The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-27
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Be Classic
in Simplicity
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Milady
steps in elegance this spring. New
long skirts may hide her silken
hosiery. But they throw her feet
into high relief and thereby heighten
the importance OF her shoes.
Quite in keeping with this era Of
intricate costumes. new shoes are
smartest when they are exquisitely
made along lines of classic sim
plicity. Exquisite materials, fine
workmanship is the order, with BIZ
zarre effects positively bad taste.
The fabric, leather. straw, gold
and silver metal brocades and other
materials that go into their COM
position are sumptuous. But the
better they are, the more they pos
cess that intangible charm Of the
srtfully simple.
The subtle dressmaker touch is
the one women like in shoes.
Modes Are Varied
There are endless variations of
the different shoe themes for day
time, sports, dressy afternoon, for
NAL evening It almost seems a
game among designers to see which
can be most individual in develop
ing the different modes.
But, generally speaking, the clas-
sic opera pump, the one-strap Slip
per and the oxford are the main
divisions Of footgear for other than
sports wear.
What women wear with their
beach pajamas, their tennis toys,
their golf outfits and their loung-
ing robes is a different story again.
Prime favorites for spring prom
ise to be brown and white COM
binations in sports, according to
Delman. designer and manufac-
tIIrer Of smart shoes. Black and
white combinations and blue and
white are good too.
Suede Shoes Popular
For other sports wear, softly col
ored suede shoes in pastel tones,
especially the baby shades of blue
and pink, ard yellows. green's and
grays. are good made in trim one
strap models.
All manner Of hand-blocked ma
terials, prints, kids and fancy skins
make up this type Of shoes, too.
Feminine costumes for after
noon call for appropriate shoes, and
so the svelt pump predominates,
with fine touches of the dress
makers art in the form of narrow
collars and like bits of contrast.
All-white and parchment Colored
kid are first choice in pumps that
must serve several costumes. But
it is chic to have enougs SHOES to
change them every time one donS
another frock.
Others in Elegant Style
II one can have such a shoe ward
robe, then by all means invite into
it some of the lovely dull rose,
mauve, sea green and delicate blue
kid and suede pumps that are ele-
CANT with printed frocks. with
linens, organizes or chiffons.
If you match up a printed gown
in slippers, follow the darker tones
rather than the light, for the day
of glaringly light shoes with dark
prints is gone. Shoes emphazize
color quite as much as belts or
scarfS.
Evening is the time when one
can positively grow romantic about
the slippers. Milady may choose.
Crepe de chine is first choice, satin
second, sheer gold lanes next.
Heels are very graceful and high
er. as if women must keep off their
own long skirts! Most dance slip
pers are one-strap the strap being
delicate and flattering to the ankle,
unless one is blessed with the ex-
ceptional foot that can keep pump
on without strain.
Gold and silver and iridescent
pearly kid heels. straps, and deli
cate pipings are the rule.
Pumps have handsome buckles in
crystal or rhinestone. The best
evening shoe is dyed to match its
gown.