Show suits of every imaginable type 1 set the fashion pace i by CHERIE NICHOLAS io q N n 1 T 2 0 b D f vi M ml 30 al AN 2 MIA Z NOW N OW that th the challenge of our country at war has been brought s home to designers manufacturers rs merchandisers merchandise rs and the american woman theres a heap of constructive thinking and planning going 9 on about the matter of creating apparel that will serve well during the stress of the times to this end two lines of thought are in progress the one recognizes that whether their service be volunteer or paid thousands of women will be engaged in activities that will require dress tu tuned i ned to the particular type of defense work assigned them this r means eans that functional utilitarian clothes are absolutely imperative on the other hand it is no less important that women maintain a high morale to this problem all who are carrying on in the fashion field agree that the suit or the jacket dress that looks like a suit is the perfect answer there is no doubt that a tremendous suit season is at hand for spring and the coming summer As an antidote for lo 10 low w spirits style creators believe in color suits may be ever so simply styled but be color colorful full the very fact that suits are being so simply styled is resulting in 4 an increasing enthusiasm among women to make their own er your taste runs to spun gabardines jersey or twe edish cottons that look like wool many of 0 the most desirable materials are so inexpensively priced that they act as another incentive to do your own sewing if you take advantage of the magic of modern sewing machine attachments find you can actually be a fashion standout in the costume you make nowadays experienced seamstresses as well as beginners are surprised to find how easy ruffling pl eating shirring and other distinctly couturier finishes are if you use modern machine attachments the three suits pictured in the illustration above are of the simple type the average woman can make at home for your first spring costume why not break into a gay colored print A neat printed rayon weave is used for the jacket dress ensemble shown to the left in the group illustrated above in this instance a rib hugging long three but ton jacket tops a simple short sleeved frock patterns for simple are available at all well equipped pattern departments the suit dress centered in the picture above is easy to make choose a bright rayon plaid for the dress the skirt is cut on the bias the jacket of monotone spun rayon picks up the leading color in the plaid shoulder insets odthe of the plaid unify the jacket and dress spring elegance and tailored simplicity are combined in the sleek figure flattering gabardine suit to the right in the above illustration all roads lead to gabardine this spring it is used for suits for slacks costumes and for uniforms as well the new gabardines come in all the smartest colors the importance of common sense shoes built for comfort is particularly stressed this season Hiah highlighted lighted for walking we will be doing considerably sider ably more of it this year are shoes of the type pictured in the inset above this swank and sturdy low heeled pump has an elasticised front trimmed in bright railheads nail heads low heeled types often come in giddy colors such as red or kelly green navy is also shown released by western newspaper union |