Mcallen Daily Press

TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940

The sunny young man and he's also very when it comes to his feminine glamour and dancing. With winter bundling well behind us and the first faint rustle of spring in the air, woman naturally starts thinking of her wardrobe. Freshness is the watchword of course, and a neat way of achieving and preserving that valuable quality is the routine use of a good deodorant. Right now is when the seasonal habit should be formed if you are not already in the habit.

Stamp of Approval Put On Utter Femininity
By ORRY-KELLY
HOLLYWOOD (AP)—A stamp of approval has been put on utter femininity (styles with their gaunt laces, deep waists as diminutive as a pair of dancing slippers) both on and off the screen.
Miriam Hopkins, the star of Virginia City, a Warner Bros. picture of the war period, considered herself fortunate to be allowed to run an entire gamut of Civil War styles in her role as a high-bred suddenly reduced to washin'; dance hall queen in a mining town. Adrian thought a tough mining outfit with brown dirty skirt and loud plaid shirt would be cut re-styled in slacks from her own wardrobe. She has one man-tailored coat with yellow and brown hat.
Oblique taffeta prints or little covered chalets and lawns with ribbing will be one of the principal styles for summer evenings, paired with hooded jackets. Min wears one of these pink taffetas with red flowers tied in tiny bow. One hat she wears has a fuchsia close to the forehead. This style is predicted for spring summer in turbans or crown mullions with velvet streamers.
Vivian Leigh's famous barbecue frock in printed green lawn from Gone With The Wind is already being copied. And we've seen a merging storm of assent to tiny corsages. In fact, I've done one in modern tempo of Binnie Barnes, carry in place of wearing a corsage in We Shall Meet Again. The corsage is an exact match for her frock in black and white checked wool with all-over design of green and red leaves.
Rosebuds are another revival with Olivia de Havilland leading the way in a tea hat of red buds worn with a gray crepe frock and matched in a muff of buds. And, of course, muffs are always as feminine as a piece of blue chiffon. We predict their complete adoption by next fall and for spring and summer in light furs and shirred fabrics to wear with airy materials.