Cover  Aquamarine ring set in diamonds and gold, by Andrew Grima. Photograph by David Bailey
Photographers  David Bailey, Rubartelli, Peter Rand, Ronald Traeger, Eugene Vernier, Horst, Norman Parkinson, Gordon Parks

FASHION AND BEAUTY
81 Vogue's eye view of fashion value
82 Electric looks: what's sparkling now
96 Sky high ski looks
108 Night time new tempo: Young Idea backs the Boss look for parties
114 Coat life this winter: eight instant best buys
122 Beauty: feeling like summer all over
124 Helena Rubinstein: what he said about beauty
126 New evening patterns: the silky way
128 Brief encounter: a short fur story
163 Long warm looks for long cold night
174 New footwork: shortened looks, straps set high
191 Beauty: new skin cream, Christmas present ideas, by Elizabeth Kendall

FEATURES
29 Money: memo to George Brown, by Sheila Black
62 Shophound: greetings in a good cause, Christmas stockings for grown ups
94 Anthony Caro, by Emma Booker
102 Presents: over 100 from 6d. to £6,500
112 The old man with the hundred rouble note, by Konstantin Paustovsky
132 Robert Carrier plans four dinner parties
142 Wine: brandies and liqueurs by Julian Jeffs
151 Entertaining: new Carrier cookbook, ice for parties, quick recipes, needlepoint tapestries, by Elizabeth Kendall
166 Travel: ski people on ski places, by Jenepher Wolff