Show f l 4 s L L r z t j f rY r r r S 4 S Y V r J Ld r i I ij 1 j lJ l J c a y 1 1 w DRUM MAJOR No just CBS Starlet Ann Eden wearing a beige jacket with bold black braid and trim black skirt designed by Nettie Off Duty Fashions Are Newest Play Clothes Clothe The crest of popularity for slacks has been reached and passed according to the Off Duty Fashions for Southern Wear Vear just presented in a show by the Associated Apparel Manufacturers Manufacturers Manufacturers Man Man- of Los Angeles Fewer slacks were shown than heretofore and skirts were very much back in the limelight These Off Duty Fashions are our wartime play clothes and as such are cut for action and designed designed designed de de- de- de signed for many uses ues es Two- Two piece play suits with skirts to tomake tomake make male them purpose double-purpose affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs for street wear were the shows show's high point These fashions are particularly particular particular- ly suited for wives and mothers visiting service men In southern or western camps For instance one of the first places in the west to become the scene of these new resort clothes is Hotel El Rancho Vegas as on the Nevada desert near Las Vegas Many of the wives and mothers of boys in the army air gunnery school and the United flying school are stopping there and the boys enjoy seeing the vivid colors and gay clothes on their visitors Seen in in Nevada Among the movie stars wearing wearing wearing wear wear- ing a new Off Duty Fashion at Hotel El Rancho Vegas was Irene Dunne whose husband Dr Francis Griffin makes frequent frequent frequent fre fre- quent business trips to Las Vegas She wore one of the new embroidered cotton play dresses with scalloped hem and sleeves The dress was in white waffle pique and embroidered in tiny rose colored flowers She had a pique wrap-around wrap turban with this frock pinning the front with her favorite diamond chessman clip Annabella also spent a brief holiday at Hotel El Rancho Vegas with her husband Tyrone Power and introduced a play playsuit playsuit playsuit suit that drew many admiring glances It was in May apple colored cotton with hyacinths in pale It consisted of a over cross-over bodice and top peg-top shorts What W Dottie Doffie Wore Dorothy Lamour appeared at atthe atthe atthe the swimming pool of Hotel El Rancho Vegas while resting up from one of her strenuous war bond tours in one of the new inset inset in inset in- in set apron effects in a linen the apron effect was was' in coral and the outside including puff sleeves was in black An extremely low cut back allowed for sun A dirndl skirt repeated the apron motif and when worn with a black linen bolero it made an interesting resort resort resort re re- re- re sort street dress A black enameled enameled enameled enam enam- kitten clip sparkling with tiny diamonds added a dash to her bolero shoulder |