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J t r rF x WOM ToMAN 7 L r Y S i 1 F c T Prints in in a Wide Variety y aD Y YS o of Design Color Coor and Material Mater S F p 6 i L o I an t t t F Are r e in In Great rea Favor aVor a at I Y This Tins 1 Season o of the e Year New Yea ear ew stY 6 rr iL T r Smock Coat in in A Artist Artists rusts rust's i j Nr ii y 5 r f l Blue Is Much in in V Vogue al n n S u t ts s f 2 n 0 t Fi Y l S 4 y y I f fY j Y s r R a w y Iy S 4 t lJ at t en ab 5 J a J Sr l J VM H 4 irY 5 N i y J f ir i i F T v sr tr N f f I a H a Y n Photo by Joel Feder ni s' s s n rN Here is a simple coat dress for the Y youthful ur ej y y developed developed in bordered flannel in m this case a y a z w f t. t colorful ul pattern in conventional Indian basC basketry basketry bas bas- C ketry motif The he belt is of leather Edith M. M Burtis 4 By i r t F SEEMS 1 with the first touch of spring Jn iii the air that if you would be in incomplete complete harmony with nature you must as ashe does array yourself anew and in apparel that will be in keeping with the at at at- young colorful loveliness of natures nature's tire Spring too being the youth of the year ar seems always youths youth's own time a and 1 true it is this springtime that many of othel the most ost interesting and desirable new nodes are essentially for the youthful It is of new spring clothes for the young ng woman that I would tell you today With this thought in mind the il illustrations il- il recent dethe developments developments de- de depict some very of the trend in practical clothes for the young woman You have heard and seen much of the ensemble suit and true it certainly is will be quite th that t this new costume vogue generally accepted the customary development development de de- of the mode having been a ac c coat at almost as long as the frock and cut cuton oh on on dec decidedly similar lines No No so No-so so so- so however with the ensembles ensemble s suit it for the young young woman whose coat to to bemo befitting must be short almost to jacket length loosely fitted of double-breasted double box shaping and arid with a closing l n N NE of f the most most pleasing developments develop develop- O 0 ONE ensemble ensembles ments of this type of the dress of slip-on slip s suit Buit it is is- isa a straight-line straight of quilted fl flannel nel with a box jacket and wide roll collar the feta long revers also the being of the flannel as are small email mannish turned back k cuffs Coats of decided novelty quilted are a those of cretonne cre cre- f than tho though gh not blot more so t tonne onne ne lined and similarly trimmed with flannel of which the accompanying the s same me nying dress is made But it is is obvious p that the at this early date bus ous us even i coats coats' of quilted taffeta will bejm bemore re generally genI gen- gen I accepted than coats of cretonne or English print since the f former are more conservatively smart and therefore deeble deir de- de i c Hirable ir eble ble for roundabout wear willie while coats coats coats' j r iYA t J i tl 4 f fe ru I of the prints seem better suited for sport and other out out- town of-town uses However s sin since i n c e mention of prints is made it is well to register veo 1 r that prints Photo by Kadel Herbert This youthful hat of milan serves as a background background background back back- ground for an interesting use of ribbon the b roll 1011 brim is covered with wide ribbon libbon and the the decorative motifs are of narrow ribbon in contrasting color of f almost l- l all ii-cn ii conceivable motifs and color combinations and in all manner of materials materials ma ma- silk cotton and woolen have qualified in beauty and assortment to substantiate the earlier prediction that prints are to be a dominant factor in spring fashions Prints in silks are much in evidence for spring dresses and blouses usually combined with plain materials that servo as excellent backgrounds for small details details details de de- de- de tails of embellishment such as applied bands hems folds and for such features as collars cuffs pockets and belts Ensemble suits of a silk print and a plain woolen material often show the thet dress in the print finished with the plain material materi l as just described the accompanying accompanying accompanying coat being of the plain cloth lined with the printed material A delightfully different idea in a topcoat topcoat top top- coat for or the young woman woman something on lines dissimilar from the general run of coats of such character is the new slip-on slip coat cont cut on smock lines It is is often developed in velvet or velveteen ofa of ofa a a shade of blue that closely resembles the conventional blue of the artists' artists choice tho the resemblance is striking and the appeal of the garment most enticing Much is being said and seen of the present version of the shirtwaist dress the closest resemblance to its ancestor ancestor ancestor an an- being that it is in m two pieces blouse and skirt shirt and it is an actual blouse much on the order of the sep separate rate tunic blouse that some time back w was wa's s introduced in introduced in- in tr and and worn with a slip the design design design de de- de- de sign of which is almost always in absolute absolute ab ab- solute harmony as as' s' s to line and detail with the skirts of modish frocks of the one- one order piece Novelty striped flannel clev cleverly cut 50 so th that t the the stripes do not al all follow t the e m i same trend is a favored material for these shirtwaist dresses and they are being made also in washable silks of the shirting and crepe order and in new cashmere weaves in woolen material With all the talk and all the concrete examples of the determination to break breakaway breakaway breakaway away from the overexploited straight- straight line silhouette with all the innovations of flare sections panels tunics and plaits the piece one-piece dress both on slip-on slip lines and of coat shaping holds its place in fashions fashion's realm and in womans woman's heart The young girl especially must dread the thought of having this most becoming becoming becom become ing and practical garment relegated to the background by any innovations that will rob this favorite mode of its pleasing pleas in ing g simplicity and its practical comfort Many of these dresses newly designed would seem at first glance to be beno beno beno no different from the earliest examples j j of this mode yet there is sufficient di difference difference dif dif- ference to warrant calling this years year's development development development de de- de- de of the mode new For instance in in instance instance in- in stance there is the matter of wrist- wrist length set-in set sleeves generally finished at the hand in decidedly mannish annish style collars are usually more tailored narrow leather belts break the line of the former straight Affects and actual butt buttons buttons but but- t tons ns serve a 0 a real purpose and eliminate the sometimes sometime awkward slip over head adjustment D DRESSES of two materials such as and check silk are ini interestingly interest interest- plain are interest interestingly r st- st d developed in a sort of redingote oat effect a slip of the check silk being worn under a coa coat almost as as the slip and open pen at t th the front to give a a panel broad-panel effect II Plaited fu fullness ln ln's s at th the center front ont ont- 1 t C Copyright t. t 1925 1926 by Pub k rt c r Y s V y iJA r Fj if I IJ J w t I Photo by Joel Feder Feder Novelty striped flannel cleverly handled is- is the material that was chosen for this modern mod mod- ern version of the shirtwaist shirt dress suitable for and general I ro roundabout we wear r f sport new J of the skirts is a feature feature of the tho new shirtwaist models models' the plaits pl its b being ing la laid aid deep in side or box treatment so that the t-dF t Jy straight silhouette ette is not destroyed but i L' L only made unusual and nd n new new w. w V S Ensemble suits prevail in n materials of ot the three distinct silk and wool and frequently in combinations of of any two of these The mode mod likewise is is- is Photo by Joel Feder expressed by long coats short box I Fashioned like ja jackets jackets' and capes both long ong and short an an artists artist's The movement in dress construction s smock ock this this' topcoat top top- toward a little bust fullness is a pleasant coat is a i change from the perfectly tl plain bodice fa favorite shaping pf the piece one slip-on slip and long bl blouse use dresses usually this fullness is confined to the shoulder shoulder either either by gathers or l by y tucks tucks tucks' of of unstitched I f LI lc Lie pressed Ledger d Company plaits 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