Paris Set to Embrace Ultrafeminine Spring Styles
Paris fashion for Spring-Summer 1971 favors soft ultrafeminine lines with mini city shorts under maxi coats and sheer fabrics. Designers mix revealing silhouettes with long coats and matching shorts, while color palettes split between tender beiges and violent reds. Pants lose favor for summer wear as lightweight skirts, harem and gaucho pants trend, with length chosen to flatter the wearer.
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Midi
Maxi
Paris
Modeling For Life Lessons From Barbizon Director
Francine Marlowe, director of the Barbizon Schools of Modeling, says modeling offers steady income and life skills. Training builds self confidence and poise, helping women age into new opportunities, not just pursue a job.
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Francine Marlowe
Miss Marlowe
Barbizon Schools of Modeling
Francine
Buttering Corn and Reworking a Bra Slip
A reader suggests buttering corn by unrolling a quarter-pound stick and wiping the ear with the open end for neat melting. Another tip rewrites a bra slip into a half-slip by removing the bra and adding elastic at the waist for a midi skirt.
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Polly
Mary H
Jacoby on Bridge Bidding and a Three Spade Route
The article analyzes a recent tournament hand where South and North navigated bids from one spade to three clubs and three spades. It explains how North chose to pass after two diamonds, delineating points and suit distribution behind the decision. Also noted is a wheat milling fact: about a third of the U.S. crop goes to flour, yielding roughly 15.5 billion pounds of bread.
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East
South
Avian Jacoby
North
U.S
A Most Slimming Style From Young Originals Pattern
Pattern B-143 offers a sleek black trim with white collar and two buttons, with options for a third look via a contrasting front panel. Includes color fabric suggestions, sizes 12% to 24% and busts 35 to 47 inches, with yardage and price details.
Start Training Early in Ballet for Boys and Girls
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes ballet training should begin around age eight or nine, with girls often starting earlier than boys. The guidance emphasizes early exposure to technique, discipline, and foundational steps to develop proficiency and long term technique.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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