THE DAILY TAR
SUNDAY, APRIL 7. ).;
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SKIRTS HAVE 'MANY
NEW DETAILS FOR
SPRING SEASON
Anything Goes When
The Ladies Start
Blending: Colors
America's native costume is a
sports costume and the Ameri
can woman's favorite pastime is
assembling her sports wardrobe
from a galaxy of jackets and
skirts, sweaters and slacks,
blouses and accessory gadgets.
This spring's jackets concen
trate on pockets, of saddle bag
or cash-and-carry size, a la
Schiaparelli. They will be worn
with skirts that match; with
skirts that contrast; over
dresses; and with slacks. The
chief silhouettes are classic hip
length, the collarless cardigan,
and the very new longer torso
type.
Skirts have much new detail
for 1940, in gored and seam con
struction, particularly interest
ing in striped fabrics. Pleats
give rhythm to your walk, and
the peg top style is the skirt's
big bow to pocket influence !
Show your ingenuity mix
your plaids and checks and
plains; your pastels, neutrals
and darks ; or match them to
fashion contentment!
Knitted Clothes
Always Included
In Chic Wardrobe
The smart woman's wardrobe
always includes something knit
ted, and this spring's fashions
have brought in the most wear
able dresses and costume suits
to, be desired.
- Through originality of weave,
they give that hand-made look,
but it is to their credit that they
offer styling more richly detailed
than the most accomplished knit
ting enthusiast could achieve.
Multi-color stripes, white-on-gray
stripes, and other patterns
make spring knitwear the thing
for day-in day-out wear.
Nelly Don
Daytime Casuals
Choose them TODAY, wear
them for all your casual do
ings. Carefree, spirited Nelly
Don play clothes, designed to
fit budgets, plans and you!
a. One-piece gingham shorts
and shirt under covert cloth
jumper. Clever Nelly Don Don
semble in red with navy, green
with brown. 10-18, $3.95
b. Nelly Don's Don'ara Tweed
(sanforized cotton) in stun
ning slacks and jacket combi
nation. Blue, rose, aqua, honey
amber, greywing. 10-20, $6.50
Long-sleeved dot cotton shirt.
Navy, red, bright blue, aqua.
10-20, $1.95
c. Classic, dot Avenelle (Enka
rayon) Donsemble. Pleated
skirt buttons over shorts and
presto! you haVe a casual
ly tailored dress. Gulf blue,
redspice, gold, rose, navy.
12-40, $7.95
J,
Andrews-Henninger
Co.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
KJOFt Jackets
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Sports Outfit
Sports go modern! Big, roomy
pockets provide just the place for extra
golf balls, hanky, compact, and what
have you. Comfortable and practical
too. ;
Women s Sportswear
"Goes Soft" For 1940;
New Materials Used
Classic fashions continue as
sport leaders, with a trend to
ward softer dress details. In
classics, convertible collars can
be worn open or closed. Skirts
have tailored pleats. Sleeves are
simple, and long sleeves are
growing in fashion acceptance,
particularly for golf.
There are new spun rayon
flannels and gabardines for
sportswear, which are perfect
weights to wear from now
through summer, as they com
bine spun rayon with just
enough wool.
-; Letters Home :-
Dearest Peggy:
So you really would like to
hear my opinion on fashions at
Carolina? Well, on your mark,
chum, 'cause the coeds have cer
tainly provided much material.
First or all, much to our joy,
suits are especially good. We
feel that they are very practical
and much more versatile than a
dress. Costume suits are the best
choice ; that is, to have the dress
of some soft "spring" tone, with
a woolen bolero jacket so we can
mix 'em and match 'em with
ever so many blended shades.
The girls feel that a soft top
coat is a must for the freak
moods of this spring weather.
Seems as though woolens in
white, grey, or beige are the
main choices, 'cause they are so
easy to slip on for dates and long
walks. This one is so typical
of what we'd term ah indispen
sable asset to our wardrobe.
They can be used extensively
with skirts and sweaters and
with afternoon dresses, too.
Peg, it was really a treat to
see the perfectly darling hats
last Sunday ! Top-knots of pos
ies adorned practically every
girl's head. These incidentally
were surrounded by simply
oodles of veil and ribbons. I
even saw one that looked just
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like Mrs. Wigg's Cabbage Patch,
but the most unique of all was a
bird's nest with eggs, birds, 'n
all.
With May Frolics coming up
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SPRING KEYNOTE
IN EVENING WEAR
IS FEMINITY
Sweater And Jacket
Tops Still Admired
In Dinner Dresses
The glamour evening fashions
that delight the feminine heart
help femininity this spring, with
designs and ideas for all types.
Moulded - and - draped rayon
jersey, concentrating detail at
the midriff, shoulder and bosom
is one star of the night.
Jacket dresses stay to dinner,
revealing decolletage for more
formal occasions. In dinner
dresses, the sweater-top en
semble continues to be worn and
admired !
Come with the Spring, is the
flared crisp bouffant frock, new
with bouffant skirts that com
bine with simple dinner time
tops, often with tailored neck
lines and long sleeves, preferab
ly in taffeta, embroidered, paint
ed, or organdie decorated.
BLACK AND WHITE
Chanel has shown an affection
for black and white, either all-
lace or combining lace and silk
chiffon; while also in the dark
light category are navy and
black silk marquisette gowns
trimmed with white lingerie
touches.
Ankle length printed chiffons
often take to white grounds, and
for elegance the print design
may be picked out by beading or
pailettes. Plaids and stripes look
newest of the new combining
yellow, green, and brown . . .
grey, wine and yellow . . . and
other fashion tones, in dresses
that will whirl to the tune of
Spring song.
Accessories Bring Zestful
Variety To Limited Wardrobe
Interchangeable Handbags,
Gloves, Jewelry, Neckwear,
Make Many Dresses Of One
Accessories are the spice . . .
the seasoning . . . that makes any
wardrobe more tasteful; and
this spring accessories are mak
ing their appearance in such
zestful variety that many a girl
will spend what she can for one,wncn ls ne mos
smart costume and then all
she can on accessories with
which to vary its chic!
Handbags, for one thing, are
larger than medium size, with
the underarm style appearing
anew in attractive detailing of
dressmaker appeal. Gather.
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posed to show. It's the latest thing,
or not something's slipped.
drapes and shirred manipulation
add bows, buckles, stitchings,
folds and sculptured treatments
for femininity ; and bag bottoms
are roomy enough to hold every
thing for a day-out.
The tophandle bag makes its
handle flat and crushable, so it,
too, can be carried underarm,
convenient
new long,
way to manage the
narrow shapes.
MATERIALS
In addition to patent, cape
skin, doeskin and calf, the popu
larity of fabrics such as gabar
dine, faillef, and corde grows.
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OTHER STYLES
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In Spring - A
Fancy Turns
Naturally you'll turn to Bald
win's if you want to pamper
yourself with the kind of
clothes that will be the class of
the campus. Our shops are
just running over with the
things you'll want for that
Spring Quarter bang!
Shop all floors for fashion-right en
sembles We have everything from
hats to shoes.
Durham's Most Complete Store
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BOLERO, JACKET.
LONG TOPCOAT
LEADING PARADE
Silk Gowzts Feature
Trim Waistlines;
Prints Popular
The fashion leaders in 194.;
select the dress styles ; as easy to
wear as look at !
Three daytime dress types
stand out: the flattering bolero
dress; the jacket dress a p.
feet street fashion with the
jacket, without it a grand pa-
rate daytime dress. Hipbone
length jackets with high clos
ings are popular, and the double
breasted closing looks newest,
often ashine with brass buttons.
Third is the dress with long tor
coat that can be worn over other
dresses.
Soft silk dresses in plain and
printed crepes, crepe de chine,
sheers and rayons, continue to
feature trim waistlines, often
through corselet insets. Bodices
are molded with skirt fullness
introduced through drapery.
shirring, or unpressed pleats,
with skirts softly falling.
PERENNIAL PRINTS
Prints are "in" as perenr.ials.
with small geometric designs far
and away the best interpreta
tion. Stripes, dots, novelty and
Shepherd checks all emphasize
the neat, tailored look.
American women have, too,
discovered the little sheer wool
dress as a smart, practical fash-
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EFIRD'S
DURHAM, N. C.
Young Lady's
to Baldwin's