The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
Both Silk
and Wool
FaUOred
BY HENRI BENDEL
Written for MA Service

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-The large
family of woolens furnishes Paris
with the most popular material for
Out-of-door one-piece frocks and
suits for spring. They form COM
plete community of their own and
are fascinating in their variety.
Leading the vogue are soft plain
Jerseys, covert cloth, and the great
variety of lightweight creepy ma
terials such as worsted shantung and
pique
The spring Of 1880 will be a sea-
son of suits. Even the mid-season
collection offered them in both silk
and Wool-the former for southern
Fairgrounds and the latter for cold
er climates.
At the moment the charming
woolens are dominating the sports
mode, but the warmer days will find
the silk prints extensively employed,
especially the tie silks which do not
soil or crush so quickly as the plain
materials.
Variety Marks Suits
The most satisfactory thing about
the return Of suits is the enormous
choice they offer in both cut and
fabric. There are the Swank little
Elton jackets so charming when de-
Veloped in the amusing silk prints.
There are the short box coats OF
tweed Jersey or jersey-tweed. There
are dress suits of broadcloth with
long coats and the serviceable full
length and three-quarter length
coats found in so many OF the suits
developed in covert cloth.
In fact. one may go suited" from
morning to night and still be en-
tirely in the mode since there is a
suit for every occasion, many OF
them with blouses which acCentuate
their charm.
Certainly no well-balanced ward
robe is complete without several
suits of varying character and ma
terials.
Covert Cloth Is Good
One Of the most satisfactory ma
terials for the travelling suit is CO.
vert cloth. A charming example is
illustrated in chocolate brown, fea-
turing o fashionable cape, and illus
trating the possibilities of rich color
combination.
The lapels and cape are faced
with mimosa yellow fiat silk crepe,
the former ending in a graceful scarf
in the back. The coat comes almost
to the bottom of the skirt, and the
blouse is of the same material as
the facing of the cape. With it is
worn brown felt turban and
brown kid oXfOrdS.
Youth is stressed in the devel-
opment of the spring jerseys. MarS
of them initiate the self-patterned
crepes. Others present color COM
binations that gladden. the eye.
OF the latter, an excellent eX-
ample Is illustrated The cream
colored jersey IS striped with rasp-
berry and pale pink, furnishing d
combination which makes one think
of spring gardens. The effect is
charming.
The bands in the sleeveless blouse
which circle the hips are repeated
in the pleated skirt and in the tri-
angular scarf.
The same color scheme is found In
the Shetland wool which forms a
crocheted cover for the straw hat,
while sports Cxfords of white buck
skin with brown leather trims COM
plete the charming ensemble.
Affinity in Fabrics
Woolens and silks for spring ad-
here to the same ideas and stress
much the same range of coloringS.
They are quite frank in their imita-
ton of each other in weaveS and
colors. Myers tweed family is the
most famous and includes the eff
fective tweed jerseys and jersey
tweedS which the French couturiers
are using so extensively in the
morning one-piece frocks.
Another important member Of the
wool family is the series of wool
georgettes which I find most effec-
tive in the creation of daytime buds
for the out-of-doOrS.