Buttons Add Glamour to Dresses Bags and Belts
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas highlights button drama in summer collections from top designers. Buttons—from plastic to ceramic—decorate hats, bags, belts, gloves and even jewelry pieces, inspiring home sewers to glamorize simple outfits with thrift-friendly touches.
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Buttton
America
All-White Summer Style Highlight with Color Piping
A featured pin up model showcases a summery all white outfit accented by contrast piping on the short sleeves and breast pockets. Accessories include a wide-brim hat and a fishnet trim bag. Colorful embroidery on white is also in evidence as designers explore white with bright accents.
Lovely White Frocks Of Organdy Pique This Summer
The feature highlights simple white frocks in organdy pique and eyeleted fabrics. It emphasizes romance feminine charm and youthfully styled whites with lace and shadow prints. Eyelet pique and handpainted white fabrics are noted as key trends for summer dress wear.
Flower Wreaths and Jabots For Summer Style
Flower wreaths adorn the hat while flowers at the throat form a jabot silhouette. The season offers infinite glamour for the coming summer girl with this charming new arrangement.
Pan-American colors in midriff sport dress shines
A mid riff play dress features black window pane checks on blue cotton. Magenta cord trims neckline and sleeves with matching magenta embroidered hemline on the skirt.
Mail From Home on Unemployment and Labor Shifts
WNU Washington reports postcard surge for postal pay raises, gripes about OPA, and unemployment questions. It notes 1.5 million jobs available in towns and farms, veterans returning for different work, and proactive local surveys by chambers, clubs, and papers to match workers to needs.
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Washington Bureau
Union Trust Building
Postal Employees
OPA
Army
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
United States
Europe
Pacific
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