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Show I Jackets Are Favorite Fashion 1 g By CHERIE NICHOLAS Bf3Vi.v".'Al "J f t Y 4 i0 I ft . I This little jacket went to a f tfH f j t" garden party, this little jack- t, ' j, ? et went to a high tea, this I s ! little jacket went to a tennis p j 'j ! , tournament, this little Jacket 1' W a! promenaded on the avenue, t ! this little jacket went shop- i U X ping and this little jacket f 4! J nj stayed at home preferring to I .jjS J I pose over a gorgeous printed I (. I pajama costume and so the - f 'f 1 $ Y hosts of cunning jackets 5 4 J which have Invaded the style " realm are telling a continu- x I 1 i ous story of romance as well k s ss S as a practical tale as they I 5. k Z"-su!l enliven the summer program. ) J s S Either a costume has a A jacket all its own, this sea- Jjw jv 8KfaS??'S son, or else there are sev- J& XsL eral which by clever inter- jfep' change make the wardrobe s3&$is&, inply seem more extensive than it really Is. many different materials and In as When It comes to tuning a costume many colors, does just about every-to every-to occasion, the little hiplength jacket thing milady wants it to do In chang-made chang-made In a thousand ways and of as Ing the character of a costume. Per example, after a game of tennis the red and white coin-dotted shantung dress In the picture becomes a smart ensemble for the country club porch by adding a little flaring jacket of Lyons-type velvet In bright red to match the dots. The sleeve detail which Involves intricate seaming and the unique tab-fastening at the front which forms a bow effect, contribute In no little degree to the chic of this handsome jacket. Notwithstanding Its frivolous ways the little jacket is really a most economical eco-nomical proposition. With Its advent every dress Is made to have a twofold two-fold If not a threefold and "then some" mission. Hence it stands to reason that a collection of jackets In the summer wardrobe will pay big dividends divi-dends in that one frock may be made to serve the purpose of many according accord-ing to the way it Is jacketed. Some of these little jackets which fashion Is highlighting so definitely are made of satin, other of taffeta or crepe and the medium which leads In favor is velvet, either the transparent weaves or Lyons type of a medium weight. Designers are having lots of fun choosing the right colored jacket . to go with this or that frock. Black velvet, white velvet, white taffeta for these jackets come first and then follows fol-lows as fascinating a list of tones and tints from which to choose as fancy ere. can picture. ((c). 1931, Western Newspaper Union.) |