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Show Lace in Its Every Lovely Mood Plays a Most Versatile Role By CIIERIE NICHOLAS rr;?- i - r i f ' ; fH :. i i ' ft - ' ' t 1 ; s '' t f ' f I Li J 1 IJ'v , V ; . . ' ;;;::ssv here's a clever idea when you have r v. J, 1 a dress that needs must do double I .; Isy?-'" ;;i4 duty. A bride with vision for the I ;5i - afBMW4" future in way of a wedding gown tain-, i""" that she could wear later for various THE man m uniform loves to see you dressed up for the evening in Battering pretty-pretty gowns. It is a compliment to him as well as to you. To know you think he isworth it, helps a lot in inspiring high purpose pur-pose and new courage in him to go forth to do and to dare where duty calls. What's more, statistics show he likes best the charms and the graces of the utterly feminine in dress. Fashions for important gala nights are just like that this winter as beguiling and appealingly lovely as, designers can create. Much of the enchantment of the current evening mode' centers about the widespread and often unique use of lace, ranging from crisp starched types to the most fragile cobweb filmy meshes. This season lace drama especially especial-ly thrills, as it enters into the makeup make-up of the new street-length gowns that have gone definitely' formal. These charming flatterers are prettified pretti-fied with devastating necklines and cunning brief sleeves. The smartest of the smartest of these lacy street-length street-length black frocks are in all black, either made entirely of exquisitely sheer lace or of fabric trimmed with lace rufflings and yokes, or they are apt to do 50-50 teamwork, lace with marquisette.net or some other sheer. Convincingly style-correct in its every detail is Mainbocher's slim black dinner dress of print d'esprit, with bodice and ruffled peplum of black lace, as shown in the inset panel to the left. It sponsors the traditional floor length, which, by the way, loses none of its style prestige pres-tige as it competes with the new shorter length versions. The pencil-slim pencil-slim sheath-like skirt contrasted with a peplum flare, is a silhouette regarded as strictly ultra in current costume design. The only color accent ac-cent to this regal lace and net gown is its rose-and-lilac corsage. Speaking of the lace peplum, here's a clever idea when you have a dress that needs must do double duty. A bride with vision for the future in way of a wedding gown that she could wear later for various occasions chose a winsome pastel wool frock (for an afternoon ceremony) cere-mony) that was styled with utmost simplicity. Which tells but half the story. The other half has to do with a detachable peplum made of handsome crisp white starched lace. This fastened about the waist under the pastel wool belt. A bit of the lace was repeated in connection connec-tion with the dress collar. The same starched lace was used for a youthful high-crown mushroom hat. After the wedding, with lace removed, she was the happy possessor of a plain wool for all-occasion wear. For the woman of affairs who goes places, a lace dress is indispensable. Mocha lace for dinner at eight, as illustrated to the right, has intrigue plus. The effectiveness of brown-toned brown-toned lace for evening wear is being played up for all it is worth this season. Here the diagonal patterned pat-terned lace is designfully arranged V-shape down the front. Flamingo red flowers add a glowing flash of color to the low-plunge V-neckline. Dress up for him in a lace (for the bodice) and taffeta (for the skirt) portrait gown as pictured to the left, and you will make an unforgettable picture. The prettiest Color you could choose for this gown would be sparkling-as-champagne chartreuse. char-treuse. Heart-shaped neckline, with fitted bodice of chartreuse lace and a dirndl skirt of taffeta, a gorgeous gor-geous rose poised at the neckline, bespeaks transcendent loveliness. As to the gown centered in the group, it has an Interesting story to tell in that you can change it in the twinkling of an eye so it will dress up or dress down to any dinner occasion. oc-casion. The change is effected via a lacy black net skirt that ties about the waist, worn over a simply styled basic black crepe frock. The net is embroidered in a stunning peplum effect with gold paillettes and metal threadwork. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |
