liALTONHIUSOUTlOOK Fashion Outlook KNITS llr hir PARISIAN adds to a AUSTRALIANS JUMP from the rug Style This inaptly cotton and straight below the knee skirt gcd Outback look to these loft Rem chocolate by Paris the by Jill Around the world Fall fashions shape up as womanly By Mary Martin Nlepold In a quest to find out what new In the fashion world more than American buyers recently country hopped covering nations in Just three days This pilgrimage occurred last month and brought buyers re porters and foreign designers and manufacturers to the New York Trade Show The founded in 1973 with 24 exhibitors from five countries boast 1 booths this year According to organizer the New York is a bonanza for fashion buyers who find it too expensive to hopscotch from one country to anoth He says There are more Europe here than at any European show The is also a barometer of shapes colors and fabric forecast for autumn The show is held a month be fore American designers including Calvii Klein Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass preview their lines and bring attention back to New York Seventh Avenue the heart of the garment district ike the buyers shop pen will find fall s feminine fashions irresistible Both foreign and domestic designers favor a seductive silhouette with waist hugging fluid lines in clingy fabrics Knits are still tops with dt signers who create curve caressing Turner The touch able textures come from feline soft mohair and slinky crepe dc Chine Designers embellish some styles with art and Celtic motifs beading and novelty det rations Don worry about si rtening list years skirts Hemlines a suit yourself situation it skirls still evoke a senst of gypsy r Those with good may a kick out of flirty swing skirts which reveal the knee a stretch of thigh Suits are sophisticated and stream lined Waist conscious jack dairy top long si skirts The design is in earthy brown The fittest females will n head turning glances in this years hour glass shaped in stretch jer and sleek crepe de designers from each country have their own wa of translating these sultry styles An Important viewpoint on the fashion front comes from the French At the col lections represented France In any thing to do with beaut perfume and fashion products Americans always have a great attraction to the French says Barbara market coordinator for the French Fash Ion and Textile Center In New York The buyers were attracted to the long fluid lines of the cardigan and skirt sets designed by of Paris Renoma of Pans sculpted womanly shaped dresses and suits with knee baring skirts strong shoulders and fit ted waists Form fitting knits were also used by most of the Italian firms The designer Edward gave both skirts and coats anklegrazing flared hems Tl Italians also picked earthy color com and often mixed textures using shearling with suede and leather American buyers lut in ing d Colette Hughes an fo the Fashion of the Italian on It unusual in its in I wiarahilm but lortd styles wire lections An up from Down sailed In with 16 companies that capitalized on America s lion with romantic frontiers Austra lia popular Outback look combines rugged Western styling with feminine frills The buyers acceptance of this Outback look set the stage for other companies with a more sophisticated appeal noted Frank se nior marketing officer of the Trade Commission Some of the best Australian arc mulllcol woven futuristic fornix from Vivian Chan Shaw and form filling knit dresses from Jill Australia It looks like the fashion for ensures the American hopper a world of choice and all of the designs are intended to have en look like women Give the children A TOMORROW For UNICEF cards and gifts Tip For Slipping Straps Do your bra or slip straps slip and slid off your shoulders and you have to adjust them all the time I find this especially annoying and I bet you do too In just a few you can solve this problem by carefully cutting the straps at the back where they arc sewn into the garment and resewing them to Inch In toward the center of the garment slanting them slight ly so that they form a wide V shape FREE WE WILL INSPECT YOUR LAWN IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM AREAS RECOMMEND CORRECTIVE ACTION ALL AT NO CHARGE OR OBLIGATION FOR LAWN CARE EXCELLENCE EXCELAWN CARE INC PROVINCIALLY LICENSED GUARANTEED RESULTS Bridal Gift Registry GEORGETOWN TORONTO Jockey Parly denials Wail Flowofs Invitations SERVING PEEL REGIONS FOR OVER 13 YEARS Let Us Help You Plan That Special Day Main St S Georgetown 8731470 r1 Hi HERALD xllettMi off 30 OFF To participate in this Special Feature Call one of our professional advertising representatives at the Herald 8772201