Times-Advocate, 1979-03-21, Page 30PQge 4 T*A Fashion Edition, March 21, 1979
Men’s spring fashions take
a stand on casual comfort
Taking it easy is what spring
and summer are all about and,
more than ever before, fashion
reflects a warming trend
towards casual lifestyles.
So sit back and relax. Sum
mer styles show suits less seri
ous, casual wear more comfort
able and footwear taking a natu
ral stand in genuine leather.
When shaping up for spring,
keep in mind the inverted trian
gle silhouette. The top of the
“triangle” takes its shape from
broader shoulders, narrower
lapels and roomy jackets that
add a comfort touch to serious
dressing.
Though three-piece suits
remain office mainstays, two-
piece versions will become
increasingly popular, a com
forting accommodation to
soaring summer temperatures.
In the office or afterwards,
shirt collars will loosen up, slim
down and sometimes disappear
altogether as tiny banded neck
lines serve as cool reminders
that this year, fashion and com
fort go hand-in-hand.
Angling in on casual wear,
the blue jeans enthusiast will
find his favorite off-hours attire
has forsaken its former flair for
the straight-and-narrow route.
Western style jeans with nar
row legs and pocket stitching
continue to lasso comfort-
minded followers, while khaki
arid other military fabrics offer
contemporary alternatives to the
previous denim dominance.
On the courts or around the
town, active sportswear scores
as a primary leisure look. Golf
and baseball jackets, once
merely sports attire, have taken
on a myriad of fabrics and col
ors to make the transition from
functional to fashionable. Done
up in silk Icok-alikes like ace
tate or nylon, they tum outdoor
appeal into an important and
exciting look for day or eve
ning.
To complete the fashion —
and comfort — picture, select
footwear that allows feet to
“breathe” through warmer
days ahead. All-leather shoes
enhance air circulation to keep
feet cooler, while providing
maximum flexibility for walk
ing comfort.
According to experts at the
STRIKING A COOL POSE for spring is a breeze in loose-knit
casual clothes like these, A roomy cotton string knit jacket
sports narrow lapels and collar that flips up for a contempo
rary touch. Its unconstructed nature is the perfect topping for
a lightweight, open-weave sweater and straight leg cotton
slacks. The bottom line to this casual look in natural
textures: wing tip shoes from Nettleton with genuine leather
soles for finest quality and maximum comfort.
Fashion can't be
mass-produced
It is the little
details that dis
tinguish Silhoutte
eyewear stylep,
giving the wearer
the feeling of
having something
special something
exceptional,some
thing exclusive
Find your individuality in frames from
Carpenter Optical Shoppe
407 Main St. Exeter 23
John Anthony’s look
for spring is refined
Sole Leather Council, genuine
leather soles also offer durabiL
ity, and that translates easily to
fashion mileage. The Sole
Leather Mark, a hide-shaped
symbol branded on the bottom,
guarantees it’s genuine leather
and assures a wise investment.
This summer, take advantage
of the spectrum of styles that
spells out “comfort” in so
many ways.
John Anthony’s spring col
lection is based on refined, dis
creet sex appeal.
His clothes are shaped to the
body without a period look, uti
lizing darts and curving seams.
Strapless evening clothes
have a very light bust form, but
the construction is totally mod
em and weightless.
Silks, crepe de chine, jac
quard and charmeuse are used
double to gently and luxuriously
firm up the silhouette.
Shoulders are wide and
straight, with firm shoulder
pads; hiplines are narrow.
There are no coats in the col
lection, but almost every cos
tume has a jacket.
Anthony’s clothes continue
to wrap, and his very small
waists are marked by a soft
crushed reptile belt, his signa
ture accessory.
There are lots of slim, tapered
pants, cut full but flat at the
front, casually rolled up a bit at
the ankle. The same shape
appears in both day and evening
wear.
Suits feature one of two
skirts: either a wrapped pencil
skirt, smooth at the front, or one
with a very slight sarong drape.
Both open just above the knee.
This spring’s exquisite light
weight fabrics offer the oppor
tunity for an enchanting inter
play of textures.
For the first time, Anthony
utilizes the brights, but always
with a certain cast as if the light
were shining through.
There’s a new affinity for
black, which acts as a counter
foil for all the colors: jade,
emerald, pale fuchsia, violet,
tourmaline pink, blush pink.
There are no floor length eve
ning dresses. Cocktail and
ankle-length dresses are pencil
slim and wrapped elegantly.
Spring
into vogue
Miles of perfect stitches.
Zero tension adjustments.
That's the Bernina Difference.
When you sew with Bernina,
you sew without problems.
We wanted to prove that Bernina produces perfect stitches. Without
any tension adjustments. Ever.
So we took hundreds of yards of different fabrics, and sewed for
hundreds of hours. Fabrics you commonly use, such as polyester,
Qiana .Ultrasuede , wool, silk, nylon, leather and more.
Thousands of stitches in all. And every stitch came out right. With
no puckering. No pulling. No ruined fabric. And absolutely no ten
sion adjustments. That's the Bernina Difference.
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