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Show Jewels and Beads Glitter on Dresses for Every Occasion By CHERIE NICHOLAS ir v .'. v . i f ; - ' ' .'ac (- ' t " 1 I ' ' J, I t - ii ' ' 1 I 't V ' Jill ILATTERING is the word for the w ' , j charming dresses that are given $ ' T72i a new loveliness with artful touches J, 2 BLATTERING is the word for the charming dresses that are given a new loveliness with artful touches of gay embroidery and go glittering through the style parade with a wealth of nailheads, sequins, jew-ls jew-ls and beadwork Indeed, this is a season when it is every woman's duty to look her prettiest in gowns designed to "do something for you." Now that sparkle for daytime frocks as well as evening gowns is the vogue the new fashions are playing up glitter for all it is worth. Every woman should yield to the call of black with a dash of color and the gleam of beadwork and jewels. A dress or suit of this description de-scription will prove your standby for almost every occasion. Pictured are several eye-appealing fashions selected from a collection of daytime day-time modes designed and displayed by the style creators of Chicago at a recent winter preview. The good looking black crepe tunic dress shown to the right emphasizes its molded shoulders and hipline by means of steel nailheads. Shown with it is a high and handsome hat of colorful feathers. You will make a well-dressed appearance in this dress wherever you go. To the left a dressier type sparkles spar-kles with rhinestones. The slim fitted jacket has rhinestone pockets and is worn over a dress with a sheer yoke outlined in rhinestones. -' Speaking of sheer yokes, they are a new styling detail that is being worked in fascinating and versatile ways. The latest dresses have yokes of the sheerest black lace, and for extreme flattery designers are styling wools and crepes in black or browns or the new deep "black cherry" tones with pastel chiffon yokes, some of which are beaded in matching colors, while others are joined to the dress top and the seaming is concealed under sequin bands and bordering. The figure seated in the center wears a dress of velvet trimmed with revers. There is a double peplum on the pert jacket. The dress is finished off at the neckline with a deep rhinestone necklace, and a glittering rhinestone buckle fastens the jacket. Curly feathers cut out of black felt make the pompadour hat, which is graced with a floating veil. The dainty young lady in the background back-ground to the right is wearing a delectable gown which follows the new trend toward colorful beadwork on black. You can get this model with light blue or dusty pink accents. ac-cents. Here is an apt illustration of the new trimming effect achieved with a bordering of embroidery outlining out-lining the seams of the sleeves, which have the new wide armholes. The midriff belt in matched bead-work bead-work balances the color inserts. Very smart dresses are shown with all-round pleated skirts, the bodice top being of the long-torso, fitted type with an all-over sprinkling of beads or sequins or tiny gold nailheads. The spray of flowers worked in metal threads and beads is placed so as to take the place of the usual bodice clip or ornament. orna-ment. Black jet beaded sweaters of the middy type are also in smart fashion. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |