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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
16
Simplicity guides the season as American designers present clear, unfussy styles. The garments emphasize classic lines and democratic spirit, aiming for universal appeal that suits American women in local shops. Designers born of American tradition showcase restrained elegance.
The piece warns against cheap ill fitting footwear and stresses choosing well made shoes that fit the wearer’s foot type. It urges considering comfort, lasting shape, seasoned leather, and appropriate style for each clothing and activity, noting spring varieties require careful selection.
At Bloch Freres, the renowned handkerchief house, artists from Paris have transplanted to New York creating a vibrant display. The studio features sea shell tones, old English hunting prints, scarred tartans, French embroidered taffeta, and Victorian wallpaper samples as sources of inspiration.
In spring homemakers seek brightening changes for rooms, windows, and furnishings. Suggestions include colored cretonne draperies, new chair slip covers, updated fireplace and dining room themes, hobby windows with multicolored glass, chair seat renewals, linoleum updates, and simple textile tweaks like chintz bed spreads and brush fringe to create a cheerful, coordinated home.
Decorators promote affordable modern bath updates including linoleum for vanity tops shelving and floors. Individualized lighting one piece water closets and cabinet showers are pointed out as advantages. Local building contractors offer low cost estimates for installation repair or remodeling.
A poem motif lists bamboo stalks a model sail boat and a potted fuchsia plant as the progenitors of spring handkerchief designs with a lyrical nod to seasonal craft.
Eastern style centers highlight rose copen and beige tones as standout colors for ladies hats this season with aqua a close runner up. Men adopt longer suit and sport coats by about a half to one inch compared with last fall.
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