LA GRANDE OBSERVER
Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues., Aug. 25, 1959
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SUIT FOR FALL Karen Gray has selected a black and
white checked suit for fall. The suit is belted, has a
straight skirt, and a wide collar. Her hat is wide-brimmed
fur trimmed with ribbon around the crown. The suit
and hat may be found at Ann Johnson's. (Observer)
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Paris Dresses
Are Available
In U.S. Stores
PARIS 'IPI -Fall fashions in
troduced by the big Paris design
ers will be available on depart
ment store racks for $8.95 and up
within six weeks, an American
buyer said.
1 Rita Perna. fashion coordinator
for a big U. S. mail order-department
store chain (Montgom
ery Wardi. said the new Paris
styles will be mass produced as
quickly as they are custom-copied
for $100 and up.
In both cases, the dresses will
be available about mid-September.
The buying team headed by
Miss Perna has just shopped the
world's fanciest dress shows for
American women who can afford
neither trips to Paris nor Paris
originals.
Most . American department
store buyers, who have just sized
up the Paris fall and winter col
lections, will take home originals
costing $600 and up to be copied
line for line.
This means that the American
woman will have by mid-September
a fairly faithful adaptaion of
the originals which will be shipped
from Paris at the-end of August.
I The prices of these line for line
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dollars by the time they appear
in the better dress departments
of retail stores.
By mid-September, Miss Perna
said, retail stores will have a
small selection of Paris coats for
less than $100, suits for less than
$50 and dresses starting at $8 95
"We don't like line for line cop
ies, because at the start a line
is exaggerated," said Miss Perna,
explaining that exact copying was
something that her outfit left to
the higher priced stores.
Fall Showings Are Featuring
Short Skirts Long Torso
PARIS (L'PIi Trie Tall fashion 1 1 a u n c h i n g the long-stemmed
showings havo agreed on one
thing: a sophisticated, broad
shouldered look with a long torso
and skirts that touch the tup of
the mldcalf.
The world fashion press
was waiting to see what Jules
Francois Crahay I pronounced
Cry) would do about it. lie start
ed the whole thing last year by
broad shouldered look and plung
ing necklines to the navel.
There we'e three major show
ings Pierre Malmin Jacques
Gride and tlion Cranny who
designs for the house of Nina
Kicci and this year is openly chal
lenging the supremacy long held
by the llou-ie of Dior.
Crahay, 42, told United Press
International he intended to elon
gate last season's silhouette still
further and that his sleeves would
give special emphasis to the top
of it and to the bust, and that
his suit jackets would have a spe
cial new treatment.
lie said his skirt lengths would
be approximately 18 inches from
the floor as they were last season
Sculpturess dressmaker Alix
Ores dropped her skirt length
to 17 inches, slightly longer
than before. Michael Coma. Jean
I'atou's and Pierre C'ardin's were
slightly shorter, but they all hit
the top of the ca'f. The sil
houette which has so far emerged
has tlio lock of a well groomed
lady executive.
Not that it is lacking in femin
ity, but the broad shoulders, slen
der hipped long line is as much
akin to the pretty look of last
season as champagne is to a milk
shake.
Hie change Is a refreshing one.'
not nearly as dramatic as the
sack, but when executed well
very effective. "
Coma showed some interesting
tunic-type dresses. Jean Patou
showed some elegant floor length
evening sheathes with trains or
stoles to make the reed like sil
houette look even longer.
The news at Pierre Cardin's
was mainly at the top of the sil
houette. He used a double shoul
der line with insert sleeve and a
variety of bold collars which.
0ened out wide to give this part
of the figure breadth.
BRUSHED WOOL COAT Patricia Peterson is wear
ing a 100 per cent wool wedgewood blue coat for dress
' up this fall. The coat has a puritan collar and jeweled
buttons. It also comes in beige and may be seen at the
Rosana Shop. (Observer Photo)
Casual Bulkies
Are Popular
Fashion Firsts i
Pace-setting winter sweaters
for men are bulky, but light in
weight. I
They sport boat necks, but
end at the pocket line with deep
side vents. Some are styled with j
hig shawl collars that actually
stand up.
Scoring new highs in -popu
larity, today's wool sweaters are
styled with a very exciting flair. I
American knitters have gather
ed ideas from all over the
world.
This Fall sweaters will go ev
erywhere. The casual lightweight
wools will be "appropriate for
both school and office.
Many shawl-collared wool pull
overs sport bright blazed stripes.
Glen plaid patterns show up in
soft, shaggy shetlands. Muted
and subdied in coloring, they
are paired with solid-color flan
nel slacks.
There's news in chevron de
signs, too. Some of the wool
chevrons sport zipper fronts,
making them easy to slip into.
One bulky stitch wool pullover 1
has that new lower V-neck j
chevron effect with bold stripe
accent on flat knit.
Sport Coats Move
Into Fall Spotlight
Checks and plaids have taken
over all-wool sports coats for fall.
wool Sports coats will be worn
more often this season. In the
not too distant past, men relegat
ed their sports coats to the
clothes closet during the week
and wore them only weekends.
And then only when the occasion
called for something very caus-
ual. That is why a sports coat
lasted for years and years.
But today, the man who wears
his fine wool sports coat to the
office Is -no longer frowned up
on. Thanks to the styling Influence
of European custom-tailors, es
pecially those of France and
Italy, and the competitive spirit
of manufacturers over here,
sports coats of the "made in Am
erica" variety are shedding their
staid, conservative appearance
Taking the place of dark solid
colors and somber muted stripes
of last winter are bold hound's
tooth patterns, bug checks and
multi-colored plaids.
These fancy patterns are dis
tinctive and masculine. They
"belong" in sports coats and
should never have been dropped,
as indeed they were when Ivy
became the accepted mode of
dress a decade ago.'
The big news la color. Tweedy
wools have brightened up. Big
this fall are rich burnished tones,
a mustard and olive. Such colors
give a new and welcome lift to
casual sports coats.
There are burnished hues,
which are the rich rustic tones
of autumn in the classic "Natur
al Shoulder," as well as the
contemporary "Continental."
There is a distinctive difference
in the silhouettes of these two
styles. The "natural shoulder" is
a straight-hanging jacket and has
minimum shoulder padding. It's
a three-button coat with flapped
pockets and center vent in back.
High fashion considers it a conservatively-styled
coat. Newer in
styling and more dashing is the
"continental". This is a "shap
ed" jacket and has padded shoul
ders. Other details of the "con
tinental" are slanted pockets
with lapped seams, the deep side
vents and semi-peaked lapels.
The heavy man will look his
best in a bold checked wool
sports coat
There's no reason why men of
average build can't go in for pat
terned wool sports coats. The
"continental" is a style well
suited for them. The "continen
tal" comes brightly-patterned.
Particulary exciting are hound's
tooth patterns in green and
mustard, black and white, blue
and white, and even brown and
white.
Almost any shade of green will
be good this fall. But the soft
bottle and olivine greens prove
the prettiest and most flattering.
WINDOWS
Complete Units To Your Order
Miller's Cabinet
Cotton Rainwear Is
Fall Weathorwise
As breezes stiffen and storm
clouds gather, cotton rain wear
for fall is more than ready
to meet the' challenge any time
and any place.
, Exciting new silhouettes arc
appearing on the horizon. Rain
fchirts, - like a Grannys night
gown, and two-piece suits, hack
ing coats and copies of Parisian
gendarmes' capes all make a de
but. Modified trenchcoats in velve
teen, cotton twill, iridescent pop
lin, cotton satin and corduroy
have remobilizcd in wonderful
new editions. ,
' Fur collars, hoods and linings
are 1 a v is h e d on corduroys,
velveteens and poplins adding
luxurious beauty to comfort.
Fur collared jackets and car
coats are everywhere. s
Heavy cotton knits accent deep
collars, sleeves and pockets; and
add warmth as lininci.
The coat with two lives, the re
versible, is found in every ele
ment of rainwear. Highly styled
theatre coats and capes reverse
from solid velveteen to printed
velveteen. These are usually furl
collared and hooded.
. Warm corduroy and poplin are
an attractive reversible duo
both in the country and the city.
Cotton suede and cotton tweed re
verse to poplin in both long and
short jackets.
VALUE-RATE the ROCKET'
T YOU AUTHORIZED QUALITY MAUTt
Of course
an Old 8
Is worth more...
and your dealer
can prove it I
Total value is the secret of Old
mobile's Rocketing sales siicccm!
Total value take into conndera
lion both first emit and what yoa
get back at trade-in time.
Total value means thing like
Rocket Engine power ... a Wide
Stance ChasflU . . Air-Scoop
Brake on all snr uhrrls! It mean
all the extra pleasure and pride
thai' yojir tihen you own an
Old! It mean you are getting the
bent built car in the medium
price class . . . the beat value
for your money!
Ask your Oldsmoliile dealer to
Value-Rate the Rocket for yoa
before another day paarl
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. . . and we have the newest in a fabulous collection of fall coats,
suits and dresses! Just wait 'til you see them! Really irresistible,
and loads of them. Tweeds, wools, cashmeres, blends. Many fur
trimmed. All beautifully, detailed and tailored to perfection . . .
in your choice of fall's richest colors.
Falk's prides itself on offering to its customers quality
merchandise in brands and names that you know and
trust. Listed below are the brand names that we carry
... all nationally known for quality of product.
Women's
Ready To Wear:
Beiiy Rose
Ivan Fredericks
Jane Andre
Kay Windsor
Gigi
Pendleion
Janizen
Graff
Vanity Fair
Seamproof
Formht
Gossard
Vassareiie
Carter's
Munsingwear
Men's
Fashions:
Janizen
Pendleton
Van Heusen
Cooper's
Munsingwear
Haines
Hickock
PATTERNS BY
Butterick Vogue
Simplicity
Shoes:
Life Stride
Naturalizer
Queen Quality
Red Goose
Little Yankee
Grace Walker
e Wolverine
a Hush Puppy
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Piece Goods:
Coro Jewelry Rolf Bags
Kaden Bags Phoenix Hosiery
Park Avenue Hosiery Galey & Lord Piece
Goods
Pendleton Piece Goods Quadriga Piece Goods
Hansen Gloves Pepperell Sheets
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Come ' To Our Fall Opening
TOMORROW EVENING
We Will Be Open To 9 O'Clock
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