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Mannequin Parade

... year is to take place at Torr’s Hotel next month, on December 14 and 15. Three Nairobi firms will display the season’s latest fashions. They will he Valerie, Lucille, and Russell’s. As m former vears, dancing will take place between the parades. ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Cleopatra’s Bob Comes Back

... Back CLEOPATRA, Siren of the Nile, has been dead for centuries, but her coiffure lives again. The ““Cleopatra bob’’ is fashion’s latest whim. Hollywood started it and London is now showing its approval. nhl,- - Those who adopted the ‘‘Garbo bob’”’ will ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

B BRI BB BN R R Topsy-Turvy Goats, BACK TO T

... heard of a grown woman wearing her clothes hack to front? Such things helong to pinafores and the uursery, surely., Yet the latest motoring overcoat is put on literally back to front. You slip into it just as you did yvour pinafore years ago, fold it over ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 141 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

_ FEATURES FOR WGCMEN

... _ FEATURES FOR WGCMEN BRIEF FASHIONS Flowers and Colours NE of the latest fasl‘nontshé(;; Vit evening frocks is to trim i E'h 8l flowers rather than s e “heg Posies -of tiny ros sor cluster of carnatlon? Ptllned to talle corsage of a formae EMT‘-.are ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Illustrated | Words: 432 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Fresh Ideas

... Fresh Ideas {| But these gay fashions are not for everybody. * The majonity of women are more interested in chic which can be brought down to an everyday level . and there ig plenty of news of fresh ideas in that re- Ispect. Dresg artists, for instance ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 429 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

OMAN'S PAGE FAREWELL TO ARMS Neck and o an Hem Lines

... Necklines, A fichu collar to go on a plain frock, and a shirred and rolled collar-band ending in a floppy bow. \ FEW months ago fashion said the chin in the front, and as long LX “shoulders, and sleeves, but as it does something that is worth dont forget the ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

NOTES FOR THE MOTORIST. MOTORING IN CREAT BRITAIN

... to the Baltic and the South of France through the French canals, } It was ingtructive to compare the old-fashioned craft on view with the latest developments. There was, for instance, the “Water Lily’’, built in 1865, but now running with a modern engine; ...

Published: Saturday 21 April 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 384 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

UNEMPLOYMENT — ECONOMIC CRISIS — PUBLIC SCHOOLBOYS’ TOUR — BONGO GROUP IN THE MUSEUM — POST OFFICES — THROWING ..

... highest recorded, in 1932-23 on 2 reliable estimate the sum ofl £281,000 was spent on intoxicants and in 1933-34, taking the latest returns, it is not less than £270,000. On tobaceo in its various forms it is estimated that in 1933 {he sum of £213,500 was ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 988 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Reduce the Air Mail Charges

... after a certain hour, irrespective of distance, 1s still searching for ways and means of improving the publie service. His latest contribution to cheaper communication is the announcement to-day that the air mail charges between Britain and South Africa ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 630 | Page: 45 | Tags: none

Victoria’s Hopper’s Marriage

... the back of the other. The latest idea is to wear dark blouses with lighter coloured suits? instead of the old and rather more practical one of having a light blouse with a dark suit. g { Stiff Silk. % - The really {fashionable woman to-day has o gown of ...

Published: Saturday 02 June 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Illustrated | Words: 615 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

World’s Biggest Cat Dies VACUUM CLEAN YOU PET!

... water hasg been his |knowing what hag happeneé Wilfred Moon only drink. : \,lr' JOhTI Tl,{orbm:n’ 't-h? R Wilfred Gra The latest advice for cat lovers Enghshman wha had disapd T . Fall is—clean them with a vacuum &b Soochow. ie'},onll—i(,)gsm(,mr cleaner ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Article | Words: 630 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

5% G e, YT i = e I Tt VR s B e R STEERS Ble s

... travelling alone, and is looking forward to seeing Singapore and the Far East on his way to America; A quaint little hat fashioned rather on the lines of a Peasant's cap is sketched above, also the ‘‘halo’”’ hat with shallow round crown and round hrim ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1934
Newspaper: East African Standard
County: Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1450 | Page: 28 | Tags: none