Vintage Paparazzi Fashions

YOUNG AND GAY as Debbie Reynolds of “I Love Melvin” is her smart new Sherbrooke raincoat. Although it looks like wool, it’s a lightweight all rayon tweed by Dan River that won’t wrinkle in the rain. Double-breasted in front, it has modified pyramid back, intriguing push-up sleeves. Only $29.95—it looks like more—sizes 8-18. Available in gray or brown with yellow, gaily checked.

Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, Wash. B. Altman & Co., New York, N. Y.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS models a cotton tweed dress that would add zest to any summer wardrobe. Sleeveless, its in a young red and black check, with self-belt. Skirt is softly gathered. White pique collar and button trim give it a frosty touch. There’s . . . a black velvet bow at the wing-collar neckline. Dress opens with a zipper in back. By Teena Paige, in a Galey & Lord fabric, 7-15. $12.95, it’s also. available in blue and black, or tan and black checks.

Burdine’s, Miami, Fla.; Macy’s, New York, N. Y

Just AS SMART indoors as out is the Betty Briggs jacket dress shown here on Vanessa Brown. The dress itself, with its simple, flattering lines, makes an ideal background for eye-catching jewelry. Belted jacket, shown below, is boldly striped in black and is trimmed at collar and cuffs with velvet. Completely washable—even the velvet takes to water like a duck—the dress and jacket are in Dan River’s Wrinkl-Shed all cotton Dantweed in a rust and black color combination. $22.95, sizes 10-20

New cottons and lightweight jerseys to give you that needed lift when pastels begin to pall

 

Vanessa Brown models a washable Galey & Lord cotton jacquard with flattering flared skirt, form-fitting jacket. Peter Pan collar, push-up sleeves have that velvet touch. By McArthur Ltd., suit comes in black, brown or navy. Around $18.00. Sizes 10-18

Above a middy shirt and accordion pleated skirt by Koret of California. In a Tubnit jersey (80 per cent Du Pont Dacron, 20 per cent wool) it washes like a dream. 10-18, gray or beige, skirt sells for $14.95, middy shirt for $12.95

TAKE THE NEW fall look, add the coolness of a summer fabric and you have the all-cotton dress by Kay Windsor, above. In black with red and blue nubby flecks, it also comes in two other color combinations. Metal buttons trim the yoked front and tab cuffs. Wide pockets with flaps highlight full skirt. Around $11.00, 10-20

IF YOU’RE the casual type, you’ll adore the two-piece suit by Korday, above, in a nubby tweedy crease-resistant cotton by Herbert Mayer. Straight black skirt with kick pleats front and back and two slit pockets at the waist line. Belted black and white jacket has cuffed three-quarter sleeves, slit at the sides. In sizes 10-18, the jacket under $15.00, skirt, under $8.00

AS LIGHT as a summer breeze is the Tubnit jersey (Du Pont Dacron and wool) dress above, with soft V-neck framed in white. Skirt is a whisper of barely-visible pleats. By Koret of California. In gray or beige, $25.00, available in sizes 10-18

 

It is a quote. MODERN SCREEN MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1952