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Show Wool -Like Rayon Jersey Is The College Girls' Favorite By CHERIE NICHOLAS L-.f :.1JM : , , y-t NEVER has the challenge to do I 1 - -' i, 1 NEVER has the challenge to do the right thing in buying clothes for classroom and campus wear been so keenly felt as now when war conditions call for wise and careful judgment in acquiring a wardrobe with an eye to the future as well as the present. i While the new fashions are making mak-ing simplicity and practicality their plea, and while they conform patriotically patri-otically to every priority ruling, there are at the same time turning out to be about the most flattering, the most charming and much-to-be-admired and desired apparel that ever graced a fall style program. Especially in the college and schoolgirl school-girl realm, the incoming styles are so definitely and refreshingly new looking and "different," so fascinatingly fascinat-ingly colorful and so everything girls want their clothes to be, shopping this season resolves itself into a grand and glorious adventure rather than an arduous task. The new wide wale corduroys and tje handsomely colorful velveteens are taking the young fashion element ele-ment by storm but no more so than are the smart and delightfully wearable wear-able rayon jersey weaves. They look wool-like because of the refined dull finish but they are so delightfully delight-fully lightweight they are the kind "you love to wear." All types of jersey this season are a joy to wear, so much so that if there is one fabric that stands out more than another as a favorite for the making of the simple casual daytime frock, jersey is its name. There is, in fact, a bit of rivalry going on between the rayon-backed jersey with its woollike wool-like surface and the new wool-and-rabbit hair type which is recognized as a sportswear leader. The big "fad" that is spreading out through every campus and in the sports world at large is that of the simple daytime classic done in. natural beige colored jersey, styled after the manner of the charming dress centered in the above illustration. illus-tration. Slit pockets and front fullness full-ness in the skirt are new autumn style notes that it carries out to a nicety. It is a "victory" style and carries out the war production board's general orders perfectly both in the letter of the law and in the loyal patriotic spirit. In fact, each of the three dresses shown is in accord with L-85 regulations. The importance of natural beige tones cannot be overemphasized for fall. It is not only in jersey that they flourish, but the new velveteens and corduroys in beige are simply stunning for coats and suits as well as dresses A smart two-piece daytime frock done in the prescribed L-85 manner, shown to the right in the above picture, gives a jacket-suit impression impres-sion which is very fashionable. This two-piece dress is a veritable standby stand-by for campus, go-to-town or travel wear. The dress at the left with the flash of raffia embroidery is charming for "date" duty, and it is in the very foreground of fashion, for there is a wealth of intriguing embroidery being be-ing lavished on dresses this falL The unique thing about the embroidery that enhances this kelly green jersey frock is that it is done in multi-color raffia instead of the usual peasant yarn work. Milliners are making exotic draped turbans of rayon jersey, some with embroidery and others with long scarf end intended to be draped about the throat. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |