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Show Town Dress ViII Win Many Friend; Less Severe Than Tailored Suit; Is Liked by Well-! Well-! Dressed Women. I Among Uie newer clothes for spriii- 'e find the towo dress, which, uutlfi j that name, notes a fashion writer In the .Kansas City Star, Is a little dif fereut than iu other seasons. The town dress Is one something less se vere than the tailored suit, a step removed from the realm ot spoils wear, yet a smart creation of general tulliiy which the well dressed woni an must have if she values her ap pearanee in public. Perhaps it was designed for the woman who says: "I am not quite tintype tin-type for sports wear; simple clothes ure vastly Decerning, hut my need Is a smart line softened a little. I do not know Jusl what I want. Inn something not severely tailored not .vet a fussy effect." New Necklines. There are millions of these women and for them the clothes of spring are exactly suited. "A smart ' line softened by an artist, expresses the suits, the ensembles, the liltle hats and dresses each with an air of chit derived from ever so small the de piirture from the severe. An outstanding out-standing evidence of this new note lu .clothes Is the many new neck lines for 1028. Women find a- real adventure In looking about and spuming on the flhgers of two hunds the different types of necklines brought out In one season: Talbot's sailor collar, square' across the shoulders as the collar of a sailor lad; Louisehouhtnger's print ed jabol and collar, as piquant as the spring flower; (Jonpy's surplice collar distinguished by u bow at the point Chanel plaited white georgette in points and laid It about the' neck of li uuvy blue taffeta and lo! one of the old-time favorites Is with us again. Vionnet brought back the simple cape-like bertha and the scarf that trails down gracefully to add n rip pling line of length. Chanel's round collar is none the less engaging, jus, a round, flat "ripple on a bateau neckline, neck-line, and there you are. Lace, ot gandle, pique, kerchiefs and plaids are used. In this day and age the casual oh server cannot fail to. note Ihe amaz Ing amount of handwork thai is ap pareutfy necessary to the success oi a garment, especially since this In trlcate ornamentation is completed lost' on the unobserving shopper, who sees only effects. . Couturiers take plain materials, cul them Into little bits, strips, wedges oi spirals, and then proceed to sew them together again, which on the" face of fn:,'S if fr w j I 1 Printed Material In Small All-Over Pattern of Crepe. It geema' an absurd performance When these "wedges and Joinings nl- . feet the shape of the garment the. end Justifies the means, hut when the result Is Just a beautifully executed patchwork, all In the same color, It ofteu seems rather an unnecessary proceeding, and one that Is responsible respon-sible for doubling, even tripling, the price of a gown. Coats Are Attractive. I This Is also true of a coat, for this spring one feels that a coat to he : smart must be one of these tricky affairs thai have a semblance of simplicity sim-plicity and yet are Involved to a de greo that makes them the despair ol the copyist. Coats, to all Inlcnts and purposes, ore stralght-llne and are held together Instead of hoiiij: bowed, buttoned of buckled, the three most approved ways of fastening, when fasten one must. Chanel shows some coats' with cloth collars, narrow standing affairs thai she sometimes faces with a Mat fur, such as caracul or shaved lamb, but more often leaves plain. I.elung found black velvet nu elTecilve trim-nilns trim-nilns for a black poplin coat. IVipyn. by the way, Is one of Hie desirable materials, not only for separate coat. ' but for the coat dress nud the en-getnble. |
