University Daily Kansan
Page 7
Friday, Nov. 22, 1963
The Crimson and Blue Scores in Fashion, too
HIS COLORS STYLISH TOO, the Kansas Jayhawk eyes with some approval Judy Eggenberger, Prairie Village senior, wearing black knit suit with brown suede trim, and Susan Langston, Springfield, Mo., freshman, in a bright yellow and black plaid stormcoat.
Kansan Society Editor
The Kansas Jayhawk can tilt his cocky crimson head higher and preen his blue feather a bit more—and rightly so. For he leads the campus color wheel of fashions.
By Linda Machin
Whether the red is tagged crimson, wine or cranberry, and the blue called mallard, blueprint or navy, the colorful Kansas mascot is in fashion anywhere this season.
THE FALL COLORS, heralded by leading women's and fashion magazines, are tints and shades of KU's hues, crimson and blue.
The KU football colors scored another touchdown for campus fashion in one recent college issue with a wine red, V-neck sweater of Mohair over an ice-blue turtle neck pullinder to create the "layered look."
Another "tailored made" for KU, discovered and proved practical in previous years for unpredictable Kansas winter weather, is the stormcoat. Most of last year's khaki-colored trench coats are still popular with Mt. Oread women but with added fur, nylon pile or wool linings. Detachable or not, these linings keep out the wind during the long walk from the freshman dormitories to Summerfield Hall. Regardless of the fabric, the wisest women pick a model with a hood, and the stormcoat becomes a "must" in every freshman's closet.
Kansas City department stores displays also show a variety of shades of the KU football blue this fall in tailored coats with crimson trim, box-placed skirts or A-lined worn with contrasting red sweaters and double-breasted suit jackets. Brass buttons and splashes of cranberry in the blouse and accessories add a bright touch.
THUS THE century-old jayhawk has a right to strut proudly with his I-told-you-so air as fashion conscientious campus women all over the nation parade his colors from stadium to classroom.
The novelty of this years' modes comes from the British Isles. Though Kaw Valley Kansans may not entirely take over the "English schoolboy" look complete with knickers and penrod tam, the British influence can still clearly be felt. For the fabric shift is to stiffer, sportive materials of heavy tweeds and twills. An added British touch can be noted in the houndstooth cheeks, horsehair plaids, and suits featuring the longer riding-habit jackets.
Hump-hair pieces.
Also tailored to an English tone are the turtleneck sweaters or dickeys under sweaters, vests, suit
BORROWED from Britain's one time colony, India, last spring's fad of the Madras plaid for cottons has adapted to woolens. Crimson and blue Madras plaids woven in Mohair and wool separates—tapered slacks, boxy vests, pleated, A-line and slim skirts—can be worn to class or afterwards for that coke date to the current TGIF spot.
and coats for the "layered look." A fashion favorite with many is the large Glen plaid in black and white Usually severely tailored, whether in a suit or coat, then glen plaid is often accompanied with this season's special—leather trim.
Thus, the campus color wheel of fashions seems to be turning to brighter and flashier color combinations and away from the dyed-to-match, pastel era. Facing the onset of tailored twills and tweeds and flamingo colors, those who wish to preserve the softly feminine look may be appeased. For, pure Mohair and Mohair blends are more alluring than ever this fall in frosted tints of pinks, blues and coral.
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