Show Slacks and an Shorts Outfits Styled for Every vet Occasion By CHERIE NICHOLAS ti s 6 t Y b br r t. t P s t ty y s v 1 f r. r THE T vogue for slacks n 7 and shorts outfits has developed Into one rye of the most significant outstanding move move- movements j ments meats In the field of ot o 4 4 s. s modern modem costume de de- M N. N sign Beginning some few seasons ago as a mere experiment experiment ment the new mode of costume to to- today today today day flings a challenge to designers to give their best to a movement that is advancing in leaps and bounds to unqualified acceptance by women everywhere women who recognize the chic the comfort and the ease that slack costumes offer A few seasons ago the wearing of slacks was restricted to certain time place and occasion and If It you ventured beyond a prescribed pro pro- program program gram you were made to feel con con- Nowadays slacks cos coso costumes costumes are so generally worn noth noth- nothing nothing ing less than a whole wardrobe of slacks Is required in order to t keep up with the social and fashion de de- demands demands de- de demands mands of the times Impetus Impetus-ha Impetus has also b iven ven to the slacks costume movement move ent owing to the spreading of inter est inte pest est in civil civilian ian defense works which is creating a new and most exciting demand for slack outfits because of the need of durable workaday workaday- clothes Among college girls who are taking courses in emergency mechanics there is a call for trouser costumes and coveralls made of denim gab gab- gabardine gabardine ardine and other sturdy materials that will be Increased as the fall I school terms begin However the workaday idea is but a single phase and a very recent development of the trousers slacks costume theme and there will be much to say later in this regard Just now a most fascinating story is being unfolded at vacation resorts and amid home environs a story so thrilling In Interest and so wide in scope it carries through from sun sun- sunup sunup sunup up to sunup sun all through the 24 J hours of a calendar day and night And so while the vacation spirit is going strong throughout the na nation na- na nation tion fancy turns to cool sleek streamline types such as the trim suit pictured to the right Tailored with precision and cut to give the style correct streamline silhouette this is a type that makes instant appeal to dressed best women Over this smart outfit the wearer tosses one of those short wool jack jackets ets eta the te rage at resorts this sum sum- summer mer In the same category as this classy slacks suit are the ex exquisitely ex- ex exquisitely tailored t lored jacket and slacks suits Fashioned of gabardine for forthe the most part In fetching pastel greens violet shades soft blues and dusky pinks There is a nicety and finesse about these suits that indi indi- indicate indicate cate genuine refinement and appeal appealing ing log femininity See th pert little play suit pictured above to the right The entire outfit is made of waffle warne pique with large stars in red and white Shown to the left In the back back- background background ground is a slacks suit that answers the call of both chic and comfort It is a navy blue gabardine with a white boxy jacket falling loosely over the slacks On a hot day its it's pajamas In hi checked per per- percale percale percale cale pictured to the left They will give you much comfort and ease Released by Western Newspaper Union I |