Show Dirndl Skirt and Peasant Blouse Blouses i 1 Costume Delights Teen Teen-Agers I By CHERIE NICHOLAS y fit 41 4 4 T t I I. I i s o F ALL the smart fashions for young girls nothing can eclipse the endearing charms the witchery and the flattery of the picturesque skirt dirndl-skirt and peasant blouse cos cos- costumes costumes costumes which teen-agers teen take such delight in wearing All through summer and and on into the fall these gay little twosomes will stand st nd at the top as the fashion- fashion ideal for girls It seems as if ff these quaint peas peas- peasant peasant peasant ant costumes are prettier and more thrilling eye than ever before The skirts give play to unfettered imagination imagination nation for no matter how daring their colorfulness or their fabric they have eye-appeal eye plus The Themore Themore more they go a la Mexicano or bal- bal ballerino ballerino ballerino lerino style the better The blouses worn with them are of the lovely sweet simplicity type that simply fascinate with their re re- refreshingly refreshingly refreshingly naive and look rs They have everything about them that makes a pretty girl look her prettiest The lingerie types made of dainty white sheers with their low cut drawstring necklines or with threaded ribbon-threaded beading about the neck and the sprightly short puff sleeves fascinate with their cunning ways Often the peasant look is accented with trimmings of gay embroidered banding Others of the sheerer type are exquisitely I but very daintily lace trimmed An adorable peasant skirt sk rt and blouse by Ballerino of California Cal ornia is shown to the left in the illustration High artistry is seen in the beautifully beautifully t fully styled black skirt with its brilliant band trimming formed of braid together with tiny white fringe Double rows ot of Irish lace add to the witchery of this dainty sheer heer and lovely fine batiste blouse One of the many charms of this ex ex- exquisite exquisite exquisite model is that it can be worn either in the exciting the off t der del effect or be adjusted at will to a amore amore amore more conservative neckline To make you look as cool as an ice-cream ice soda flower flower- fl top your owe r- r fresh print skirt with a white voile vone sleeve cap-sleeve U-neck U blouse cut along the lines of a simplicity pattern for forthe forthe forthe the glory of these winsome peasant blouses is their dramatic simplicity With her pretty-pretty pretty print dirndl and peasant blouse costume the dancing girl to the right wears that which is latest in footwear footwear authentic tic ballet slippers To further car car- carry carI carry carry I ry out the ballerino spirit draw I your hair to the top o 0 your head I either tying a ribbon about your coronet of curls or encircling it with witha a wreath of flowers or a single large flower according to In the twosome centered in the trio the order has been reversed in that blouse is of print worn with wit witha wita a black skirt However the sim sim- simplicity simplicity theme holds good for the charm of these winsome blouses is that they be made as simply as pos pos- sible This Trus wise fashion-wise maiden is also wearing ballet balJet slippers which she finds are available at the stores in either black or bright red Girls who know their fashions are having lots of fun making their own peasant-inspired peasant dirndls and simple blouses Just the fact that it re re- requires requires re- re requires quires so little material and so little time to run up the seams turn up upa a hem and add a belt and presto I another dirndl has caused these be be- becoming becoming becoming coming little twosomes to become the mainstay among girls whose clothes budget is limited These smart lassies buy up the Ule most at at- attractive attractive attractive remnants imaginable of permanent glaze chintz or gay flow flow- flower er print or spun rayon or any likable material and they run up a dirndl in a jiffy These enterprising ama ama- amateur amateur amateur sewers find too its it's a good idea to lay in a quantity of bright ric rac for it makes the perfect trim trim- trimming trimming trimming ming for dirndl-and-blouse dirndl play clothes Released by Western Newspaper Union |