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Show Smart Shirts Can Be Bought as 'Separates' They Come in Black Crepe And Satin for Evening. By CIIERIE NICHOLAS Now that blouse-and-skirt costumes cos-tumes have become topflight fashion fash-ion in the evening mode, it's good to know that beautifully styled evening eve-ning skirts can now be bought as "separates.' This mixing and matching of separates sep-arates is a thrifty gesture and fascinating fasci-nating as well. It's amazing what crfn be done in way of stretching one's wardrobe to do multiple duty Just by keeping a collection of smart end versatile blouses on hand, together to-gether with several skirts that include in-clude both short lengths and formal evening types. The problem has been greatly simplified, now that one can buy handsome evening skirts in the skirt departments. You can get these skirts in rich materials such as fine quality blacK crepe, satin and black velvet. The crepe type is probably the most pop-alar. pop-alar. These are variously styled, but the favorite is the one-side drape type with a cascade of the material falling in graceful lines. It's news too that it is often possible pos-sible to get a smart short-length skirt styled in the same manner. With a stock of pretty blouses on hand, one can readily see the possibilities pos-sibilities of building a whole wardrobe ward-robe of day and evening gowns. In assembling your blouse collection, collec-tion, you will find that it is wise to buy a simple black waist-depth sweater blouse. This will always be ready for every evening occasion, and the big idea is to give it drama with lots of gold jewelry, for black and gold are very smart this season. sea-son. You will be wanting also a lovely white blouse either in crepe, jersey jer-sey or satin. The prettiest types are glitter-embroidered, or very new types are allover braided, highlighted highlight-ed with the glitter accent. Wear a white ermine headband and carry an ermine evening bag with your white glitter blouse and handsome skirt, and you will have a perfect evening ensemble. Less formality but not less chic is expressed for smart restaurant wear in the costume that is made up of a short-length skirt topped with a satin blouse in a delectable pastel. When you wear the paste) blouse with a formal evening skirt, you will look charming for dinner ii you top your costume with a provocative pro-vocative little hat done in pastel ostrich. One blouse you surely will prize to wear either with the short skirl or the one of formal length is the tunic type made of vivid stripe satin sat-in or crepe. Corselet Waistline J f I, t ' I. tjs To have introduced a voguish cor selet waistline into this chic lounging loung-ing costume presented by Chicagc Fashion Industries is a stroke oi genius, for it achieves a refreshingly refreshing-ly new and most attractive slant in pajama styling technique. The handsome wide - striped material used reaffirms the importance oi stripes in the current mode. The deep armhole sleeves and the gathered gath-ered peplum are newsworthy style details. |