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Show I "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER OUT OF THE RIBBON BOX1 AH of you teens cherish your ribbon rib-bon collections. Some of you have special ribbon boxes, others keep ribbons wound on empty spools to prevent them from creasing. Lots of girls keep their ribbons fresh and shiny by ironing: them under a piece of wax paper. (Try this wax paper treatment as a ribbon restorer. It works.) Here are some brand new tricks from our ribbon reporters. Ankle Lure Giddy girls are tying ty-ing a band of ribbon, decorated with little felt petals or artificial flowers, around one ankle instead of wearing socks. Definitely NOT for cold weather. Ribbon Romance For that Southern South-ern charm (remember Dorothy La- strap bag? If you want to be burnt to a crisp, you'll have to get one. Any shade is smart, as long as it's red. The felt ones are fine. Shirt Tale Big excitement over blouses with high round collarless necklines to wear with suits. They're much newer than the convertible collar col-lar shirts. If you don't find them in the, teen department of your favorite favor-ite store, you'll probably find them in the regular blouse department. Haven't you noticed how many sharks (female wolves) are wearing them? Can You Tie That? We're referring refer-ring to the bright colored shoelaces that so many Jills are wearing in their oxfords or saddles. They come in plain high shades or plaids and it's considered extra-smooth to lace them down, rather than up, with the bow tied at the lowest eyelets. Banky Doodles All the girls are collecting tricky handkerchiefs not for blowing, but for showing. They wear them sticking well out of their jacket or shirt pockets. Some Fever Fraus use them instead of hair bows. mour in "Dixie"?), "Dix-ie"?), tie narrow velvet ribbons around your wrists one ribbon rib-bon to match your sweater; the other to match your skirt. Or, as some girls are doing do-ing for dates, tie a narrow piece of ribbon around your neck (tight, but not TOO tight, please), with a bow in front. Simply swoony. Streaming Streamers Attach little lit-tle yarn dolls to the long streamers of your hair bow. Wear the bow in the back, of course, with the streamers stream-ers hanging down to your shoulders. Cardigan Camouflage Want to dress up your old cardigans? Buy different colored satin or grosgrain ribbons and make buttonholes down them to fit the buttons of your cardigans. cardi-gans. Then, every day that you put on a cardigan, button on a different color ribbon down the front. D'TOU DIG YOUR DRAPES? Or, as we would say in pre-Jab-berwocky English "Do you know your fashions?" Here are some of the fads and fashions approved by the slicker chicks. Get hep to them while they're still hot off the griddle. Waist Lines Wear a wide or narrow nar-row leather belt around your waist when you're skirt-and-shirting. Or just attach two dog collars to make a belt. In the Bag Have you a shoulder |
