"Happy days are here again!" Beautiful women glamorously gown-jed for the occasion greet the New Year with the greatest enthusiasm, They jostle here and there, eager to exchange greetings, and) merry parties make whoopee to the ac-Jcompaniment of the jazz orchestras, The jolly crowds at the Canidrome Ballroom engage our attention at the moment and keep us happily busy in watching the magnifieant parade of charming women in gala frocks that gleamed like precious jewels.
The 1931 Ensemble The "evening ensemble" reigns [supreme in Shanghai's fashions for the New Year. The ensemble for the sophisticated type consists of a Chinese ankle length dress fashion-fed in the straight silhouette with deep slits at the sides and trousers to match or in a contrasting shade. For the demure young girl, there is a slip with a flounce of gold or silver lace, or frills of Valenciennes, that does' the trick of completing the costume. Lace, as every one fashion-wise knows, is used profusely to give the right expression of elegance in the evening. Another ensemble has a dark coloured slip embellished with a border of paillettes and multi-coloured threads shown through the slits of a lighter of crepe roma, The under-slip is just a trio shorter than the outer garment which is in the fashion able ankle length, Chen, daughter of a business magnate, looked very charming in a lovely tion of rose pink slipper-faile with faint gold dots. The deep row. crepe underskirt has. its edges scalloped in gold and pink threads, and the embroidered effect is. repeated on the dainty crepe-de-chine slippers of a matching colour. The extremely high collar shows the usual front fastening with four sets of Chinese buttons, This ensemble is noteworthy as it is quite in keeping with the trend of the present mode for elaborate details,
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