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Show Rustling Taffeta Now a Favorite With Party-Going Teen-Agers By CHERIE NICHOLAS : -f i ! I ' ly .3 j i 1 " - Vv . I r f tV. . p 11 i 7AvhAv r tf A y ; " -ill P yf : , ! AH v. 'itVv ' . f ; ' , i 2 is , i Z . ' ! " ' tiW-- N i - i . . : ' i ' ' 'I ' t - i - I : - i 1 ; ' " t -c v-...-a....j.. ..ox.... ' : : .. - .v . ! k. .Li.;.-.--.--.-.v-.-. ..s.,, AVERY important social season - , this. With holiday festivities " and other midwinter gala events I ' p , : j crowding one after another on the I ' i present program, comes the "big f , . , t s : j moment" for gay and flattering par v ' , ty frocks; In a young girl's ward- i ' robe of pretty-pretty "date" and L.- .l,.,-'-w- ....i...-J j u ; l I AVERY important social season, this. With holiday festivities and other midwinter gala events crowding one after another on the present program, comes the "big moment" for gay and flattering party par-ty frocks; In a young girl's wardrobe ward-robe of pretty-pretty "date" and dance frocks, there is always room for one more. Especially is it true this winter, when the homecoming homecom-ing of men from the services is bringing about an exciting new urge among the fair sex to dress up and look one's most attractive self. Then too, members of the teenage teen-age group who have been spending their holiday vacation at home will be wanting to have at least one knockout new dress to "show off" when they go back to their respective re-spective colleges and schools. It's a simple matter to make this dream dress come true just by choosing the season's favorite dress-up fabric, fab-ric, taffeta, and putting the sewing sew-ing machine to work. One reason that girls who have learned or are learning to "make their own" at their local sewing center cen-ter are all enthusiasm over crisp, rustling taffeta is that they find it so easy to work with they can whip up an elegant little frock in double quick time. Now that the gadgets and attachments on modern sewing machines perform almost miracles in way of shirring, ruffling and tucking, tuck-ing, it is becoming a hobby with ambitious am-bitious girls everywhere to learn to sew. The more they see what charming clothes they can turn out at comparatively low cost, the more intrigued they become with the idea of taking advantage of the endless opportunities offered in local sewing sew-ing centers and sewing classes held in most of the big stores. A gay young frock for the slim-waisted slim-waisted is shown to the right in the illustration. It is made of vari-col-ored striped taffeta combined with stark black crepe. The striped fabric fab-ric is used for the bodice with its saucy peplum that juts out crisply over the hips. Briefed shoulder sleeves are shirred into staccato fullness. The bodice stripes below the V-neckline accent and dramatize drama-tize the styling of this most attractive attrac-tive bodice top. The slim straight skirt is made of black crepe. You will find this a most flattering little lit-tle frock for most any dress-up occasion. oc-casion. The frock to the left is a youthful model of green taffeta banded with color-matched velvet. It can easily be stitched up by the girl who has learned to sew, or even by the novice that has taken only a few lessons in the art of sewing. The deep round neckline band holds little lit-tle shirrings in place at the front, while cluster shirrings adorn the skirt front below the snug-fitting bodice. Wide velvet bands form the shoulder cap sleeves for this charming charm-ing little gown. Taffeta is indeed a magic fabric in more ways than one as proved by how successfully it is used in every ev-ery possible mood this season. For instance, designers are turning out most provocative little frocks of black taffeta that are made to look definitely young because of their ingenue styling with myriads of sprightly little ruffles about girlish off-shoulder necklines and abbreviated abbrevi-ated sleeves, some trimmed with lingerie beading run through with tiny velvet ribbon. The tiny-waist bodice and full floor-length full-skirted evening gown of gay plaid or stripe taffeta makes a perfect formal for-mal for the young girl, as does also the long, full taffeta stripe or plaid skirt with a black jersey top and a dramatic belt. And here's the latest lat-est they are making de luxe tea aprons of handpainted taffeta. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |