Show Designers Make Clever Use Of Tassels Bows and an Buttons By CHERIE NICHOLAS F T Tt t k F f fr r r rt t. t l w 4 a grF 2 i t 6 w l r S' S b L fr tJ if X WATCH X ATCH tassels Tassels are the big news in the trimming I realm Any sort of a tassel just so its it's a tassel say designers The tassel tassel tassel tas tas- tas- tas sel or tassels that trim your hat y your ur belt your handbag your dress dressor or your blouse may be short or long tiny or immense They may be of silken strands or cords of dangling beads of wool yarn or what have you that gives a tassel look The belt that is tassel-embellished tassel is turning out to be one of the hit fashions of the season Designers have now discovered that theres there's rhythm between the new slim pencil-slim silhouette announced as what in smart lines and long graceful tassels used in a trimming way The exquisitely ladylike pa- pa styled dress shown to the right in the illustration makes a tasseled fringe-tasseled belt its piece de re re- re- re Note how beautifully ully this dress is tailored and stitched into lines of grace The plain bodice and high neckline are a perfect background background back back- ground for jewels The felt cartwheel cartwheel cartwheel cart cart- wheel hat is color matched to the duck green wool that fashions the dress The attractive tassel trimmed dress to the left is done in a fine rayon weave in that very new smoke gray shade that's going over big this season for hats coats dresses and furs The smartly tasseled belt beltis is the only adornment The hat is of velvet with butterfly feelers adding adding add add- addi i ing a pert note The gold floral ornament ornament or or- or I is a floral of unusual beauty Milliners are showing a definite liking for tassels Long ones are apt to dangle from many a crown and when they do they fall to the shoulder most nonchalantly and with utmost flattery Then there are the tiny little pillboxes and the berets that are curtained with tiny tassels either silken or of jet all the way way round This type of hat is really among the show pieces in millinery displays Tassels also dangle from frog fastenings and as lapel ornaments in connection with braid novelties novelties novelties nov nov- I and with jewelry pieces they I Iare are playing an attractive role You'll I Isee see tassels adorning gloves and adding interest to handbags Tassels Tassels Tassels Tas Tas- Tasi i sels are indeed having their big moment moment moment mo mo- ment in connection with smart winter fashions If it isn't buttons then its it's bows that add the tells to current current current cur cur- rent fashions In the instance of the suit centered in the group ultra ultra ultra ul ul- ul- ul tra chic is achieved via both button and bow strategy Buttons will be buttons but when they are large and important looking and when they are I placed on the slant as they are on the suit pictured they give one a anew anew anew new outlook on smart fashion as they dramatize the side fastening of the skirt and the diagonal line of the jacket The bow treatment at the neck is isas isas isas as interesting as the buttons that fasten this stylish two The looped satin bows are arranged so as to give a shouldered broad-shouldered look that will accent the slim hips by byway byway byway way of contrast It didn't seem seem possible possible possible pos pos- sible that more bows would be seen this season than ever but here they are myriads of them in the style picture You'll see bows at waistlines tie bow-tie blouses bows under under under un un- un- un der the chin some tailored others fluttering like huge butterfly wings Particularly in evidence are immense immense immense im im- im- im mense bows of taffeta or wide black lace placed at the base of the lowest square necklines Its It's a good plan to keep a stock of bows on hand You will find several bows of wide black velvet ribbon a real asset when you want to put a finishing touch to a simple basic dr dress ss Released by Western Newspaper Union |