16 - Sunday. September 27, 1987 - North Shore News

Fashion.

of things®
to come

NATALIE OF Coba-Reece has
created a ready-to-wear line for
upscale professional women
under her own label. An celectic
sense of color and texture
dominates the sleek lines of
Coba-Reece designs. ft is not
uncommon to find chenille in-
serts in one of Natalie's wool
jersey stylings trimmed in
leather.

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NATALIE OF COBA-REECE
Designer has come a long way

HER FRIENDS call her ‘‘Virginia Slim,” for, in the In retrospect, she needn't have worried. Having

short course of a fashion season, Natalie of Coba- firmly grasped the game ball, Natalie threw a long

Reece has come a long way. pass to an agent in Montreal, and a lateral to one in
January of this year found her struggling to finish Toronto, and scored hits with some 37 stores across

her fall collection, loaded with talent ‘but pressed Canada and the Northern States.

for time, and faced with the many stresses of business Now, in a studio bustling with assistants, Natalie is

concerns — small details like sales, showings, and the _ directing traffic, making sure the re-orders go out in

omnipresent and omnipotent dollar. And she was do- _ time for the fall buying splurge.

ing it all on her own. With her designs, colors have depth, provided by fine service and
In the borderline-elitist world of Canadian fashion, surface sheen or texture interest — leather combines cuisine of

where, true to the national character, nothing is good = with chiffon and tulle for strength within softness. a LaB Ile Sol

until someone else says it is, newcomer Natalie had to Skirts fiow fully or hug the hips, offset by slimming § t eLiCy &

Luncheon

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September 30}

Featuring S b
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classical clothing: ©
at a-reasonable price
. RAINDROPS
A symphony of
sophisticated high
fashion raincoats ...
And of course, the

find an agent to sell her talent to the buyers, and she
was racing against time to fall in step with this year’s

bustiers or bolero jackets with contrast inserts and
appliques. Classic and new wave on a_ see-saw, all in
perpetual motion, is the way she sees her styles.

fashion seasons.

WANTED
CLIENTS WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS

BEVERLY BALL and her team of exceptionally talented stylisis have alll it takes;
the training, the expertise and goad taste to create a style that is both ex-
citing and complimentary to you, your lifestyle and facial structure.
BEVERLY is known as one of Canada’s leading instructors in hair design -
2 years with Vidal Sassoon in LA. 6 years with Suki’s and 2 years as Artistic
Director of Suki’s Advanced International School, Vancouver.

“MY PHILOSOPHY GOES FAR
DEEPER THAN JUST CUTTING HAIR”

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