Handsome Wools and Plaids Dominate Fall Fashion Shows
Fashion notes from The Style Creators of Chicago spotlight 1941 autumn showings featuring honey colored wools jackets with embroidered textures and brass buttons, plaid ensembles for town travel and campus wear, dramatic hats with pheasant feathers, extensive use of jersey silk and velvet trims, and a versatile raglan-shoulder tweed suit with wood button coats and gold clips.
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Jersey
Chicago
Raglan
Western Newspaper Union
Lipstick on Lapel Dress with Bar-Pin Gadget
Ad reads a teenage date dress in deep peacock blue velvet with bright wool embroidery. It highlights a lipstick bar-pin attached for quick access to makeup, noting the outfit as practical and stylish for modern young women.
Feathers and Veilings Dominate Fall Hat Styles
Fashion note highlights fall hats with large brims and veils massed at the back to emphasize back coverage. Snoods or similar concealing elements are common to hide hair, while feathers remain a key feature. Bright pheasant and quill feather tones accent felts and entire feather hats.
Little Black Dress Still Favored in Autumn Styles
The fall fashion scene repeats the appeal of a dressy afternoon black dress with fringe trims velvet bands and dolman sleeve blouses. Classic simple lines remain in demand with lace trims or jet embroidery adding flair. Black endures as a staple in the new season’s style picture.
Hollywood Notes From the Screen Desk and Paris Miniature Tour
Film news covers Charles Boyer touring with a Paris miniature in eight crates for war relief proceeds, Kathryn Grayson joining The Vanishing Virginian, Hedy Lamarr starting H M Putham Esq, Walt Disney’s The Reluct ant Dragon, Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels and This Gun for Hire, Lewis Stone in Steel Cavalry, Charles Laughton in Three Ring Time, and New York public schools showing Warner Brothers defense shorts in class.
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Colleen Moore
Charles Boyer
Paris
Notable Hollywood and media moves and local purchase
Raymond Gram Swing bought a 250 acre Vermont farm halfway up Putney Mountain. Bob Hope imitated Charlie Chaplin at church socials in youth. Paramount's Air Raid mixes adventure and murder during a blackout. Richard Whorf left Bridges Built at Night. Craig Stevens replaces him. Andy Devine joins Al Pearce and His Gang on October 3. Columbia renews contract with Jinx Falkenburg, famed as America’s Number One model.
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Raymond Gram Swing
Putney Mountain
Vermont
Bob Hope
Charlie Chaplin
Paramount
Richard Whorf
John Garfield
Warner
Craig Stevens
Andy Devine
al Pearce
Columbia
Jinx Falkenburg
America
Beautiful Glass Garden From Old Jug or Bottle
Delightful mystery features liotrope with tiny flowers, palms and ivy-striped pandanus growing in a small-necked jug. Bottle terrariums are easy to make with drainage material and soil. A 32 page booklet provides instructions for terrariums and dish gardens including gardenia and orchid setups and kitchen herb gardens.
Aiding Another Thinks For Himself Not Instilling Opinions
A quotation from Sir Leslie Stephen argues that true influence comes from encouraging independent thought rather than forcing ready made opinions on others. The idea promotes intellectual autonomy and self directed judgment.
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Sir Leslie Stephen
Destiny Monster Forms From Men’s Mistakes, Says Oliver
A quoted line by John Oliver frames Destiny as a monster built from men’s errors. The remark appears among reflective criticisms of fate and personal responsibility.
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John Oliver
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Judge Hardy
Steel Cavalry
Wallace Beery
Charles Laughton
Him
Milton Berley
Laughton, Sr
Charles
Claridge’s
London
New York City
Warner Brothers
National Defense
Y Union
NBC Red Network
Raleigh Cigarettes
Sixth Avenue
Fleischmann
Romedy
I's
Theodore Roosevelt
Raleigh
U.S. A
Congress Quality
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Louisville, Ky
Big Ben
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