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Show Beautifully Styled New Prints Bespeak That 'Lovely Lady' Look By CHERIE NICHOLAS v X v- vx vxV- V. Vs I t v v ' V 1 n i s v n v 1 f . v . v ' X S I N S i Ss V V f' ' v V - - I C, s vn xVx SN S - x .-! s J k .1 A LWAYS fascinating, the print I story is more so than ever this j summer. The current showings of fc--" - ALWAYS fascinating, the print story is more so than ever this summer. The current showings of prints seem to have eclipsed all that has gone before. There's a new elegance being expressed ex-pressed in print frocks that you can tell at a glance are intended for smart dress-up occasions rather than for casual daytime wear. In styling these "lovely lady" prints, designers gave them an important look of sophisticated so-phisticated simplicity. The new slender slen-der silhouette deftly achieves a dress-up look through animated little peplums, flaring over narrow skirts. The bustle-bow back, flattering neckline neck-line treatments, and other subtle style gestures also impart outstanding outstand-ing distinction. Often a print is that dramatic and stunning within itself that it is made up as simply as possible so as to give all the glory to the fabric. The gown centered in the illustration is just such. The dramatic butterfly print "makes" this dress and the fact of its utterly simple styling shows supreme artistry on the part of the designer. The wide cap sleeves serve to accentuate the small waist, made smaller by a drawstring at the back. The print is hand-screened hand-screened and the butterfly motifs are simply gorgeous in their coloring. color-ing. The material is a spun rayon and cotton woven to look like crash. A cutout wired butterfly of the fabric fab-ric is poised at one side of the high neckline. A flair for dark prints is seen in the wide call for black backgrounds with bright florals or other richly colorful patterning. These modish prints include both huge dramatic widely spaced florals and the more conservative small patterned types, the latter making special appeal in that they are so new-this-year looking. look-ing. Ideal for dressy afternoon wear and exquisitely refined in its ladylike lady-like styling is the youthful frock shown to the right. It is made of one of the now-so-voguish black background back-ground prints, highlighted with multi-colored motifs. It is expertly styled to accentuate a slender silhouette. sil-houette. A pert little peplum adds intrigue to this most flattering little dress-up frock. Even if one's wardrobe is not extensive, ex-tensive, it is a wise plan to keep at least one dressy outfit on hand so as to .avoid that frantic last-minute "what to wear" problem, when one is unprepared for an unexpected dress-up date. For summertime charm a cool dark print styled for flattery as pictured to the left will prove an ideal and treasured possession. posses-sion. A dress of this type will be welcome as an addition to any wardrobe ward-robe because of its chic and charm. One of the grand things about this dress is that you know it will give good service for the handsome black-with-color sheer print fabric has passed a laboratory test for good wear qualities. Because of the guarantee guar-antee label in the dress you may be sure that its colorings will retain their original shades and that there will be no seam slippings after repeated re-peated cleaning and wearing. Taffeta Taf-feta bows at each side of the dramatic dra-matic low-cut square neckline add a convincing note of chic. The charming charm-ing large black hat which milady holds in her hand shows that this beautifully gowned modern knows her fashions, for the wider the brim, the smarter the hat this summer. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |