The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
What's in Fashion?
Winning Vacation Costumes
Directed By AMOS PARRISH

NEW YORK, Aug. To-day
4 starts the biggest vacation
month of the year. Thousands of
folks are off for good times and
some of them will bring home golf
or tennis cup, the diving medal, the
prize from the bridge tournament,
or the story about the biggest fish.
There'1l be fashion contests, too.
Unannounced ones, though, where
the judges will be "the other wom-
en-" Here are some suggestions for
vacation clothes sure to win you
applause.
For active sports wear the win
ming dress is simply tailored, sleeve
less, and of fiat crepe, Shantung,
pique or linen. First prize goes
to white with bridge or dark colored
accessories.
Shirtwaist Type Favorite
The knitted suits sports win
ner, too, in boucle or lightweight
wool with sweater blouse. Equally
smart for active or spectator wear.
If your spectator sports dresses
are white with shoulders covered
by cap or polo sleeves, you're bound
to win. Sure bets are the shirt
waist type Gas illustratedl or the
double-breaSted effect.
In the class of street costumes. a
medal goes to the printed silk with
white in the pattern of the print
and touch of white lingerie at the
neckline. Also to the sleeveless
dress of canton crepe with contrast
ing color jacket. (Worn without
the jacket the dress becomes an
active sports type.)
In the evening, pastel chiffons,
plain or printed, easily take first
place, the dress at ankle length
with shoulders covered by a fichu,
a capelet, puff sleeves or a match
ing jacket.
TurbanS Lead Headwear
Knitted or crocheted turbans
head the list of vacation hats. They're
the roll you own" variety in white
or colorS to match sports dresses.
But panamaS or rough straws
with medium brims are close run
nerS up. And with your dinner
dress the close fitting turban of
velvet is the thing.
The white and" pump or one
strap walks off with the shoe
honors. White with trim of brown
or black worn not only with
sports costumes but even with day.
time prints and plain colors.
Stockings and Gloves
Other shoe fashions to bet on are
pumps of kid or patent to wear with
print or plain color dresses; dark
colored, low-cut oxfords for travel
ing; sports ghillies or brogues in
white or brown; and the crepe eve
ming pump dyed to match the dress
or the evening accessories.
For any daytime costume, neutral
beiges in sheer weights or silk mesh
are winners. And for sports wear,
the new fashion of white cotton
mesh.
The leading glove is white-in
fabric, doeskin or pigskin. Wear
the white glove with anything you
like and you're smart. But don't
lose sight Of neutral beiges in wash
able feathers.
The Right Handbags
Place your money in a dark
leather envelope that matches your
coat or suit or dress. And if it is
envelope shape with rigid frame,
hold on to it for falli
But white bags, in fabric or leath-
er, go with the white costume or
with the dark costume with white
accents. B.
You can see several of these win
ming fashions in the sketch which IL
Illustrates the costume worn by Miss
Jane Swope at a recent benefit at
tended by many of Americas -Four
Hundred" on the Long Island estate
Of Mrs. Payne Whitney. There's the
crocheted turban in white, the
shirtwaist dress with polo sleeves,
white gloves, white envelope bag and
the white and" pump.
Copyright. 1881 by Amos Parrish)
Next: Amos Parrish reports on
smart knitted costumes you can
wear now and in the fall.