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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1926
Page
1
Fashion notes highlight smart effects in scarfs and neckwear for spring. Lace and chiffon ensembles pair with filmy scarfs, black chantilly trims, and two piece frocks with novel scarf details. Boxed collars, wraps, and fur accents appear across coats with varied materials and bold color contrasts.
Specialty shops show coats inspired by India prints and flowered peasant cottons in vivid dyes. Lanvin designed a tapestry cloth coat in blue green and beige with wide flare, beige crepe lining, a deep turn over collar, and ermine trim. Paris work includes a white coat with a geometric stitch like pattern in narrow braid.
The article describes afternoon frocks combining cretonne with black lace and lace edged skirts. It notes ornate black lace dresses trimmed with cretonne flowers and gold or silver thread embroidery, highlighting stylish yet homey wear.
The article promotes jewelry that imitates early Victorian styles. It celebrates quaint charm and originality and recommends pieces that faithfully copy the mode of grandmothers to wear in smart outfits.
A stained-glass window inspired the latest silk prints for spring and summer in the North. The designs feature geometric patterns in pastel shades, with broad widths for afternoon dresses and veiled fullness in skirts. A new fashion accessory, the fat pin, pairs with a velvet beret to complete the look.
The piece surveys fashion accessories with delicate vanities and oversized shopping bags. It notes silk strapped wrist bands, flowered brocade adornments, and clover motifs, plus leather and novelty skins like alligator and snakeskin. Describes knapsack shapes and traveling bag styles as popular items.
The article notes the fashion trend of plaited sleeves mirroring skirt designs from elbow to wrist. Tight sleeves dominate, and even velvet sleeves adopt the same plaiting. A ruby velvet cloak features sleeves plaited to the wrist and trimmed with rhinel fox.
A range of pins for millinery features tiny Animal and bird figures mounted on pins. Designs include two wearable elephants that double as scarf pins or hat ornaments.
A new Arctics innovation appeals to a woman who dislikes the utilitarian look of black Arctics. The design offers almond green or tan galoshes trimmed with black, merging practicality with color.
In this 1920 Western Newspaper Union piece, fashion writer Tulta Bottomley outlines two main coat trends. One favors bold novelty woolen coats. the other cherishes refined reps and twills with subtle color. Scarves and accessories complete the ensemble, with watercolor hat and scarf schemes, felted colors, and coordinated fabrics. The text highlights tailoring details, textures, and decorative touches like fur trims, needlework, and hand painting to elevate the spring fashion picture.
A quirky dialogue between a curassow, an ostrich, and a nesting ostrich couple unfolds as they debate attitudes toward women and gossip. The ostrich defends its fashion and resilience, while the curassow laments female dislike, and the tale explores rumor, vanity, and social behavior through feathered characters.
A professor urged students to add personal touch to themes while one submitted piece ended with a casual jab asking about his wife and children and requesting five dollars. The line underscores the challenges of maintaining professional boundaries in academic assignments.
Fragmentary text mentions a track meet and a record broken by a student named Jimmy or Tao. Names and details are unclear, with phrases indicating misheard or garbled dialogue and an unsuccessful prompt to identify the event.
A fragmented exchange features lines like I can't see my hand in front of my face and Mixosh, whazzamatter, Tisn't here, conveying a puzzling, possibly humorous street dialogue. The garbled text reads like a clipped speech snippet from an overheard conversation.
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