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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Clever Accessories Can Be Made From Ties, Veiling and Remnants By Ertta Haley CLOTHING budgets that don't permit a large expenditure on the seasonal wardrobe need not be strained as long as a woman is handy with the needle. Clever accessories ac-cessories now as always have been used to give Infinite variety and style to the slender budget. This holds especially true during a season when much of the interest inter-est of fashion has been expended on such items as accessaries. With the current trend for interesting collars, cuffs, blouses, stoles and other such features, it's easily possible pos-sible to add innumerable fashionable fashion-able touches to both suits and dresses. Smart women need but tap sources they arleady have to acquire ac-quire a good set of trimmings for their clothes. Old dresses and hats will yield veiling, flowers and fabrics. Remnant counters show many interesting materials that Just await a bit of cutting and finishing. fin-ishing. Even the tie rack belonging to the man of the house offers an interesting in-teresting source of material for Spring and Summer neckwear, whole or cut-up makes colorful fashion accessories. Conservative clothes, which women wom-en with a limited clothing allowance allow-ance usually choose, are ideal foil for the gay and colorful collars, cuffs, bows and scarves that remnants, rem-nants, ties and other trimmings make. Pcpular gray, navy blue, check. For the more dressy type, chintz offers fresh appeal. Both gingham and chintz in the accessories are being shown with navy, and are particularly attractive attrac-tive when one of the colors In the chintz or check is navy. Bag and hat designs may be purchased pur-chased and sewed from the oppro-prlate oppro-prlate materials. Another idea is to recover an old but serviceable bag with a "slipcover" of the desired de-sired material, as well as the hat. If the whole hat cannot be recovered, recov-ered, a band or other trimming of the fabric might be used if the basic color matches the dress or suit. Flowers from either of the materials ma-terials are easy to make since they're of the crushable variety. These may be worn at the shoulder, shoul-der, waist or front of the bodice. Button Trimmings Add Decorative Notes If you've collected buttons from old clothing, these may well be used to trim a dress or suit which needs a decorative highlight. The buttons should be interesting, either In their size, shape or color. Capelets, especially the very short variety may be attached to the dress by a diagonal row on either or both sides of the bodice front. They may be used to outline the collar or cuffs. Double breasted suits are dramatized by large buttons. but-tons. Button trimmings also are used to accent bags and gloves. These may be slightly smaller, but make certain you have enough to do the proper trimming trick before starting start-ing the Job. Ties Offer Distinctive Patterns and Weaves If you have ties at your disposal for accesories, you have a choice of bright, bold and gay colors as well as the equally beautiful "soft" pastel tones. Special resilient construction con-struction keeps the ties from rolling roll-ing or binding, and the lining and hemming on them make them easy material to convert into fashion extras. The simplest tie to convert is a man's bow. Worn with a tailored blouse, simply loop over once in front and fasten with a pin or a clip. The Scotch plaids, current high note In men's fashions, add a finishing touch to simple broadcloth broad-cloth blouses as well as some of the new "chlckenwlre" veil hats. Just nestle a clip-on bow In the Ransack tht tit rack , . , black and brown are good basic colors tha'. will go with almost anything. Accessories are simple to make, but they should have style. Though actual cutting needs on these are alight, the work should be carefully finished so it has a professional look and construction that will not permit it to fall apart at first or second wearing. Add Importance With Collars Look at the current fashions in dresses and suits and you'll see how starkly simple many of the really good clothing is. If you have a good basic dress, for example, chances are that It was designed for a dramatic collar which can readily be made from an Interesting Interest-ing remnant Collars may be small or large, depending upon the individual and her particular facial type. If the For fasbionsbl scctssory mattrud, woman does not feel she can cut out a collar from tissue paper which will serve her purpose adequately, she can always get a pattern, for Just the collar, or from a dress. Tiny collars which fit right over the small collar of a dress are excellent ex-cellent for young or old, and need to be only slightly modified for the Individual. Materials should be striking, but in good contrast to the basic fabric of the dress. Pique is a popular favorite, but silks, rayons and novelty nov-elty weave cottons may also be utilized. Another collar which is extremely good for right now is the horseshoe type which is not so much a collar as it is simply large lapels. These may follow the lapels of a dress, if this particular type is used, or they may be attached to a deeply dipping dip-ping V-line of a collarless dress that buttons to the waist. If white is added to the collar of a dress, you may have enough of the same material to work out gloves or a trimming for a hat to go with this particular dress. Collars are good to add to more dressy dresses, too, such as a dotted silk taffeta. The more summery sum-mery the material, the frothier the collar. White organdy may be used for a shawl type collar on a sheer or rustling fabric. Freshen Costume With Colorful Bag A charming way to highlight the costume is with a colorful print used in bag. hat and flowers. Gingham Ging-ham Is a fine choice for the very casual costume when it has a small veiling at an angle becoming to you. A rosette choker made from a four-in-hand tie will add a dramatic note to low necklines for evening wear and is equally smart with a tailored dress or suit To make the choker, loop the broad end of the apron of the tie in a soft rosette, fastening with a few stitches. The neckband is formed by the narrow part of the tie which fits smoothly around the neck. Snip off extra length and fasten with a hook and eye under the rosette. Just in case you're imbued with a streak of economy, don't waste the cut off tabs. Wear them like a watch fob on breast pocket or belt for color accent Accent Neckline With Tie Tricks Another smart fashion accessory can be made from Dad's four-in-hand especially when it's in bright figured satin. Open the wide end of the tie and press it open. Tie loosely around the neck like an ascot. Gather in fullness at the front with an entwined en-twined necklace of pearl or gold links. Cut out the excess length at band In back and reseam. This is the perfect type of accessory to wear with suits, especially when the material ma-terial and colors of the tie contrast con-trast effectively with the basic garment. gar-ment. You'll find that many ties can be used for comfortable and colorful color-ful straps on sun dresses and over-the-shoulder straps for beach bags, belts and hat bands. |