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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
8
The article surveys fall silk trends from a national pageant, highlighting silk and metal brocades, lacques, marquisette, lacquered satin prints, and black satin with metal threads. It notes simple silhouettes to emphasize fabric luxury, gloves with sequin trim, and versatile trims for gowns and evening wear.
A columnist muses on tombstone inscriptions and the vanity they reveal, then shifts to anecdotes about yacht outings with Carillo, a dig at art critics and wealth funding art, and a salute to writers who heatly spar yet avoid real fights. He cites Hemingway, Eastman, Dreiser, and Lewis with dry humor.
A fashion note describes a fall coat in bold herringbone wool with a beaver collar and a wide brown feather tie belt. It highlights fur collaring and feather trimming as top seasonal styling and envisions the swank feather girdle on cloth coats with broad shoulders.
A trend toward embroidery dominates daytime frocks jackets boleros waistcoats and blouses with allover tiny motifs and floral stripes. Knitted fashions feature bright yarn flowers. black dresses showcase bouquet corsages at waist or shoulder. Evening wear sparkles with sequin embroidery on velvet gowns and lace or tulle trims. Even simple linen or wool dresses invite hand stitched details.
The current Paris bride style features demure white mousseline or organdie gowns resembling first communion frocks. Short round tulle caps with long veils replace halo veils and orange blossom wreaths, while lilies of the valley or camelias are used as accents.
A gray velveteen jacket with fullness at the front pairs smartly with a pencil slim wool dress in matching gray. The coordinated ensemble offers a refined, versatile look suitable for day or evening wear.
Famed violinist Yehudi Menuhin, with master luthier Emil Francais, produced an exact copy of his $60,000 Stradivarius. The original, gifted on Menuhin’s twelfth birthday, is shown on the right while the copy rests on the left.
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