.

Hollywood Planning Cavendish Bentinck, trousseau is 18-year-old Alm

blue-eyed, star

Taylor, Elizabeth 32-year-old

of embroidery, lots skirts, and a variety of neck stole had a deep collar on it, and lines. Some had the deep bertha the skirt was immensely full.

blonde youngest daughter includes

and decollete organdien snost faltering to SO

of the Duke of Portland, pastel collar

necklines. women; others had fitting tops UNIVERSALLY APPROVED

has been choosing a London Evening gowns feature and shoulder straps with one-

trousseau for her wedding ankle-length pure silk gown Interesting details universally red stoles swathed gracefully

with 6 in. cheeks of wedgwood round; and another had dainty approved were: ruched cuff on

to Prince Gaetano Parente. pulled

blue and yellow, and side drap- diamond court shoes made in the same bodice which could be

Colourings down off the shoulders (and

All the skirts are slim-fiting ing, self bow and

and embroidered Inbric as the dress. in this range

superb pinyed there); four sets of frill-

were

Green, white and black for one, and lemon, blue and white for another.

"SHUTTER NECKLINE"

cm-

a. ruched cape, ing round a hem, which did not and the new short length. Her decolletage, make it stand out too fully: cocktail sult, sketched on the organdle models in eitrus yellow,

royal blue Swice blouse, skirt and shorts in grey right, is in black silk falle with strapless with

broidery on white organdle. and white striped cotton hair- low, draped neckline and flared and

dress in grey cord: pleated berthia collar (for peplum,

evening

include a clothes Her day a change); and bows which tied

duchesse satin has an attractive wide bertha

of self-colour black marquisette tailored style, design For simplicity, the iridescent on either side of

out best. colinr, but could be completely

roses. The skirt has side draping with white linen collar and but- poplin dresses came

silky sheen, and detached.

and the halter neck is made of terfly cuffs, a navy blue Baste Poplin has a

trimmed with white pique leaves, trimmed with grey roses. fastesty vest find cuffs, and s

Grey Worsted is used for the going-away suit,

"Illusion"

"Illusion"'aa Digby Márton, 'calls this claude siziped salt, with patch pockets giving a three-dimensional effect. Suphin Malernt, the famous Paris mannequin reputed to earn 2300 a month posing for couturiers and photographers, was invited to London by Digby Morton to show his new models.

waven

single

breasted

pastel Scotch

w and

makes

double-brea

suit. A simple

which has a tailored dress in royal blue tle silk. with half-moon pockets mixture and butterfly sleeves.

Embroidered day dresses in country

blue organdie are in white over pink with white tailored wool Shirtmaker dress taffeta, and y.

Imbroidery and brown tweed Swits a blue and waisted overcoat with a fringed sleeves. senrt of the same material.

Bentinck's include the

has

Lady Cavendish

frousseau will

White

Swiss embroidered organdia over pink taffeta one of the highlights of Elizabeth Taylor's Hollywood troussERIE.

elbow

Tall Girls LADIES with large feet, who have a hankering for stylish and inexpensive shoes, will be happy to know that a London shop has opened to cater speel- ally for their needs.

English sizes 7-0 will be stocked in an all-utility range. Styles include lots of the new coloured models, white summer numbers and silng-back shoes, "Datties" and casuals.

Two

Arden

Anti-Short Hair

In

the

Black faille cocktail sult designed for Lady Viciorla Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck by Mark Luker.

of London's most

The world's most luxurious glamorous visitors both had

of Black fur coats, made long hair, and lots of it.

French star Josette Day and Mist mink, are being made in Swedish actress from Holly Hollywood. So far only enough of these fabulous animals have wood. Signe fiusso.

And beatuy expert Elizabeth been bred to make nine conts,

Lucky possessors of these up- denounced has "armin" cut publicly.

to- £20,000 furs, according to

She anys,

am against the designer Albert Teitelbaum, are short, chopped, cropped, un Belty Grable, Rosalind Russell, feminine hair style. It is high Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy lime that women became women and Hedy Lamarr,

Mr Teitelbaum suppiles all the again.

luxurious furs for Hollywood niso does a **It psychologically im- pictures, but he possible for the woman who private business with the stars. looks like a sheared shom molo His own wife has one of the to think or feel er fascinale like Black Mist minks, but he has

Y couple brought a

more serviceable minks with her on their European trip.

a female,"

Signo HassO introduced charming now fashion to London night life....old fashioned

For Swim Suita fringed shawls to match her Velvet four evening frocks.

AUR swim sults are the latest features in nearly all her outfits,

American beach wear. severni and she has brought

Leopard-print nylon velvet French

silk

flowers,

*sults are lustox-shirred and fit bright red, roze to pin on a liko gloves. black velvet handbag, und a white gardenia to hang from a black velvet ribbon ΠΑΓΓΟΥ round the throat.

Tie-on split akiris double for cape or stole.

-{London Express Servios).

DOE EYES, IT EYES

By Barbara · Bandschu

NEW YORK. THE American woman is THE

acorning Hollywood and has fallen Insh, brow and eyelid for the bright and bold new eye makeup, a maker of optical cosmetica said recently.

Hollywood makeup artiste jumped up to ridicule the "Un- naturalness" of blue eyelashes, green pencil lines and pretty coloured eyeshadows. But even the girls they make up turning up in New York with the "fawn eyes," doe eyes" or "it eyes" that burst on the US. from Paris early this year.

are

Andre Sussman, vico president of Ariza, zald the Hollywood outburst might havo been expected.

COR-

"The once great braina Hollywood hail not been sulted," he said. "They were miffed."

sales

Sussman said his own figures showed American women weren't paying any at- tention to them anyway. A year ago he sold lots of mascara percent of it was black. but 65 The first month

the of opalescent orb, more than half

be sold

the eyelash goo

blue and green.

FUM

And it's going on thicker than

that

ever, he said. One store sold $200 worth of his oye goo

a year ago sold $500 worth in January, 1050.

the furs Sussman sold all about its making a woman look unnatural was siDy.

QD

is put If the mascara tight, the line drawn properly, properly

the shadow shaded

outward from the middle the eye to the temples, a doesn't say, "Gad, look at that woman's eyelashes!"

at

The proper reaction, anid Sussman, is "Gad, that girl hus beautiful eyes!"

The new make-up, Sussman said, can do almost everything from highlighting the colour of direeting the eyes and even

what colour

they look to

covering up the circles on Mon- day morning.

But more important — it's polite.

"A polite person, when ho speaks to a woman, looks at her eyes," he said. "But today all

face

powder is light. I woman has no accent on

subconsciously Cycs,

a her

ho ia

drawn

to her

lipa instead

they're the only bright spot in

her face."

With

eyes,

properly prominent eyes Sussman said, his stay where they belong.

When he gets close enough to' that notice what makes them way, said the young and hand- some eye-man, the point is ir relevant, immaterial and incon- sequential.

"That's not what ho's worTY- ing about any more."- Valled

Press.

PRINTED BEAUTY

By Grace Thorncliffe

wait JUST AS many of us

robin to tell of for the first spring, so do we glimpse with pleasure the first new prints to tell of the impending fashions. and Cool fence, with green purple

predominating, mark

all-over pleasing

floral pattern. geometric and

neckline is scooped out druped into a pretty cuff above with a double-breasted bodice buttons covered with the dress fabric. The lap-over skirt has a ona-alded hip drapery, and the whole dress is a fine figure- fattorer.

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