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Show Scarf Theme Tunes to Decolletage By CHERIE NICHOLAS S? ' I s V A 1 r n:i, 1 1 tor sf nil rtiiH -V4W I A DVA.NCE showings of midsummer formal fashions carry the message mes-sage that desiguers are In - mood to create filmy, joyous looking apparel such as suggests going to lovely garden gar-den parties on sunlit afternoons or dancing at the country club. Not as yet have creators of clothes beautiful discovered anything tn the way of fabrics which add such enchantment en-chantment to the picture of midsum mer festivities as richly colorful prints. Let daytime prints be as sober so-ber and as monotone and ac trim and neat In design as they wish, but when ft comes to prints for nighttime they must be gorgeous, exotic and breathe the air of romance, not only In their wealth of color but In the daring of their patterning as well such Is the prevailing sentiment as expressed in fashioniand for this summer. In this matter of color and design It may truthfully be said that this season's midsummer evening prints are telling "the sweetest story ever told." Many of them burst Into a riot of color while all the flowers of the garden seem to be holding a reunion as they crowd Into space on diapha nous backgrounds. Field flowers, especially espe-cially those with ragged petals such as daisies and bachelor buttons, are mnldqg merry on many a summery chiffon. Then again the fascinating tale of printed design is told dramatically dramati-cally In two colors, such as for In stance, a startling print which shows a vibrant yellow playing o solo dance all over a very black background. Sometimes as many as seven of eight colors splash over white or pale grounds In flowery design. The charming charm-ing gown to the left In the picture la fashioned of just such a chiffon of many hues. No less exciting than the chiffon Itself Is the unique decolet-tage decolet-tage of this ultra-smart gown. There Is nothing quite so new and so unusual un-usual as the riecollette neckline which reflects the vogue for scarf effects. One of the points to observe in connection con-nection with this new scarf movement move-ment as adopted by this dress Is that the high-ln-frout neckline, which is now the thing, is accented, the two ends of the scarflike drapery dropping drop-ping al Hie back In general cascades, as shown by Hie accompanying miniature minia-ture sketch. The scarf theme as applied to daring dar-ing silhouettes in decolletage design Is again demonstrated in the "classy" dinner gown Illustrated to the left In this Instance the scarf and the bodice seem molded Into a unit. With a pleasing gesture one end of the scarf forms 1 srug shoulder strap, while the other streamer glides over the opposite oppo-site shoulder, falling with consummate consum-mate grace toward the back. The pure silk printed georgette which fashions this model Is one of the much-tnlked-of semi-sheers which leading designers design-ers are so enthusiastically sponsoring tnls ..eason. The color scheme Is also Interesting as It features the patterning pattern-ing done in white on a gay monotone background. , (. 1932. WeBtern Newspaper Union.) |