Show gay felt and vivid contrast perk up Velve teens by CHERIE NICHOLAS v eeb 0 ta vv V n 1 v 4 A alons A S TO smart and pretty fash ions that click with the teenage career and college girlsey its the perfectly charming dresses made of either black or colorful cotton velveteen fashioned ever so cunningly as pictured that have gone tops in the new fall collections this present rage for velvet beens definitely offers most convincing evidence as to the continued outstanding importance of cottons in the fabric realm you can see by the intriguing models illustrated that designers are doing fascinating things with velveteen this season for instance they are making it up in adorable pinafore styles as shown centered in the group A velveteen pinafore is really something to think about for its strictly new and out of the usual the modern modem girls wardrobe that does not include a pinafore dress of velveteen or corduroy this fall will be the proverbial exception to the rule and how the teenagers and their older sisters do love this new version of a jumper frock perhaps the biggest talking feature in regard to the new and be loved velve teens is the do and d dare e spirit with which designers are perking them up by ing arresting surface decora decoration artion in way of gaily cutout felt flowers and other artful motifs it spreads glamour all over a dress of the pinafore type when its suspender like bib and pockets take take on individualistic felt flower decor as here shown the peasant jumper as shown to the left in the group is also an outstanding number in the hit parade of velve teens which this season is making a most spectacular display of color and design if you are clever at sewing you can whip up your own peasant jumper of cotton velveteen and trim it with floral cutouts worthy of a real swiss miss whose picturesque and colorful garb is proving such an inspiration to american designers these days and now for the big news an all the colorful flower and leaf motifs app liqued on this jumper and matching bonnet also the pinafore dress as here shown come cut out and ready to sew on you can buy them at the dress trimming depa department ament including flower and leaf designs I 1 in i n separate pieces together with guide guid L and pattern for ing and it if you are really resourceful you can arrange according to your own idea working out versatile design what clever home sewers will be able to do in way of perking up tired clothes with these felt fantasies can scarce be told for the uses to which they can be put are endless one of the novelties in is felt rickrack outline the edges and pockets and collar of a flannel jacket you happen to have on hand and it will work wonders in giving it a new look makes a smart trimming on hat and bag sets tool too As to maneuvering the flower pieces you can scheme out all cyp types es of decorative motifs such as a sin single bouquet at the shoulder with a correspond corre corresponding spon ding floral on the skirt or you can apply the wee flowers in a conventional border design or in necklace design at the throat or forming epaulets over the shoulders or on immense pockets to adorn the now so popular dirndls velveteen used in vivid contrast is another technique employed by designers this season in most original ways note the attractive dress to the right here a most unique yoke is in one color velveteen with the body of the dress in another thus highlighting the frock with striking color contrast this yoke also developed dev elopes deep pockets at the front in most unusual treatment released by western newspaper union |