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Volume 23 Article 5 Number 15 The Iowa Homemaker vol.23, no.15

1943 Vicky Rehearses for Spring Josephine Ahern Iowa State College

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Recommended Citation Ahern, Josephine (1943) "Vicky Rehearses for Spring," The Iowa Homemaker: Vol. 23 : No. 15 , Article 5. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol23/iss15/5

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oI wa Homemaker by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vicky selects a shouting-red for dreary out especially [01· classroom wear is Vicky's favorite soft between-season days) says .Josephine Ahern

~ IMPLE, smooth and sharp as the sibilant of spring flags as the print motif. It has a narrow navy blue lJ is the tone of Vicky's . ribbon , long and a small round . She There is no time for clutter, for it slows up effi­ also chooses a rose and white peppermint stripe ­ ciency, no time for doo-dads that take planning hours, with sleeves and a small pointed col­ for going to college is a business that requires a clear, lar. The dress up the front and has a gathered fast-working mind. . A petal-print dress of blue with navy and black But time to be smart in her everyday appearance is pom-pom flowers is made with a low, wide neck edged essential in Vicky's life. She knows that she works as with a of the same material. This dress has a well as she looks and feels. gathered skirt and short sleeves. So Vicky wears slim new with slick white A shouting-red coat that has nine lives is Vicky's and meaningful accessories. She wears straight, good joyful selection to brighten dreary between-season days. with soft, warm shirts of bright colors and tops It has a round, collarless neck, wonderfully broad them with finely-cut, well-brushed that belong shoulders, two hip , a fitted waist and a flaring exclusively to her generation. three-quarter length skirt. She pictures it with a black She chooses a new, young, look for a dress, over white sharkskin or topping a filmy between-season that has wide shoulders and but­ white formal dress which would be complemented with tons all the way up the front. She wears a a lacy mantilla. She would like to wear it over a slim skirt, flared a little for , and a dark stock­ black dinner dress, a white dress sashed with the same at her neck, fastened with an oversize gold red, or grey slacks and with a grey . safety . She wears , one- gloves and a Vicky is partial to the new knickerbockers of cor­ flat little straw sailor on her head. In the spring she duroy which are extra-slim through the hips, buttoned will add a square-shouldered, to-the-elbow to below the knees and worn with ribbed . A turtle­ wear over a long-sleeved dress of brown checked wool. neck shirt of black wool that buttons down the The dress has front-fullness laid in unpressed back and has long, long sleeves tops the , and at a waist spanned by a broad brown belt. With it a black belt encircles the waist. she wears a round straw and a shiny silk faille A cholo coat or shirt add a gay new note to slim bandbox bag. dark slacks. Inspired by the and of A suit-dress of bell-clear rose color is made with an the mountain women of Peru, they may be made with extended shoulder and sleeves full to the elbow. It a deep and long sleeves either gathered or pleated has a high, smooth and a peplum edge on in at the . The back or front may be pleated in the single-breasted jacket. The skirt has flare at the four or five sharp folds, and the of the coat has hem. an extra, flared border. Some of them have a high ·with an eye to spring Sundays, Vicky chooses a neck with a small sharp pointed collar that is but­ sleeveless dress that is made of purple silk with a toned up the throat with two small buttons. weave. The dress has a high, plain neck, and A midwinter dinner dress, with a singing-warm silver buttons stud the front. Stitched flaps brown wool jersey jacket and a silk taffeta tartan plaid add interest to the waist and are fastened in the center skirt, is smocked from the waist to the hip line. The with a wide bow of the same material. Heavy silver jacket has a long row of tiny buttons up the front, bracelets weigh down her arm and complement the and above-wrist-length sleeves. buttons. A dancing dress ready to swirl over the floor is made A variety of print dresses makes selection dif­ of crisp taffeta, striped with thin lines of sulphur, ficult, but Vicky chooses a dress of light blue rayon white and scarlet. The high neck is square-cut across crepe, with tiny navy blue sailors wig-wagging signal the throat to emphasize the broad shoulder line which

THE IowA HoMEMAKER For- an evening at home or dancing Vicky wears an eye-catching wyon (11-ess with novelty lattice work at the neck and cuffs ends in brief cap sleeves. The stripes run around the Two checked suits, as precise as though designed bodice and up and down the full skirt. A huge bow by a slide rule, are ideal for spring dress rehearsals. of the same material spots the waist line. Both have slim, four-gored skirts and with A feathery, fleecy coat of white made in the classic squared shoulders. One is slashed to the waist, has a three-button, reversible collar style will also high­ small stand-up turn-back collar and an arrow detail light Vicky's evening collection. From a Paris cou­ with button in bias-check insets up the front. The terier, Vanina de Warr, comes the suggestion for a other has a soft, notched collar and two-flap pockets, knitted brown and white striped, turtle-neck sweater beautifully bound with a braid. With them and culottes worn under a brown tweed skirt. go soft jersey shirts for now, crisp white for spring. fEBRUARY, 1945 7