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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1957)
Salem, Ore., Mon., Mar. 18, '57 gfr Belt q Look Elegance, FeminintySaid Keys To Milady's Latest Hairstyles Elegance, feminity and sim plicity are the themes for Spring this year, in clothes, home furnish ings and In hair styles. Milady's coiffure will be shorter and the bouffant trend set last Fall will evolve into a purely American look of waves and can did elegance still bouffant In some ways but with a difference. Hair will never be longer than one a half inches at the neckline, nor more than four inches at the top and aides, but the exact length will depend upon the proportions of each person. Soft silken waves carry the line ot the couture, In Doth symmetrical an asymmetrical patterns, fram ing the ce gently and defining a graceful silhouette to the back of the head. Ears generally peek jom beneath full swirls of wave. One side emphasis of waves (asually brushed from a com paratively sleek side, then around the back of the head to a dominant note of bouffant waves on the other side, will be especially popular with the one-sided haU of the com ing season. Large symmetrical hats call for more formal balance in the coiffure and a greater tendency toward bouffancc, Small hats with floral accents will be popular with the more Springlike and casually symmetrical coilfures. P6pular use of silks and filmy chiffons for Spring costumes de mand high lustre and polish in the hair. This calls for work to elimi nate any trace of drabness or touch of dullness left over from the winter. Color in hair fashions will re flect the feeling of Spring. The new colors range through a full scale of new hues to either accent Ihe color of your hair or to give it a completely now shade. But brilliance is the necessary charact eristic of any color selectel, es pecially to complement the popular .shades of gray, beige, and gray in clothing fashions. Of course, costumes of classic navy blue and bright flowered hats demand that the hair have a bril liant and lustrous tone to com plete the picture of fresh Spring beauty. New Colors, Texture Seen in Fabrics Color and texture will he Ihe most important things in this year's new fabrics. Light, clear tone, flower shades will he popular along with ir ridescent colors. Gleaming metal lic threads will also add interest to the almost endless variety of fabrics lined up for spring. There will be lines, laces, rib bons, strawcloths, silks burlaps, tweeds, cottons, sheers, blends and many more. Floral prints are favored with the emphasis on fernery and leaves. There is a wide variety of contemporary patterns and pro vincials and many inspired by the splendor of the Orient. Using fabrics as well covering is attracting new interest. There is also an increased use of match-, ing wall papers and fabrics, synchronizing fabrics with carpets and companion cloths for "mix match" decorating. mi innnm ipn lil 1 "I l ii i hi II i jii i i L m . . . The nhl-wrnp Rfish Rives spilntf fashions hiiU.-wnistcrf look to this vniiihful. fitll-sliirtrfl filiJrlrtress with n how nt the collar. Th cotton fabric, with nttrnrllvf! print-striped pattern. Ik processed Tor cany cut, requires little or no ironing. Salem, Oregon Open' Til 9 P. M. Monday and Friday ... Fix Ww$4 ! m VHXks uUa i s the favored side of the pnng suit picture t WOOL and ORLON FLANNELS! 19 95 "sx ' s 1 t Extra big Penney Suit values for youl Better because they're carefully tailored in fine long-wear fabrics . . . because the jackets are fully lined , . , because they're here in the newest spring pastels and mediums! Best of ell, because they're so beautifully priced for yeur budjet( Choose now,. . . to wear right through spring and have ready for early fall, Misses sizes and half sites , Z : History of Fashions From Dawn Of Man to Present Generation Emphasizes Basic Similarities By JANET TL'GUAN STONE Essentially the only real difference between the clothing you and I wear and that of the Aboriginals, is that we have more of it. And we wear clothes for the same reason for protection and to attract the opposite sex. The word "clothing," of course, then as now has got to include the word "accessories," for from the beginning these have been an important part of any costume. For instance, the man who spends an hour trying to decide which tie to wear, can justify his actions by saying the thing holds his collar together, but actually he is no different from the cave-man instead, a bear s tootn who wore, necklace. HE said the reason for the necklace was to prove his bravery in killing the bear but why prove it? To appear attract ive, of course, ana not just to his own sex. So there you are we may move more freely, we may be more mod est and we may be centuries older in time but as far as clothes are concerned, we're right back there with our very first cousins. A;id we're just about to prove it with a vengeance. For Spring is coming on and that means that everyone in his right paleolithic mind will just have to rush out and buy something new and more "springy" to wenr. And. according to history this is a very reasonable and practical idea, lor if the purpose of cloth ing is to protect, we are going to need different things at different times of the year. Bone In Hair Popular Now if you had been an Amazon, you might have appeared in the Easter parade, in a new set of tatooing or in a fresh loin cloth with a bone in your hair. A simple headband of animal skin would add that "touch," that means real style. Of course, with time, the hem lines were lowered and marterials were draped around, over and be yond the body. Silk or linen would have been your choice for the lighter seasons and the bear's tooth necklace would have given way to rings and bracelets of iron, copper or ivory set with precious stones. The Byzantines, however, took bold of these drapes and smoothed them out so that in this period you would have welcomed spring in taffeta or damask, heavily embroidered in gold or purple, preferably. Over a heeless shoe with pointed toes, would have hung a robe, caught in at the waist and long sleeves. A cape or stole, trimmed in leather or fur would hang from a clasp at your shoulders. Of course, ih this age as in any other, there were always Ihe people who had to he "dif ferent," and would INSIST on wearing more than one stole or a sash, long, flowing and heavily embroidered, instead of an or dinary belt. i Men Showed Legs Of course, if you really like to dress, you might belong in the middle ages, when the cuff of a ! woman's sleeve was enlarged so .it hung to her knees and the men .shortened their jerkins to show intricately laced legs. Now a stole was used to cover the head and shoulders and usually fell to the floor. And it was in this period that the dropped waistline was really first introduced and the "snood," be came popular. However, this part icular thing got out of hand and became the long dunces cap called the wimple. Now the waist goes up again though the hem is still low. Men now had their day in Ihe sun for they wore heavily decorat ed jackets, called "cotchardies, which were just short enough to show the leg to perfection. And man seemed to like this for he kept right on revealing his stems into the 16th century when the cote was replaced by bloomers which allowed the viewer a grand view of multicolored, silken legs. The women in this era were more' modest. Jn fact they left nothing for the eye but the face. A full skirt, full sleeves and neck whist insured tho fullest protection Irom the weather and anything else. Now, In the next few centuries, we added trousers and hoots to the man and practically eliminated ,s f any neckline at all tor the women. p3 You see, things were evening out. j Transition Teriod U I 1 ?! t Well, with necklines and trousers going up and down, with pelti-'f-l coats, tricorns panniers and fichcus J added and subtracted,-we worked S our way into a transition period in 17R9. Ilccnuse of the political re- t volution, a man dared not appear J in material that suggested royalty J Ji i or nobility so he left his fine I plumage behind and affected the more somber apparal he wears ill today. Now America becomes Important and did we show 'em. In the 19th fel century we raised the skirt-to the ankles. Men. of course re mained hidden In their frock coals and trousers. And so we proceed through full skirts, large bonnets and ribbons and bows and striped, plaid and checked Vants lor the male to the balloon sleeves and snickers or the ISHO's. Things were still pretty uncom fortable In this period but. bov, how we evolved in the 20th cent ury. Briefly. Ihe men acquired the suit they wear todav while the women suffered with bertha col- i i lars, cinched waists and umbrella ! I drawers. This was prettv much the H situation until the IKOs when thelll women went whole hog and raised . their skirts to the knee. From heie & ' en out. with the skirt still waer-!3 ing and waists -going in and out 1 V i and up and down, we progressed to Ihe "Modern apparel which. ac-lM cepl for accessories and added 1 1 material here and there, more'll closely resembles that of the'fe'f paleolithic than any other period. 1 So we're back where we started. , Of course, you won't wear a bone in your hair this season but rings at the ears are still pretty popular j nd man ran still show bravery by the use of Ihe necktie. According te us. this Is all pretty attractive wearier what the' paleollthica euld think.! I Skirts to Be A Bit Longer This Season One of the few items that in trigues menfolk in the annual women's spring fashion parade is whither hemlines. For that mat ter, it's of more than passing in terest to the gentler sex. General trend seems to be slightly down with skirls this spring. Evolution, not revolution, is the answer. Fashion isn't shouting, "Down with hemlines." But there's more than a whisper of change in the air. - Many daytime fashions arc an inch or two longer than last sea son, while cocktail-hour and in formal evening garb often reaches tu ankle-bone length, alo Dior. Experts say how low to lower Ihe hemline is still a matter of individual taste and becoming ap pearance. Height enters into the picture. The tall woman can wear 13-inches-from-thc-floor len g t h s gracefully, while the smaller wo man can wear somewhat shorter skirts and still achieve a lowered hemline look. h'" S l.il?" f" MS) tlyv W '''fill 1 . .'S! 'iftrl, itfv-rirf .o' BREAK FOR TRAVELERS Especially good for travelers are the many colognes and toilet waters now available in aerosol containers which are unbreakable and easy to use. $2.75 and $5. White Shoulders... "' Most Precious.. . Golden Shadows.. . Colognes ... in their separate atomizers NO EXTRA CHARGE for the atomizer ... or a limited time only... White Shoulders, 4 or. . . .$5.00 . 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