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Show Elaborate Applique Shown on Daytime and Evening Styles By CHERIE NICHOLAS -0 ' ifV , J -( 1 i ' V III H I I - f . Ill - ! 1 V ROSES are red on the superbly beautiful white gown centered in the group. The flair for white for party wear and also for youthful "date" dresses is important fashion' news. College girls and teen-agers are simply thrilled with the idea of "winter white" for dine-and-dance wear. For these, fancy runs mostly to white crepes, wools and jersey, some trimmed with gold accents and others gay with appliqued floral patterns or bright yarn embroidery. embroid-ery. The lovely white party dress pictured to the right above is made of soft white crepe which molds itself it-self to the figure of the wearer. Attention At-tention is drawn to the tunic and shoulder drape which is gathered from a V-neckline. Great lovely roses in crimson red crepe are appliqued ap-pliqued to form a border on the tunic and a eorsage cluster at the left shoulder. In the stunning afternoon model 'to the right below one senses the fact that applique design is as gracious -and effective for daytime modes as for formal evening gowns. Black and pink, a flattering color combination widely featured this season, distinguishes distin-guishes this ensemble. The black dress is styled with the new drop shoulder, while the sprightly pep-lum pep-lum is encrusted with an applique ap-plique of pink braid in a floral motif. The pillbox hat is black felt with a bow of black veiling. The sophisticated evening gown to the left in the background is of black marquisette worn over a nude-pink slip. The call for black on black is dramatically answered in the bold leaf design in black velvet which is artfully applied on the shoulders and at the waist. The applique theme is being worked out stunningly for simple wool daytime dresses and suits. The flower applique is self fabric which traces its way along lapels, sleeve tops and often over the entire en-tire front of the bodice or blouse. In connection with the vogue for gay and festive trimming accents in the way of beadwork and embroidery, em-broidery, it is interesting to note the glitter of sequins, rhinestones or nailheads, as well as a definite revival re-vival of applique design. This form of handcraft is very smart, and in featuring it, designers have tapped a wellspring of inspiration which is pouring forth a wealth of ideas in endless procession. Applique design offers a technique which is being successfully employed em-ployed for both day and evening modes with the utmost simplicity or in the most elaborate motifs to fit the occasion. Consequently, there are going to be all types of applique this season, from the simple single bouquet effect on a blouse or bodice bod-ice to take the place of a corsage or glittering spray clip, all the way to elaborate designs. Also, we may expect to see a tremendous amount of applique used on the sports clothes for resort wear. Many of the "dressy" clothes for winter are so beautifully embellished embel-lished they are veritable works of art See this demonstrated in the lovely gown pictured to the left below be-low in the illustration. For this applique ap-plique the artist designer has taken morning glories for her theme, translating trans-lating them into handmade fabric flowers that bloom in all their deep purples, wines, brilliant pink and azure blue. Leaves and stems and tendrils of green go cascading from shoulder to hem down the side front of this stately, sleekly fitted, black crepe dinner gown. It is said that many women of discriminating taste are turning to fabric applique as a welcome change from too much glitter of sequins and colorful stones. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |