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Show MAID OF COTTON WARDROBE , REFLECTS FABRIC TRENDS . . Fashion's No. 1 globetrotter, 1964 Maid of Cotton Katy Sue Meredith, is making her 'round-the-world tour in an all-cotton wardrobe that points up important trends in this year's fashion story. The Maid's new suits, dresses, and long formals all from collections of famous American designers reflect the popularity of textured fabrics for 64. 'kit For the traleving maid, whose seven-months itinerary averages aver-ages three airline flights a week, suits are an important item. Wrinkle - resistant cotton cot-ton tweeds and novelty weaves have been superbly tailored into suits designed to look as fresh on arrival as departure. They range from bold gargantuan gargan-tuan checks to muted combinations. combi-nations. Typifying fashion's interest in bold pattern is a daytime suit of novelty woven cotton in black and white houndstooth checks. Styled by Ernst Straus of California, the jacket favors the new longer line. A striking cotton tweed in the Maid's collection is in a muted color scheme of avocado green, beige, and white checks. It has the easy look of this year's fashion with a fluid jacket and distinctive flap pockets. A hat made in the same fabric completes the outfit. out-fit. The jacket dress, another indispensable in-dispensable item for, town and travel, is in black, taupe, and white tweed. The sleeveless princess style dress features fashion's newest gored skirt treatment and is ensembled with a short bolero. Red cotton, crossbarred in deep wine, la favored for a flaring jacket and slim dress that will take the Maid of Cotton around the world fashionably. These are just a few ex- pines, Japan and Australia. As she goes from city to city and country to country, the Maid and her wardrobe will underscore the important role American cottons have achieved in the field of high fashion. THE EASY LOOK Pink and white checked gingham squares alternate with re-embroidered squares of red Schiffli embroidery em-broidery in this knee-capping shirt dress worn by 1DG1 Maid of Cotton Katy Sue Meredith. Designed by Eloise Curtis of David Styne Juniors. amples of the garments which the Maid will wear in her visits vis-its to 35 cities in the United States and Canada, and overseas over-seas to Austria, Switzerland, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Thai-land, Hong Kong, the Philip- |