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Show Dirndl Skirt and Peasant Blouse Costume Delights Teen-Agers By CHERIE NICHOLAS ..:; . - j ' a ysv -w 4 ' - l'Af 11 ' ' -"s. 1 . I 4V 'M-M:-; ;i 4y;yvv' ;;y: &j ; . V f . : - a fF ALL the smart fashions lor young girls, nothing can eclipse the endearing charms, the witchery and the flattery of the picturesque dirndl-skirt and peasant blouse costumes cos-tumes which teen-agers take such delight in wearing. All through summer and midseason and on into the fall these gay little twosome will stand at the top as the fashion-ideal fashion-ideal for girls. It seems as if these quaint peasant peas-ant costumes are prettier and more Bye-thrilling than ever before. The 6kirts give play to unfettered imagination, imagi-nation, for no matter how daring their colorfulness or their fabric, they have eye-appeal plus. The more they go a la Mexlcano or bal-lerino bal-lerino style the better. ' The blouses worn with them are of the lovely sweet-simplicity type that simply fascinate with their refreshingly re-freshingly naive and ingenue look. They have everything about them that makes a pretty girl look her prettiest. The lingerie types made of dainty white sheers with their low cut drawstring necklines, or with ribbon-threaded beading about the neck and the sprightly short puff sleeves, fascinate with their cunning ways. Often the peasant look is accented with trimmings of gay embroidered banding. Others of the sheerer type are exquisitely but very daintily lace trimmed. An adorable peasant skirt and blouse by Ballerino of California is shown to the left in the illustration. High artistry is seen in the beautifully beauti-fully styled black skirt with its brilliant band trimming, formed of multi-color Imported Guatemalan braid together with tiny white fringe. Double rows of Irish lace add to the witchery of this dainty sheer and lovely fine batiste blouse. One of the many charms of this exquisite ex-quisite model is that it can be worn either In the exciting off-the-shoul- der effect or be adjusted at will to a more conservative neckline. To make you look as cool as an Ice-cream soda top your flower-fresh flower-fresh print skirt with a white voile, cap-sleeve. U-neck blouse cut along the lines of a simplicity pattern, for the glory of these winsome peasant blouses is their dramatic simplicity. With her pretty-pretty print dirndl and peasant blouse costume, the danciiig girl to the right wears that which is latest In footwear authentic authen-tic ballet slippers. To further carry car-ry out the ballerino spirit, draw your hair to the top o' your head either tying a ribbon about your coronet of curls or encircling it with a wreath of flowers, or a single large flower according to preference. pref-erence. In the twosome centered In the trio the order has been reversed, in that blouse is of print worn with a black skirt. However, the simplicity sim-plicity theme holds goodi for the charm of these winsome blouses is that they be made as simply as possible. pos-sible. This fashion-wise maiden is also wearing ballet slippers which she finds are available at the stores in either black or bright red. Girls who know their fashions are having lots of fun making their own peasant-inspired dirndls and simple blouses. Just the fact that it requires re-quires so little material and so little time to run up the seams, turn up a hem and add a belt and presto! another dirndl, has caused these becoming be-coming little twosomes to become the mainstay among girls whose clothes budget is limited. These smart lassies buy up the most attractive at-tractive remnants imaginable of permanent glaze chintz or gay flower flow-er print or spun rayon or any likable material and they run up a dirndl in a jiffy. These enterprising amateur ama-teur sewers find too it's a good idea to lay in a quantity of bright ric rac, for It makes the perfect trimming trim-ming for dirndl-and-blouse play .clothes. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |