Evening star., 1937-02-24
in a Washington shop.

Gil straight OF the man-tallored 10 the
ripple flare of the dressier type.
The n-tailored suit Is probably
the first choice for early-season wear,
as it looks so well under a topcoat.
These classics do not change radi-
cally from one season to another. and
for this reason should be of finest
material and excellently tailored. The
general effect may be varied by a
change of accessories, which often so
alters the outfit that even your best
friends think you have something
brand-new. This is the scheme used
by a well-dresSed woman Of New
York, whose clothes program for a
year is limited to $1,000 for all items.
NEW among these tailored suits IS
the Shoulder-high small pocket
featured by Schiaparelli on the single
breasted jacket that buttons close up
to the neck. There is new color, too.
It is called thistle, dark, dull rose,
and is often combined with st. James
blue. However, this is color that you
may tire of, so that if you are getting
an expensive suit it would be better to
stick to the more conservative colors.
If you are just thinking in terms Of
this one Spring, you can get an odd
colored suit that is not expensive,
enjoy it thoroughly, and not be disap-
pointed If the color looks trifle passe
by Fall.
The three-piece suit consisting of
Jacket suit with a two -thirds-length
boxy topper in contrasting color makes
q smart, youthful outfit. It comes in
combinations of navy and coral, beige
and brown and beige and black. A
golden yellow feecy woolen three
piece suit Is as bright ard you full as
a Spring daffodil. This soft material,
like a camels hal, Is also shown in
two-piece boxy suit in thistle rose with
an unusual diagonal front closing
and rounded stitched lapels. There
is a scarf and pocket handkerchief in
the same color.
The three-piece suits with large.
fluffy collars of light fur on the top
coats may be worn Immediately and
are also great favorites with trav-
elers to all points on account Of their
quick adaptability to changes tenn
perature. We saw a clever suit in
one shop. Made of a loosely woven
yellow beige tweedy cloth, 1t has its
own brown crepe dress that may be
ensembled with the jacket in place OF
the skirt, making two distinct outfits.
Among the smartest Spring ensem-
bles that we have seen is lovely tweed
in light shades of beige and blue with
fecks of brown, cut on conservative
lines, the coat lined with the light blue
crepe and worn over tailored dress of
the blue trimmed in brown stitching.
A similar outfit was done in a beige
tweed with an overplaid of orange and
| brown worn with a nasturtium- colored
| frock.
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IN THE more softly tailored class
we found a new arrival in light
beige "porosa," sort Of porous basket
weave. This suit has ripples and
scallops to make it very feminine. You
will see it sketched above.
Strongly contrasted with this Is the
cape model. We found it in a stun
ming combination of crown blue cape
and skirt with a rich, lively red Jacket,
also sketched. A row Of blue star
buttons and four pockets with unusual
scanning added to shoulder pleats on
the cape make this suit outstandingly
different.
A detail worth remembering is
grosgrain ribbon edges that are found
on some of the new suits. We saw q
gray twill with two lines of narrow
black grosgrain detail around the
lapels that had a smart new look.
Suit news from London is always of
interest, as British women consistently
demand and wear good suits. This
year some Of their best houses are
showing checked and plaided tweeds
with both straight and flared jackets.
For information concerning items
mentioned In this column call Ma.
tional 5000, extension 395, between 10
and II am.