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November 12,1968
THE PANTHER
Page 11
New Makeup
UNEXPECTED
APPEARANCE
OF PANTS
ST. LAURENT: This design
er has backed the pants suit
for the fall. St. Laurent uses
an Indian headband for all his
models and likes the young
look.
UNGARO: This designer did
his crisply tailored couture and
ready-to-wear outfits in espe
cially woven patterned wools.
Lively designs include a ready-
to-wear coat in pale tones, a
similar coat in richer color
ing (couture) and a cape and
pants outfit (couture).
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Paris . . In Fashion
This year the Paris desig
ers have decided it is not tne
season to be giddy. The hem
line...you choose it high or
low.
As far as commotion, there
is none except St. Laurent push
ing pants for city wear. The
mood is haut sobriety and the
dominant color is black. This
is either because of the French
riots or just a change from
the neutrals that have been
around so long.
In keeping with the new no-
nonsense mood is a basic change
in the structure of the con-
ture itself. The moods have
become increasingly enchanted
with ready-to-wear: equally
stylish, less time-consuming
for the customer and more
democratically priced.
In the fall collections it’s
impossible to tell which twin
is the tonier, couture or rea
dy-to-wear. Paris started the
ready-to-wear operations
mainly for their French cus
tomers, but American buyers
in Paris find them so attrac
tive that they are planning to
import them', right along with
the couture models.
Now that the mane is no
longer the main thing, a pro
portionately larger area of head
is composed of face. So-colors
are back in makeup via trans
lucent new formulas that look
young and fresh instead of old
and masklike. Lip colors are
zinged up. There’s more play
in eye shades: mauves, pinks,
golds, and blues. And the funny
thing is: even when you’re us
ing these bright new colors
to paint yourself as a ‘30s her
oine or an Indian princess,
you’ll still look more like you
than you did in the “natural”
look. Because that’s your
mouth — clearly set forth in
viv lipstick. Those are your
eyes — delicately shaded, wis-
ped with extra lashes, but no
longer masked in dark shadow,
heavy liner. And that’s your
skin — shining right through
your foundation and blusher.
And if you don’t already have
them, add these to your make
up arsenal: (1) lipstick brush
'viv color calls for defined
line). (2) set of false lashes,
to snip into separate wisps,
(3) translucent rose or coral
nail polish (because your hands
should know what your face is
doing).
Mid: Or Mini?
That is the question this fall as the American female pond
ers the hemline. Perhaps the answer will come next Spring.
Chances are variety will continue to be the spice of life, and
age will not be as important as it has been in the past. There
are limits, of course, as to how low high grandma can wear
the hemline, but by and large, the tendency is more and more
on your figure, rather than your age. The mini is simply not
for some shapes, whether over or under thirty. And even a
young, slim figure might be more enhanced when the hem
is kept nearer the knee.
The key should be what’s right for you? Have fun, try them
all on, but take a friend you trust, who won’t flatter you but
tell you the truth, the honest truth, of course, about how you
look in this or that.
The evening pantsuit is sud
denly the darling of every fash
ion conscious girl in New York
City and is slowly, but surely
moving on the Atlanta Univer
sity Center fashion scene.
Over the past 10 years plen
ty of top name designers have
given pants a boost, like COUR -
REGES in Paris, VALENTINO
in Rome, over here NORRELL,
and down the price line VICTOR
JORI3 and LUBA.
In paris last summer, when
YVES ST. LAURENT showed
a collection of pants, many of
the people in the audience took
the whole thing lightly. The
audience shrugged off the pants
collection with the idea or hope
that he would “forget about
pants by next time and do some
thing else,” even though Yves
has been consistently
pro-pants,
Yves made women’s pants
look less practical and more
feminine and romantic.
Yves was more than pleased
and surprised when he arrived
at a supper dance in New York,
given in his honor, and three
quarters of the women in the
room were wearing pants. Al
though Paris is the fashion cen
ter of the world, it is doubt
ful that it will ever pick up a
fashion and run with it the way
New York does. This was one
of those evenings that happens
unexpectedly and mtkes fashion
history.
Atlanta University es
pecially Clarkites, keep an eye
open for the arrival of the pants
and pantsuit because they may
be here sooner than has been
predicted.
Thus, the United States this
year will have the best of all
possible Parisian worlds.
DIOR: In the season’s favor
ite black, the girl wears shiny,
off-white stockings. Her out
fit is from the ready-to-wear
as well as the couture.
Of course no friend, no matter how intimate, would ever
tell you some truths. Which is why no gal should ever neglect
to use a good deodrant like Desert Dri - a cream with its
own applicator.
COURREGES: The pioneer
designer of ready-to-wear is
still true to his red and white.
LANVIN: A ready-to-wear
coat and a couture one repeat
the blacks that Paris went in
for. Each is worn with chain
necklaces, a big theme in Eu
rope. The designs also have
a snappy military spirit. The
ready-to-wear version is even
called the lieutenant.