Foundations Integrate With Styles Figure In Resort Wear
The article highlights essential foundation garments for resort and spring fashion. It covers pantie girdles for shaping, elastic briefs for juniors, side zip designs for fuller figures, and long legged options. It also notes bras for sport wear, angled strap support, convertible straps, back plunges, high rise girdles, long bras for travel dresses, and the need for multiple pieces to extend wear.
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Brigance
Sewers Turn Feed Bags Into Fine Quilts and Curtains
A Chicago judged state fair contest showcases inventive uses of cotton feed bags in quilts and curtains. Winners Mrs. Norman MacNeil of Utah and Mrs. Julius Jones of Oklahoma crafted hand stitched crib and full size pieces from dyed and washed sacks, with designs ranging from a Jack and Jill motif to pine trees and carousel scenes.
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Chicago
Norman MacNeil
Midvale
Utah
Julius Jons
Woods County
Okla
Osnaburg
Julius Jones
Get Back On Balance After Holiday Excess
The article offers practical tips to recover after the holidays. It advises early bedtimes, cutting fried foods, giving away excess candy, focusing on milk fruits and light vegetables, eating regular meals, and avoiding post holiday insomnia with warm baths and daily walks. It also suggests reducing smoking and avoiding heavy sandwiches to restore balance.
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Turkey
Dance Season Can Be Costly
Alicia Hart suggests thrifty options for teens facing budget pressures from midwinter dances or graduation events. Swap or loan dresses with friends, or repurpose and refashion existing garments. Rework velveteen skirts into ballerina lengths, add trims, and adapt patterns for affordable formal wear.
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Smartee
Fligelman
Gaile Dugas
NEA
Alicia Hart
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Tropics
Gaile' Dugas
California
Rose Marie Reid
Claire McCardell
Princeton
Gretta Plattry
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