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University Daily Kansan Friday. April 22.1960
Trench Coats, Tennis Shoes Popular in April
By Valerie Ring
Professional detectives and journalists can no longer rely on the trench coat as the trademark of their fields.
Nowadays the trench coat, April rains and university students go together. The wide lapel, leather buttons, shoulder epaulets, scalloped back and cloth belt have undergone a radical change at the hands of the female designers.
Fewer Masculine Features
Stripped of some of its predominantly masculine features, the trench coat is now an all-around tailored garment that suits the fancy of women.
The trench coat has no objection to protecting a young woman from the rain, getting tossed over a chair, or being used as a pillow for a betweenclasses nap.
When no one can predict what the weather will be from one hour to the next, the light. waterproof coat is perfect for the college student trudging to a day of classes.
It May Be Pillow
But KU men have not given up what once seemed to be their claim on the trench coats on campus. Their wearing the ever-popular coats shows the "trencher" has yet to be replaced.
Until another type of comfortable, colorful, crushable, casual overcoat is introduced as its superior, the neutral-colored trench coat will reign on the campus.
THE APRIL UNIFORM—Jane Boyd, Newton junior, left, and John Trotter, Wadsworth, Ohio, sophomore, get ready to dodge puddles of rainwater on campus following an April shower. The trench coats are traditionally khaki-color, but tennis shoes for rainy days may be black, white or any shade in between.
By Susanne Ellermeier
Tennis shoes — of all sizes, shapes, and colors — can be seen on students roaming the KU campus. The girls started the fad, and now the fellows have picked it up. In fact, practically everyone who's anyone has at least one pair of tennis shoes.
The range of colors is practically inexhaustible. Red, tan, blue, black or white will satisfy even the most color-conscious. Tennis shoes are practical and perfect for rainy weather because getting them wet doesn't hurt them a bit. Their soles are slip-proof when it's slick underfoot, and they are one of the most comfortable inventions known to man—or woman.
But there are limitations. One does not simply purchase a pair of bright new tennis shoes and begin wearing them to class. The shoes must first be respectably dirty before they can be seen in public.
This can be accomplished in several ways. Now that spring's upon us, conditions outside are perfect for getting them dirty. Washing a car, hiking around Lobe Star Lake, splashing in mud puddles or cleaning the yard are excellent means to the end.
The couples who frequent Lone Star Lake to go wading know that tennis shoes and no socks are the answer to the danger of cutting feet on the bottom of the lake. The rubber-soled shoes give protection against the stones and discarded metal and glass.
When the shoes are ready to be seen, the KU student can happily don them for wear to class or even (lovely thought!) to play tennis in.
Slacks, Shorts Irreplaceable
The college woman is planning her sportswear, especially slacks and shorts, to meet informal warm-weather occasions.
Clothes-designers say tapered pedal-pushers that end just below the knee will be particularly popular this year. Bermudas are back and just as popular as ever. Long pants are tapered, plain or fancy.
All sportswear is featured in a variety of colors and fabrics. The most popular color this spring is off-white. Colorful prints run a close second and plaids, stripes and plain colors follow.
The most important materials are the cotton piques, poplins, denims and knits. Silk appears for dressier slack outfits.
The shorts and slacks are mixed and matched with blazers and blouses ranging all the way from the roll-up sleeve middy to the sleeveless pop-over or halter top.
Sandalized Footwear Will Be Good Dress Sellers
Open toe and open back styles in heeled shoes for women are expected to sell well this spring, according to a Selling News publication.
But "slings," "clings" and other sandalized types of women's dress footwear are to be good sellers too.
Men Display Fashions
Italy, the "world's capital of men's fashions," has shocked the world with a male fashion show in London.
Gaetano Savini-Brtoni, president of Rome's Brioni Tailors, showed lightweight creations which featured multi-colored jackets with cuffs, and slim, tapered trousers of contrasting colors. Silk ties designed to point up his sporty outfits were shown.
His male models wore pointed Italian shoes. The closely fashioned clothes were shown to full effect.
"You can't be so conservative anymore when people are flying so much." said Brioni. "People inevitably get used to a variety of styles."
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