Show Fine Wale Corduroy Answers School Bell a and an Campus Call By CHERIE NICHOLAS w k i I r 1 T 3 by Y i d ri r WHEN HEN the school bell peals forth its sum sum- summons summons summons mons to classroom and campus en en- environs environs environs over this land corduroy will willbe willbe willbe be one of the first to answer the call Not the old fashioned kind of ot cor cor- corduroy corduroy corduroy duroy that was stiff and unmanageable able but an educated kind that has learned it must be fine to be smart and lightweight and as aswell aswell aswell well as long wearing School and college girls know this very new and modern corduroy as while the male contin contin- contingent contingent contingent gent call theirs The Latin students in the class will understand why by Its It's just another instance how the girls have taken of ot late to copy copy- copying copying ing lag boys' boys fashions for corduroy which used to be almost exclusively a male fabric fa r Ar VV And now look at it Now whole families go corduroy-clad corduroy these days from father big brother to Junior and from mother and big sister on down from the teen-age teen to the littlest daughter of ot the household Not only have the girls taken over the fab fab- fabric fabric ric nIc but they've taken it in slacks and shirts and jackets that the boys wear as well as in their own femi femi- feminine feminine feminine nine dresses and suits Theres There's no end to the types and styles that are fashioned of corduroy roy Take jackets for example Pets of the campus are the conven conven- convenient convenient convenient with wear-with-everything jackets of the fine lightweight modern corduroy corduroy corduroy roy such as are shown boy and girl fashion at the top of f the group illustrated Though they go with any kind of ot campus clothes men like them best with slacks of ot the same material but often in different color while the girls like free ing skirts i Varied types of ot jackets are avail able There arc are plain classic sin sin- gle-breasted gle buttoned styles fly front closings with either buttons or slide fasteners blazer types with the edges bound in contrast cardi cardi- cardigan cardigan cardigan gan styles fitted jackets and loose Yo w iXU jackets In fact a jacket for every age and figure Skirts too are arc very versatile versa tile The favorite is simplicity itself cut bias with a center front seam scam and having plenty of or room for free tree For variety there are gored skirts made with the ribs in the alternate gores running one gore horizontally and the next vertically Dutch boy pockets give a swank look and a favored trimming trick is a line of ot contrasting color piping around the hem top Gay skirts to wear with sweaters are a must have in any college wardrobe For the striking skirt skirl worn by the girl reclining in the I lu Lo of the illustration rella is used used in three contrasting colors beige brown and brick brick red the usual order of ot things being re re- reversed reversed versed by putting the lightest tone at the bottom The jacket is beige To the right in the picture you see presented in a dressier mood for tor this modern corduroy is really choice looking and makes up u beautifully for tor afternoon wear The western influence has scattered met met- metal metal al stud trimming over many cos coso costumes costumes that never heard the word cowboy Witness this smartly tal tai tailored lored bored front fly frock of ot Gold studs decorate the belt and the pocket flaps in the manner of ot the most ornate cowboy trappings yet the frock is far tar more suggestive of at atthe the luncheon table than of ot the cor ral Jerkins or weskits are arc also mak mak- making making ing a place for themselves in rella school wardrobes The suits have many an interesting style de detail de- de detail tail such as peplum jackets weskit weskit- type jackets high skirt bands in peasant fashion novel closings such as metal daggers instead of buttons Military touches are arc not missing ci ei- ei ther Released by Western Newspaper Union |