The Archive · 1930

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU By Epsanon Baer

From tennis dresses to evening gowns and from hats to shoes, white appears to be the word these sweltering days. The last summer season was unshored out with a we for black and white which continued on through the fall and winter unabated. There is still plenty to be seen in.printed after-hoon frocks, plain flat crepe or chiffon with white lingerie touches, or black with white accessories and vice versa. I have even seen white, frilled net and chiffon gowns with black edged ruffles and they are very attractive. But. white with occasional touches of colour are in evidence in greater volume in the shops just now. White silk tennis dresses when embellished with coloured embroidered dots or eyelet, embroidery are more attretive than when they are not. These touches are found widely spaced on the belt, around the neck, and cults, just enough to serve as accents to the, style of the dresses, no more, Rajah and shantung jacket ensemles are ubiquitous in an off-white shade with a gray rather than cream White faconne prints need no sentation; the fabric itself whether floral or striped enough." A few casually informal summer dresses of crisp white moire with an unusual blue and orange design are a little out of the ordinary and are very low priced as are almost all white clothes. this summer. All white net and orgaudio are not at all prosaic. They do not just billow. They are often treated in a svelte manner truly Grecian by means of V-shaped rived godets low placed and high little bodices puff sleeves or an off-the-should Hats shown now are mostly woven, pat allibuntl There are scores of stitched fabric hats, any of pique, linen, shantung, silk, and chiffon, but don't think that one Jonesome, white, wide-brimmed felt, ooking perhaps a little unfamili after its short absence, wasn't welcome sight. It was the cockiest hat in the shop and I hope there: will be more of them, because this tone was much better looking than the rather unimaginative ones left over from last summer that we hhurtiedly pulled out of hiding brushed up and worn when this hot spell descended upon us so suddenly.

Then instead of capes and boleros appearing on white coats as might have been expected, they are all polo style, straight, belted, with little collars that may be nonchs antly turned up. Some are wash fable, all are cleansable, and" inex pensive wherever you

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