Show Thanks I would like to express my heartfelt lt thanks to the good people people people peo peo- of Sanpete County and Manti ManU for the way they have welcomed me back and the way that they treated me during my illness BILL McFARLANE NE o. o i Its It s a woman womans woman's s sI I g by MARY LEE History has a way of repeating repeating repeating repeat repeat- ing itself So does fashion If youre you're past 40 youve you've learned not to throw anything away With time most things comeback come comeback back it seems Twenty years a ago o when hemlines plunged after the skimp and skim of war-time war fashions desi designers ners called it The New Look Now with Paris Rome and N New ew York taking a mid-calf mid stance forthe for forthe forthe the they're calling it The Now Look A good many young women will refuse to bury their mini skirts They'll rave raye and rant rant rant- and in the end go out and buy buya a longer skirt They did it in 1948 they'll 1948 they'll do it again aRain in 1970 But that doesn't mean well we'll return entirely to the fashions of any anyone one past decade There are too many differences of outlook ahead which will cause fashion to adapt to the times according to A. A W. W president of International Statistical Statistical Statistical Sta Sta- Bureau and a professor at the Graduate School of Business Business Business Bus Bus- iness of the University of Virginia He states that more than 50 percent of the people in this country will be under 30 years ears of a acre e by the end of the In fact the Im largest est age c group some some 90 million will million will be 19 years and youn younger er That's an increase of about ei eight ht percent compared with the decade just ended The next largest group will willbe willbe willbe be 20 to 34 years of age an increase of some 30 percent However the 35 to year 44 olds will be about the same percentage and the to 54 group will have a minor drop But the up and age group will increase by 18 percent to approximately 45 million Now all of this puts the accent accent accent ac ac- cent on youth in the coming decade It will be an interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing and highly complex time that will influence fashions in apparel accessories furniture and home furnishings The big key to it all will be casualness More and more sportswear will take the place of traditional business uniforms uniforms uniforms uni uni- forms for men V Women omen will con continue tin ue to demand easy clothes that permit freedom of move move- ment Home furnishings also will emphasize the light and breezy the things that can be moved changed about cared- cared for easil easily Since we eve will all make more money the money the average family will earn a year by the late says there there will be more frequent fashion changes something new every month perhaps |