The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-01-17
Glamour

Glamour
Probably the largest tropical style
event ever to be staged outdoors under
a clear, blue and starry sky was held
during the Orange Bowl festival in
Miami and your fashion editor was
there to report frst-hand and at length
to you on the new tropical styles and
colors for resort, spring and summer
wear. In fact, the fashion eyes of the
world, Amy Porter of the AP, Prunella
Wood of King Features, Norman Ed
wards, London stylist, Walter Parkes,
NEA Service, Fred Drake of Harper's
Bazaar, and many other fashion ex-
perts, along with a vast audience es-
timated at nearly 10000, which over
flowed the amphitheatre in Bayfront
Park, were all there to see the most
beautiful pageant of fashion ever un-
rolled.
Beautiful John Powers models pa
fashions before an audience that was
highly appreciative of the Importance
of this style show The clothes, all
well chosen, are the type that will be
seen in the North this coming spring
and summer. No ultra-styling or
"shoW pieces" but neatness, chic and
sophistication on every article, and
at prices most moderate.
Miami's sun, citrus fruit, sand, eli
mate and Seminoles have been immor-
talized in song and story, and now
they are immortalized in fabric de-
signs. "Sand in Your Shoes" "Semi-
nola" and Garden of Eden" prints,
along with fower-tr trimmed shoes,
jungle jewelry made from cocoanut
buds and sponge lapel flowers were
given a big play.
"Sand in Your Shoes" print show
ing woman's hand taking sand from
her shoes, is offered in nearly all pas
tel shades as background.
"Seminola," a print taken from the
tribal dress of the Seminole Indians
and ''tamed" to such degree that it
will be among the popular dress prints.
1t is a delightfully."- barbaric printed
fabric in colorful stripes and makes
you look as slim as totem pole, and
as young as papoose. 1t appears in
blouses, skirts, dresses, slacks, and
accessories.
New tropical colors presented for
the first time are Sunshine yellow
you'll see lot of yellow this sum-
mer); rendezvous" an exciting or
ange red; poinsettia red; American
beauty, and "back- talk blue"
Americana colors of red, white and
blue were used in sport and dressy
afternoon ensembles and were radi-
antly smart. Double-breasted sailor
jackets of red and blue were an i'm
portant contribution
Play clothes of cotton, jersey and
corduroy were fashioned in bright and
colorful prints. Slack suits were ex-
quisitely tailored or dressy and showed
the Chinese influence, and the new
dinner dress" look for 1941. Swim
suits were smooth fitting and in new
materials. Velvet lastex, new type
jersey and silk velvet were in smart
styles. A hula-hula two-piece swim
suit drew the most "ohs" and "ahs"
from the crowd-an honest-to-good-
ness hula skirt of cotton over printed
panties with matching bra.
A sea-green jersey dinner dress
achieved the effect of a hobble skirt
by intricately draped panels. Black
chantilly lace, that "bare midriff look"
which is achieved by insets of flesh
chiffon, mantillas, sequins, satins,
crepes and nets added to the evening
gown selection.
A bridal procession with the Powers
models the bride in white point d'es-
prit, and bridesmaids in variegated
shades of orchid was a fitting climax to
the most brilliant collections of re-
sort tropical wear ever to be pre-
sented in Miami You'll hear from
these fashions this coming spring and
summer for they will set the style
trend for the nations wear this year.
Baby Talk
Joseph H. Lakritz, clothes de-
signed for Is years, has invented
pinless waterproof diaper. He says
he had fathers in mind when he de-
veloped this labor saving device, but
believe that mothers will also fall