Hemline debate shifts as spring couture favors natural waist
Fashion observers weigh whether hemlines will drop to calf length or stay short. Designers pivot to a back-to-the-body silhouette with a natural waist, fitted tops, and pleated or flared skirts while fabrics soften and colors ease from last season.
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Bernadine Morris
New York Times
New York
London
Europe
Adolfo
Betsy Pickering
Harilaos
Lve
David Dix
Ben Kahn
The
Fur House
Norman Norell
Gayle Kirkpatrick
Jacques Tiffeau
Chester Weinberg
Y Helen Hennessy
NEA
New York Couture
Fashion at Cone show features stretch fabrics and denim
The report highlights designers like Ole Borden and Rembrandt, noting elastic belts and stretch denim dresses with plunging necklines. It describes sailclothlike tights, varied waistlines, and jackets ranging from very short to very long, with denim disguising workwear in pastel tones.
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Ole Borden
Rembrandt
Borden
Spring 1968 New York suit trends emerge
From New York course collections for spring 1968 suits set the season's tone. Pink tailored suits appear feminine, with a hip riding cardigan overblouse, and silk linen ensembles in brown with white accents. White crepe shell blouses with buttons, gold and green plaid Scotch wool suits with deep front pleats and double breasted jackets feature bold styling.
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New York
Ing
Police names reveal two Klan-linked officers in Chicago
Chicago police officials released the names of two officers described as Ku Klux Klan members by Police Supt. James B. Conlisk. Ernest Semet, 32, and William Harvey Plogger, 43, were assigned to the Shakespeare Avenue District in the Northwest Side white area.
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Chicago
James B. Conlisk
Conlisk
Ernest Semet
William Harvey Plogger
Shakespeare Avenue
Promoted to Army Specialist Four in Vietnam
Ernst E Kurmmrich aged 20 son of Mrs Evelyen Hicks of Pinckneyville was promoted December 15 to Army Specialist Four He serves as a mechanic with the 10th Transportation Company near Long Binh in Vietnam.
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Ernst E. Kurmmrich
Evelyen Hicks
Pinckneyville
Vietnam
10Th Transportation Company
Long Binh
Du Quoin Driver John Melvin Fined for Speeding
John O. Melvin of Du Quoin was fined $15 for driving too fast for conditions as cited by local authorities.
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du Quoin
John O. Melvin
Tax talk by Bernard Ross at Temple Beth Jacob
Bernard Ross a certified public accountant from Carbondale will discuss federal income tax after 8 p m services today at Temple Beth Jacob Carbondale This lecture is the second in a series of public talks sponsored by the temple
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Bernard Ross
Carbondale
Temple Beth Jacob
The
Temple
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Smoler Bros
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