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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1927)
:for mmP ions (bplGK ijbQmpm'at ' X 1 5 -C " 5 3U J -ST- , S: neater and Sweater Dress for Sport Wear V rorn With Pleated or Knitted. Skirts They Prore an Engag- - Ing Feature of , the Present Season " - For-The-Stylish Woman - Once practical sweater, you are now elevated to a deco rative note ! Once you were strictly confined to rough wear, but now you may be as dainty and feminine as you p lease. Fine, light-weight woolens and new methods of knitting make you cool enough even for the warmest days. A sport acces sory you are, certainly, but one which either the participant or the spectator may don. ' - The sweater may have a matching skirt of its own, or it may be worn with a pleated skirt, either of flannel, kasha. or silk. It most often adopts the new square neck-line, and sometimes it sports a narrow kid belt. . . Closely related to the sweater is the knitted dress. This assumes more formal airs, and takes on many of the lines of the real, honest-to-good-ress dress. As the blouse makes its appearance among foremost dress motifs, so it appears in the knitted dress. It is easily attained by means of a snugly fitted hip-band, over which the tap may be bloused as muchor a3 Little as one pleases.. Quite decorative are the new knitted fabrics with lacy, delicate effects. Angora also forms a new, soft knit material, especially effective in Dastel shades But that does not end . the tale of the ingenuity of the knitters. They have contrived ti weave metal strips into the bod of their product, and have ob tained many other, novel "ideas. From all these, and many more variations, it is apparent that the popularity of knit wear this spring and summer is quite deserved. It is so wide in design and application-that its uses may range from the very practical sports costume to the garden party variety. ' Wobr Jersey. Forms Golf Costumes 1 A leading cause for the revival of jersey is its eminent practicability for the golf costume. It permits absolute free dom of swing because of the elastic tendency of the material, "and it has that air of careless abandon which we demand of lour sport clothes. " Jersey dresses utilize skirts with kick pleats or side .'pleats and their blouses follow the lines of the ordinary two li 1 piece dress. Collarless neck-lines, botlv square and V-type; yokes j standing ancf boyish collars,, ail are good in jersey. They add a note of decoration by taking unto themselvesL.a shoulder flower, either of leather or. self-fabric, or, tying a square silk scarf in a loose knot at oqe shoulder. - . "'' The cardigan jacket or the jacket of the box type often forms an addition tojhe jersey dress, making it a three piece costume. Of this vogue of the three piece matching ensem ble, more later. Tennis dresses shun the woolen fabrics, and sometimes even neglect the silks. Women champions who appeared, in cotton frocks, of pique, rep,; or even drill, set the style, and it is indeed-a practical one. These heavy cotton materials do not demand the use of a petticoat, and hence allow -the player to discard one more encumbrance, which is an advantage not to be scorned. Linen Is another cool, practif; cal fabric for tennis. : " ' - The tennis ; frocks are, for the most part, sleeveless. Sweaters for tennis are also made without sleeves, as , the expert demands that her arm muscles be allowed full play and not even be constrained by a light fabric covering. With' these sleeveless dresses and sweaters are, provided matching jackets, so that the player may .refresh herself with tea, without providing too great a contrast to the decorously attired spectators. The Short Jacket an Important Note Now at last comes the word on the short jacket. And an important word it is, too! We may look to see the the short jacket blossoming forth as accessory to any- and every cos tume. It is the leading factor, in the present "three-piece" theme. It accompanies the golf, costume, and the sleeveless tennis dress, as well as sports wear of the spectator type. The separate jackets which may be worn with any cos tume are of flannel or velveteen;; in paster shades, in vivid shades of red or green, in neutral ton or grey, in white or black. The white or light colored silk crepe dress finds a fitting companion in this short jacket. ....... These jackets are also worn with pleated or wrap-around skirts of silk or flannel. The bdx-type' jacket demands a blouse beneath, but the cardigan iype .may be wqrn without this blouse. The pleated or wrap-around skirts are quite practical, since they provide one with numerous changes of costume. A sweater, a jacket, a blouse, and presto! one ha three different outfits. ft ,f Jackets are also provided with many one-piece dresses of the sports type. These: will be of the same color as the dress, bound or striped in the Contrasting or. harmonious color which the dress uses. t ? -. - 1 USE YOUR CREDIT AT KAFOURY BRQS. -; U ;V v A Complete Picture of the , Mode for Spring 1-4 PLAN TO , RESERVE A FEW HOURS OR A FULL BAY OR A VISIT OUTING ! SPRING r OPENING WEEK Every woman is interested in the hew fashions for every new season and now is the time to join the happy throng you owe it to yourself to see all the pretty hey wearables ror tne coming spring and summer season. Windows Unveiled j Tuesday Evening : ' 'March " ' Twenty-second 1 mf0 Solera Store -466 State St CAN AND bU' r it t r:ti. c a .i'uriiano oiik oiurc ; ' 362 Alder St. One of. the finest features- otliejacket is ist quality of being reaHy discarded, ad easily .carried, iff the sun's, rays. oecome. torrifi- ror a motor .nqe on a, not aay l is iaei. Just enough protection in, case of rather boisterous breezes, it , hasL not the cumbesomft.and 'annpjlng poapertjes, of the ipngcoat, . . - ; - ! The Compose Theme in Sports Of course, the sweater and the short jacket ar all vary-, ing aspects of the compose, or combination theme. The con trasts this mode can affpr4 are all interesting contributions and quite appropriate for sport frocks, and; hence art; used quite frequently, " Of course, you understand combinations may be of two different materials, of two contrasting colors, of three or more hues of the same color. They may.be, shown in a sort of "fifty-fifty" aspect, with blouse of one member of the combinatipn and skirt of the other. Or less eflual combina- tiqns my De usea. uanqs ot tne contrasting coiqr or iaoric, may be inserted ; as broad stripes in .chevron effect, or diag- onally. or horizontally across the dress. Stripes ftre by far tbe most important of the trio. Sweat ers are striped, and two piece and One piece dresses of the wool and silk crepes may also bear st rjpes. Two piece frocks are most popular in the nov- r el ty type of the,raaterial while, one finds the one J piece frock the feighmg influence among the sim ple silk crepes. It is quite frank and bears no pretensions of being two piece, but is avowedly a single length from shoulder to hem. Of course, it inserts pleats in every manner and fashion. Quite frequently it deserts its own fabric, and utilizes a leather belt in harmonious br contrast ing shade. - ' r: . Metal shows sits mettle. Metal buckles and buttons are quite often seen, and other sport-em- "bellishments are-monograms, crystal buttons and gros grain bindings. : , t n r I Yokes and-intricate seaming are an important detail v the new sports mode. Simplicity of effect is really accom'. plished by intracacy ofScut; These, yokes often contrive to give a fitted-in effect at the waist-line, veering away fr0n, the perf eeUy strainght chemise , type qf dress. v We've got the blues but.not the melancholy kind, for the blues that we choose for our leading shades are all 0f a bright cheerful variety. Green, gray, rose and tan ait ,thtT favored colors in the sports realnri- And white, of course-: Quite" ne' and- fetching arie pastel tweeds. Of course, 1 . l;vV4-' foirrVf cr flint: iViPir rnlnru m.... i ' more in keeping, with, their body. Silk hom(-'in is another new entry, and bids fair to takettie place w)iich the tussahs and shantungs gainwl las1 season. ' " " 1 4 " As summer approaches, we. find sport wear usurping at least $0 per cent of the daytime mod. It is cool, more Conducive to comfort on reallv torrid days, and it may be truly said that it is m'e ideal costume for the American, woman. As it is developed' today, with ; feminizing influenct-s and notes; it is attractive, enough, to suit the heart of any woman ... . - and attractive enough to charm the average.male! Ilence its great popularity. 9 111! I "I I i : .f-J Spats? Na, Camouflage . - for poming of . Spring . , .. i .... -ATLANTA. (AP)" With thp coraJnfT of sprlnjc. ramonflae spats have .captured Atlanta's debutantes. Youhk and old - nwains watch the dally parodo of i vho far- week late In offfrlnn wonn-n tome protection" ajcuinsi ,ij weather. Further InspeetJon, how -.. : vealed they ar not pats u all. but merely stocking v '.h ; tm benln. as old-fashioned Ktcx Kiimj until Heveral -Inches nbo. ankle. Tha ostnsllUn npat is i,. al ly's part.Qf the hoseand couh-s luuieu rbiu-mri'i; mreui ai iirati in ait cuiuih lucmuiog ine Ncuu- thought style) creators" were a few linavin, OUR 'SILVER 00m"' - iNSTTUTOri- TV i where se sevms are greatest P T MB' 160 ortlTCiberty Street J An Jtxpostiion, 1 , 4. fx WTJr ithieS EaaRtest Steles 'to. -pnng Apparel. ' Utterly delighjfvl! Ypu will saV so, too, whpn youe sn the. f inatuig Styles that are duplay here. om?n ad girls-from tww toV-twentyl Arilied ihe very best of alt too, is that thev are nri nrirU; ? 1 r : - a- ir - " - . 6 wtii. wc nave gati ihe very best of aU, too, -is that they are priced within reacht verythiner Thafs v'5 E9SteT suit and mother's hat to theN baby's hanA'dressand forTeVeryone bemeerM-thereis a srjurt selectinn Krf f ;;:.- -- .-t ' -'' " ". t uu to see ine new modes SI T i-'H..jii,. niiiii.r., nw .