Evening star., 1955-01-17
FcsI1jon Notebook
Business
Fun for
(ossini
By EIeni


NEW YORK. N. r. Jan. II.
Last weeks schedule Of new
spring and summer fashions
wound up with 9 showing by
Olee Cassini.
The funny man" Of the
fashion business concentrated
his own show. Fashion editors
sometimes fodnd it hard to
concentrate on the clothes.
they were laughing 20 much
at Oieg's comments such Is:
This little beige lace dress
would be wonderful on the
daughter Of the bride" It was
Q take-of5 on the way other
designers call dresses second"
or third" wedding dresses.
As for Dior's H-line. the big
news Is that 90 many Amer
lean designers have taken the
long. lean look and incor-
porated it into their own yer-
sions. Few designers have ever
paid design tribute to him In
the manner Of ''Hopalong Cas-
sini. as he called himself dur
ing the show. Said he, II ad-
mire M. Dior. After al that's
the polite thing TO Say" !"
Chiffon Sheath
Outstanding IN the Cassini
collection Is Q black draped
chiffon sheath dress with 4
panel shooting on to one side
with 3 beautifully low-cut
neckline and no sleeves. The
dress lived up to his statement
that he stands for q mans
outlook In fashion. Clothes
shouldn't tamper, he believes.
with natures beauty. Design
ers should make women look
terribly fetching is his premise.
His ''knit-wits," the sweater
dresses that look like long
tennis sweater designs. are still
interesting. His sheer wool
street-dresSes are straight, sim
pie and figure EMPHASIZING.
Their neckline trims are nom
fussy but feminine with some
white touches. Italia, /" q white
faille ballgown, Is the base Of
operations for q huge red-and-
green silk stole that produces
quite q color splash on an eve
ming scene.
A new long torso jacket Is
seen on many Of his suits. Rid
ing Jackets have this look and
the Cassini version has two
side vents on 1t.
Schnurer Designs
From the designing board
Of one Of the most-trayelled
Of American designers. Carolyn
Schnurer, comes fashion that
bears out her travel stops. A
beach costume Of linen for
the girls who spend more time
out Of the water than In 1t,
has One-piece shorts and
top teamed with o short length
beach kimono. Beach over
blouses are the answer to the
man-tailored shirts worn in
the past over swimsuits. The
beach scene will definitely be
more lady-like with these type
designs. Slim sheath are faith
fully adapted by Carolyn and
their narrow Oriental lines
look new In embroidered fab
RIGS Of yellow on pink. and
beige linen with beige-rope
embroidery. Flowers and fruits
In colors they've never had on
their own, get q Carolyn
Schnurer touch, and printed
cottons come with turquoise
colored Strawberries, yellow
shamrocks Gall the Irish can
be pacifled, there's another
print in the true emerald color
II they like). and Bahama
blue grapes. In other printed
dresses with squared-oh neck
lines she uses clutter prints
where the haze OF color pro-
duces the news rather than
the pattern Of the print. SWIM
suits from Schnurer are iden-
titled this new season with
suspender straps. This .'oyer-
an appearance she also adds
to some skirts.
Lcundered Look
Samuel Winston's designer,
Roxanne. is going to make q
lot Of laundIies happy. Many
Of her new silk and wool
dresses feature fashion coun-
terpoints Of white lingerie
touches. One of the best is q
navy blue silk shantung sheath
with organdy iiounce. sleeves
starting just below the shoul-
der line.
Even suits get the spanking
white touch. Particularly the
navy wool suit with the white
fili-iYl.