Wednesday, March 20, 1940
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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PRING FASHION:
Looking over the field . . .
If you are a woman, you think
you have to copy a Schinparelli
hat, a Hattie Carnegie ensemble,
Merry Hull's new fingernail gloves.
Baleneiaga's laces, Padova's new
original thankless
sled - sandals for
shoes, in order to
have the epitome
of style in your
clothes. If you are
a man you feel
poorly dressed if
you do not look
like an ad from
Esquire.
The question is, do you?
Men and women, particularly
women, have always been like
sheep the old "follow the herd"
fallacy in action. Remember
chartreuse? Last year simply
everyone had to have a chartreuse
hat, sweater, gloves, shoes. In
short, everything you owned had
to be chartreuse, or you were not
well-dressed but, definitely. It
made no difference if you had red
hair and looked hideous in it, you
had to wear it anyway.
Last fall, it was the hour , glass
figure. "You simply must have
an hour glass figgah, my deah."
So all the girls, from
the smallest to the
largest, proceeded to
struggle into tight
waisted, be-bustled
Vv dresses to attain the
vJT' desired effect. It mat
tered not whether a
girl looked well in her
dress, or whether she was so small
that she looked like a pint-sized
sand glass. She must have ap
hour glass, or if you prefer, a
wasp-waist dress.
This spring's ultimatum.
This spring, Paris sends out its
ultimatum. Nothing will do, but
that you strive for the "pencil
silhouette." All the fashion maga
zines and so-called leading fashion
dictating stores are showing "nar
row way" suits and dresses with
low, pinched-in waists.
Other trends for women in
cliuleii in the ultimatum were more
dignified hats, much red, white
and blue, particularly red for ac
cessories, large pockets, huge
handbags, more dignified hats,
braid trimming, and last, but not
least, wedge shoes.
The point is, to follow the fads,
not just because they are the
"things," but because they look
well on you. If your feet are
slightly oversized you need not
emphasize them with wedge shoes
just because wedge shoe are much
in favor this spring,
shoes just because wedge shoes
are much in favor this spring.
Did you know, that bow ties,
which you used to revolt against
when you got dressed up for Sun
day school, are coming back again
with full force?
Brightness and comfort.
One thing which can be said
for men's styles, this year and
last, is that at last men may
brighten up their clothes. Instead
of the dark blues, browns and
black, you may now blossom out
in gay checks and plaids, bright
blues, greens and browns, with
out being ostracized as a vaude
ville hoofer. Why was it, that the
planners of men's styles never be
fore allowed you this freedom?
Speaking of freedom, another
thing we like is the
idea of comfort
which has now been
added to a consid
eration of "what the
best - dressed man
will wear." Why
was this considera
tion never given be
fore, and why did individuals not
take it upon themselves to cam
paign for brighter clothes and
more comfort? Why were not
stiff collars and tight coats dis
carded long ago?
'Follow the herd.
Why? Simply the old sheep
fallacy of "follow the herd." Man
ufacturers and advertisers have
always struck fear in the hearts
of anyone who was a non-conformist.
They are the ones who
say: "You must wear this" or "you
must wear that" because everyone
else is doing it this year.
However, you can still follow
the general trends and be not too
out-of-date, if you follow your
own tastes and origin
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and need not influence
your choices very
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You may choose your colors,
your styles to fit your own per
sonality, coloring and other indi
vidual characteristics and be well
dressed, regardless of whether
they are exactly what the fashion
mongers say you must have. You
may laugh at those articles entitled
"Musts for Fashion Fiends" and
still be tops in well-dressed circles.
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DAILY staff photo.
Pictured above are the members of the judging committee for the
BDOC contest, lunching in the Student Union Monday as they made
their final choice. Left to right are "Whitey" Reed, manager of the
contest, Betty Meyer, Button Thlel, DAILY representative, Jean
Morgan, Margaret Krause, and Betty Roach. Other women on the
committee, who were unable to Btay for the picture, were: Beth
Howley, Peggy Sherburn, and Betty Bachman.
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Sigma Nu Jack Cote.
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of Sie-ma Nu. now and BDOO. IlnBieruP lengm.
and, in connection with being best- Comments on clothes, but not
dressed, he has the pleasure of on women, by the new BDOC, are
owning one of the "only two- told in the next columu.
Coed Follies will feature
style show, best dressed girl
Five skits, four curtain acts, and
a style show, climaxed by presen
tation of the Best Dressed Girl will
make up the program of the Coed
Follies, to be presented March 28
in Temple Theatre under the spon
sorship of the AWS board.
One member of the board will
be in charge of each skit. The or
ganizations presenting five minute
skits are: Delta Delta Delta, "So
rority Life;" Delta Gamma, "Stu
dent Union;" PI Beta Phi, "A Co
ed's Folly;" Sigma Delta Tau,
"Thanks for the Memory;" Ray
mond and Love Halls, "Frankein
stein." AWS board members in
charge of the skits are, respective
ly, Pat Sternberg, Elizabeth
Waugh, Janet Harris, Jean Carna
han and Janet Lau.
Curtain acts.
Natalie Burn will be in charge
of the three minute curtain acts
to be presented by Chi Omega,
"Powder Box Follies;" Kappa
Delta, "Grand Prevue," Kappa
Kappa Gamma, "Sorority Daze;"
and Phi Mu, "Ivy Daze."
The Best Dressed Girl will be
attended by the two girls who are
runners-up for the honor. Candi
dates are: Opal Hedlund, ag AWS;
Bettie Cox. barb AWS; Alice Mar
ian Holmes, Carrie Belle Ray
mond; Esther Davis, Towne club;
Jean Holtz, Alpha Chi Omega; Lu-
DAILY NEBRASKAN
SUPPLEMENT
Editor Mary Kerrigan
Business Manager. .. .Arthur Hill
Associate Editor. . Elizabeth Clark
Assistants: Bob Schlater, Marjorle
Bruning, Prlscllla Campsey, Ralph
Combs, Holly Shurtleff, Gwen Hur
ley and Jo Dure.
Photographer George Royal
cille Stepanek, Alpha Omicron Pi
Holly Shurtleff, Alpha Phi; Elea
nor Collier, Alpha Xi Delta; Mary
Ellen Cumerford, Chi Omega; Jane
Ellis, Delta Delta Delta; Maxine
Kinsburg, Delta Gamma; Gerry
Hawkins, Gamma Phi Beta; Lois
Keller, Kappa Alpha Theta; Jose
phine Robeck, Kappa Delta; Betty
Ann Nichols, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma; Woodie Campbell, Phi Mu;
Virginia Haney, Pi Beta Phi; Mir
iam Rubnitz, Sigma Delta Tau;
Helen Higgins, Sigma Kappa;
Mary Schricker, home ec. associa
tion. Styl show features.
The Btyle show will feature an
assortment of outfits which appeal
to coeds. House coats or pajamas
will be modeled by Marilyn Barr
and Betty Jane Burgess. Lucille
Bertelson, Yvonne Costello, Gwen
Jack and Geraldine Wiemers will
model sport and school dresses.
Suits, coats and dresses will be
worn by Loraine Chant, Carlene
Hohensee, Carole Peterson, Pat
Prime, Mary Louise Simpson,
Olive Spieth and Betty Rathburn;
date dresses by Laura Ellen Fin
ney, Frances Green, Anita Jones,
Rhoda Krasne, Mary Lloyd, Mae
Peterson, Catherine Smith, and
slacks, play suits and bathing suits
by Nadene Arnold, Ruth Hult, and
Pat Woods. Formals will be worn
by the Best Dressed Girl candi
dates. Jean Simmons chairman.
The general chairman of the
Follies is Jean Simmons. Heading
the various committees are: style
show, Pat Sternberg; skits, Janet
Harris; notifications, doorman,
ushers, Ben Alice Day; publicity,
Mary Steuteville; presentation,
Dorothy White; radio publicity,
Jean Hooper; tickets and pro
grams, Jean Carnahan; B. D. G.
arrangements, Peggy Sherburn;
staj'e manager, Janet Lau; chap
erons, Virginia Clemans and Mar
ian Bradatreet; balcony manager,
Elizabeth Waugh; curtain acts,
Natalie Burn; assistant style show,
Marian White.
Jack Cole
named for
BDOC honor
Sigma Nu president,
bizad junior to receive
$50 prize in clothing
Jack Cole, business administra
tion junior and newly-elected pres
ident of Sigma Nu fraternity, was
announced today as the second
BDOC to be chosen on the univer
sity campus. He will be awarded
$50 in clothes by Harvey Brothers.
Cole was accommodating when
asked by a DAILY reporter to an
swer questions as to his likes and
dislikes in clothes, women, his fa
vorite pastimes and such immedi
ately after his selection as tha
most appropriately dressed man on
the campus.
Opinion on clothes.
When questioned about men's
clothes, he said that his favorite
suits were blue, herringbone, or
cross-striped. In winter, he prefers
douoie-Dieasted suits, but in sum
mer he wears single bi'easted suits
because they are more comfort
able. He never wears a hat, and
hasn't, he said, since he was 2
It is hisopinion that the present
craze for pork-pie hats will last for
a while, since the hats are popular
in Florida, but, like any other ex
treme in fashion, they will soon die
out.
Prize possession.
The prize possession in the beat
dresser's wardrobe is his green
tweed topcoat from the Shetland
Islands, which he had tailored es
pecially for him. He also wears a
gabardine top-coat with ragian
sleeves, and a cream corduroy coat
which is of a new length which
just came out about two weeks
ago. This coat is about six inches
longer than a finger-tip length.
"Being engaged," he said when
questioned about women in gen
eral, "I prefer to make no com
ment." He did say, however, that
he liked conservative clothes on
women, particularly sport clothes.
His favorite sweater for women is
one of a new long length which is
also popular at Northwestern. He
did not think that women's hats
were worthy of comment.
Hates gaudy jewelry.
"I hate this new heavy, gaudy
jewelry which many girls are
wearing now," was his answer to
his opinion of costume jewelry. "I
think girls should wear just a
small, dainty necklace, or crested
jewelry, as long as it isn't some
other fellow's fraternity."
Loyal to his fraternity, . he
showed no hesitation in naming his
favorite orchestra. His answer was
Glenn Miller, also a Sigma Nu. He
likes to dance, but it is not his far
vorite pastime.
BDOC judges.
Judges in the BDOC contest,
were Betty Bachman, Beth How
ley, Marg Krause, Betty Meyer,
Jean Morgan, etty Roach, and
Peggy Sherburne.
Other candidates were Stanley
Bridenbaugh, David Cramer, How
ard Drake, Merrill Englund, Neal
Felber, Floyd Hansmire, George
Johnson, Bob Kerl, Bob Leadley,
Boyd McDougall, Lowell Michael,
Edwin Milder, William Niehus,
Roy Proffitt, Verne Rawalt, Mere
dith Rennick, Harold Rohde, Ank-n
Scherf, Bob Simmons, Dale Tints
man, Guy Williams, and Irving
Yaffe.
Simon's, Rudge's
hold annual spring
shows this week
Ben Simon and Sons will hold
their spring style show this eve
ning, for university students, in
conjunction with the Coed Coun
selor Charm School. Candidates
for Bent Dressed Girl will be tho
models.
Last night Rudge and Guenzol's
held their style show with the
candidates as their models.
Tickets for Simon's show have
been sent out to tho various or
ganized houses, and may also be
procured in the DAILY office.
Door prizes will be awarded.