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Show Spring Coat Fashions Stress Quality, Practical Material By CHERIE NICHOLAS . . . t Jv jM flflr s y J i s 't k , iWUMMHlMM,, --LjilAX&i, ,jf gv... t..--,...,, TT LOOKS as though the short youthful topper will be stealing the show in the spring coat parade. For an all-purpose . coat these new smart toppers are surely "it" this season. Not only are women asking ask-ing for simple classic lines, but they are seeking high-grade materials, their choices guided by the thought that the coat they buy must hold good throughout more than one season. sea-son. The shorter coats that swing their hemlines to or above the knees become be-come the big news for spring. Perfect Per-fect is this type of coat to wear over the suit, and that is the role it will be called upon to play this spring. Not only do these knee-depth knee-depth or fingertip toppers give utilitarian utili-tarian service with suits but right through into the summer they will prove the ideal coat to wear over both casual daytime frocks and pretty-pretty dresses as well. Being short, they give freedom of action for walking when arms are package laden, and they are ever so accommodating accom-modating when it comes to handling baby buggies, and they are just the thing to wear for driving "pool" cars to defense plants. The suit and coat ensemble is going go-ing over big this spring serves almost al-most as a whole wardrobe in itself. it-self. Only you must remember that, in accordance with the new ruling, the topcoat must be sold as a separate sep-arate item from the suit. However, thanks to the perfect teamwork of coat and suit producers, you will find no difficulty in assembling a three-piece ensemble of matching cloth. So why worry if coat and suit must be purchased separately, separate-ly, if together they make a unified costume. The pen-and-ink sketches in the above illustration are well worth close study, in that the original models were presented to a capacity capaci-ty audience of visiting merchants at a semi-annual fashion clinic held in the Merchandise Mart of Chicago, Chi-cago, as being definitely in the news as leading spring coat trends. From left to right (looking at the picture) the first sketch tells what's what in raincoat fashions. Belted models such as this of water-repellant processed proc-essed gabardine are important. The new fingertip topper next shown is declared a winner in junior coat styles. Note the big buttons. As to the size of buttons that give drama to the new toppers, there's no limit. Also, these buttons are apt to be anything from wood or . leather to handsome carved mother-of-pearl. The velvet collar on the smart over-the-suit coat as sketched second from the right conveys a convincing style message. Perhaps no fabric news is of greater importance than that which has to do with stripes. For suits and coats the last word in swank is the new pin-striped flannels flan-nels and other wool weaves, as illustrated il-lustrated in the sketch to the extreme ex-treme right above. ' The three photographic reproductions reproduc-tions of coat fashions are of special spe-cial interest in that they each employ em-ploy a different medium. That handsome hand-some model to the left is knitted in bright red against a black background. back-ground. The coat is ribbed at the shoulder, for a trim fit, and fastens with a single gold button. The figure centered is shown wearing wear-ing a leather coat, and fashion reports re-ports emphasize the wide use being made of leather when it comes to fashioning sturdy coats for strenuous strenu-ous wear such as war workers need. Foremost in the glare of fashion's spotlight is the three-piece ensemble, ensem-ble, the coat of which is of the new casual straightline boxy type, as pictured pic-tured in the foreground to the right. This stunning ensemble is of all red serviceable gabardine featuring three buttons with slit buttons and a front kick pleat skirt. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |