Times-Advocate, 1982-12-01, Page 7DAUGHTER'S HELPER — Shirley Perry, a part-time
employee of daughter Carolyn's lingerie and
loungeware venture, checks the gift suggestion table
at the Perry Original show and sale.
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The talented hands of Carolyn Perry
Always Turning out some
Everything hi Carolyn
Perry's clothes closet - with
the exception of her shoes,
sweaters and pantyhose - has
originated in the fertile im-
agination of the 1982 graduate
of Fanshawe's fashion design
course, and been brought In-
to existence by her skilled
hands.
"Making one's own clothes.
means custom fit, and well -
made garments with seams
that don't ravel and buttons
that stay on", the 23 -year-old
fashion designer with the
fashion model figure
explained.
For as far back as she can'
remember, Carolyn has been
surrounded by the rustle of
patterns, the whirr of sewing
machines, and the sight of
pins and pressing mitts. Her
mother Shirley sewed at
home for her six children, and
has taught many sewing
courses at the Exeter high
school.
"I gave her a needle and
thread to keep her busy while
I was sewing," Shirley recall-
ed, proudly opening a scrap-
book to display a tiny top for
a doll, made when her oldest
daughter was four. The even-
ness of the stitching is
remarkable.
Soon Carolyn was' designing
and making dolls' clothes,
and progressed naturally to
producing larger items of ap-
parel to wear herself. Her
mother remembers vividly a
culotte dress Carolyn made
and insisted on wearing to her
grade three classroom.
"I just hoped people didn't
think I had made it," Shirley
laughingly remarked.
Carolyn's favourite..past-
time determined her choice of
further education after grade
13. During her three years at
Fanshawe she studied all
aspects of the fashion
business, including textile
science, the history of
costume, pattern drafting and
industrial sewing.
Although she can whip up
anything from a camisole to
a coat, Carolyn's specialty is
lingerie and loungewear. She
is always dreaming up some.
new feature.'
"The more you work with
it, the more possibilities you
see," she enthused.
In her final year, as part of
her thesis, she designed and
put together six loungewear
outfits. srhe exotic confections
would not look out of place on
Marlene Dietrich gliding
langorously across a Broad-
way stage, or adding to the
allure of an Elizabeth Taylor
breakfasting on champagne
and truffles.
A pink chiffon gown is top-
ped by a marabou -trimmed
brocade jacket, a blue
peignoir set glistens with
bugle beads and eight yards
of marabou. One white satin
bias -cut gown beneath a
marabou and sequin jacket
could fittingly accompany
another white ensemble of
satin pants under a Tudor -
style brocade jacket to open-
ing night at Stratford,or the
O'Keefe.
Carolyn now possesses on-
ly one of the black creations,
a chiffon top, embroidered
with rose sequin flowers and
pale turquoise stems and
leaves, over black faille
pants. The other, a pink
camisole complementing
black faille pants and a black
brocade jacket lined with pink
and trimmed with pink
marabou, was bought on the
spot by a wealthy socialite in
attendance at the public
fashion show in the Fanshawe
gym in August marking the
end of the three-year co-op
eenrse.
The talented student's ef-
forts were acknowledged by
the presentation of the
Abraham Karp Apparel
Technology Award for
outstanding achievement at
the college's graduation
ceremonies.
Carolyn is now self-
employed as manager -
designer of Perry Originals,
with home base at 404 Ed-
ward Street. In the im-
mediate future the youthful
businefsrroman envisions
selling her wares at home
Dames, A.1ong-term goal is
her own boutique in London
and maybe, some . day, a
chain of stores.
Assistedby her mother and
sisters, Carolyn recently end-
ed successfully the fifth an-
nual display and sale of
lingerie, loungewear and gift
items that filled the Perry liv-
ing and dining rooms for
three days 'with racks and
racks of feminine finery,
tables of bath mitts, satin
sachets filled with fragrant
potpourri, and jars of
homemade fudge.
Two a . ' , ons this year
new fashions
were guardian angels and
dough people. Each appealing
little mohair -curled angel,
white hands clasped piously
beneath hugh black grosgrain
eyelashes, has a poem attach-
ed to its heavenly robe which
reads: "When I go to bed at
night, my guardian angel in
my sight, I will know that God
is there, and he will keep me
in His care." (The poem is the
result of a Perry family
collaboration. )
Carolyn began making
dough people "in her spare
time" after seeing some at
the Exeter fair. Each little
character is individual and
unique.
"I do this for relaxation,
GLAMOROUS - GEORGEOUS Fashion designerCarolynPerrydisplays some of
the beautiful loungewear she created as part of her thesis at Fanshawe College.
Zone. Commander visits
local Legion Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary tote
R.E. Pooley Exeter Legion
• Branch 167 held their regular .
meeting November 22 with 41
members present.
President Dorothea Leak
chaired the meeting introduc-
ing Zone Commander Mary
Hawn of Kincardine and her
travelling companions Mrs.
Jill Collie and Mrs. Marg
Young.
Jennie Devlin won the
• mystery prize. Sports officer
Barbara Hearn congratulated
Marion Frayne, Gladys Bierl-
ing, Kate Bierling and Isa
Smith who went on to District
Euchre at Shallow Lake,
November 20.
A donatioh of 850 each was
made to Huron Day Centre
for the Homebound and the
Salvation Army and $25 to
Christmas Seals. It was
decided to support the Exeter
recreation department's free
skating program for one
week. Plans were made for
several upcoming Christmas
banquets.
President Lenk called on
Zone Commander Mary
Hawn who was making her of-
ficial visit. She spoke on some '
of the highlights of the Pro -
vinical Convention in Sault
Ste. Mari<e.;,,
She ho , the Auxiliary
memlc
their g
Auxili
Id continue
the Ladies
support to
the Legion•
Commander Hawn's
remarks were both in-
teresting and informative and
to show the Auxiliary's ap-
preciation of her visit first
vice-president Marion Frayne
thanked her on behalf of the
auxiliary and presented her
with a gift.
President Lenk closed the
meeting after which a few
games of bingo were played
and Dawn Murray and her
group served lunch:
The Christmas Party is
Monday, December 13 with
business at 7 p.m, and pot
luck dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Secret Pals will be revealed.
Executive dictating to
secretary: "Usual salutation.
Standard opening paragraph.
We have yours of the et
cetera, et cetera. Unfor-
tunately at this time we can-
not blah, blah, blah: Hoping
that and so on, usual ending.
Read that back to me."
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LITTLE PEOPLE — When she wants to relax, Carolyn
Perry fashions guardian angels and dough people.
though I've found it fits in
with fashion designing. Each
item of clothing has to be
drawn in the dough, cut out
and applied", Carolyn said.
The same talented hands
can also make a piano sing
with gospel or classical
music. Carolyn's ability to
play by ear has been enhanc-
ed by formal training. She is
working on her grade nine in
piano.
By the way, don't be sur-
prised if sweaters are soon
added to the Perry Original
product line. Carolyn is ex-
perimenting with a newly ac-
quired knitting machine.
Can those things make pan-
tyhose too?
That would leave only the
shoes. .
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ULTRASOUND MACHINE — Tom Bowen looks'.at a
transducer which is held against the skin to transmit
an ultrasound picture of soft tissue. He explained the
workings of the machine to interested citizens touring
. South Huron Hospital during open house.
Residents enjoy outings
Advent at Greenway
By ANNE WALPER
Harvey and Shirley
Eagleson spent the weekend
with Bill and Ruth Scott in
Blenheim. While there, they
visited Swain's Greenhouse
and saw the beautiful display
of poinsettia plants.
A large crowd attended the
Co -Op dinner and dance held
in the Parkhill Community
Centre, recently. Many peo-
ple attended from our area.
We attended a family din-
ner Saturday evening at Neil
and Marcia Trevithick's
home in Brinsley in honour of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Trevithick's wedding an-
niversary with 20 guests pre-
sent. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Russell
have moved to a home north
of Greenway.
The 4-H Club called "Bread
Winners" held their Achieve-
ment Night, Wednesday
evening.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Terry Kelly (nee Peggy
Steeper) who were married in
London recently.
Martha.Geromette enjoyed
a bus trip to Cullen Gardens
at Whitby last. week. The
gardens have the Christmas
lights on now.
Douglas Woodburn lit the
first candle on the first Sun-
day in Advent in the United
Church. The Scripture, L bye 21 verses 25-36 was read by
Iva Lagerwerf. The sermon,
"The Gospel in Advent" was
given by the Rev. Moore.
The Greenway U.C.W. will
hold the Christmas meeting
Dec. 1 to Dec. 7
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on Wednesday of this week.
Next Sunday December 5
will be White Gift Sunday and
Sunday, December 12 the
Christmas Sunday School
concert will be held at Green-
way at 7:30 p.m.
Cooks win in draw
Winners have been
declared in the draw con-
dukted among area residents
who submitted recipes for the
annual cook book published
by J.W. Eedy Publications.
Marlene Hutton,. RR 1
Woodham, won the first prize
of 825. The 815 second prize
went to Greta Restemeyei,
Dashwood, while Nancy
McCullough, Hensall, took the
third prize of 810.
The Times -Advocate
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ted recipes and the adver-
tisers who made this year's
cook book a success.
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