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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1961
Page
6
Mary Ellis reports on Press Week as Haute Couture designers unveil a leaner silhouette for spring summer. Slants create a forward stance with gentle fullness and high hats, while extreme styles fade. The trend favors safe, movable shapes and understated elegance over daring volume.
The season favors bold colors and short hemlines echoing 1930s flapper style. Jackie Kennedy shapes dominate designer lines with three resort dresses credited to Maurice Rentner, including a green tweed sash coat, a red pique dress with a dropped waist, and a linen top with an organdy skirt.
Local groups announce their January calendars with multiple meetings. The Colonial Dames of the XVII Century gather at Ilam for a business session and luncheon, while Ladies of GAR plan a 12:30 p.m. meeting in the Veterans Memorial Building. Various auxiliary clubs, YLI district talks, and a Long Beach conference planning session are also noted, including potluck dinners and officer installations.
Elaine Tenore Haupt married Gerald Myron Wolff in Factor Hall Los Angeles. Bride is daughter of Harold and Maury Wolff, Long Beach. Gown of peau de soie, Bible bouquet. Honeymoon in Las Vegas.
North Long Beach Women s Club sponsors an annual birthday party for hospitalized women January to March birthdays. Mrs Henry Domingeaux chairs with co chair Mrs R C Ruth. Gifts of hosiery, artistic birthday cards by Mrs Carl Cole, home baked cakes, a comedy skit by Mrs Vinton Pease and John Garrels, and community singing led by Mrs Richard Bailey.
Pauline Trigere, named one of fashion's best dressed, introduces a dramatic semi circular sleeve with a built in flexible hoop. The design appears on a narrow cape coat and on day dresses in Trigere prints, offering a standout silhouette for the season.
A publicity chair says a wrong officer list was given for an installation dinner. The Long Beach LA County Medical Assn office confirms a speaker mix up for Dr Malcolm Todd. A spy notes fashion trend in lorgnettes shapes social fluency.
Helena Rubinstein promotes Ultra Feminine Face Cream as a cosmetic “wonder drug” that supplies estrogen and progesterone to skin. Medical tests allegedly show increased moisture, plumper cells, smoother lines, and more youthful oil production within 30 days, with a money back guarantee if not achieved.
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