34 - Sunday, March 6, 1984 - North Shore News

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Distinctive
elegance.

Three-piece suit
in cool wool
Caramel or

sage green.

Louis Féraud

PARIS

EXQUISITE

hey’

boutique

semetno

780 Park Royal

North 922-5211

Spring fashion
options available

SPRING [S in the air, as stylish
women step along in sprightly
fashion, in the newest bare fash-
ions, whose very absence of excess
fabric makes their presence
known.

Short skirts reveal knees already
exposed to the winds of winter.
And, form-fitting tops — flirty
bustiers, and their more subtle
sisters, shapely and softly draped
jackets and blouses — reflect a
renewed flattery of the feminine
form, with an emphasis on curves.

There is, of course, a sprinkling

of longer skirts, as well — not

every woman welcomes the oppor-
tunity to display calves, knees and
even thighs — but they, too, are
feminine, softly flowing and
romantic.

The other option to the short
skirt — one for which designers
are markedly enthusiastic — is the
draped trouser, with wide legs,
which offers a feeling of classical
simplicity meant to appeal to
women who are younger io spirit
than they are in shape.

Among the short silhouettes, the
hems-up, hems-down winners are
the full, flirtatious pouf worn with
a fitted, alluringly revealing
bustier.

The sleck, narrow skirt, which
ideally stops several inches above
the knee, and which is com-

plemented best by cither a long,
straight top or a short, sculpted
one, has succeeded in draping this
skirt, and pairing it with a simi-
larly draped jacket or blouse.

The third standout choice is the
city short — a kicky alternative to
the skirt which can be worn for
leisure, but which also can look
tight in considerably more struc-
tured situations.

The key here is the blouse,
sweater or jacket that’s worn, plus
the appropriate accessories — a
cleverly arranged scarf, for exam-
ple, or a striking pin or oversized
earrings — and, what's absolutely
essential, the correct hosiery and
shoes.

All of these options combine
North American verve with Muro-
pean chic — a pairing which in-
corporates the best of both fasition
worlds.

With a passing salute to spring's
traditional nautical colors of red,
white and blue, crisp as ever, and a
quick stop at the candy store for
the Easter egg-jelly bean pastels,
the color story for spring '88 seems
to focus on the new, dark, rich
neutrals.

These add a note of sophistica-
tion to even the most youthful

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