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House of Dior
Announces New
Head Designer
Paris-OJPD-The fashion house
of Christian Dior has placed
its destiny in the hands of a
tried and tested designer dur
ing the two-year absence of
wonder boy" Yves Saint
Laurent, 24, on military service.
Dior announced it has se
lected Marc Bohan, 34, who
for two years has been right
hand man to Saint-Laurent.
Bohan started designing
fashions In his school days
and for years was a close
friend and protege of the late
Christian Dior, creator of the
"new look" and other styles
which put Paris back in the
fashion lead after World War
II. Dior died in Italy in 1957.
Bohan's mother spent her
life as a hat designer. Before
joining the House of Dior in
August, 1958, Bohan worked
as a designer in the top Paris
houses of Piguet, Molyneux
and Patou.
Bohan is a contrast to the
slender, bespectacled Saint-
Laurent. Bohan is a well-built,
dark-naired Frenchman of av
erage height,
hit in the heady world of
Paris fashion.
As No. 1 assistant to Saint-
Laurent, he was mainly re
sponsible for the collections
shown by "Christian Dior-
Londres," the London branch
of the Paris house.
In its brief announcement.
the Dior company said that
Saint-Laurent's contract was
only "suspended for the pe
riod of his military service,"
which started September 1.
But in Pans circles, there
were some doubts whether
Saint-Laurent, in fact, would
eventually resume his old job.
Since his last 12-mounth
period of exemption elapsed
and the army said he must go
to the colors, the delicate
Saint-Laurent has been in a
.Paris military hospital suffer
ing from nervous exhaustion.
fashion sources said he
spent an earlier period in a
hospital, secretly, following a
partial breakdown in April
and May this year. But Saint
Laurent went through with a
successful fall and winter
showing in July.
Schedule Announced
For Bridge. Tournament
What probably will be the
largest bridge tournament
ever held in the Rogue valley
will open Friday, September
30, at Rogue Valley Country
club. About 300 playeri are
expected.
The tournament, termed
Jhe first bi-annual Rogue Val
ley Sectional tournament,
combines several different
types of play. They are open
pairs, men's pairs, women's
pairs, master pairs, team of
and
four "Bartlett pairs
"D'Anjou pairs."
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, September 30, 8 p.m.,
open pairs play, first session;
Saturday, October 1, 1:30
p.m., men's pairs and women's
pairs; 8 p.m. open pairs, sec
ond session; Sunday, October
2, 1 p.m. masters pairs and
Bartlett, pairs; 8:30 p.m., team
of four and D'Anjou pairs.
Lcland Clark and Raymond
Wise are co-chairmen for the
tournament; Gerald Patterson,
Redding, Calif., is tournament
director, On other committees
are Mrs. Clark, hospitality;
Mrs. Patsy Gilhouscn, food;
Mrs. F. R. Baker, protest; Paul
McDuffee, housing; the Paul
Hattons, playing partners;
Mrs. W. W. Stevenson, prizes;
Mrs. Wise, publicity.
To Meet
The weekly meeting of
Medford Fifty Plus club will
be held Friday, September 30,
at 12:30 p.m. at St. Mark's
Guild hall, Fifth and Oakdale
avenue. A program will be
given, and refreshments
served.
More than $500 million in
maternity benefits was paid
by health insurance policies
during 1959, according to the
Health Insurance Institute.
The first penal institution
In Arkansas was constructed
at the site of the present state
capitol building in Littla
Rock.
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Announces Dinner
Pocahontas lodge has plan
ned a potluck dinner Friday,
September 30, in the Redman
hall at 6:30 p.m. A business
meeting will follow at 8 p.m.
and a card party will close the
evening's program.
Members are privileged to
take guests for both the din
ner and card party.
Paris One of the costumes in the last collection which
Yves St. Laurent designed for the House of Dior before he
went into military service with the French army, included
this hostess gown with the new "dirided skirt." It it of rose
xed wool banded in the middle with dark ranch mink. The
loose-fitting collarless middy is worn with a chunky neck
lace of dark red beryls. This ii an exclusive copyrighted
fashion, and copying is strictly forbidden. The House of Dior
announced today that Marc Bohn had been chosen to replace
St. Laurent while the young man serves in the French army.
(UPI Telephoto)
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New York-IUPD-The fashion
world is united on the di
vided skirt. Everything for
fall and win
ter from lin
gerie and at
home' wear
through
sports clothes,
daytime suits
and evening
clothes is on
aj Pauley masra no au
ference. You can have culottes
for $5.95 at a budget shop or
at $595 from the haute cou
ture. The latest endorsement for
the divided skirt comes from
a man whose name is synony
mous with good, and expen
sive, taste. Designer Main
bocher of New York.
If Mainbocher says culottes
are correct, it is like Amy
Vanderbilt okaying the use
of a toothpick in public. Cu
lottes are correct. After all,
Mainbocher designs for most
of the women who annually
show up on those ten-best-dressed
lists.
It would be unsafe to say
that any one designer kicked
off the latest revival of pants
for all occasions. It seems to
be a trend which, like Topsy,
just growed.
If you want to trace pants
In women's wear through
history, you'll find them re
corded as early as the fifth
century B.C. in Persia.
Ethel Traphagcn, who now
runs a fashion school bearing
her name, shocked New
Yorkers by appearing on the
street in 1914 in a variation
of the culotte as it's seen to
day.
Marlene Dietrich made tai
lored trousers a craze in the
1930's. And, at the same time,
lounging pajamas with the
culotte look were popular.
At least three years ago,
the culotte leg began to com
pete with skinny grousers, in
loungewear. This fall, anther
famous American designer,
Norman Norell, endorsed
trouser-skirts for daytime
suits.
Variations of the divided
skirt for both daytime and
evening showed in several
Paris collections in late July
Dior showed a whole group
for formal dining at home,
Lanvin-Castillo and Jacques
Heim included divided skirts
for daytime.
A 1 1 Mainbocher culottes
were confined to evening
wear and were cut extremely
full to Rive the look of a
skirt whether the model was
movinc or just sitting.
"I'm tired of all this talk
about getting in and out of
taxis." said Mainbocher, to
explain why he did not di
vide skirts for daytime. "1
think they are right for eve
ning parties. Nowadays so
ciety, intellectual and artistic
circles mingle wonderfully.
The talk, after dinner is U-
up on the sofa
Baptist Women
Hear Talk By
League Member
Women of Eastwood Bap
tist church had as a speaker
for their first meeting this fall
Mrs. Kenneth Baker, a vice
president of the League of
Women Voters, who presented
and discussed the measures
which will appear on the bal
lot this November. Mrs. Car
roll Graber, president of the
Woman s Mission society, pre
sided and Mrs. H. W. Morrow
presented the speaker.
Devotions were led by Mrs.
William Robertson. Luncheon
was served by Mrs. Harold
Hewlett, Mrs. Herbert Fields,
and Mrs. Frank Guber.
Local women attending the
Rogue River association fall
rally of American Baptist
Women at Riddle September
15 were Mrs. John Yungen,
Mrs. Carl Jones, Mrs. Clifford
Young, and Mrs. Jack Mcves.
Several state officers headed
by the president, Mrs. Frank
Pattison, Eugene, participat
ed. Phil Uhlinger, missionary
from Congo, spoke of the Bap
tist work there.
The women served a dinner
September 21 for about 25
people who will participate in
Baptist jubilee advance
courses. This was an associa
tion-wide training conference
for leaders who will present
these courses this year. An
analysis of church groups,
such as Sunday School classes,
was made to determine wheth
er improvements could be
made by combining or divid
ing classes, etc.
Eastwood women also
served as hostesses at the an
nual Mission Institute which
is sponsored by the Council
of Church Women, and which
was held this year at the East
wood Baptist church Septem
ber 23.
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Potpourri went shopping yesterday on her day off. But
i didn t buy anv culnttpc w n;,)'t i,
if cn r,u ui l -k mem, ana
it so, probably the shop would not have had them.
However, culottes are big fashion news in New York
Paris and Rome. .(We never have figured out how all these
fashion centers manage to come out with the same "new"
ideas while all the time the individual houses and designers
make out like everything is a big secret).
Various "big names" on the European fashion scene
showed culottes this fall, and two of the best known of the
American designers, Norman Norell and Mainbocher, ,'iave
also designed and shown this fashion. Of the two, Norell
sometimes goes in for extreme "high" fashion, but Main
bocher has always been synonymous with conservative, ir
reproachable good taste. "When
culotte, then the culotte is in eoori tastP " caiH nna Man.
York fashion writer.
Norell's culottes are for the most part for day-time wear
(he makes them out of tweed and other woolens for street
use), but Mainbocher made his for dinner party wear only.
They are mostly of black, and designed with very full pant
legs flaring well out toward the hem which continue to look
like a skirt, even when the side seams are held out at arm's
length. The tops are of different design, some strapless and
some cut with conservative round necklines and armholes.
,
Pappy snorted when told that two of the country's
famous designers of women's clothing were making culottes,
not just for patio or lounging wear, or for a day at the
beach, but for street wear and for the evening.
"Women," said Pappy with finality "look terrible in
culottes." Years and years ago when Pappy's family lived
in Yakima, Wash., he often saw "cowgirls" wearing the
costumes with the divided skirt which women wore for
riding horseback. Since in those days women didn't wear
slacks, jeans, pedal pushers, Capris or other trousers,
riding habits were made with divided skirts. We can re
member seeing the riding outfits made from leather, heavily
ornamented and fringed, or other material. But they were
uncommon.
We also remember the culottes of the Thirties, ankle
length and made of cotton or silk which were used for
garden or beach wear. A few daring women in the west
wore them for resort dances. They enjoyed popularity again
in the war days when many women were walking or riding
bicycles, instead of using their cars, because of the gasoline
shortage. Designers and many women, particularly those
who do not have tall, shapely figures, maintain they are
much more flattering than slacks or other trousers for
women.
All this doesn't cut any ice with Pappy, at all. "Women
he just keeps on saying, "look terrible in culottes."
United Airlines, which transported Dr. Edwin Durno
to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with President Eisen
hower, didn't make as much profit on the doctor as they
might have. When Dr. (and congressional candidate) Durno
arrived in the capital city, United couldn t find his luggage,
So there was the Medford traveler, minus fresh linen, razor,
toothbrush and all the rest of the necessities of appearing in
public. Especially when one has been invited to meet with
no less than the President.
So the candidate rose early, sought a cab driver and
told him his predicament, was driven to the proper estab
lishment where all these necessities could be purchased,
bought everything he needed and sent the bill to United
Airlines. They paid, too, reports the doctor's secretary.
We've been told that when a man goes shopping for
clothing, he takes one look and says "I need a haircut."
' We don't now about men. but we do know about women
A woman shopper (one of the older girls, shall we say) looks
into that terribly revealing triple mirror and immediately
says I simply must reduce. u.o.
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