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Show Chic Pri ii Is Fcalun; Mowers hi Colorful Wide-Spaced Motifs l!y CI I Kl! I II NICHOLAS - r' i 0 l -r 1 " i -'t'r5. , i rx.j K -i--' A- I ' ,W' v 'A-.;- f. -- i TWs i ; : W -r is : Ux' " -v " ' h-: ' & : ; k O M ii y -pi ' t v ' i' . -,:. .-) . .. . .'.'.-? J , .1 r ( O , ' ' "- " ; '- A I n , ; : ..--... . -5 "A " : 'x t ; ; 'piUS season the J . 5 .. ' ". 'J" j x. new look for i ','- ' . : ' . ', j ' i , -' prints is carried in k: .. 111 llll i tin' tlnr-i W thnl Hr.i. matically spla.sh and d.h vivid color in wide-spaced motifs. Nor is the technique and the eye-dazzling eye-dazzling cnlor confined to evening prints. While it is true that gorgeous gor-geous prints of the type described have gone "tops" for party and for other formal evening wear, it is also true that big Mowers patterned in few nnd fa,r-between motifs are the newsiest news of all in rega rd to matt-rials fur smart afternoon frocks. What's more the craze for huge, wide-spaced flowtr prints is nho refected re-fected tn sports 'v ear fashions. Kven if the material itself is not printed the latest gesture of fashion is to make pajnia ensembles that have long semi-fit'.ed jackets (some with a tunic flare) of quahty-kmd white crepe, splotch i tig thrrn here and tliere witii applique of huge florals cut out of madly colorful s:lk print. As yet these flower-aj pliquc outfits are shown only in exclusive collections collec-tions but the fashion is one that will gain in momentum with a rush. You can get stunning prints with huge Hawaiian designs that yield cutout motifs for applique that are both beautiful and unique. For the most part the new big-flower big-flower prmts run to hand-blocked types of exclusive and individual type. Flower-printed sharkskin is the "last word" in chic. It is especially espe-cially good style in white with a background of enormous clumps of flowers spaced widely apart and fairly vibrating with hectic color. Lovely little aftermwn dresses made of this new sharkskin print are being be-ing shown in the shops. Necessarily these strikingly be-flowcred be-flowcred prints have to be made up very simple, whether for day or evening, eve-ning, but it is with a sophisticated simplicity that is purposefully planned in order to give accent to the beauty of the fabric. The dresses to the ru;lit and left in the picture illustrate this idea. The stalely figure fig-ure standing to the right is gowned in an evening creation styled of a splashy tulip print on a white background. back-ground. The maximum of dramatic effect is reached in the clever use of applique cutouts from this splashy tulip print placed at the upper left side of the briice. Again tulip applique ap-plique repeats at the shirred waistline. waist-line. Note the chic long sleeves that arc tightly fitted below the elbow. The afternoon dress to the left is a hand-block print in red. green and gray against a white ' ground. In her hand tins lady of fashion holds a chalk white felt ofT-face hat. I3r:i:ht days ahead are promised by the perfectly charming flowered print dress centered in the picture. This muti-c!red floral print is a pure silk crcj e which makes it outstanding out-standing because best dressed worn-en worn-en are insisting upt n genuine qual-ity-kind silk. Another important message in this gown is the trimming trim-ming formed of quilted flowers (cut from the print itself) that edges the sleeves and neckline and goes meandering me-andering down the front of the simulated simu-lated jacket top of this one-piece dress that looks like a two-piece. It also delineates the jacket edge around the hiplme. This is one of the gay flower types that is very good style for day frocks and seen in the original it is strikingly colorful. As to the hat worn with this winsome frock it is one of the very wide brims such as fashion decrees for summer. Chinese prints with legendary design de-sign and in authentic colors present a fascinating new trend of thought. Some designers are even going so , far as to create dresses in the ' straight, slim Chinese lines thus em-phasizing em-phasizing the native source of inspi-i inspi-i ration. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |