Friday, March 21, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
A Spring campus costume . . .
Capes arc tops For casual semi-sport . . .
tor versa tile,
casual wear
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New spring vogue
is for tall girls
If you're tall, and if you like the
idea of making a spring suit extra
casual, wear a cape. College girls
started this current cape fashion,
you know, for they are the people
who sling a coat around their
shoulders to resemble a cape.
Tailors have begun now to put
loops inside the coats to hold them
on when they are worn as capes.
But now capes, the real thing,
have hit the top, and variety, prac
ticality, and versatility are a few
of their virtues. Casual, semi
tailored capes are most popular
and most useful because they can
be worn with almost anything, and
will take the place of the top coat
worn in years before over suits
and tailored dresses. The standard
fleecy topcoat is also replaced this
spring with beige, bright red, or
green fleece capes, which are ideal
for all-around knock-about wear.
Three-piece suits are in again
too, and, by the substitution of a
cape instead of the original three
quarter top coat, are made even
more wearable for those occasions
when you want to look smart but
not over dressed. Then, of course,
if you are like most coeds, you will
want to "mix 'em" and wear the
cape with another suit or with a
casual shirt-waist dress.
Then there are girls who want
to be feminine, and who shy away
from conventional casual clothes.
They should select a fine twill cape
of a pastel shade or a color to
match the frilly dress with which
they will wear it. A few capes
have small fur collars and these
too, will help to attain that friv
olously dressed-up look.
For formal wear, a navy cape
of light-weight material, with
corded or braided trimming, and
an insignia nn tha ma1i 11
From champagne to cognac and national colors and stripes. Hats would be a knockout. Even small
back again to red. white and w"th contrasting crown and brim filrls. who definitely ar t th
blue, college men will wear a va
riety of new colors this spring in
suits, slacks and shirts.
Beginning with the light gold
of champagne, a new set of
shades called Diamond Brown will
include darker colors of the same
rich tan which is especially suited
to light gabardine. An intermedi
ate shade of the same material
will probably replace the popular
neutral tone.
1 r. ...... Thou h Bill Itta, Sr.
Marge Cruse wins the admiration of her Pi Beta Phi sisters with
this campus costume of wheat-gold, pleated skirt, white shirt and
cool green sweater of a new in-between length for spring.
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Mens spring fashions
emphasize new colors
Tall, blonde Betty Mueller, Alpha Chi's entrant in the best-dressed
girl contest, leaves Magee s in an outfit which falls into that great
medium "casual class" which includes the majority of new spring
things. The dusky rose shirtwaist dress is worn with a light plaid,
predominantly blue, wool jacket. Betty wears a light blue felt hat,
beige shoes, and carries a beige purse and shorty gloves. Thrown
over her arm in casual fashion is a plaid full length coat.
will feature new shades and types for regular length capes,
styles- tould wear these evening versions
Horsey accessories set the pace
for this year's fashion style race
up our spring fineries with horsey
By Jo Duree.
If you love horses, if rlavinc accessories
Gabardine' will compete with 5wby and Indian is one of your To go with your new suit there
covert for fabric honors this av"i,lc pw'i. " wie dhsk are bags, gloves, and shoes of
spring. Far from being confined 5ree2eJ! excite you t0 throw away saddle leather in three warm sun
to suits, it will be a favorite for d,!!?ret open your mouth and it shades, Iroquois, Cherokee, and
slacks and sports jackets, which 5i5,r' .. v J"6. my 1,0013 tand Pawne. To cover your spring
ri t,i . in saaale, tnen here are some hints permanent thr cmoru f,.
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in tailoring. w'uu'7 can "ave inai siuray or the same colors, as sporty as kings of the rumpus world. And
Red. White and Blue. i-L"!; T"t be-rsm!.cx: hey can 9ut of skin-thatched this year their popularity should
Which brings us, of course, to has decreed that we
Midriffs bare, jackets
long in new play suits
With spring already in the air more of a little boy effect, skirts
thoughts are beginning to wend are shorter and midriffs are def-
along such lines as picnics, steak- initely bare. The gayer the print,
fries, swimming and beach par- the fuller the skirt, the smarter
ties. And thoughts such as these the outfit.
are always followed by the in- For those who like to stick to
evitable question, "What is new?" the conventional play dress we
With fashions going militaristic also have shorter fuller skirts,
and designers striving to give Jumpers in gay prints with vivid
women that new "narrow look" contrasting blouses are the last
play clothes, for one thing, are no word in ease and comfort and still
longer merely casual but have help to retain that sweet girlish
been elevated to the degree of look. Here once again midriffs
smartness. are holding their own, and for
First and foremost on our list something brand new in ideas try
we have slacks and slack suits combining a pinifore shorts en-
which are still the uncrowned semble.
More patriotism
for fashion tepees came the original insDira- be unexcelled with the new lore- l"P.e?' spiasny prints, startling
shall brighten tion for these modern stylings. torso jackets, huge utility pockets an.a crastV?1d the Patri
ltd, white and blue. Perhaps its
most revolutionary effects will be
round in the new Air Force Blue
combined with white or an off-red
stripe in single and doublebreasted
suits and soft flannels. White
madras shirts with narrow red
and blue stripes look well with
solid blue or gray suits, and the
perennial blue and white Oxford
ouc rea, wmie ana Diue. are the
I irnmnfir- irnt m or pasteis. The beauty of it is they are also enjoying their share of L','3 V' V"3
UrUniaiLC VOQUe go with almost anything. popularity in the slack world, be- seail- , flx ,em.J1and Lmatch em
f And that isn't all. This primitive "sed in contrast with blouse anlad" ,USL.tS!:
Plnv shrv art a rlnrfiil o th
outfits themselves. A strap and a
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"uuu oraceiets ana Deiis, ... k ... .
nffWAP rrAonrina ka ariii ' .u
trousers to make a
smart and colorful outfit.
rppnfprc snrinn stuff &ets in the Wood a"d pops and
I ttl ttCI O Opi LI Ly out everywhere. There are jewel- sma
II i studded leather bracelets and belt for
vim A..a.iJ 'a. . ur nnoa oririA n aia yt- n i --Aii Ki.
cToVrirt with tneTu ton-do Earring one of the dramatic fPj upt & hrKSe" SiS forrSSr
collar r- .till in hih f.v ,.v.i. v. sku11 or a covte. If your chief who9 comfoit is supreme.
among college men , , ' !u y conccrn ls 8tyle' V'11 riht
Sand, canary eflow and light IP " the charm down to your favorite shop , and
pastel blues will give solid shirt brceleta of yesterday. The sud- P"t in a supply of these pronto.
colors a run for their money, with den popularity is attributed to the BX Louipe Eppinger.
new colors of tan, green and gray ofT-the-face coiffures which are .
running a close second. swirled up over the ear and back If lriflfff llll0
Accessories will brighten ward- from the brow. The coed on every Ul IvIIHC
robes further, If possible, in the campus is quickly adapting herself Y
to the new vogue, because ear- IfiPKpte llfiitl
rings can be worn with everything. IV
In the selection of earrings the
middle-aged woman remains faith- ft 1lfffWltr
ful to the conservative wedding 'oOiV J
ring style, while
but
have another won
derful season where comfort
reims vet stvl nrevaila K
Bare playsuit midriffs. your jackets bare midrifffl baT?
Playsuits, another undying fa- in general look smooth and you'll
vorite, are back stronger than be headed for a fashionable sum
ever. Shorts are longer, giving mer. By Dorothy Jordan.
Prof bocks plan
to lone up, paint
uni classrooms
Wet weather detail
By Belly Klin gel
NEW WILMINGTON, Del.
(ACP). Classrooms at Westmin
ster college will be done over in
colors like salmon, apricot and
"cool green" in an experiment to
relieve the monotony of drab walls
the coed and
young matron prefer the novel and
exotic ornaments. Unique and un
usual are the Buddha and arrow
earrings. The latter gives the ef
feet of the ear being pierced by
the dart
Padlocks, bows and arrows
Still another pattern giving in-
Frightful deeds have been
complished and are gaining,
perscneauie we turn our
sizes for saddle shoes and the
like but your dress shoes will
ac-as
For the brave girl who am
bles forth in in rain and sun alike,
bringing forth a new nose-thumb- SOme in for the,r Part-
8t- er to the wetther. Last year Wi ia".uuis, mere are new vht-
tention to the subject of formal around this time, rain fashions leues. The ever-popular reversible
clothes and a likely topic it is, wre revolutionized by the sale of comes in for its share in new
with all! But we dilly-dally no bags carrying a full sized urn- rf sha(J d f
longer and quickly speak of white pre a in a waterproof section hVhte, weirhtg -Bu,
something en-
cver onwara ana upwara , 4V. .v
lurnmi jacKeis specuicauy. --v uhwbiu mu upwaru tl j three-auarter
One contention of a man's is this spring's decree, for shops "Tight-weight gabardine
physical appearance can be af- are now offering a 1941 version 5? wafm rainv
fected about 67 percent, one of this same bag that includes the JJ rwoVn a; S
Harold J. Brennan. head of. from its tiny fine chain is a gold h. ivrh-n-' .Xw ous and handsome t nf r.v Ls a casual coat on me campus.
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that make a man seem different fi"e or felt in choice perky trench coata ,n cotton bardine
than he actually is may seem colors. and the processed whie cotton
like cheap trickery to you, until But such a bag containing urn- gabardine with brightwork but
you consider the importance of a brella and rubbers is only one of tons that will soon be a favorite
good appearance. . .and the effect the bad-weather items we have with college girls everywhere
on women. Time enough for this. at our fingertips. All of us have And just mentioning coverings
ion ua locia w t? i t-r-ii Lilt iifw iuuii.j in wnnp fn thn nn ...
for students and thus keep sleepy dividuality to the wearer is the
ones awake. padlock earring which is fastened
Moving figure in the plan ls t0 the lobe of the ear and dangling
I'rof,
the art department, who believes kev-
college classrooms are the "last Earrings vary in shape and size
citadel of drabness" and should be trom tiny bow knots which cover
"individualized." the of the ear to the cowboy
"There would be fewer dozing hat tn&t covers the entire ear.
and sleepy siudents if classrooms They may be purchased in either
were made attractive, instead of Soia or silver, depending on one's
bcin merelv 50 chairs surrounded ensemb e. Very few precious T t.iC new uuuu m wane, JOr tne neaa on certain pro-
yK soSerof blackbTwd blre stones are used and Snsfqntli ffS.V our,8Pn"? Partles 1 bfown and bla that are so pop- gressive campus coeds are adopt-
Zn' BreL BM they are moderately priced Also iLYl l&t ?? C8mpUS aftfer CampUS' "sou'westcrs" for adornment.
S J- -7...BI"B".. , , they modern girl a" woman fXlifiL Ln-.i ndnot only do they come in They are the authentic seamen's
m. Iivuv niltlVIl HQ b -
hat and are unusually becoming
th;,a'b each Varring lecuse mod Ll ! I "well as protective
crowds in the "ountrv:. a recent vogue is clipped earrinrs. i JtWi tL v 'M ' " Z . . lo ... Pris, if u rams,
record- is inn D .. 4,1 ..o ncip em. ine ooara meeting in a sport ensemble.
. T m,VJ Bauer. man not wearing the white for-
By "Whitey" Reed.
co, gins, if u rams, you can
still shine! Dress the part knd
look equally smart!