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Show Military Influence Predominant I In Juvenile Clothes for Spring 15y CHERIE .NICHOLAS Hi J ' l.lll. I ! ' x : y ' ; . J h - . ,fyj i L h'. j mmI WHAT'S new in children's fash- I 1 I if ions? To tell the story would M I ! require endless recital, for design- m ' r sma? ers of juvenile modes have found -? "x t I , at command so many contributing j " A sources of ideas that they have been - YJJ , f , - V , ' ',v, inspired to do and to dare this sea- kM-Arf,iiiSi.if8r--- imktai WHAT'S new in children's fashions? fash-ions? To tell the story would require endless recital, for designers design-ers of juvenile modes have found at command so many contributing sources of ideas that they have been inspired to do and to dare this season. sea-son. Perhaps most exciting of all is the rush of patriotic themes prevalent preva-lent in all the apparel for the younger young-er generation. Emblazoned stars, eagles with wide-spread wings, flags unfurled, ships, anchors and other nautical insignia, braidings, epaulets, epau-lets, sailor collars, officers' capes and brass-buttoned coats, colors red, white and blue in the true American way hold endless fascination for youngsters, especially when they adorn their very own coats and dresses and stylish cape outfits as they do this season. What could be more attractive, we ask, in the way of new spring ensembles for school-faring sisters than the cunning two-sister cape models shown in the illustration herewith? To fully sense the charm of these clever cape outfits, one must visualize them in their own original bright colorings (matching red wool capes, hats, and skirts with navy jackets) as displayed at a preview pre-view of American-designed fashions presented in connection with a series se-ries of breakfast style clinics held in the great Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Pace-making fashion events are these clinics which thousands thou-sands of merchants and buyers attend at-tend each season in search of dependable de-pendable authoritative forecasts which these style shows present. The two coats in the picture shared applause with the cape suits. Their message is buttons. Rows and rows of 'em! Bright metal ones a la militaire are favorites. Children adore buttons, and three rows of them as used on the new aqua Shetland wool coat pictured to the right is enough to triple any little lit-tle girl's joy. The pretty eyelet embroidered em-broidered collar helps make this coat an important spring fashion, for white collared coats are featured for both adults and little folks. The nautical influence can beseen in the coat pictured in the inset. Navy Shetland with a red and white trimmed sailor collar and two rows of glittering silver buttons is the formula adopted by the designer of this smart and attractive model. The pendulum has swung back to sailor dresses. Both children and grown-ups will wear huge white lingerie lin-gerie sailor collars with their new spring frocks. The top color for spring is navy in coats, dresses and capes. Amusing it is to see the way children's chil-dren's fashions this year copy those of their elders. An adult fashion that repeats in miniature for little daughters of the household is the print-with-plain costume. Cunning versions for tots are pleated-skirt print dresses tipped with capes (navy (na-vy or pastel wools) lined throughout with the print of the dress. Influences other than the navy or the army that make for versatility in styling are South American trends that bring vivid color into play. Dude ranch fashions also delight tots. There are lariat ties, cowboy fringe trims and studded leather belts. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |