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Show Fashion Embarks on Wild Colox Career in Fall Garb l By CHERIE NICHOLAS """" ' " o V - : . - : . '" A. :'' y ... V. . . ... .x-' ::-;,-':rA ' 'v ::o ': v: . . ijs- -- ' -A- y : , y ,;"-v ." -"- :. 'i i ! I l n c . 1 ' ' . t " ? ; -s . s ; ' ' r!r-. - - xs - . 1 FASHION is about to go on a great I ' - 1 nni coa T?nr that matter the l - - sJ FASHION is about to go on a great color spree. For that matter the new clothes have already started out on a mad color career tnat promises to outcolor even the most colorful seen for many a year. Not that this color orgy writes finis to the simple black foundation dress that provides such dramatic setting for stunning costume jewelry jewel-ry and for accessories that splash color accents in vivid highlights. No indeed! The black dress with dashes of color is holding its own. The intriguing thing about the colors col-ors exploited this season is that they are distinctively out of the ordinary. The colors heard most about and seen dramatized throughout Paris collections are the purples and plums, the mauves and violets and fuchsia shades. In fact the entire gamut of violine shades ' is run. Comes next in the limelight the much talked of teal blue and fog blue and that rapturous blue made famous in the ever-beloved Blue Boy portrait painting. In fact, we are to enjoy a season of "blues" that are subtle and lovely beyond description. making special appeal with American Ameri-can women. There are also a number num-ber of fascinating greens in the present fashion spectrum, notably bronze, hunter, laurel and tapestry greens. Autumn rust and coppery tones are also going big. Coats are yielding to color to a surprising degree. Leading stores are devoting entire window displays to coats in purples and deep plum or wine-dreg tones. These are superbly superb-ly colorful and with opulent furs present about the handsomest array ar-ray of coats ere seen. As to the gorgeous plaid or striped wool coats so outstanding in the new fashion picture, the only way to resist re-sist them is to close your eyes and flee their color glory. Better still, why not make up your mind to in- I dulge in a richly colorful plaid or striped (fashion favors both) wool coat at the very start? The striped coat centered in the group above reflects rich autumnal colors that take on an added note of luxury in a trim of luxuriant fur. The swank jacket suit pictured to The suit of refined elegance which you see pictured to the right in the picture is made of an imported wool in an exquisite scarab blue tone. It is trimmed with sheared beaver, a fur which is very much in use this fall. Self bows tie at the collar and belt, which is significant for much emphasis is given to tie-fastenings throughout current costume design. Two wide bands of shirred, matching match-ing silk are set into the top part of the dress underneath. Wine dregs is a shade that Is the left abounds in color intrigue. The color, formula adopted is blue spruce and dark brown. The dress, the trimming on the coat and the hat are of lightweight woolen in the subtle blue spruce. The short swagger swag-ger coat is brown in a new deep pile wool that looks velvety and soft. The velvety wool weaves are among the smartest shown this season and fashion is placing considerable emphasis em-phasis on them. I Western Newspaper Union. |