Evening star., 1955-01-11
Contour
Nodded
Foshions
BY Eleni


NEW YORK. N. Y. Jan. II.
Nothing changed. just re-
arranged. chorus the fashion
designers in New York.
Dior called their tune last
July In Paris when he erupted
! his H-fasfiion bomb.
The FIRST major silhouette
change In seven years shook
the fashion world to its
foundations.
And, ladies. without the
right underpinning you might
as well forget about wearing
some Of the new spring styles.
Their proportions featuring
the high and rounded bosom,
the slim but loosened waist
line, and low placed skirt full-
ness win depend a lot on your
wearing the proper equipment.
These fashions fiatter def
nitely - not fiatten by any
stretch of what's underneath
1t all.
Adele Simpsons entire COLI
lection was shown on models
wearing the new under-it-all
bits Of figure engineering.
with this new elevation OF
the bustline and the lengthen-
ing Of the torso there's no
denying the clothes really look
different.
That's exciting news to any
woman about to plan her
wardrobe. In fact, and this
may be hard to believe, never
have figures been shown to
better advantage than in these
contour nodded fashions.
Dressmoking Art
The art of dressmaking at
ifs best is seen in a Trigere coll
lection. The French : born
Pauline Triegere rates raves
for a collection this spring
and summer that is full Of
news. Dress waistlines are
where wearers want them to
be. Some dresses can be
worn belted or unbelted as
desired. Her colors are main
~ black, white. beige and q
sunny forsythia yellow. Dis
carding attention getting de-
vices Of trims and silhouette
'tricks," Trigere lets her in
genuity provide her with de-
sign difference. Exercising
some scarf magic, she makes
sleeves on a grey wool day
dress from a long, flowing
scarf of white chiffon piped
with the dress fabric. It is
threaded through the shoul-
derline. women have to do
something for their clothes,
too" Says Pauline. So she fig-
ures out amusing ways for
them to play around with
their clothes.
Straight coats are the lead
ing coat fashions, They may
be straight to a point 4 inches
above the hem, sometimes, and
then flare out gently. We
liked Trigere,s blue fleece stem
coat with short sleeves with
q big fabric loop its only
adornment. The trench-coat
feeling Is prevalent in her
dandy" jackets with their
long length and slashed back.
These she hopes will replace
the little fur wrap at night.
In white peau de sole, belted
or unbelted. this long jacket
Is a trend. Over her silk taf-
feta cocarde-skirted dresses
with 'pouf" hemiines, a navy
wool "patelot',' looks fine for
evening. With a slim wool
skirt It helps form a really
goodlookilg 1855 suit. Printed
linen is a new farbic here and
q summer dress featuring the
high-built Up neckline and the
iow-slung waistline Is very
I attractive,
White House Selection
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower,
we're told today, viii receive q
new Mollie Parnis navy blue
silk taffeta dress with three
quarter sleeves and q full skirt
q IN + q ! * . =
OF impressed pleats for spring
wear. From this designer
comes many other designs that
ought to please not only the
= First Lady but a great many
Others, too. silk shirtwaists
get q fine treatment here as
do printed silk dresses with ac-
corhpanying Chesterfield coats.
The ensemble look is every
where In the market and we
liked the black rose-printed
dress with q matching straight
coat with 8 velvet collar. Lin
gerie touches In overblouses
and oyerbodices give . charm
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