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Show Matching Hat, Handbag Give Chic Accent to Spring Costume By CHERIE NICHOLAS t4 f XL. " IS t f ' S y f J' "Y.'L- t -'I 4- t - '- I f J ' J - - l n " 1 Y f i ' X J ?' j IF YOU want to be fashion -wise this spring, it is aDsonue-ly aDsonue-ly necessary that you become thoroughly thor-oughly and wholeheartedly acces-soryrminded. acces-soryrminded. From the very start in assembling your new wardrobe, keep firmly implanted in your mind that accessories, above all else, are cast to play the dramatic role in fashion this season. Do this and you will find yourself safely charted in the right course through both spring and summer. It is a matter of tradition that a new and becoming hat ever has and ever will prove the most effective first aid in sounding the first joyous note of spring. This season fashion goes the idea "one better" with the insistence that a matching handbag complete the picture by way of adding add-ing drama to the occasion. Try the hat-and-matching-handbag-way and you will find that it works like magic in broadcasting the glad tidings of sprTng. Note the quartette of fetching hat-and-bag ensembles shown in the illustration. il-lustration. Twosomes of this sort are typically "first fashion" .pews for spring. At the upper right of the group a navy blue stucco braid beret is shown which claims distinction distinc-tion because of the bright patriotic-colored patriotic-colored strips which detail the beret and are repeated in the "nautical knots" which enliven the navy felt handbag. By the way, navy will be tremendously smart again this season. sea-son. To the upper left the problem of matching hats and handbags has been eliminated by two well-known American designers. Clear synthet ic strips laced through the Howard Hodge hat and the Nat Lewis handbag hand-bag subtly emphasize harmony of colors and materials. In the popular popu-lar South American manner the hat of artichoke straw has a high pleated pleat-ed crown of the same flame red felt used for the handbag. Below to the right black felt and spaghetti braiding is manipulated into a new version of the fashionable off-the-face pillbox with its low-tied bow of the braid, repeated in the laced handbag. For the handsome hat and bag set pictured on the figure seated, bright green silk petal-shirred gros-grain gros-grain ribbon is used by Lilly Dache. A matching petal-shirred envelope bag completes this distinctive accessory ac-cessory ensemble. The supremacy of accessories in the spring mode carries courage and inspiration in the thought that the movement is being aided and abetted by the very' highest style-creative style-creative talent in all industries that pertain to fashion in women's apparel. ap-parel. The whole trend is to correlate cor-relate and to co-ordinate costume detail. To this end designers, manufacturers man-ufacturers and merchants are enthusiastically en-thusiastically working together to co-ordinate color, material and style motif. By way of suggestion when you go accessory seeking, look up the new tiger yellows and browns, the many smart greens, the beiges, Peruvian pink, the new pastel jewel colors, and reds are bolder and brighter than ever. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |