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Show DESERET NEWS AND TELEGRAM, 10A -- Salt lake Gty, Tuesday, February 27, ,1962 f , Secrets Of Charm " 5 Styles Are Easy To Wear, Flattering Bigger Belts Fashions? or America Seen In Paris Collections Hat: Jenin Own, E titer's Mr Detent Newt metre - edlter-techi- this tpeciel rater ef Veevt Mseezlne, hM wrtttee the Pint serins vtUtctions, ee ByJESSICA DAVES Vogue Magazine Sometimes the Paris collections . are interesting to American women because of an exciting change, a drastic suggestion. These are not necessarily suggestions American women adopt nor manges they view within unjaundiced eye. The time no longer is when "Paris says is accepted as an edict. It is listened to with interest and if American wojnen like it they will follow it Bor tfflr tsra season when tt seems to me that practically 99 per cent of the Paris fashion proposals are ideas that are reasonably sure to be welcomed fn the United States. And again, this is not merely because they are Paris, but because they are "woman conscious, which is to say, easy to wear, flattering, at home in America, No Big Change revl- There is no new ground broken no breath-takinsion of the body line. Instead Paris has set a mood in fashion. And the mood is merry, tender, full of soft ansWers end short skirts; shadowy hat hrlmc and lpnipnt biousings belts and shawls. Th-are open-fron- t suits with tuck-iprint blouses; open collared suits With the big soft bow of the blouse appearing at the back of the n?ek; there is a black late-dasuit with a white chiffon ruffled blouse. There are soft edges on most of the edges so soft they sometimes become real ruffles, too. These are pleasing clothes, nothing stark, nothing diffi cult to wear.' They are clothes that look as if they would make the wearer feel at home with herself, here in the United States, and at home Jn the world. Suits Popular American women like suits; many of them live in suits. And the Paris collections are full of suits in more variety than we have seen in many seasons the waist length jacket, sometimes with the blouse showing below the edge of the jacket; the hip top length suit jacket, cut straight, sometimes collarless, worn with an overblouse or tuck in suit with wide leather belt and blouse; the cinch-beltepleated skirt; the long jacket suit (as in the forties) worn with a wide leather belt joining the skirt and the soft blousing blouse. American women have learned that often, even in spring, a collection of coats is a comforting thing to have in the closet. Certainly very few women are likely to go out and buy half a dozen coats at a time, but many women who spend clothes money very carefully find themselves with a collection of coats which they may have gathered together over the past five or six years. Coat If you are adding a coat this spring, you might do well to add another or coat; or 'a coat with its own skirt, perhaps m ounces-weigh- t fleece, with a silk crepe blouse the exact same color as the coat and skirt Or, if you havent already a coat in your wardrobe, then you might want to think of the elongated style. And while the wrap See FASHIONS on Page Call For ; The Dior 'coat, left, 5 gray worsted with small col lar, seaming at front, back belt at natural Editor-In-Chie- trim Waist j high-waist- By JOHN ROBERT POWERS Belts, belts, and more belts! The bigger they are, the better to cinch your waists. And the bigger your waists, the more you will have to work midriff for that '' this spring. ' Although easy blouson styles are still being shown and worn, youll be seeing more and more deaccent on figure-huggin- g find will No you longer signs. it quite so simple to hide your tummy or spare tire in straight lines, with fashions.blessing. Beautiful Belts Ah, but the belts ARE beautiful,- well worth the to wear. There are wide ones In soft crushed leather, elegantly buckled. Bright-- , colored contour belts come in shiny patent and striking reptiles. There are soft tie belts that imitate sashes . . . while a variety of sashes take the role of belts. One of the most imaginative sashes is a wide handkerchief, slung low over the hips and tied at one side, very effective with sportswear. How well will you be able to wear them? It might be wise for you to take time now to rate your own silhouette against ideal measurements. Ill be glad to send you my Do You Measure booklet, Up?, to help you do this. Just mail your request to me, John Robert Powers, co Deseret News, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City 10, Utah, endosbig 10 cents and a stamped, envelope. Whatever your waistline in inches, you can be sure that giving it a daily spot workobt will firm and tone the muscles that girdle your rib cage, V waistline. Below is Ricci's gray worsted suit with wide well-define- d g close-ctgspe- three-cornere- e waist-whittlin- d n y Marc Bohan of Dior, named this, one of his best suits, Navy Blue. Pictured above, its of ridged wool, bound in gros-graiCollar is cut away from blouse neckline. d n. (self-address- well-dresse- d High-Walste- d Heres Starter high-waiste- pea-jack- loose-hangin- A-1- 2 g, Pictures and sketches of Paris spring .fashions are being released for the first time, today. Above is St. Laurents long-toppe- d semi-circl- dress of white organdie. The skirt is snowed under by layers of flaky applique. To the right is Cardins blue and white silk costume, featuring a ruffled, flowered shawl. This e e Above is Cardins orange straw coif that eclipses the hair. Worn uncompromisingly, it places emphasis on the face. Many of Cardins suits show soft, little open-face- d jackets, wide unstiffened belts with exaggerated buckles. The suit, right, is brown and white Prince of Wales wool plaid, with sleeveless trapunto-bor-dere- d white crepe blouse. springs fashions from Paris are expected to be welcomed here in the United States, not merely because they are Paris, but because they are easy to wear, flattering, at home in America. d Fashion Layout by Chariot Nldctrson, Art Director. Glittering Colors Join That good old standard bending down to touch your is a fine starter. You toes might also try these: taking a firm stand, feet planted-slightl- y apart and arms outstretched to shoulder height, draw a in the air from side to side. For variation, draw that semi-circlup and down, touching each ankle with each swing. If you want to set up a daily program of exercise for .yourself, I recommend that you send for another of my pamphDance Through a Week lets to Beauty. The graceful pattern of step it describes will not only correct a pudgy waistbut also many of yqur line other figure faults. Just enclosee 10 cents and a envestamped, lope with your request to John Robert Powers, co this news--' paper. Black Patent Ever-Pdpul- ar Gleaming black patent leather has been joined by a pinwheel of flashing colors In new, more brilliant, more durable patent leather. A glittering array of colored patent leather shoes that helped break the type casting of patent for afternoon shoes were recently unveiled at the spring previews of Shoe Fashion Service of Leather Industries of America. For the first time the prized luster and easy-car- e features of the patent leather shoe have been adapted to every occasion and every costume. First to seize upon this unusual fashion opportunity were the teenagers and young women. They've taken to real patent leather flats in primary colors red, blue and yellow and in other popular hues like salad green, sharp white and shocking coral. Solid colored patent leather flats often sport a white collar, white-edgeleather sole and white to relieve the dazzling brilliance of the new footwear. This solid block of color provides a fashion foundation for tweeds, checks, sTffpes and mixtures in apparel fabrics. d weaponety The tongue can be the most damaging -of all blunt Or words used with tact and restraint can keep the world on an even keel. To say simply that Redfnan vans and equipment are buy and Redraafipven the best we can screeh 'and train... thats our story of preparedness in a nutshell. tht btwecan Dial DA 81 for estimate. ft AJ&ateJ milk Beims MOVING & STORAGE Silt Lake Ogden Bright I Ice Cream of "Distinctive" character for 33 years. SiAftqtoV6 a A JceUiEcm DISTINCTIVE supreme achievement. 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