Evening star., 1951-01-12

Lower right: The dress-ond-
to the guys who have to see us in
clothes, and who swear they were
bought simply to please other
women.
At Rosenstein's the skirts of the
dresses flare gently, white touches
abound. and the tucked dresses
are, Mr.. Cole Porter will pardon
the expression, "Out of Thus
World" Tueks and plcats are
spotlighted a great deal and they
are used on linens, crepes, and
silk taffetas. The full-skirted
dress gets big play here and, of
course, the dress with the CONVEX
sation decolletage is ever present.
The evening collection Is mainly
short with the jewelled pique
dresses beautifully done. Printed
net and painted lace are also news
in this group.
Christian Dior's collection looks
typically Dior with its suit jacket
that stands out at the hipline
the impressed pleated full skirts.
the Y belt in the back of coats
and suits, the frothy touch of a
white chiffon insert in a jacket.
and enough news to make more
women discover that Dior is a
truly great creator.
An oyster white faille suit from
Dior or a mems wear worsted
one will bear the imprint of the
French masters touch. Dior does
something more designers could
investigate-he takes adequate
care of hips and tumny areas by
expert cutting of the fabric.
The chignon may be accounting
for some Of the interest on the
part OF some designers, and Mr..
Dior, in putting collarless coats
on the market. This is a trend to
write down. It bears down STRONGLY
even at the present time. But
don't underestimate the fitted
coat, either. Because if it looks
like Mr.. Dior's coat of blue wool
with a contour belt circling around
the waist and buttoning onto one
of the double rows of buttons that
close it-collarless coats, pyramid
coats. and what have you, may
well suffer a decline.
Yet we must applaud the Man.
DARN coat which pops up with
regularity and which Mr.. Dior in
novates to the extent of having
the collar standing away from the
throat.
Mr.. Dior likes stationary fix
tures-such as bows that stay
on dresses-via the simple method
OF having the dress zip in the
back. The silk shantung print
dress in a folly print of little er-
mines walking gaily over the
honey colored dress is very anus
ing. Raspberry is the shade to
watch as all designers give the
nod to it. Puritan like collars are
all over the place and if they
aren't as prim they definitely are
as big. Jot this fashion note
down, too. You can change your
winter wool into a spring charmer
this way.
The evening gowns this year
are really something. Bouffant
romantic, lovely. and great play
on grand entrance" kind of eve
ming gowns. Course they need a
lot OF room to the right of you.
a lot of room to the left of you,
back of you and in front of you
and if you can find that much in
a crowded ballroom-youre liable
to find yourself alone. But they're
pretty, we'll have to admit.
And Cell hapman's review is in
the Chapman tradition of "some-
thing for all the girls" Ever
yearned to be the slinky type? We
suggest you wear her black mat
jerseys. They're guaranteed, sure
fire vamp! Want to be a "little
girl again?" Try Chapman or
CANDY with embroidered flowers.
Every debutante wants a dream
dress for her debut. Cell scores
again with strapless gowns of
yards and yards of nylon net.
It's a sensational thing that Cell
Chapman does in fashion. She
manages to keep everybody happy!
Career girls will like her navy
failles with the typical Chapman
drapery. Men will love the pro-
vocatively accented bosoms that
Cell puts on her dresses-and we
love Cell for giving ''the stuff that
dreams are made of" to many
women who couldn't afford it be-
fore.
There's something in an Adele
Simpson costume that women who
have become acquainted with
them realize very early in the
game. There isn't a costume in
the line that will really muss your
hair in either getting in or out
Of it. But more than that those
look to Simpson for skirts |