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Fashions Shown Styles Also Reflect 1920's Influence

BARBARA BUNDSCH Bets RBARA BUNDSCHU

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 «The slinky lady spy of World War I|

and the flapper of the 1920's were the stars of New York's first cuser showing of the season yesterday, But Sophie. of Baks-Fifth Avenue ap ed to have given them the Diling on. a tentative. basis only. The vampire black and the beaded chiffon chemises slunk in between the more “usual” models as if ready to crawl back te the history books at the first

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hung on the fence, describing one gown as “a starkly lovely black silk jersey sheath that can make one look like a lady spy, back in

the days when this was consid-| §

ered glamorous.”

Most startling of the “spy” gowns were those which combined | the form-fitting, uneven hemline! features of the “old days” with! the plunging neckline and/or the! high collar of more recent fashions. i

One . tight-fitting black jersey|

evening gown:had a neckline cut so low it looked only slightly

MOFe Provocative than complete’

nudity, % A short black velvet evening gown had a collar worked up from a low plunge in front to stand six inches high from the bare shoulders at the sides and back. The ruff was anchored: to the waistline in back with a black velvet arrow that somehow “enhanced its Madame X quality.

Uneven Hemlines The two out-and-out chemiises ghown were almost completely unadorned-—except, of course, for the beads. One was red chiffon with a web pattern all over in matching

red beads. It had a few small]

gathers in the front of the skirt The other gleamed all over with oil-black sequins and was cut as slim as the model who wore. it, A peach brocade drape hung from the waistline at one side of the back. : . Both had “bathing suit” neecklines (from back inthe days when the one-piece, U-necked jersey bathing suit was considered glamourous) and hems a few inches below the knees.

Slim-lined daytime suits, handsomely -classic shirtmaker and _coat dresses and bouffant dancing gowns were adequately represented for the customers who don’t want to go back to the days when. But even they had a number of 1920's features—un hemlines for a majority of after-dark dresses, ranging from modest dips to street -length dresses with trains hanging down at one side of the back; and moderate “wrapped” effects at the high

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ELEVEN silver-toned “penny” buttons run from a little collar almost to the jacket hem of a checked wool suit pictured. The sleeves are cuffed, and vertical pocket slots are inserted low in the

$50.95.

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By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor shoulder tops, and a small, forward jutting collar are features of a shepherd check wool suit. Curved seams, arch: ing from armholes to jacket hem, provide a close-fitting line.

This, too, is

GABARDINE, season-in and season-

makes a third suit in sim-

ple, almost classic style. The suit, taupe in color, is given a soft, dressmaker lock

, upstanding pocket flaps.

Price tag on this one reads $49.95. The selvage edge of soft, light-weight tweed becomes a style. factor in the fourth suit ($65) pictured. The selvage emerges to band the smallish. collar and the jacket front. . Another strip of selvage marks the center-front skirt seam

_and selvage also parallels quartets of

seams of the jacket front. Yours for — hyttons on the sleeves. The jacket but$59.95. : tons all the way up to a small turn-down High pockets, 'way up close to the collar. :

English Model

Encircles Globe LODON-—The encircle the glgbe at the controls of an airplane is Mrs. Richarda | Morrow-Tait, 26-year-old artists’|

model’ and mother. She recently

completed a single-engine plane]

The Ladies Auxiliary, Caledonian Club, will meet at 1:30

p. m. Wednesday in the home of iy the long way from London {11:30 a. m., 3:30 and 7:30 p. m.|

Mrs. Alex Spink, 4850 Winthrop Ave, .

2-Piece Frocks

By SUE BURNETT “Dear Miss “B,” writes Mrs, Thomas Borden of Illinois, “will you show some two-piece dresses that are more on the dressy. side—something I can feel I look my best on impor tant occasions. - This is my favorite style, by the way.” We're very happy to show the two-plecers above, Mrs. Borden, Each has special back interest that takes it.out of the tailored ‘class, yet retains the comfortable feeling of a well fitting * two-piece frock. Hope you like them! . Pattern 8438 is a sew-rite perforated pattern for sizes 12, 14, 16,18 and 20. Size 14, 4% yards of 39-inch; % yard contrast. Pattern 8267 comes in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14, short sleeve, 414 yards of 36 or 89-inch, = The fall and winter Fashion 18 a complete guide in planning

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Fashion Show Girls’ Frocks

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TOMORROW 11,30 a. m., 3:30 and 7:30 p. m.

Have Style

Fall Fashions Catch the Eye

(CDT) Women’s Bldg., State Fair Grounds. By Ayres’. By NEA Service TUESDAY ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3 — So that

‘Pop can tighten the reins on his

(CD Ww : . Stat DT aes ye. 3 Ble {runaway dollar, St. Louis designWEDNESDAY lers are giving his schoolgirl

11:30 a. m., 3:30 and 7:30 p. m. daughter a lot of style for a little (CDT) Women's Bldg., State money. Fair Grounds. By Ayres’. | <r 3:15 and 4:15 p. m. (CDT) Ayres'| What takes the budget look off Tearoom... College. fashions for these fall fashions is smart deafternoon, late day and-‘évening gign; eye-smacking. colors and . THURSDAY snappy styling. 11:30 a. m., 3:30 and 7:30 p. m.| The design of the simplest (CDT) Women's Bldg. State woolen dress is calculated to

Fair Grounds. By Ayres’. . |maye a girl's pulse flutter. There's ; FRIDAY {one dress, for example, glorified 11:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. (CDT) |y, tq Jast tassel of fringe by a

Women’s Bldg. State Grounds. By Ayres’, (CDT) Block's Aud-

Fair 1,014 plaid neckerchief knotted at ‘the neckline of its sweater-top

, blouse. This solid-color blouse Roshan, Career. girls’ fashion SL into a pleated skirt of how; SATURDAY {matching plaid. 2:30 p. m. (CDT) Block's Audi | Another fashion which aims to “torium, Career girls’ fashion ©2% POP's pains when back-to-show. school bills pour in is the coat-

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as a néw coed style. Typical styl-

The Indianapolis Salon 295, 8 checked rayon sharkskin features and 40, will have a covered dish a tiny shirtband collar; a row of dinner at 6:30 p. m. Thursday in black buttons, a necktie and big the Garfield Park American Le- saddle pockets. . glon: Home.” Mrs. Hilda Miller] The weskit which helps turn a will install the new officers and} blouse ,. and skirt into an outfit Mrs. Gladys Ross Bulach will also goes to school with St. Louis preside. “ ‘|designers’ blessings.

Designer Likes U. S. Fashions

a wearable fall wardrobe. New

—exciting—informative. Free pattern printed inside the book. To order patterns or our Fashion Book, use the coupon. SUE BURNETT The Indianapolis: Times 214 W. Maryland St. Indianapolis 9, Ind. No. 8438 Price 25¢ No. 8267 Book Price 25¢

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A8 VIRTUALLY. the first him as “sweet” He looks like famous French designer to have the excellent business man he a kind word for American fash- - is, though. fon talents, Christian Dior already was liked by New York designers before he came over a year ago to béecome a member of the New York wholesale industry: Today he is a part .of New York's international social set which also includes Valentina, Mainbocher, Castillo and Hattie

Carnegle. : ‘ Slender, balding and: very

mannequins on whose figures his designs ‘are built, Dior is quick to praise them and quickly forgiving of mistakes. He has simple tastes and still lives in the small Paris apartment he occupied as a beginner, selling free-lance fashion sketches. ! He is devoted to his sister, a heroine ‘of the French resist-

Stand-up pocket flaps

By MRS. ANNE CABOT The two graceful and airy doiles illustrated today are perfect partners for gleaming new tables, or will dress up a not-‘so-new-one. You'll want to crochet them both because you love the nice things that make

“for graceful lving. Pattern 5587 1s simple as can:

be to crochet, with tiny piteapples forming the perfect edging. Pattern 5675 flows effort. lessly from your crochet hook,

for the repeat motifs are easily.

memorized which makes for pleasant work. . Patterns 5587 and 5675 in-

crocheting instructions and finishing directions. - To order use the coupon.

ANNE CABOT 530 8. Wells St. . Chicago 7, Il. No. 5587 Price 20c No. 5675 Price 20c,

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Smart Girls

Save Dollars Revamp: Old

Accessories By NEA Service In this day of runaway dollars, the smart girl—smart in every meaning of the word—can use her wits to make old accessories look as up-to-the-minute as the new which may be too

expensive to swing on a budget.

be employed to turn’ old accessories into new. yo Take print scarves. Any scarf

put back by whittling down its size to that of a dandy’s necktie. This small-sized lady's cravat if knotted once makes pért tabs under the collar of a tailored

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. PAGE Th I hos Toots For. Quality Of Gloves

Note Leather, Site, Workmanship : Leather gloves are luxurious but practical wardrobe accessor fes. Fine, well-made leather

gloves are long wearing, always fashionable and deserve careful selection to assure top quality. In buying them there are three tests for quality = look for good leather, workmanship and true

size, Leather should be soft and supple, with an even texture. Doeskin should be thin and velvety; capeskin should have a smooth finish and flexibility, Pigskin gloves are often scarred, but that is the nature of the skih and unless the scars are especially deep they do not detract from the wearing quality. They merely indicate sturdiness of the animal skin

Size .Important . Seams should be straight with even stitching. American manu-

chines to make a uniform number of stitches on each finger to insure fit and size, Thread sewn unevenly around the often shorten the glove and make it tight Make sure the glove is the cor

on both hands, since there is often a slight difference between the right and left hand size.

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blouse or smart neckliners for Offi wool sweaters or cotton T-shirts. New Hears Example No. 2 of what one can To Be Installed do is with a charm bracelet] The new officers of the Big Four which can be wound around a

necktie to make a newer display of its bangles. To wind, the bracelet must be opened and it| They are Mrs. Frank Mumford, must be secured after it's spiraled president; Mrs. Minnie Stoneking, around the necktie with tiny pins vice president; Mrs.” Doshia Meor clips. |Gee, secretary; Mrs. A. E. Henke, The girl who may be bored by | treasurer; Mrs. Arthur Nevins, her rope necklace can give this chaplain; Mrs. Salvador Carell, strand of pearls or long gold historian, and Mrs. Floyd Woolf, chain a whirl as a wrist-wrapper. |sergeant-at-arms..

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CUSTOM GIFT WRAPPING AND PARTY FAVOR DISPLAY

Street Floor — Rear of Mevators (Near the Tobacco. Shop)

Admired by his staff and the |

soft-spoken, Dior is extremely

ancé movement. His perfume, Fetiring and women speak of

“Miss Dior,” is dedicated to her,

clude material requirements, stitch illustrations, complete Btate s..eseececesccesccscsscces| ock's DAILY THE Wm. H. BLOCK Co. St n ° STORE HOURS

on Friday, Sept. 9,

cordially invites you to a

GLAMOUR CAREER "FASHION SHOW

at 5:30 P. M. and

Saturday, Sept. 10, at 2:30 P, M. Auditorium—Sixth Floor No Tickets Necessary

Mrs. Mary Jane Sangster, Associate Merchandise Editor of Glamowr Magasine, will

be our guest com

ory

9:30 to 5.5

CLOSED LABOR DAY Monday, ‘Sept. Sth. .. .&