Evening star., 1939-03-23

And when your beaux do come
jackets. Dinner jackets and tails
are community property in most col
lege dorms. They're booked up way
in advance for fraternity dances and
things.
No, the college boy goes calling
in an oxford gray suit-if not in
a very odd jacket atop a turtle
necked sweater-and since all his
cronies do likewise, it's decreed that
this is de rigueur-how men stick
together!
What Is Campus
Keynote?
So then, what is the keynote of
the college wardrobe?
Campus clothes will have a strong
country flavor.
Date costumes will be In the FIVE
to-seven town mood.
The only formal things you'll need
will be for proms, class day, house
dances and college dramatics.
The only real rule we ever heard
of about dressing for dinner at COL
lege was "ski pants barred"
First Term. You arrive late in
September.
So this term means principally
October, November and December,
though you'd better be prepared
with at least one warm weather
dress for Indian summer tie-silk
would be good because you can wear
your odd tweed jacket on and off
with it during the turn of the sea-
son.
But the backbone of your first
term-in fact, of all three terms
will be your tweed suit with match
ing topcoat, luxuriantly furred.
Then an extra skirt and the jacket
We spoke of. with a profusion of
sweaters will take care of your
campus needs.
For dates, you'd best be provided
with a good black crepe dress. a
black satin, black velvet skirt with
couple of cocktail blouses and
black velvet dirndl.
Let's See How
You'll Make Out.
You can make your best coat
do for fall, winter and spring if
you can get black cloth one with
a detachable cape Of, say, Persian.
Now let's see how you'll make out.
September
Gold and brown tie-silk suit with
or without odd brown tweed jacket.
Beige wool dress with or without
jacket.
Black satin dress with or without
Persion cape.
October
Green tweed suit.
Brown tweed jacket and beige
wool skirt.
Black crepe dress with. Persian
cape.
Black satin dress with Persian
cape.
November
Green tweed topcoat with blond
fur over beige wool dress.
Green tweed topcoat with blond
fur over beige skirt and sweater.
Black cloth coat over black crepe
dress.
Black cloth coat over black satin
dress.
December
Green tweed suit under green top
coat with blond fur.
Brown tweed jacket and beige
skirt under green topcoat with blond
fur
Black cloth coat and fur cape
over black velvet skirt, white quilted
satin blouse
Black cloth coat and fur cape
over black velvet dirndl.
OF course. you'll have evening
things ad lib.
But remember, your first evening
dress should be of some perennial
fabric like crepe in case you can't
afford another as soon as you'd like.
Velvet and satin and brocade are
obviously limited to winter, while
chiffon and taffeta are definitely
summery.
You Really Need
A Fur Coat.
AS for your wrap, the detachable
cape trick goes as well for wraps
as for dress coats.
A black velvet full-length wrap
with detachable white fur cape
will see you through from early
autumn till class day-first the cape
alone, then the wrap alone, then
both, and back again.
Second Term. Unless you take a
notion to buy more evening things
with your Christmas money, all you
really need is fur coat.