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WOMEN IN WARTIME: CLASSIC TAILORED SUITS OFF-WHITE LLAMA COATS SIMPLE DRESSING-WRAPPERS

... WOMEN IN WARTIME CLASSIC TAILORED SUITS OFF-WHITE LLAMA COATS SIMPLE DRESSING-WRAPPERS WOMEN in general are never seen to greater advantage than in a classic tailor-made, which, of course, must be well-cut and neat. Included in Debenham and Freebody's (Wigmore Street) collection is the suit pictured above. Emphasis must be laid on the fact that there is only a limfted number of each individual ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 290 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

FROU-FROU ON THE STAGE AND IN THE DRESSING ROOM

... . ■Hi CAROL R/.YE plays Frou-Frou in the revival of The Merry Hi dole, at His Mai ly's. Iter dressing-room is papered with congratulatory greetings telegrams from friends. Rave and Leo Franklyn as Frou-krou f Nisch in one of their dance numbers- Slipping into one of the gay, spangled dance dresses she wears as Frou-Frou a dressing-room picture of Carol Raye. How to ensure that her eyelashes ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 185 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: TOWN AND COUNTRY COATS HOUSE-COATS AND PYJAMAS

... WOMEN IN WARTIME TOWN AND COUNTRY COATS HOUSE -COATS AND PYJAMAS NEVER has there been a time when the house-coat has enjoyed greater popularity Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, are making a feature of these in decorative and wear-well fabrics. They are responsible for the model above, which is in many attractive colour schemes. Rivals to the house-coats are the pyjamas, accompanied by dressing ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 234 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WIDOW AND SON OF THE DJEBEL BOU ARADA V.C

... HPHESE studies of LADY LYELL, widow of Captain Lord Lycll, V.C., Scots Guards, who was posthumously awarded the highest decoration for gallantry in recognition of his outstanding courage, leadership and self-sacrifice in the attack on Djebel Bou Arada on April 27, were taken at Kinnordy, Angus, her Scottish home. She was Miss Sophie TrafTord, is a daughter of Major Sigismund W. J. Tra fiord, ...

Published: Wednesday 08 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 316 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ARRESTED MOVEMENT AT THE R.P.S

... N.B. A Coloured plate is inserted in this issue. STALLION. PHOTOGRAPH BV A. G. RIGO DK RIGHI. KILTIE GIRLS. PHOTOGRAPH II V f. T. liAKKR, A.R.P.S. This .splendid haute ecole study of a stallion and that of the two reel dancing girls on the right lay great emphasis on the dramatic value of movement in photography and the necessity of snap closure in choosing the psychological moment to ...

Published: Wednesday 08 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 170 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE LAGOON

... Southern seas, hot sun, tropical foliage are suggested by this cleverly-arranged fantasy photo graph of glass girls in a swimming interlude, and the photographer achieves an unusual sense of reality which is both nostalgic and tantalising. It is on view at the R.P,S Exhibition. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY E. HF.IMANN, F.R.P.S. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 53 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TO MARRY THE AIR C.-IN-C. MEDITERRANEAN--FLIGHT OFFICER BLACK

... TO MARRY THE AIR C.-IN-C. MEDITERRANEAN FLIGHT OFFICER BLACK. It is reported in the 44 Daily Mail, the 44 Evening Standard and the 44 Star that the engagement of FLIGHT OFFICER MARIE BLACK, W.A.A.F., to Air Chief- Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, K.C.B., will shortly be announced. Thirty-five-year- old Flight Officer Black is the younger daughter of the late Colonel Sir Bruce Selon, Bt., of ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 126 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BALLET WITHOUT COUPONS

... f BALLET WITHOUT COUPONS. Wit and grace characterise this aptly-titled picture from the London Salon of Photography, which is holding its thirty-fourth annual exhibition at the R.W.S. Galleries, Conduit Street. ROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY E. HEIMANN. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 36 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?

... The penguin provides an appealing subject for the artist but fete camera-men have succeeded in finding a more perfect pose than this or in naming it more happily It is one of the admirable studies on vietc at the London Salon of Photography Exhibition. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY A. N. ACRAMAN. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 58 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A MALAY PRINCESS IN SALEM: THE WINGLESS VICTORY

... t4rpHE WINGLESS VICTORY, by Maxwell Anderson, was J- recently produced at the Phoenix Theatre. It is a period piece set in the year 1800, the tragedy of a New England sea-captain who marries a Malay Princess and brings her home to his native Salem. His Puritan family, bigoted and resentful, make life a torment for Nathaniel and Oparre. Finally he banishes his wife, who then recalls her royal ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 225 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

STARS BEHIND THE COUNTER OF STAGE DOOR CANTEEN

... MERLE OBERON (in private life, Lady Korda) and DAME MAY WHITTY introduce Chinese airmen to the boys in the canteen. GEORGE RAFT does his bit as a washer-up at the famous Stage Door Canteen Stage and screen actress HELEN HAYES helps to entertain two sailors and introduces them to a Junior Hostess. GYPSY ROSE LEE, the celebrated striptease,' does her act for the benefit of the enthusiastic boys ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 259 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 22 September 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 107 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs