The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-02
BY HENRI BENDEL

FOR NEA SERVICE
NEW YORK, Jan. Probably
no type of clothes designed for Palm
Beach and other southern resort
wear attracts the attention that
sports clothes do.
They hold their strategic posi-
ton because they can be worn most
universally. BY that mean that
more people. in more parts of the
country. need the sports type of
frock than for instance, the bath
ing suit or the filny chiffons for
formal afternoon affairs.
Moreover, in recent years, sports
clothes have had a tremendous in
fluence on the whole world of
fashion Everyone remembers the
advent of the kerchief topping a
formal evening gown. Cocktail
jackets had their origin in sports
cardigans.
Therefore the details of style
that couturiers evolve for sports
clothes are watched very minute
ly, not only by fashion experts but
by individuals who follow the style.
New Stripes Are Novel
Novelty stripes are being used in
profusion OF early spring sports
things. Not collegiate stripes and
not broad, uninteresting even
stripes. But some kind of a COM
bination of varying sized stripes,
stripes and dots, stripes and checks.
Much is made of color against a
less bright background. Much is
made of blouses, and many times
the overblouse or sweater is the
colorful part of costume.
Skirts on the whole are full,
Novelty pleating is used a great
deal. Some skirts introduce the
idea of plain, unadorned gathers,
as new way to get fullness. Since
gathers have been out for many
years, they do bring a certain sense
of fresh novelty with their return.
A gathered white crepe skirt, in
one Of the new styles, is topped by
an overblouse of hand-blockecV silk
in q, modernistic pattern of blue,
white and beige. A diagonal 3tripe
of blue and biege heighten The coll
orfulness of this overblouse, with
similar diagonal pattern up the
sleeves and across a pocket on one
side. A scarf of blue adds its bit,
too.
Small Hat Favored
Topping this sports frock is a
little beige hat from Rose Valois
with a draped banding of blue and
beige chiffon. This hat is indica-
tive OF the small hats favor this
winter, provided it is svelt and
smart.
Beige faille, striped in yellow and
green fashions, a charming little
two-piece frock. The skirts deep
pleats are curved and stitched to
fashion a long yoke effect and its
lower edge has a sweet banding of
the green with narrow stripes OF
the yellow above it.
This novelty stripping circles the
oyerblouSe and the cuffs. The
square neck has an interesting tie
treatment, the tie ends really be-
ing an extension of the neck's band
ing. A beige bangkok hat has band
ings of the colors in suede, exactly
matching to complete the scheme.
Sweater suits this spring are apt
to combine knitted sweaters with
silk or fine wool skirts and often
take their matching cardigans in
the skirts fabric.
A stunning gold-yellow and white
sports suit has box pleated skirt
of white kasha and its sweater en-
lroidered in stripes and novelty
diamond figures in white silk. The
sweater stimulates a little tie, by its
embroidery.
Yellow hosiery and white shoes
are suitable accessories while a lit
tie white ballibuntl hat is banded
in the gold-yellow.