Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-11
For THE MEN
Retail CIothiers
Converting Here
BY ELEM
. Star Fashion Editor

citation Of Retail clohiers and Frnshers are converting
in Washington today They'll be here through Wednesday
Members and their wives from all over the Nation
some 4ooo strong are attending this 44h convention This
is the first time that Washington has been selected as the
convention city.
Exhibits of leading mems manufacturers and
suppers will be view about 400 open display booths
set up at the shoreham Hotel Meetings also will be at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel
The exhibits start at the west of the lobby floor
of the shoreham Hotel are housed in the main ball.
room the Bird Cage Walk west ballroom the terrace
banquet room and the exhibit hall.
The full schedule also will Include committee meetings
breakfast sessions meetings young mems events
special activities for the wives annual banquet fashion
clinics and style shows
Several members of Congress will address meetings
THE Cother in Congress- Representative Chef Hofied
of California proprietor of the Chef Holfield store of
Norwalk Calf. will speak on Wednesday
At tomorrow's opening breakfast. Senator Paul H.
Douglas of Illinois and Senator Richard Miller of Iowa
will talk Senator Frank Church of Idaho address the
dinner meeting being held at the sheraton-Park.
Tonight "a Page Out of Esquire" 1862 edition will pro-
vide peek into the future of fashions with show
ing of top designers manufacturers fall offerings The
show being presented Sheraton Park Hotel at
$3.50 pm
Expected create ruffled evening clothes
Many years ago when Sophie of Saks-Fffth designed
mans formal shirt for Adam in the Looking Glass"
Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute exhibit they
asked her husband Adam Gimbe he thought about
it, II wouldn't be caught dead in it," he reported to
have said But maybe time has changed his attitude
President John F. Kennedy's fashion influence also
is expected to be hghght of the convention His pref
for the twobutton suit model has already given
the label of THE Executive" the Kennedy Model"
the suit Regmenta ties another fashion signature
also getting big fashion play again in the
fashion set-up. r.
Members of the Nations fashion press will be covering
the in mems and boys fashions for spring,
and fall.
Serving host for them is the American Institute of
Mems and Boys Wear whose meetings being held in
conjunction with the 44th NARcF Convention
They will hear Designer Lilly Dache discuss male
fashions Tuesday at luncheon in the Shoreham. The
fashion editors will be guests of Madame Aphand
at the French Embassy that afternoon.
summarized schedule of NARcF events is listed below
TOMORROW
500 am. Opening Breakfast Blue Room,
1000 Opening Panel Meeting-New Frontiers in
Mems Store Distribution
Cotilion Room. Sheraton Park Hotel
200 pm. Resolutions Committee meeting
Suite 5000, Shoreham Hotel
200 pm. Ladies Embassy Party ----Buses leave
shoreham Hotel
800 pm. Dinner meeting preceded by Cocktail Party
sponsored by Young Mems Group
Sheraton Hail. Sheraton Park Hotel
TUESDAY
500 am. Breakfast meeting Blue Room
Shoreham Hotel
900 m. Ladies Special Tour to the White House
and sightseeing ------------BuSes leave
Shoreham Hotel
1000 am. Panel meeting Downtown and the suburbs
and branch stores North Cotilion Room
Sheraton Park Hotel
1000 am Panel meeting: How to Promote
Profitaby South Cotillon Room,
Sheraton Park Hotel
1000 Panel meeting Profitable Store Accounting
Continental Room, Sheraton Park Hotel
1000 Panel meeting: Getting Your Share of the
Young Mems Market Burgundy Room,
Sheraton Park Hotel
TOO pm The Annual Banquet ---s Sheraton Hail.
Sheraton Park Hotel
$50 Meeting Incoming and Outgoing Boards of
Directors -Tamerlane Room,
Shoreham Hotel
1900 am. Final Luncheon - featured speaker plus
Young Mems Style Show Blue Room
Shoreham Hotel
On Wednesday the annual Lulu" Awards excellence
in editorial of and boys fashion during
1861 will be presented during the final luncheon of the
convention.
President of NARCF is Lawson H. Riley of McInernys
Ltd Honolulu Hawaii vice presidents John p Heaven
rich of Whaing's, Detroit Mich and Harry C. OBrien
Thos OBrien and Sons Medford Mass Treasurer the
NARCF is Gerald D. Grosner of Washington C. Assist
ant treasurer Lawrence Nathan executive director
is Louis Rothschild
General convention chairman Richard Seen of Lewis