The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-14
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When you plan your necessary
wardrobe requirements for sum-
mer you will bless American de-
signers who, aware that clothing
needs all over the world far ex-
coed the supply, have planned
every style detail with fore
thought, seeing to it that no dress
is merely a showpiece, but 4
variable, workable dress as well.
This timely approach to fashion
is essential since we are being
asked to contribute each useable
piece Of clothing to the destitute
people of Europe who are not
thinking of style this year, but
Of keeping warm and covered.
There is much voluntary con-
servation in the new cotton col
lections, reports the Cotton-Tex-
tile Institute and National Cotton
Council. Less fabric per garment
means more dresses for others
and a cooler dress for you. Necks
and sleeves are cut to the mini
mum. The cute cap sleeves and
deep armholes provide for free
dom of motion and sun tan. It's
open season on midriffS. You'll
expose yours on the beach and
conceal it with a jacket on the
avenue. Backs, likewise, are
barred to the sun and the evening
stars. This year, cotton skirts are
fuller, allowing for more circu-
lation, yet still within the bounds
OF conservation.
Tubable cottons are synony-
nous with summer. Sheer fabrics
like the guileless eyelets and bat
istes, the lightweight cottons-bal-
loon cloth, quaint cambria null
and tissue cotton, as well as the
porous fabrics such as crash and
the Guatemalan types are worn in
comfort and washed with ease.
When you choose halter neck
lines, wrap-around skirts and
tied shoulders you save wear on
that precious iron and your ner-
vous system. These open flat for
jiffy pressing Remember, too,
that cleaning bills fly out the door
when cottons enter your closet.
Details and trimmings which
put the spark Of life into q simple
dress are as functional as the sii-
houette they adorn. Choice but
tons and beautiful belts, often the
making Of summer cotton, take
the tub easily and play multiple
roles with other clothes. Color
1ul embroidery, garnishing the
neckline or blousefront, has
proven itself in the suds, as have
the cotton eyelet rulings, used
provocatively on everything from
dance dress hemlines to bathing
suits. Great use hiss been ma &c
Of self trim-ingenious appliques
Of self fabric on sleeves and peck
cts that need not be detached be-
fore laundering.
Summer demands tn. ut,nost in
comfort. That's why you'll want
q weather-wise wardrobe in cot
ton boasting such easy-into, easy
out-of features as buttons down
the front, the back and in some
cases. holding the entire dress
together; sweater neck!:nes, snail
low oval or bateau, iaalters and
tied shoulders which are over
the head in jiffy, protecting hot.
weather hair-dos and dispositions.
II undergarments seem q hot
weather hindrance, this Is your
year for designing tricks make It
possible to shed all but the
fundamentals. Consider surplice
necklines with their double-thick-
ness panels, wrap around skirts
and evening bras which make
slips expendable. Buy your 8
piece playsuit In citified version
complete In itself.
When seeking your tub-happy
cottons look for these high-Heilt-
ed fabrics newcomers to the
fashion Observation-Disclosures, the
lustrous, heavy cotton that loves
to be tailored. Null, new yet old,
In colors Of old glass ruby.
green, blue and smart gunnetal
gray. Look for such novelty fab
RIGS as satin stripes in exciting
color combinations as green with
chartreuse, and coral with Drown.
If summer means color, you
have a delightfully."- full range to
choose from, with pasteis and
high shades rampant in c:,am-
brays, ginghams and piques.
Aqua, lavender, cherry and pow
der blue lead the pastel parade,
with shocking and chartreuse
taking top honors in the high COL
or class.
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