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By Helen HennessviORK (NEA)the youth binge we’re on today, every woman over 30 ought to be taken out and shot like an aged horse,” DesignerJo Copeland stated flatly.I followed her look of distasteacross the room at Sardi’s andsaw a woman in her 40s wearing a dress so short that it showeda large expanse of fat knees andthighs.“I don’t get it,” Miss Copeland said.“What makes a mature woman think that showing her knees makes her look young? She looks as silly as though she had stuck a lollipop in her mouth.“Knowledgeable ways of designing and cutting can make a woman’s body look young. But short skirts won’t do it.”‘Mod’ LookShort skirts naturally led to a discussion of the Mod look.And Jo Copeland feels that all the Mod clothes look unprofessional, as though they had been made by mother’s loving hand.“Have you seen those ridiculous dresses with the big bull’s-eve right in the center front? They look like amusing costumes for a party and make one itch to shoot at the tar-From the Pattulio-Jo Copeland fall '65 collection isa three piece suit in British green wool, left. Open jacketwith notched collar covers a matching sleeveless vest above! seemed to he in right, is in draped cerise checked jacquard silk. The pared-a slim skirt. Buttons are gold domes. Short dinner dress,a shooting frame of mind that l- ± • i j l i i^ down skirt is accented by a diagonal sash.She strongly objects to long hair hanging over the face, afavorite Mod look. And she wasmaybe they will if their health ize there’s a more subtle wavis involved.”Bizzare Clothesdelighted to read a newspaper article by a dermatologist who said this hairstyle was causingacne among teen-agers because Mod look is the result of des-dandruff gets on the skin.“If they won’t stop this nonsense for aesthetic reasons.to attract attention withoutstopping people in their tracksby wearing bizarre clothes and This designer believes the gimmicky hairdos.“You could achieve the sameperation to be noticed, a desire effect by walking down the to hit the eye in a huurry. The; youngsters, she feels, don’t real-street in your panties. But who would?”JO COPELANDJo Copeland feels that thepress is wrong to give so much space to kooky clothes. This type of showcase, she thinks, convinces the people who look to the fashion press for guidance that they must wear fad styles to be in the fashion pictures.Her own collections, vear after year, prove that this kind of thinking is untrue. Her clothes are geared to the lady with taste and, above all, adesire to look beautifully feminine. No woman can move intoa man’s orbit and do it well, she believes.Embroidered CoatFor example, this fall she has designed an emerald green gown with its own Persian embroidered coat, lined in Ameren the choice not to be sheepand learn to accept within theframework of fashion what thevknow will do the most for themMy clothes are not cheap,Miss Copeland stated, “and Ifeel a responsibility to the women who buv them.”Open House PlannedNov. 21 for CoupleTHE CHMELICEKSMr. and Mrs. Joseph Chme-icek, 2439 Mallory street SW,will be honored on their golden anniversarv next Sunday with an open house from 2 to 4 in Sokol hall.Hosts will be their threechildren, Mrs. Vernon Flint,George and Joe, all of Cedar Rapids.Mr. Chmelicek and the former Marie Svoboda ried Nov. 24, 1915. ten grandchildren great-grandchildren.wereThev%andm aril a ve twoican beauty satin.Another handsome costume is in black and white houndstooth banded in black mink and worn with a black satin shirt.“I don’t subscribe to oneFREEZE BACake batter can be frozen forlater use. Just remember to letit thaw only long enough topour. Long thawing makes for a heavier cake.look,” she said. “The world isn’tlike that. Women should be giv-
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sun, Nov 14, 1965
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