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Show Crisp White Neckwear's the Thing By CHERIE NICHOLAS kotow Jw hv It XV Y S W SUCH an exciting season of striking crisp white neckwear as is this ! Seems as if most of spring and summer sum-mer costums Interest is centering about neckwear treatments. It really Is not overstating the matter to say that frilly, frivolous and altogether fascinating details at necklines, sleeves, shoulders and wrists are just about to "steal the show." That oft-repeated theme of black-and-white comes to us for spring In terms of chic black frocks which are lavishly enlivened with the most beguiling be-guiling crisp white neckwear fancy can picture. For that matter, whether wheth-er the dress be one of the new black or dark blue crepes or a swanky thin pastel woolen, or a print done in the new bizarre coloring, the first thing to strike one about it Is almost sure to be the feminine frilly white neckwear neck-wear which adorns It. As to the materials for these all-important all-important neckwear items they include in-clude most everything from tailored piques, taffetas and washable crepes to sheerest of transparent mousselines and organdies. And there's lace! Don't forget lace, for any amount of pretty lace fixings are in promise, ranging from Irish crochet and all-over all-over patternings to daintiest Valenciennes. Valen-ciennes. Possibly it Is the frilly little sheer pleatings which are assigned the leading lead-ing role In this play of neckwear.' Anyway Any-way "oodles and oodles" of wee pleatings pleat-ings are running riot about necklines and sleeves and up, down and around front fastenings. The illustration presents a few neckwear neck-wear hlghspots. Since these sketches speak so dramatically for themselves, instead of describing them Individually we would much rather tell you about the perfectly adorable neckwear fantasies fan-tasies which are designed to simulate flowers. For example, a capelike bib effect is formed of a mass of long spearlike petals suggesting the chrysanthemum chrys-anthemum motif. Then there is the daisy collar which is made of long petal tabs. A cala lily theme is Interpreted In-terpreted via a series of cornucopia rolled tabs of white pique. Tulips, orchids and roses are also copied In various white weaves. Of course mere words do not do them justice; they have to be seen to yield to their magic spell. We have not attempted to picture by word or sketch the multitudinous tailored tail-ored fashions which are featured on the vast neckwear program mapped out for the coming months. Plentiful versions appear in starched and stitched linen and pique in plain and embroidered organdie and there Is a big showing of printed silk neck togs. Outstanding In this class are the clever clev-er scarf and bib effects made of gay Mexican silk stripes. For afternoon wear there are col--lar and cuff sets fashioned of metal-barred metal-barred and embroidered taffetas stressing stress-ing bright greens and reds and other primary colors, likewise blacks and navies with gold or silver patternings, pattern-ings, with gold on white being an outstanding out-standing favorite. Huge bows either of gay silks or fashioned of sheer white weaves are receiving lots of attention. Very elaborate elab-orate lingerie bows are made of masses of little "val" edgings or work embroidered organdie and lace together. to-gether. Many of the bright silk collars and bows have matching hats and even a belt and a bag of the Identical silk Is sometimes added. by Western Newspaper Union. |