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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH Attractive School Wardrobe Of Restyled Old Garments OUR COMIC SECTION By CHERIE NICHOLAS THIS year, even though the fam-ily budget is taxed to the limit, you can still win summa cum laude for your school wardrobe on the double score of high fashion plus economy. One thrifty way to increase your style rating is to start a sewing plan for salvaging closet slackers that can be made over into new garments just by adding a minimum of new fabric. For instance, the wonder worker of a school wardrobe is a three-piec- e costume (jacket, vest and skirt) that can be worn together or equally as well with other things. For this salvage project, as shown centered in the illustration, you need collect only the vest and trousers of a mans cast-osuit. If you are lucky enough to find a glen urquhart plaid, your costume is destined to be a fashion standout. The vest can easily be cut down and refitted to your size with the aid of one of those dress-fortwins of plastic-lik- e material that local sewing centers mold in exact counterpart to your figure in about 30 minutes. The trousers when cut apart and turned upside down are easily converted into a sleek fitting skirt. Finally the cardigan-type jacket, made of some new material like flannel or spun rayon, completes the costume. The plaid, as you will note in the picture, is used for trimming the jacket edges with heavily rolled binding. For this, use the binder attachment ff m which is available in your sewing machine kit. Another candidate that rates high in school fashion circles is the jumper dress, as pictured to the right in the group. If you have an outmoded velveteen woolen dress or robe, you can reclaim it even if you are a beginner sewer, just by taking a few lessons in the thrifty art of makeovers at your local sewing center. If your old dress has fairly simple lines, you may be able to transform it into a jumper just by removing the old sleeves and possibly the worn portion around the armholes, and slashing the neckline into a effect. plunging If you would like to change the facade of the dress, try the double-quic- k job of a closing from neckline to hem. Theres a little buttonholer attachment that comes in sewing machine kits that will make perfect buttonholes for you in a jiffy. Of course you will be wanting a fingertip wool jacket. If you are lucky enough to salvage fathers old camels hair number with a simple pattern, you can recast it into classic lines like the nifty coat worn front-button- ed over the reclaimed jumper frock, as here shown. This topper in strictly classic lines will look right this season and for many seasons to come, worn over other dresses and with slacks as well. Plaid and plain costumes are coloverlege loves, and a blouse and skirt version as seen to the left in the picture is one of the leaders. A cast-of- f plaid bathrobe would be perfect salvage material for the pleated skirt, also collar and cuffs. Less than two yards of new material would then be needed for the plain overblouse. If you have stowed away in your closet clothes that are really good and wearable which may have become dull and uninteresting, you can add lively interest simply by touching t;hem up with looped braid or self fabric cord. You can make the latter on your sewing machine yards and yards of it with little effort. The pen and ink sketches in the background offer a few suggestions in way of effects that can be easily achieved. For instance, you can create the illusion of curving pockets, positioned high on a jacket front, just by attaching looped fringe edging below the lapels in raised eyebrow fashion. Effective in making a narrow skirt look wider are rows of braid that form a border at the hemline, as sketched below. buttoned-up-the-fro- nt two-pie- Autumn High Style Too Tired to Sleep A furniture store was displaying a new type of mattress on a bed in the window. To make the thing look more realistic, the store advertised for a demonstrator. The first applicant was a fellow. He yawned as the manager recited his duties. All you have to do, the manager said, is to lie on that mattress in the window and pretend to sleep peacefully from 9 a. m. to WELL WORN!! Worth Seeing A backwoodsman was applying for the job of watchman on a single-line. Hollowcut one of the Supposing you are at the crossing lovely cottonvelveteen, pile fabrics everyand two trains are coming along bodys calling for, has become a from opposite directions, what classic for winter suits and coats. would you do? asked the examiner. This suit with the easy Id always wear a red shirt, and skirt and n off Id take it and flag the trains." d jacket is a good basic Lets say this was at night. for your wardrobe. Both jacket and skirt are good mixmates. The jackThen Id swing my lantern. 3 p. m." et goes with slacks and other skirts. Doty Did any of the other girls But suppose you had no oil? The skirt teams smartly with Those are awful long hours, the admire your engagement ring? In that case Id call my sister to or plain chronic loafer grumbled. How dressy blouses. The gay plaid Betty Admire it! Two of them come on down, and see the goldamd-ebout a rest period in between? beret and huge soft bag of novelty recognized it! I wreck she ever saw in her life! velveteen by Alfreda bespeaks a lazy-look-i- man-tailor- ed three-butto- flap-pocket- ed year-roun- st last-wor- d fashion in accessories. ce . Released by Western Newspaper Union. New Suspender Slacks In tiie sports department they are showing smart slacks with detachable suspenders, and mind you the suspenders are designed for looks as well as giving practical service. They are cunningly embroidered or else appliqued with felt cutouts of vivacious coloring. Being detachable, these gay and fanciful suspenders styled with a novel girdle effect can be worn with any skirt, bein', cc' u- effective with t.e 1 roy and vciv -- I |
