Evening star., 1940-07-10
BY HELEN VOGT.

Surveying the fashion scene at
this point is somewhat like watching
a glorified jigsaW puzzle slowly being
completed For months before the
first mosquito was slapped at, fash
ion writers were predicting trends,
motifs and what they so fondly refer
to as influences" 1t took Mrs
Shopper to put the final o. K. on
these suggested styles, however, and
now, at midseason, the summer
picture is just about set.
So, if you are still shopping for
vacation togS or anxious to put the
finishing touches on a warm weather
wardrobe, here are the leading fash
ion notes. Probably you have in
cluded many of them in your previ-
GUS purchases; possibly they may
help you to decide just what is new
and smart.
You won't go wrong on red. white
and blue. Choose it in clothes, such
as smart striped blouses to be worn
with suits and slacks. Adopt it in
your jewelry and accessories. and
be sure to choose a flag, eagle or
u S. A. pin and a bangle bracelet
with the same motifs. Look for
compacts with jeweled flags raised
on the enamel tops and use the
combination of colors as an effec-
tive and new accent to your plain
clothes.
Candy stripes lead the parade in
the sport field. You'll find the red
and white or blue and white COM
bination in play suits and sport
frocks as we'll as in other costumes.
For a most inexpensive pin stripe
play suit, our favorite is the bare
midriff style, whose short bra has
tiny puffed sleeves and a low SUM-
baCk-in addition to shorts and
skirt, needless to say.
Rayon jersey dresses have had a
season that has boosted their box
Office rating. Particularly good in
black and white, they are also shown
in pastels. In the latter, however,
unless it is exceptionally good jersey,
you may not take kindly to the color
Spun rayon is popular and sharkskin
has been prominent, although it's
getting bit late for it now-in so
far as the stocks in the stores are
concerned.
Hoods. jackets, wedges, nylon,
turbans and berets are all part of
your sure-fire selection in summer
clothes this year. Also successfully
at bat for fashion are black sheer
dresses with crisp white lingerie
touches. Back to the minor leagues,
as far as acceptance goes, are
parasols and shawls. They just
haven't gone over from the popular
point of view, although they are still
snappy from the high fashion angle.
So, there's your setup in case you've
been bewildered by the array of
clothes on display at the moment.
There are many more outstanding
trends. but these seem to be the
most discussed and highly applauded
offerings.
Very much like an Information
Please" among fashionists have been
the queries concerning the French
couture. 1t now develops, however,
that the creators of beautiful clothes
are in Biarritz and plan to return to
Paris and resume their operations
almost any day now.
Biarritz, they feel, is too crowded
to present the usual August collec-
tions and since the reconstruction
and building of a new social setup
Is bound to be the order of the day
in Paris, it is logical that they should
60 back to their old establishments
Many have left a skeleton staff and
in some cases the heads of the firms
have remained, as, for example, Alix,
who has been waiting in her coun-
try home near Paris and whose
establishment has remained open all
the while Nine. Suzy stayed and
so did Agnes who even now has some
new chapeauX in preparation. q
However, if Paris resumes it's
showings (and if they do it will
mean that they have not missed a
seasonal opening since the start of
the war; the question in the mind
of this department is who will
attend?" We know some who will,
but it seems to us that there are
many complications involved. We
hope that the Paris couture will be
just as fine and just as important to
the life of that city and the beauty
of the world as it has always been,
but somehow, somewhere in the back
of our minds there Is a vague mis-
giving. At any rate, it will be in
teresting to follow the developments
of this gallant attempt at recon-
struction.