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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1958
Page
14
Local fashion pages note spring trends with updated sack silhouettes bloused tops and fitted jackets. New little furs such as shaped stoles and capes head into Easter wardrobes alongside colorfully styled suits and bright dresses in silk print organdie and tulle. High Point retailers report full assortments of latest styles for women ready to wear.
Curling collars fade as men favor neater coats with pinned and tab collars. Convertible work or play collars return, while button down and stay collars stay familiar. Lightweight fabrics and softly colored shirtings dominate, with blue first among colors.
Flowers for Madame inspires spring fashion with floral fabrics led by roses in large and small motifs. Stylized florals and garden rose patterns appear on fabrics alongside florals, forget me nots, pansies, apple and cherry blossoms. The article notes florals dominate, while contrasts include plaids windowpanes and houndstooth checks along with stripes and paisleys.
Fabrics favored this spring are supple and textured to enhance easy-fitting designs. Silk gains ground in lingerie coats and suiting with textures like tweeds and herringbones. Blends with cotton rayon acetate wool and miracle fibers expand silk use, while textured wools and cottons add depth to dresses suits and sportswear.
A spring guide highlights easy care fabrics and fluid silhouettes in girls coats suits and dresses. It notes wash and wear cotton blends seersucker and jersey plus linen weaves and dimity as popular textures with bright color palettes from yellows and apricots to lilacs pinks and greens. Party wear features bouffant sleeves lace trims and eyelet details while dresses embrace softer fullness and the chemise silhouette. Casual outfits emphasize nautical middies over blouses with red white and blue accents and ivy styling.
In 1890 the first U.S. federal money grants funded land grant colleges while highway aid began in 1916 marking the start of nationwide financial support for higher education and infrastructure.
Hosiery with color plays a costume role with spring like tones and fruit shades. Nylons come in peach nectarine tangerine mango lemon drop olive and coradine pinks from pale to flamingo to rocket red. Blues greens beiges and grays complete matches for beige and spring palettes.
The Theatrical Interests Plan Inc. has received an application from Dhahran Saudi Arabia to purchase stock in its Broadway holdings. The group began operations this season and already invests in six top Broadway shows and aims to break even on its seventh investment in a less popular drama.
Fashion notes two rival color themes for spring. One group centers on orange, yellow, and red in marigold to pumpkin tones. the other focuses on blues and greens with Bristol glass and sea shades. Neutrals like navy black brown beige and pearl gray complete the palette.
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