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F6 â€" Fashion â€" Wednesday, March 31, 1993 Spring is the time for buds and sprouts to come peeking out through the remains of winter‘s snow. With the warmth of the sunh come many small people freed from winter restrictions, Children cooped up all winter are ready to play in the outdoors, and show off their new spring colors. Rosebuds & Rascals has spring fashion for all sizes and occasions â€" for the school yard intrigues, for romping in the back yard, for outâ€" Bright colors, vests, and ‘Return to Avonlea‘ new fashion for kids BERNINA SPRING CLASSES NOW FORMING. CALL STORE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ‘649.00 Model 0O4D Serger Reg. $999.00 / T Off ohected Summer Fabrice Pabrics Lto. 3 Days Only April 2 to 4 Fashionable young ladies are going to echo the spring crocus colâ€" ors in their best Easter dresses. Floral patterns in traditional colors of pink and lilac, with green accents will be in abundance. door sports and for the finery that is part of the Festive season and spring parties. | _ The popularity of the "Return to Avonlea" series has sparked an interest in the longer fuller look that SINGER JANOME Mox 830. Model 8 BERNINA JANOME Mogel 7500 C Reg. $949.00 JANOME 1 only. Reg. $2.295.00 Experrenced Mackizes LOOKING GREAT Floor Modele Model 1230 Compute Model 434D Serger â€" 1 only SPRING FLING WIMuEly only only omputer wy $1,749.00 0‘ 2 $549.00 $89.00 An Je JANOME 249. 00 translated into wonderful dresses with lots of lace trim, ribbon scalâ€" lops and yards of fabric. These dresses usually come complete with their own crinoline. Straw hats and hair accessories in matching fabric complete tlte look. Elvira Vali and Manhatten are of the designer lines that have proâ€" duced wonderful wearable fashion this season. The boys have not been forgotâ€" ten this spring. Pants continue to be m TWP O All S&/‘/}(dd Fabric ¢ Model 372 Freearm Reg. $699.00 big and baggy with great pocket treatments. There are some fun looks with printed or stripe fabrics that certainly alleviate some of the monotony of basics. Madras is a cool summer looks and turns up both in shirts and shorts. And there are lots of bright print tee shirts that go fashionably to all but the most formal of spring parties. PLAYING GREAT Away from the more formal spring look, the playground action takes off with some of the nicest jackets seen in a long, while. The trend is to pretty prints and more subtle coloring than was evident with the neon look. There is a good range of colors and styling ... from warm fleece lined jackets to the lightest of shells. And not to be forgotten are splash pants for the protection of the junior kindergarten set ... a must for the muddy spring days. For the beach, there are lots of beautiful looks. Bright prints often on a black background predomiâ€" nate. Cotton and lycra fabrics are becoming more and more popular. Often they have been innovative in the treatment of the straps ... douâ€" bling, ruffling, or using wide elastic for fun and function. For the 7 to 14 yearâ€"old girls, the fashion must this season is the vest. Sugar Kaine has made a wonâ€" derful floral print into the vest, then paired it with complementary fabâ€" rics in shorts, shirts and skirts. The big problem is choosing from all the pieces in this group to make your fashion statement. Leggings and the summer verâ€" sion in bike pants continue to refresh the fashion scene. Big trapeze tops and wild bright prints generally done in cotton, or cotton/lycra are such a cool fun summer look. The biggest problem is having to wait till warmer weather to start having fun wearing these looks. Kids want to wear lfiem out of the With the concern for excess e:(rosure to the sun, the fashion industry has responded with some of the "funnest" hats seen. There are wonderful hats: denimâ€"pseudo tilley hats, baseball store s, bright prints in safari and er styles. There are also the more jitional bonnets and flop hats for youngest of babies. It‘s a great season of fun fashâ€" s for children. Irish Classics Oakville, knowing that today‘s consumer wants value for their dollar without compromising style, showcases various designers that utilize this strong yet fine natural fibre. Such designers as Henry White, Brian Tucker and Richard Malcolm, incorporate today‘s colors and haute couture styling while maintaining a sense of linen‘s history â€" centuries old weaving, tradition and resulting quality. Irish Classics will be holding a fashion show to showcase their spring/summer collections Thursday, April 15th. Irish Classics, 88 Dunn St., 338â€"7160. Irish Classics Oakville, also carries intricate damask tablecloths, handâ€" kerchiefs, delicate embroidery and lace â€" for the discerning customer lookâ€" ing for the finest fabric of all â€" linens. Over the years Irish linen has been transformed from a cottage craft into a major industry with markets in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Newâ€"Zealand, Italy and West Germany. The story of linen is as unique and fascinating as the beauty and texture of Irish linen itself. Today, one of Ireland‘s biggest linen companies Ulster Weavers still proâ€" duce damask linen at its workshops in Belfast using the jacquard principle first developed back in 1804. Ulster Weavers has been in business for more than 150 years. Over the decades it has joined forces with others in the industry and now produces all types of linen, from basic yarns to luxury goods and fashion cloth, industrial fabrics, bed and bathroom linens and table and kitchenware. Today, despite the emergence of cotton and manâ€"made fibres, linen conâ€" tinues to thrive as a mark of style and taste, from the tabletops and bedâ€" rooms of hotels like The Ritz and The Savoy to the dedicated followers of haute couture. Linen was probably introduced to Ireland as long ago as 900 B.C. The growing of flax often came after a potato crop which helped to break up the soil ready for planting. Weuug 220 u$ 0O 0d t ud on Nee t es ce ie H90 sn 0e Aege ols in aetaa ucce en nile anact n n es Flax fibres grow awkwardly, varying in length and gummed tightly together, so to make linen cloth requires skilled labor â€" and a lot of it. Linen has always been a wonderful cloth, compared with any of the natural fibres and the almost bewildering array of synthetics developed in the last generation, linen on quality continues to hold its own. Linen is the oldest fabric known to man. The pharoahs of ancient Egypt prized it for its richness, the fashionable ladies of Babylonia desired it for its beauty and the scribes of classical Greece extolled its many virtues such as strength and durability. Linen is the aristocrat of textiles. Strong as steel, delicate as silk, with an appearance as varied and attractive as an Irish landscape, it is not surprising that it has been preferred by people of good taste for well over 4,000 years. Linen passes test of time as durable fashion fabric The Irish linen look is crisp, in . ashionable bright bold colors. WY W y ty