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Show Focus Your Attention on Your Midriff For Resort Clothes This Season By ADELAIDE KERB Midriffs are matter! of Importance In the beach clothe that are going south thi year-Swim year-Swim suits and play clothe are nearly all designed to focus attention atten-tion on midriff. Sometime they are left bare to sun and breexe; again they are accented by a snug little corteletta waistline,-whose color and fabric contrast strikingly with the body of the ult a plain midriff on a trlped luit, perhaps. It' no year for anything but slim figure. Not only are figures going to be en view at the midriff, but a considerable amount of epidermis Is going to show below klrt a well. Skirts of many play cult are exceedingly short. j In general, beach clothe are soft and femlnme In design and put an accent on youth. . One of the most talked -of feature fea-ture I th ballerina skirt full, brief and gathered to a snug waistline. waist-line. It's going to be seen in lot of wlm suits and play clothe. Many swim suits are designed of rayon Jersey (plain and striped), elasttclzed satin and striped and ribbon printed cotton. One of red and white striped Jersey ha a gathered bodice and full ballerina kirt linked by a white corselette midriff. Another combine a separate sepa-rate brassiere top and shorts of printed cotton. There are also some satin prlnoess suits and some uits whose midriff are elasti-cized elasti-cized to stretch two ways. Color is extremely important this year. There la much red In evidence, evi-dence, used chiefly as accent and often combined with a aoft smoky blue. Red, whit and navy blue make another favorite combination. combina-tion. Sun yellow are much talked of and appear In some smart 'beach togs. A soft dusty blue (more discussed dis-cussed than turquoise), beige, pink and green are seen la (ports frock i- . t . . . . -41 ' r ; -0 -U-T7 I and slacks. Chambrayt Ivery'TmpdHanfTnls year), waffle piques, muslins and itrlped cottons make many of. Aha . play suits which are youthful and gay. The short of many of them are briefer than they were last year and fairly full. One suit of yellow yel-low cotton combine a round-necked round-necked top and short, leaving the midriff exposed. In another a one-piece one-piece shirt and short combination I worn with a detachable ballerina skirt of contrasting (tripe which tlea in the back. Long-ileeved shirts alio top ahorta to make play suits. Slacks are going to be seen on th sands, too, this year. The new ones are better tailored than ever with the crease sometimes extended extend-ed to make a flat little atltched-down atltched-down pleat running to th walst-Une. walst-Une. Many ar made of smooth wools, flannel, and cotton gabardine. gabar-dine. Thi year alack, ihirt. Jacket shorts and skirt and sometimes ever a (hirtwaiit a ports dress are all designed of the sam material, to that they may be (witched at will to make variety of costumes Sun yellow rayon of linen-tile weave males play suit which combines com-bines a short top with brief shorts. A bright plaid bow accants th waistlin. .... , : : ,5r: v vl rr. -7 1 , . .. ... 1 r ' S . i :" l " f X S Sun yellow rayon of linen-til weave mate play suit which com- - binet a short top with brief shorts. A bright plaid bow accents the waistline. ; ,' f, " a iniimni quiiii at-.-. ,..ni- ' '" '" " This suit, which it going down to th tee, is mad of blue and white barred cotton scientifically I shrunk. Notice the bellerina skirt. . |