Long Torso Look
For Sportswear
Is Spring Style
Sportswear and separates get
together with the long torso
look this spring. They've drop
ped their waistlines through
hipline bands or seams, which
are straight-cut, with either slim
knife-pleated or unpressed
pleated skirts below.
Or, the skirts are yolked,
either V-cut or . scalloped, to give
the elongated illusion. A third
method of dropping the waist is
by means of a flat panel front
with pleats confined to the sides
of the hip, falling from a hip-
line seam. Many long torso sep
arates are seen with optional
belts.
The long overblouse also pro
duces a low torso effect snug
ly fitted, semi-fitted or loose.
The Coverd-Up Look
As the hiplines drop, the neck
lines go up. High square necks
are cut just under the collar
bone. Many necklines are asym
metrical or jagged, and even
halter tops are quite a bit high-
er than last year.
Pants, ranging from short
shorts through full length trou
- sers include a great variety of
Bermuda shorts, below-the-knee
pants and pedal pushers. Most
are tight-fitting, although cul-
lottes are making a strong come
back.
The Bermuda skirt, a fall fa
vorite, is here for spring in cot
ton. They appear with blouses,
as part of one-piece play dresses
or over one-piece bloomer play-
suits.
The Bermuda rage is also ap
parent in swimsuits, which are
also frequently seen as water
going cullottes.
Cotton Is Queen
Cotton is still queen of the
sportswear field, showing up in
high . polish or very rough
weaves. Linen-look cotton is still
' popular, while rough homespun
is a new spring favorite. This
homespun is often contrasted
with smooth cottons in separate
ensembles.
New things have been done
with linen too, which shows up
as itself or disguised as tweed
or jersey.
Lightweight worsteds, tweeds
in all fabrics and wool jacquards
are big spring fabric news.
Color-wise, spring sportswear
' and separates favor the pale
blues through purple, shocking
and sun colors. Abstract prints
of all sizes and shapes are seen
frequently, while tone-on-tone
blends are increasingly popular.
! Restraint Lack
Marks Colors
A glorious lack of restraint
marks the colors of Spring,
Since, in the' main, trimmings
are underplayed, gay colors
play a double part in both flat
tery and magnetism. This spring
women will wear colors that
were previously limited to more
frivolous accessories such as as-
cots and hankies.
Tweed colors are myriad in
clear randoms that include the
entire spectrum. Many of the
popular slubbed and novelty
fabrics feature metallic threads.
Woven, overlaid, embroidered
and printed stripes often show
a second color. Cross weaves of
fer great color interest.
The newest color group
around is the entire range of
mauves, from pink through mul
berry tones. Blue takes a pur
ple cast for a hydrangea hue
which promises to be a favorite
in both pale and deep shades,
Navy, of course, retains a strong
position in the 1-955 picture; but
will have to share its dominance
with many rival blues.
Yellow is newly important,
looking pale and fresh in daffo
dil-pineapple tints. Gold con
tributes strongly to the print
and brocade line-up, and many
yellows make pleasing grounds
for printed fashions.
Crisp, clean greens achieve a
feeling of spring in many cate
gories of styles from cocktail
cottons to active sportswear.
Although green hues appear
mostly as prints on related
backgrounds or as specks in
random tweeds, there is enough
all-green to be worth notice.
Bees for Pollinating
Farm Crops Declining
Trenton, N. J. (U.R) Bees
have not been doing their ut
most lately on one of their
best-known chores pollination.
Dr. E. J. Dyce, professor of
agriculture at Cornell Univer
sity, told the New Jersey Bee
keepers' annual convention that
the number of bees for pollinat
ing farm crops is declining be
cause honey prices have not
ktpt pace with beekeeping costs.
"One of our greatest problems
in our over-all agriculture econ
omy is to maintain enough in
sects to pollinate our agricul
ture crops." he said. "During
recent years there has been a
definite and progressive decline
in the number of colonies of
honey bees."
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'ENSEMBLED' FEELING Topped by a matching box jacket,
the slim sheath is newer than ever. This one, carrying out the
"ensembled" feeling, is a tissue-weight, striped gray and white
British Woolen designed by Nettie Rosenstein. 1
Ensemble Importance Grows
To Cover More Fashions
Gaining in popularity, the
costume has embraced many
striking innovations for a Spring
'55 go-together trend.
Suits with blouses have gone
one better: not only do the
blouses match jacket linings, but
there are matching hem linings
on the underside of fuller skirts,
matching scarves and cummer
bunds and matching pocket and
collar trims.
The suit with its own coat or
topper has largely given way to
dress - plus - coat " combinations
Practically every fabric combi
nation imaginaDie turns up in
a dress-plus-something else en
New Method Slated
In Choosing Queen
Of Blossom Festival
A new method of selecting the
queen of the RogueValIey Pear
Blossom festival was set up this
week at a meeting of the festival
general committee, according to
members of the group.
The festival will be held in
Medford on April 23.
The queen contest will be open
to youngsters six years of age
and younger. Under the proce
dure, residents of the area will
cast ballots. A group of judges
will choose the winner from the
five little girls receiving the
most ballots.
Mayors To Be Judges
Judges will be mayors of
towns in this area, or their rep
resentatives. The queen for the first annual
festival, held last year, was se
lected on a basis of the largest
number of votes.
Pictures of the . contestants,
who will be sponsored by local
service clubs and other organi
zations, will be published in The
Mail Tribune and other Jack
son county newspapers along
with a ballot form.
The winner will be selected
on .April 21. Deadline for or
ganizations to submit the names
of their candidates is April 1.
Those desiring to enter candi
dates are asked to notify the
chamber of commerce.
A sample float for the festival
parade is being prepared by the
Medford fire department, and
will go on display downtown in
the near future. The parade will
be open to youngsters 12' years
of age and under.
Spring Bags Stand
Away From Body Line
This spring's handbags are
long and lean, tall and slim or
downright huge. Many soft bags
stand away from the body line
rather than following it as did
the tote. t
Elongated barrel or cylinder
shapes are the most popular of
these "mind-of-their-own" hand
bags. Boxes, satchels and pouch
es, on the other hand, have been
slenderized and stretched out
either horizontally or vertically.
The former is illustrated by a
black patent leather- box that
reaches over a foot in length
and is only two , and one-half
inches wide. It closes with a
jeweled clasp on a flap that
practically, doubles around the
bag. .
Important texture - wise is
shag, or reversed cowhide.
These bags, usually casual in
feeling, offer a surface . more
rugged than suede, yet with a
pleasant - hairy finish. Shag
handbags come in brilliant col
ors, this season's most notable:
a vivid tangerine bound m con
trasting high-polish calf .
semble.
Tweed coats' with cotton
dresses and linings " are prime
fashion. Linen coats go with cot
ton or silk dresses, raw silk coats
with pima or surah dresses and
linings, breezy flannel coats
with oxford dresses. All are
wonderfully matched or har
monized in style, texture and
color features.
There are dresses with full
length coats and others with
brief jackets of varying lengths,
from bolero to hipline. The dress
plus sweater is newer this
spring with a lined-to-match
sweater.
toward
a new
Sef-ln Sleeves
Avoid Conflict
The current trend
jumpers has stimulated
look in blouses. The spring '55
blouse has, in general, '.set-in
sleeves to avoid conflict with
jumper armholes. The blouses
have- smooth fronts with neck
line and sleeve interest-. -
To show to best advantage
over bateau or high square neck
ed jumpers, blouse necks are
higher and sleeves - are fuller
to balance slim jumper skirts.
A second major style trend in
blouses is the long torso look,
apparent in the increasing quan
tities. of overblouses. These stop
anywhere from ' just . below the
waist to the hipbone. Many are
nipped in or belted at the waist,
while others have darting or
seaming that curves the figure
gently.
The most popular hip-interest
overblouses are the middies,
with many buttoning down the
back.
Sweaters have gone to two
new lengths. A good many of
them are, surprisingly, shorter.
A whole group, however, fol
lows the Jong lean look.
Slim, Light Coats
Slated for Spring
By Fashion Experts
The V silhouette, the pure
perpendicular line and the dress
coat are three strong signs that
slim coats are "in" for spring.
The typical slender coat is light
as a dress , ' subtly textured,
pale -'colored and. somewhat
shaped.
Sheer weight wools, linen
weave wools, some blends of
linen and wool, various syn
thetic mixtures provide coat
fabrics of unusual lightness and
superb shape - ability. More
silks and cottons join the spring
coat roster with tweed and
jacquard weaves available in al
most .all fabrics.
Honeyed shades and muted
pastels look new in soft-textured
coats, and light-background
tweeds feature medleys
of clear primary colors.
Low-Placed Details
The V-liae silhouette con
tributes to the long, lean look
by means of deep revers, low
placed -.buttons that sometimes
form their own modified V, low
placed pockets and a somewhat
tapered line from slightly pad
ded shoulder to slim hemline.
Even the box coat takes a new
shaping for spring. Here deep
ycke effects combine with low
pockets and waitline darts to
present a slender illusion. One
of the newest looks is that of
the semi-fitted front and the
bloused back, which combines a
gently molded line with room
for action. More loosely cut
coats are shaped with half-belts
or tabs.
Dress-Weight Fabrics
The fitted silhouette, a spring
perennial, has lost none of its
footing; rather it has gained a
lean new look of its own. Now
the fitted coat is pared down
to dress proportions and is aptly
called the dress coat. The most
interesting, with long torso lines,
can actually be worn as a dress!
The air-light fabric of the
dress coat include a range of
former dress-only weaves. Raw
silks, baratheas, silk and cotton
tweeds, ottomans, silk - and
worsted blends all appear, won
derfully well, in spring coats.
Cotton Newest Thing
In Spring Lingerie
The newest thing in lingerie
this spring is cotton, newly re
discovered as a miracle mate
rial in its own right. Cotton
plisse,- dacron-cotton blends and
embossed patterns (light enough
to be worn under sheers) tub
beautifully .".d never need iron
ing. This is not to say that the
miracle synthetics are passe
nylons, dacrons and particularly
nylon-dacron crepes are very
much in the news.
. All of these materials are seen
frequently in short sleepwear.
Many of the shorties team with
matching dress - length sleep
coats, which can be worn over
their short sisters as robes.
. Many of the tailored shorties
are also used for lounging. One
sets shows up-to-the-minute fash
ion consciousness with a shirt
detailed top and Bermuda shorts!
The newest prints in lingerie
are such Oriental motifs as but
terflies and pagodas. Roses, too,
are increasingly important, fol
lowing the spring print line.
Friday, March 11. 1955
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