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Slimmer and softer are the buy-words for spring dresses, according to Women's Wear Dally which keeps track on fashion preferences of — and for — the nation's retailers. | In -its~ spring-summer fashion forecast, Women's Wear also] predicts more “one-piece dresses for spring. These, the report says, are more often slim sheath silhouets, but with something extra added to make them flattering) to the figure—a side-swept drape, a trumpet flare or low fullness at the hemline, a tunic apron.

<The prediction Is for more sleeveless dresses this year, es‘pecially as summer advances. Silks are expected to gain more favor and this includes pure silk prints as well as silk shantungs. Tissue failles are tops for early wear and, the report says, linen is big and will be bigger for summer, g

“lln- All-Departaghts— ~~ “ 'The ensemble wiit- be found in |all departments, the “réport Fofitinues,. It's in the better dress department; in budget dresses; in sportswear; in the daytime or economy dress department. “Each department will have something different to offer, but it's always! the costume look.” | | Duster dresses top the list in ——— |spring sportswear, according to {Women’s Wear. Shown in every{thing from denim to bengaline,

DALLAS, Mar, 3—Fashion editors and feature writers of the United States will start migrating toward Dallas today. Reason for this invasion of the great Southwest is the Inauguration of national press week by the Dallas {Fashion Center. The Fashion Center, composed of the most style-conscious firms of the 80 Dallas manufacturers of women’s and children’s apparel, will play host to the visiting editors. The writers will see 17 lines representative of the market. In order that the visiting editors may get an over-all picture of the .city at the same time, showings have been scheduled at different interesting places.

Cool and Collected

The fabrics found in the Dallas market are cool and collected With premeditation. There -are:'. such things as. the tissues — tissue ee BamREAR, BINARY SOS VARY «aan . (fine imported Swiss and organdy. ~ 'Pihen also ig prevalent With (he finest imports. . * a Then for the cool clothes which are opaque and need no petticoats, there are cotton matelasses, Bengal chambrays ‘and. new denims in lush colors, stripes and checks. There also are a few superlative pure silks boasting of stripe upon stripe.

More-Feminine Look The silhouet is varied. There

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Jeweled coatdress

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Trumpet silhouet Bolero dress Two-piece casual

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dress bodice, with ballooning Mature

With a weskit STYLE —in this day and age SEN iin ——— es and country—isn’'t a matter of

Women Adopt 'Compromise'

lor skirts-and-tops. (The costume look, again.) Easter ensembles can he made

. Even the most budget- Sleeves, is white crepe polkaan i find Ne dotted with red. Yours for . ° 1 . iy [they can be worn by themselves, NSS and, as here, in the belt definitely is a more feminine look rse and $10.90. Att tf d S | f L f t St / 2% BBL. 4 : sses and tle that come with a crisp, to the classio.dress and also to fashions to fit her purse A] | ue le In - e ec Ing qQ es y 5% |as a dress; as coats over dresses p the separates. Defined detail ts

pin-checked spun rayon frock. ' hort The dress, from the Leader {found in: everything from shorts

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send her forth well dressed this

spring. : Chosen from six local stores

to cocktail dresses.

Every mature woman has a de- sleeves are long and slim but cut and “later, generally have soft The trend is toward the fuller

cided respect for that important with a bit of underarm depth. skirt fullness. Particularly im-

p es to prove the point fashion question for $10.75. The d i And ¢ SS . is v word, - “ se.” : $ 4 s year. Besides : . hy ale oe ee are. butween $10 fabric is yarn-dyed rayon gab- or SoMmprom 56 th n . no, The dress and jacket costume portant are lace and silk taffeta. 0 of separates this Year Besides pegs ‘pockets lending a pegged skirt, even though many of the eir p ardine and the buttons curve | 7 CONSICErNG Lhe ‘nVari- , .t is h : . : , ‘jgusters an resses, there are ... chort cuffed sleeves and 'humbers in these lines are and $18. left, then right and then march |ably magical results. : at is headline news is seen in An ankle-length black silk many co-ordinated skirt-and- yd ’ 4 ih straight and slim. A jewel - buttoned coatdress gown the side front of the slim, | When it comes to her clothes, many attractive versions in taffeta dress has its deep V-cut jacket outfits. a Peter Pan collar. Pastels "pu }- nallas market, which New team with gray to make the gfarted some 50 years ago, has

Several New York decolletage filled in with net to a are short _batwing or The yoke, and “shrug” bolero jackets to go over

for instance, and the pride she Women's sizes. has in looking her most attractive designers "feature 4t in navy, round neckline. at a certain age, sh wisely learns rier. oan black, sand. with also the full skirt, are embellished slim skirts. "to shift her thinking to meet the brightening dccents of yelvet. with banding. of jet -bead em-| Fashions dyed to match ‘each Just as in misses’ fashions, broidery and black velvet ap-other are just as important’ for - * spring 4s they were fof fall.

comes from. Wasson’s Sports. - Shop. In gold-tone corded faille, 7 4} has big cuffs;"a regal standup collar apd a glim skirt with peg-top look. THe price? $16.95. A silhouet — the trumpet— geen in much higher-priced dresses “appears in a navy Cynara crepe from Ayres’ Down-

trim. skirt. . Even pure silk among fashions. From Block's Paragon Shop comes a sheath -of new requirements of ‘her “figure; 3 silk shantuhg (brown, navy or /her- coloring and her way of life. women’s dresses, for ‘after-five plique.

tiny pin. checks of the fabric. Pretty pin-on these also comes with the dress.In sizes 9 to 15, the frock is . $10. (Patricia Stevens model.)’

long since lost its identity with . housedresses and” :has become ; {known as one of the leading kportswaar and casual dress mar- ~ kets of the country. ¢ Lite

is availaple , easy ’-on'- the - budget

charcoal) by L’Aiglon. -Drop- Color versus black is one angle, shoulders, self-belt and jeweled |. .. 3 moderately low neckline as AY buttons are features. The price opposed to one that hugs ithe ..gatajrs Store. The knee flounce tag says $17.95. ’.. 3 [throat is another. Maybe she "as © wich give the tung et HRC ow IDresses Srom” Tofee Sisters; ai x sclikedys Ciratgutostirtr our is finely tucked. There's style” ‘Penney's and Sears, Roebuck finds that any skirt that's straight news in white corded faille un- worn by Patricia Stevens mod- in effect is a better bet. Or, if derlining the pointed, buttoned els.) she's preferred the full skirt, she

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Sreeuliomses: in the Home, School, Church and ye i rem i & . , » wi its skirt cut slightly on the x Community. twill. be-Dr. Jol slant at one side under a single aking-part will be Dr. John 'hipline pocket, and the bodice regular fitted a H. Greist, psychiatrist; Wilbur, buttoned on the slant. The neat, ; 9 > s D. Peat, Herron Art Museum i- ¢ open collar and the flap of the . rector; Norman B. Johnson, Park gy pocket have black velvet ‘inlays; shoulder style! t School headmaster, and the Rev.| mm——— i aiid W. D. Brantley, Broadway Meth- . : odist ‘Church minister of educa-| Massive Jewelry tion. | Next season's jewelry fashion

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"8 DRESS that's practically a costume in itself comes from Three Sisters. The bolero style is of color-flecked gray rayon sharkskin and has a navy bodice beneath the bolero. What's more, there's a second belt for a change of scene— a cummerbund of the navy * crepe. Dress, bolero and’ both belts... , . $16.95. Another two-fabrie combination, with a weskit, comes frém Penney's. : Navy Master Sheer crepe goes into the weskit and

Education Group Schedules Tea

A tea will be held by the Indianapolis Council of Administra-, tive Women in Education at 3:45

. m. Tuesday in the Herron Art : : 3 F y Featured in Navy : Museum. | | Instead of the straight line two outstanding Mrs. George Fotheringham will an oy She aight ine be moderator for a panel dis asymmetrical in line, flattering 3 : yl esl Clober

cussion on “The Child's Position

Poetry Clubs to Meet |

The monthly rendezvous of the' Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs ‘will be at 2 p. m. next Sunday in Cropsey Auditorium, Central Library. :

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On the other hand; ease, or the way a woman feels in her clothes, is scarcely ever a matter of com-! | promising. It's even difficult for a| model with a perfect figure to look ‘smart’ if,she’s uncomfor-| table. ; All of these points have been [kept in mind by New York de|signers of women's fashions, -s|pecially this season when the slim line dress or costume :s dominant. One very pretty brown crepe dress that looks slender from the shoulders to the hem is |given softness simply with allover stitching that resembles fine

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especially at the hips. An example is a distinctive beige wool dress

{is for the very large but not so |“headlight” variety. Huge baroque pearls, large colored stones left uncut and set in gold, and {combinations of rhinestones and pearls form the new trend set by such designers as Hattie Carnegie land ‘Majeska of La Tausca.

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