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Show Latest Silhouette Combines Box Pleats With Long Torso By CHERIE NICHOLAS r (J ' . j h h If r vC jL 11 $ vx ....wv.-w.jjf p"s I I j ' "jf all-around box pleats below a deep - 'I The costume shown to the right ! L " ,Wl in ihe above illustration con- TN DISCUSSING and planning for a program of timely dress for women during the war period, it has been definitely conceded by everyone every-one concerned in fashion industries and design that in order to render the highest service women must see to it that they are an inspiration in appearance as well as in deed. This sentiment is reflected in the charming costumes illustrated above. These models, selected from a galaxy designed and displayed by the style creators of Chicago in their spring showings, are just the sort that women will love to wear and soldiers will take delight in seeing. see-ing. Gay in color and young in feeling is the ensemble shown to the left in the foreground of the above illustration. illustra-tion. Here a navy coat in spun rayon and wool mixture is worn over a red and white printed crepe frock. The self-fabric ties, tipped with little plastic dice, repeat the print motif of the dress, thus making mak-ing a new-looking closing for the coat. White saddle stitching trims pockets, sleeves and the red leather applique on the coat front. To the right in the foreground a novelty striped print in white and red on green ground is paired with a bright red spun rayon and wool jacket. Self fabric ruching trims the dress collar which is worn outside the cardigan jacket. The skirt has all-around box pleats below a deep hip yoke. The costume shown to the right in the above illustration conveys con-veys the most welcome and highly important style news, that the bolero bo-lero costume has returned in all its glory to the fashion picture. You will see boleros played up throughout through-out the style program this season. In this case self-color eyelet embroidery em-broidery elaborates the bolero jacket jack-et of a two-piece navy sheer costume. cos-tume. The bodice, softly draped at the top, is pink. To the left above in the picture is I shown a two-piece dress that uses a shantung weave, combining white, orange and brown in daring contrast. con-trast. The separate skirt features box pleats from a hip yoke. Box pleats are really newer than side pleating. Eminently correct for a wartime "suit wedding" is the creamy beige sheer ensemble at the top right in the above illustration. The full-length coat looks like a dress but is really a wide pleated skirt seamed to a jacket top, with self-covered buttons down the front from neck to hemline. Finely pleated pleat-ed bowknots trim the four slot pockets pock-ets that adorn jacket and skirt. The dress worn under this coat repeats the pleated skirt of the coat, while gathered bodice fullness developes from a deep yoke. Generally speaking, the favorite silhouette is the long torso effect with some sort of pleated skirt Also, there is much interest in slim wraparound wrap-around skirts and those which have slenderizing harem drapes. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |