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Show Gabardine Will Be Favored for Spring Meltons, Wool Crepes Also Popular With Designers. By CHERIE NICHOLAS If one were to judge by the suits selling to wear under fur coats at the moment the answer to what's doing in color and fabric could easily eas-ily be given in two words gabardine gabar-dine and pastels. At any rate, the magic word "gabardine" is again resounding throughout the length and breadth of fashion's domain. Great emphasis is placed on beautiful wools this season that are styled with finesse which gives the new suits and daytime dresses a patrician air bespeaking the lovely lady look. The colors themselves are just that way, most subtle and refined. re-fined. This is especially true in regard re-gard to the eye-appealing neutrals that include pale grays and beige so light it looks closely related to the elusive off-whites. The big play this season is on suits, coats and dresses made of beautiful wools in beautiful colors. Gabardines, meltons, wool crepes and suede-type fabrics are running ace-high for spring. They come in delectable soft neutral tones that suggest color rather than emphasize it, and in high colors, which exploit ex-ploit a' new bright copper brown, also a series of fresh gay green tonej. Competing with the now-so-fashionable Victorian beige and Victorian Vic-torian gray and the new parchment shades are the new green cast aqua, Chinese red, colonial blue, peacock, sea-cap green, jade and a list of eye-appealing browns, also lovely ice blue, bright yellow and exquisitely exquis-itely soft rose tones. There's news in lavender. It is well worth watching watch-ing this color as designers think well of it. As to navy, it is triumphing anew in the spring fashion picture. Interest holds good in smart black suits, the new cape-type suits being outstanding. In prints the new themes stress neat daytime patternings and for dressy and formal wear this season's sea-son's prints are gorgeous. There's news in medallion prints, each circle displaying a dancing figure, or birds or flowers. Again emphasis is on white-background prints. The whole trend in the new patternings is light-hearted and gay. Dancing scenes, animals, birds and such original motifs as a lighted candle, tea cups and saucers in Dresden colorings, butterflies on the wing and other conversational themes galore. The florals are stunning this year, some widely spaced, others strewn in pretty confusion over the background. The big news is in wool prints. Gay chintz prints for girls' party frocks are enhanced with a scattering of colorful sequins at strategic points oh the dress. For party frocks debutantes are look-ring look-ring their loveliest in dream gowns of floating chiffon. |