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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON Suits Ignore Old Lines for Spring In New Silhouette WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20. 1963 Stepping out for sprine are the smartest suits in seasons. Designers have by-passed traditional styles, and "bor rowed" springs new and ex citingly different suit silhou ettes from today's uncompli cated, casual fashions. The suit of the season is the - sweater suit. Just as easy-going and comfortable a; its name-sake, the slim-line sweater suit sometimes resem bles a two-piece dress. Pullover-inspired tops have a sweater's cardigan, cowl and stove-pipe necklines. Jackets close in back or are front zipped over softly eased skirts. The shirt suit is relaxed as every woman's favorite blouse and skirt. Tops have convert! ble collars and shirt sleeves Where Americans Are Gods: 4 tifif The Strange Story of the Cargo Cult During World War II, American GIs dropped from the skies into the South Pacific interior jun gles with "miraculous" tools and weapons that made them Gods to the natives living there. Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead reports this fascinating story in the MARCH 24TH Issue of Family WecJcly with your copy of Hi MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE bloused on cuff. Generally, the jacket is longer, belted low in overblouse fashion, and slung over the skinniest of skirts. Jaunty Styles Fashion interprets open-air, or country, casualness in suits with big-city chic. Spring's jaunty, open-air suits have longer jackets (sometimes looking like riding jackets) with a mere suggestion of shape, and easy, mobile skirts with inverted front pleats or gathered waistbands. Open necklines are filled in with scarves or coordinated blouse. Sleeves narrow to the wrist, then flare out in wide cuffs. - Tunic suits have longer, leaner princess and rajah jackets over slimmer skirts. Tunic styling includes lower ed "nudelook" necklines, nar rowed setin sleeves and a min imum of detail. New Chanel-isms Spring's most feminine suits pair demi-fit jackets, that move in-at-front and ' out-at-back, and soft skirts with pan els, pleats and bias cut full ness. The hipline is empha sized by the new "hip-flip" peplum effects, with or with out belts. The Chanel influence is never far from suits, and this spring will bring Chanel-type cardigan jackets and braid trimmings, as well as a new Chanelism-the Norfolk belted suit jacket. . Many of spring's tailored suits have been given a fresh "tomboy" look. Leaner Lines Seen The leaner lines of "skinny" suits are emphasized by re laxed waistlines, longer jack ets which fit but never con fine, and skirts which skim the figure. Sleeves are nar rower and often set-in. Collars axe smallish and many have high, notched lapels. Spring's most suit-able fab rics are mohairs in feather weight and porous weaves, ribbed silks, diagonal wor steds and tweeds. Many strik ing plaids and checks stand out. Suits should have a color full spring, full of whites, brights and lights sharing fashion honors with classic greys, camels, blacks and nav ies, f. BLENDS HERE Blends are the big fabric news silk and cotton, silk and wool, silk with cashmere, with 'worsted; worsted and linen, linen and wool and blends of wool, rayon and cotton. 1.4, ' DRESS UP BEDROOM-Fashions to dress up a beautiful bedroom might be a quilted cot ton coveret, in a fresh floral pattern; a solid-color ruffled petticoat; fringed drap eries and boudoir chair, plus a head board imported from Spain and finished in dark, antique walnut. Lazyback pillows, cued to the color scheme, help carry out the decor. Decorating ideas advanced here are sug gested by Nettle Creek. Array of Whites Top Color Chart The fashion rule for color in spring '63 is "After white, something white!" White from dazzling pure whites through a. wide array of creamy whites and off-whites, is far and away the leading color on the spring scene. White sparkles in suits, cap tivates in coats, dramatizes dresses, succeeds in separates. There's white in stripes, in checks and plaids, and white looking especially striking in combination with deep tones. Something Light After white, the "something light" is provided by a spring fresh array of ice cream pas tels, light beiges and grays. Citrus tones favor lemon and lime, occasionally deepen to orange. Baby and sky blues, pale pinks and rich blossom pinks, leafy greens carry out the light, lovely look of fashion. New-looking mauves join the pastel parade. Sunny apricot and peach tones get their in spiration from the yellow fam ily. Whatever the hue, the paler and prettier nature of the new pastels assures spring flattery for feminine complexions. Often united with white are the bright and deep tones - lively navy, purple roya, vivid reds, burgundies, gar nets, emerald greens. Rich browns make news. As for black, it's especially impor tant this spring in contrast with white, including many checks and other black and white prints. 0 PA 4iermitage is now 6 years old Natural Line Wins High Style Rating Spring's most fashionable dresses are those that suggest rather than insist on shape. The new soft mood of fash ion is interpreted in dresses, coatdresses and costumes that flow fluidly over the figure, curving close to the body but never clutching or confining it. ' , Women will like spring's dress styles because they are feminine, flattering and easy to wear. Comes "Naturally" Many dresses are doing what comes 'naturally' for spring. The new natural dress skims lightly over the figure, widening slightly at the hem line. It offers the wearer easy elegance, as do spring's flared A-line , skimmer styles and shift-shapes that hang shaft- straight or are gently sash- tied. The tunic-top dress, reflect ing 'rajah' inspiration, casts a long, lean shadow over spring fashion. Straight or slightly flared skirts emerge from be neath skinny or shaped tunics in three-quarter or seven eighths lengths. Pullover Dross Spring's pullover-dress com bines an overblouse shirt with a slim, flared or pleated skirt. Ensembles Abound The most casual of spring's easy-going styles Is the sliver slender sweater dress with a V-neckline. Every woman will want at least one spring ensemble in her closet now that so many of the prettiest dresses come with their own jackets or coats. Spring prints are often paired with coordinated cov er-ups lined with matching print. Other dresses are ac companied by a scarf or stole for the. .'total look.' The simple shapes of spring's dresses are kept un cluttered by a minimum of soft, lady-like detailing. Neck lines may or may not have collars. V-necks, sometimes filled in with scarves, abound as do soft, cowled and draped neckline effects. Sleovos Are Newt SleeVes are a new aera of fashion Interest for spring. Al though there are plenty of sleeveless dresses for women who prefer them, many of the smartest new styles feature cropped sleeves, cuffed shirt sleeves, long skinny sleeves, leg o'mutton sleeves and puffy sleeves. The wandering waistline is on the move again. For spring, a dress's waist may be where nature intended it to be, low ered, or lifted for a flattering high-waisted effect. Dress skirts, whether full, shaped or slim, carry out spring's theme of soft mobil ity. The color range of spring's dresses goes all the way from smarter-than-ever black and navy to mouth-watering pale and pretty pastels. Spring will see many, many white, off- white and cream colors. Silvery Grays for Men Preferred on New Fashion Scene D 5 A major fashion trend is in the making, reports the1 American Institute of Men's and Boys' Wear. For close to 10 years, men's suits - re gardless of models - have been dominated by dark col ors. Starting with blacks and navy blues, they rarely got as light as what might be described as brighter than me dium tones. However, for one of those inexplicable reasons that turn unpopular greens into much wanted olives or cause college men to dress like cowpokes, style leaders herald this year as the year they are going to brighten up their wardrobes with light silvery grays. Sharkskins Favored The most - wanted light grays will be in smooth, sleek sharkskins. Some of them will be in the plain classics, oth ers will have neat glen plaids, and still others will have nail head patterns and fine checks. Medium shades, light-mediums, dark-mediums and darks are not dead by a long shot, but the fashion philosophy is that instead of relying solely on the deep darks, men should again take advantage of the lift offered by refreshing lights. As far as models are con cerned, suit interest for the spring of '63 will be height ened by natural-shoulder and tailored treatments of the new two-button model and a trimly tailored one-button style with restrained details. It has a slightly fitted waist and is one of the few current styles made without vents. It's a good warm weather model, smart but not sharp. In fabrics, the choice is as wide as ever. For spring, there is a handsome collec tion of midweights. These are lighter than regular weights but not as light as tropicals. When the warm weather sets in, tropical weights in pure worsteds, featherweight poly ester worsted blends, and wash-wear fabrics of cottons and cotton blends round out the picture. Fabrics Ara Important Silks and silk blends, and mohairs and mohair - blends also hold an important place in the spring-summer scene. These are the dressy "special occasion" suits whose lustre sets them apart from a fel low' work-a-day outfits. in all suits, look for mod est, restrained patternings ranging from solid colors to stripes, checks, plaids and self-weaves. But. these too find complementary compan ions in some bolder effects to add the spice of variety to a teuow s warm weather wardrobe. All of this fashion informa tion leads to a rather obvious conclusion: a well-planned wardrobe is not all dark, not all light, not all plain, not all tancy. Neither is it all one fabric or another. It is, how ever, a blend of these factors to reap the benefits of each for each has its particular virtues. LOOKING AT SPRING Spring fashion looks two ways, with the look of soft femininity in the lead. Smart alternative is the "tailleur look," In crisp fabrics. ij 'PS- nirrucKT 1,K WHKKCT bijmraMiTTPi rmr a r - SPRING CHECKS-Tho coat checks in for spring, in a variety of silhouettes. This black and while checked wool coat is highlighted by a convertible notched collar, three-quarter length sleeves and cuffed pockets. Photo from New York Coat and Suit Association I I f $ NAUTICAL LOOK - Nautical look of spring goes to town in a sleeveless, relaxed double knit shift with sailor collar and loosely-tied scarf. By Mia HOW COME Fluhrer's Holsum BREAD NOW TASTES BETTER THAN EVER? BECAUSE PREMIUM QUALITY HOLSUM IS 4 HOURS FRESHER ID1 05 HOOVER POLISHER Fresh Ideas Add More Popularity To Luxury Furs Small, Important furs enter for spring in an array of un usual designs planned to com' plement the feminine look of fashion and, perhaps even more important, to go on into summer, to cope luxuriously with problems of travel and air conditioning. Fresh ideas in how to wear fur include fichus, three-cor nered scarves, boas, blazers and pea jackets. Capes and boleros range from very brief to hipbone length, look new est in the abbreviated ver sions. Light Weight Light in weight, for the open-air feeling, are jackets of Fouke-processed Lakoda, na tural sheared Alaska fur seal, lustrous and golden in colur. Black broadtail Is favored for fur triangles about the size of a bandanna, and for capes- some straight, others flaring. Ocelot and leopard show up in dashing new shapes from miniature boleros to tailored blazers, some of which are etched In black-dyed Alaska fur seal. The touch of sable appears in boas and scarves, Emba Used Small fur fashions in American-bred Emba mink display a wide choice of natural col ors, from white, beige and blue-beige to taupe, gunmetal and brown. Styles include the classic cape stole, jacket-stoles, cut away boleros, capelets and - for the ultimate in casual chic -a sweater in pale beige mink. 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