New Britain herald., 1928-02-20

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 New York. Feb. 2o.-American women are accepting and are charmed by feminine frills and fur bellows for afternoon and evening wear. But they are demanding and getting tailored models for their runabout frocks for street wear until tea-time. ...
 The reason behind this preference is that American women are essen- tially active. Moreover many of them work-either at vocation or l avocation. They have not the tra- dition of long lounsing hours be- hind them that makes the French women always take more kindly to softness of lines apd frills. .,.. So I find myself making quite neatly tailored one piece frocks for eany spring wear-for those first days that the coat is shed.
 All Of Them Woolens
 They are all woolens incidentally. This is a departure. for the past few years women have worn suits or silk dresses. But woolens have yielded to the demand for sheer, soft beauty. Some of the spring homespuns are as featherwcight as Iceland wool sweaters: some of the tweeds as soft and pliable as satin- backed crepe; wool georgette is nearly as sheer as silk.
 Spring models Of runabout frocks favor the one-piece mode: they in troducc new collar ideas; their sleeves are apt to be quite individual and different and all skirts show some reasonable width for easy walking-whether it comes from pleats. godets or plain gathers.
 For colors, grey is exceedingly good. Blues. as usual, come forth for spring but the preference for blues comes in off shades, either in grey-blue or ono with q purply tone. Tans and browns have exceptional beauty in their soft richness this year. But it looks as if green will be one of the favorites.
 show today three new runabout models. In the first one, by using diagonal strips of tan homespun and slanting them upwards in the body of the waist, an unusually decorative style is created without bit of trimming Of any kind. A godet in- sert on one side, with large bone buttons carrying out the onc-sided effect gives individually to this frock.
 But its chief claim to real dis tinction lies in its sleeves, introduc- ing the ld-timc puff. in a modified form, falling gracefully over but toned cuffs. The collarless necklinc flares wide on the shoulders, dis tincty 1928 spring touch. A fur piece and a crocheted straw toque with a dark brown feather orna- ment add smartncss.
 A GerInatne Creation.
 Pale green, in a new sheer, silky flannel, gives the effect of jacket suit in the second model. with cute metal ball buttons strengthening its diagonal closing. X band of 3. dark CT SIlauc or green on us nen1 ana cuffs is the only touch of decoration. This Is Germaine creation and the rolling collar that stands fairly high in the back of the neck is really a concession 10 American wonlen's de- mand for tailored effects. For Paris really prefers fril1s this season.
 A severely tailored costume that shows modernistic note is shown in the blue kashine tweed. Here in the flare of the collar. in the dip of the yoke and the rounding of the front skirt yoke we see the geomet- ric design influence. clever. simple and charming is this interpretation of the modern trend.
 This frock has no back collar just the front fIaripg revers. The sleeves are onc-button and simple | belt of self material extends around a low wsistline.
 An appropriate hat is shown In . smart new icvslune models of red and grey velvet. q Eeboux design.