Ready for Church—
Wednesday, March 13, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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SANDRA BORNHOLDT, La Crosse junior, is wearing a three-piece sun yellow suit styled with a Chanel jacket and a yellow, coral and breen blouse. Miss Bornholdt is a member of the AWS Fashion Board.
Set for a Picnic—
DIXIE DUNNAWAY, Topeca senior and a member of the AWS Fashion Board, is wearing light blue bermuda shorts and matching blouse.
Rainbow Hues Set Fashion Pace
Each season something so spectacular happens in the fashion world that women clamor to department stores to join the fashion parade.
This spring the news in fashion is color—lots of it.
CONFECTIONERS shades of pink, yellow and blue rate high.
The pinks range from delicate tints to the brighter petunia pink. The color palette of blues starts with ice blue and graduates to teal blue and navy blue. The yellow tones range from an off-white shade to shockingly bright maize.
Dresses for spring range from snappy linen sheaths and tailored knits to floor-length dresses and full-skirted frocks of layered chiffon.
One Lawrence store is showing an ideal date dress. The sleeveless linen sheath features a bodice with graduated tones of pink.
DRESSES ARE ALWAYS in style, but this spring, suits are making the news. Suits that button down the back or pullover suits that don't button at all are favorites.
One Lawrence store is showing a three-piece knit suit in maize. The skirt is slim and is topped with a knit blouse and jacket which is lightly sprinkled with small white beads down the lapels and near the cuffs.
Several suits are shown with matching full-length coats or capes.
Lightweight spring coats and rain coats have taken on a new look. Perfect for campus wear, the coats are laminated for waterproofing and are shown in colored seersucker, jersey and denim.
FOR SCHOOL WEAR, A-line skirts, pleated skirts and gathered skirts are shown. The skirts are in lively madras plaids and ruddy burlaps.
One Lawrence store is featuring a beige burlap wrap-around skirt lined with bright red provincial cotton and matching print blouse.
Shirtwaist dresses are young, fresh and American. The dresses, in provincial prints, woven stripes and solids, make fashionable and easy-to-care-for additions to the college woman's wardrobe.
THE SHIRTWAIST DRESS idea carries over to the casual separates designed to do double duty with other companion go-to-togethers. Jackets, blouses, bermudas, longer pants, pleated and straight skirts are color-coordinated for versatility and practicality.
Stepping out this spring are some of the smartest shoes ever designed. The shoes come in every color and texture from neutral-toned serpent skin or suede to colored patent leather in red, yellow or navy blue.
The pointed toes have been replaced by tapered toes or slightly squared toes. The needle-slim heels have resigned in favor of the goblet heels. But the midway heel or French heel and the stacked heel are favorites.
STACKED HEELS are shown in three heights — 1/2-inch, one-inch and two-inch.
Even the classic canvas sneakers are in the spotlight. But now the canvas shoes are shown with lightweight tread soles. The edge of the soles are trimmed with flat braided rope. Other canvas shoes are embroidered.
Spring, 1963, promises to be a big season for accessories. Chunky pins, often set with colored stones, will be seen on both suit and coat lapels. The maltese cross pin is shown on both campus and dressy outfits. The golden safety pin is a casual addition to tailored clothing.
MIXED BRACELETS — narrow gold and silver bands and wider colored circlec — make perfect additions to long sleeve blouses.
Many kinds of belts are in fashion this spring so you may have at least three for every outfit. Cummerbunds come in everything from soft leather to elegant satins. Rope belts buckled in rich brown mahogany leather make lively additions to bermuda shorts or denim culottes.
The cumbersome feed bag is on the way out this season. In its place is a smaller, neater purse styled on a metal frame. Tan leather purses trimmed with black are favorites for campus wear. The patent purses are made of a stronger material which decreases the possibility of cracking.
TINTED HOSE are not expected to be popular this season. However, some muted tints as mint mist are shown.
Lingerie and night clothes are feminine but practical. One Lawrence store is featuring a short nightgown in cotton and dacron styled with a matching pinafore robe. Another store is showing knee-length ivy league shirts and matching bloomers in subdued pin stripes.
Sleep coats are expected to be another popular item this spring. The sleep coat is a combination robe and short gown in plisse, dacron or nylon tricot.
IN MATERIALS, light wools, often with knubby textures, are favored. The knit kick, which soared to fashion popularity last winter, still rates high on the fashion slate. Silks, especially for blouses, may be seen on campus as well as for late afternoon and evening wear.
The cottons are softer than ever before and even more easy to launder. Dacron continues to make the headlines.
Subdued Hues Good For Men
Light colors will greet KU men revamping their spring and summer wardrobes.
Bv Willis Henson
Most Lawrence merchants are featuring subdued colors in suits, sportcoats, and slacks. Banana yellow, a new color, will dominate the color field.
Styles have not undergone drastic changes, but a few stores will offer double-breasted suits, giving way to the ever popular ivy league style.
SPORTS CLOTHES made of dacron, cotton, and wool blends will be popular as will dress clothes made of silk and wool mixtures.
One merchant said he noted "an increasing demand for two-button suits," but added the change "will not be drastic."
He said the three button coats will be popular. The cardigan sport coats are too extreme for the midwest as are the four-button coats.
Other local stores have sport coats in plain black-and-white checks and in the madras plaid, a small multi-colored print. Lightweight sharkskin and seersucker sport coats are also available.
Coats will have no shoulder pads, but will follow the natural shoulder line.
THE BLAZER, a basic fitting in men's fall wardrobes, is now offered in a summer material. It comes in camel-hair, cotton and dacron. Colors include brick-yellow and blue-black.
The slim look in sport coats has brought about the manufacture of pleatless pants.
Perfect for Class-
JUDY GATTON. Wichita sophomore, is wearing a denim wraparound skirt and madras plaid blouse. Miss Gatton is a member of the AWS Fashion Board.