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Show lj. C. Penney Company Stylist Reports Longer Skirts and ' Higher Waistline for Season Clarence Anderson, manager of the local J. C. Penney Co. store, has just received advance information on Fall ciress fashions from the company's New York stylist "A general idea of the outstanding trends in F'all styles will help the careful shopper to plan her wardrobe .'or the coming season," said Mr An-'.erson, An-'.erson, "so that when she is ready to make her purchase she will be pre-jared pre-jared to select designs, materials and . olors which will give her the greatest great-est amount or satisfaction." Predominating tendencies in dress tyles for Fall now being prepared by French and American designers are he higher waistline, longer skirt, mooth hips, low placed flare and flattering trimming details, the J. C. Penney Co. stylist reports. Velvet and satin predominate for formal afternoon wear, with canton crepe the general favorite, and tweed most, popular for sports wear. Black is the leading Fall color, with brown and blue next. Clothes are becoming graciously-feminine, graciously-feminine, in reaction against the severe sports regime that for awhile ruled the entire field of dress. Gentle curves have returned to favor and the smart dress suggests graceful movement by its flared skirt and rippling rip-pling collar or scarf. Many of the new ' dresses are relieved by soft touches such as lace or velvet bows. The newest and most striking style is the semi-fitted princess silhouette with circular skirt, in daytime as well as evening dresses. Occasionally the waistline cf this dress is marked by a belt, but more often it is accented by vertical shirrings at the side and front or by diagonal seamings both favorite treatments of the Paris creators. crea-tors. Tweed or covert ensembles, with oked or wrap around skirts, tuck-in blouses and three quarter to full 'mg-th coats, are widely sponsored for :;treet and travel wear. Some of these ensemble coats are slightly fitted but. the moderate flare from the shoulder is more popular. Jacket effects, which proved so widely popular this summer, are again i-ponsored for Fall. These are not only shown in tweed, covert cloth and canton crepe, but also in the dressier fabrics, being particularly charming in transparent velvet with tuck-in blouses of satin or georgette with cane cv frill collars. Skirts are circular, knife pleated or bcx pleated, if not the swirt itself, at least a flounce or two tiers. The i ne excepion- to the rule of flat hips is the popular flared pcplum that is little more than a ruffle. Belts and yckes are an excellent means of calling call-ing attention to the raised waistline. The becoming large collars and jabots are in high favor. Transparent velvet and satin are the leading fabrics for afternoon dresses, satin taking the place which panne velvet shares with transparent velvet for evening wear. Canton crepe is the outstanding favorite among Fall fabrics, being used for dresses for all occasions. A great many canton and georgette dresses are trimmed with velvet. For tailored and sports wear, dresses dress-es of canton crepe printed in tweed effect are arousing considerable interest. in-terest. Real tweeds are of course very good, as well as the amazingly sheer wool georgettes and novelty fabrics. Jersey is of remarkably firm texture this year and is particularly partic-ularly effective in belted jumper dresocs in striking zigzag stripes or r. .oniric figures copied from the tv.maus French fabrics of Rodier. Eggshell is the most popular contracting con-tracting color used in trimming the Fall dresses. Chartreuse green is also used to trim black; the deeper orange shade of capucine is combined with brown, and bright Independence blue with navy. Wine and green are two other popular dress colors. |