Show Cottons in Velveteen and Plush To Rule Campus Fashion Picture re By CHERIE NICHOLAS i r e T lr S 'S h m e THIS years year's college girl is doing 1 a lot of clothes thinking just about now This fall the fancy of ofa a school-faring school maiden turns to clothes lothes that are neat and flattering with the look of a thoroughbred about them No freakish fads for forthe forthe forthe the autumn 1945 campus crowd The college girl the school girl the career girl and the teen-age teen group who know their fashions have become definitely cotton-conscious cotton these days The new rave is the elegant looking in black and adorable colors also the very handsome corduroys that are being made up into coats and suits Theres There's a new wide-wale wide cotton plush too that is setting a new high in sophisticated cottons No doubt the girl going away to school will start her first semester with a few cotton casuals for its it's smart to wear cotton washables She will be glad she took a chic gingham frock and perhaps a flattering fresh chambray the sort that looks just right during early warm autumn days under a lovely color-lovely cardigan There will be dark cotton dirndls in her trunk too some banded in ingay ingay ingay gay Latin colors also A very v ry special special special cial one with inset border of white eyelet to be worn with her dainty batiste shoulder drop-shoulder blouse A raft of sturdy campus campus- cottons cottons' should be taken along In the news were pushers pedal pedal pushers of wale pin-wale cor cor- corduroy corduroy corduroy duroy that's tough and washable The girls say they are less less' cumbersome cumber cumbersome r some than slacks because of their mid calf length Choosing mix-and- mix match jackets skirts pajama pajaro and pedal pushers is great fun The short boxy flare-back flare jacket with Chinese collar is a winner as is also the new lumber jacket that ties es with drawstring waist When it comes to date duds heres here's where luxury cottons are are mak mak- making making making ing a great splurge A brilliant future fu fu- future future ture is predicted for suits and coats M made of rich-looking rich wide-wale wide cot cot- cotton cotton cotton ton plush An intriguing style story is told for the 1945 college girl or orthe orthe orthe the younger seminary daughter by Emily Wilkens in the brown wide- wide wale vale cotton plush suit as shown cen cen- centered centered centered in the illustration High neck broad shoulders and the tiny waist give a style high-style slant on present- present day trends The ex ex- extending extending extending tending in a wing-like wing effect adds width and accents the small waist waist- waistline waistline waistline line by way of contrast The tiny tidy visor cap matches This suit will certainly go places this fall Because the much-beloved much velvet velvet- velveteen een can be had only in dibs and dabs this year which is why one should buy early designers are in in- ingeniously ingeniously ingeniously working it into dresses us us- using using using ing bright wools for contrast In Inthe Inthe Inthe the junior date dress shown to the left l ft cotton plays play duet with wool in most charming fashion The shoulder yoke and wide hem are of black velveteen The rest of the bodice b dice and skirt are violet wool Red wool binds sleeves and waistline also outlines the velveteen all around Heres Here's a type dress that will make a picture at college teas and informal dances Pale gold and bottle green prove la 3 a flattering color combination in wool and cotton for the dress shown to the right below Green corduroy forms a corselet waist front and full sk skirt it while gold wool is used for sleeves and bodice top Rectangular lar shaped silver trim the shoulder s yoke ypke and sleeve cuffs Note the clever touch of wool ties Released by Western Newspaper Union |