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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 20 Aug 1964, p. 26

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Page Six "BACK TO SCHOOL" Thursday, August 20. 1964 Collegians Go Right This Way to Class and CAMPUS CYCLING BECOMES INCREASINGLY popular, creating a need for easy, casual clothes that look well in class, but permit freedom of action. Coeds favor wrap skirts with shirts. Young men pick chinos, loafers, Ivy shirts for busy days. Photo from Bicycle Institute ofgAmerica. 'Fashion Plus Function' Is Coed Motto "Fashion with function" is the motto of back-to-college girls. It's intended for a look of completeness, and a look planned to provide many looks, through the skillful switching of wardrobe basics. The sloppy look has long disappeared from the campus picture, and the well-groomed, smoothly put-together look is in, points out Wilbur Daniels, executive secretary of the National Board of the Coat and Suit Industry. A solid-tone suit with plaid top coat, a suit with matching long coat, a sleeveless shell ,top with skirt and jacket or any variety of suits combined with coats, skirts with jackets and tops provide the college Kirl with the essentials for neat, attractive grooming, in class, around campus. Add Dresses Add to these a few simple, fashionable dresses -- some cotton-blend shirtwaists for the warm days of early fall, some easy A-line and shift shapes. Many of the latter are versatile in styling -- ready to go to class by day with the accompaniment of shirts or sweaters, effective for informal evenings on their own. Completing the picture are leisure-time companions such as pants and bermudas with shirts, sweaters, jerkins, jackets. Classics appear prominently on the scene, but this is a feminine view of classicism, with silhouettes slightly fitted and Indented at the waistline. Balmacaans, chesterfields, trench coats and reefers are ; among the up-dated fall coat ' classics. Shoulders are soft and often raglan; buttons perk up and soften the line. Fur collars, often seen, are generally detachable, so that both the coat and the collar can do double duty. • Pleats Flutter f Pleats on skirts flutter appealingly, and are used in *nany different interpretations. | Conversely, other skirts are H«lim and easy. ! Fabrics highlight subdued surfaces, in keeping with the softer, more subtle look Tweeds are vari-oolored -- mixtures, diagonals, monotones. Coverts and cavalry twills look new, and checks and plaids, always back to campus favorites, are very much in the picture. CHECKING INTO COLLEGE, young men need at least one casual sportcoat. Shown here, wool Ivy style with natural shoulder in houndssiooth check. By Michael Stern. Students Pack Up And Go to College Out, of town students often wish for a course on packing correctly. One important hint is to fit the garment to the suitcase for the least wrinkling. Lapels and collars should be smoothed, sleeves folded at front of garment, dresses folded at the waist. Tissue may be used to stuff folds of garments where creases often result. Men's leather two-suiters have special compartments for suits and furnishings. Tuck socks, hankies, small items into shoes. PLAID WINS the popular vote on campus . . . especially when done in a tent coat with striking collar of bleached raccoon. Suggested by National Board, Coat & Suit Industry. East to West, College Men Dress to Suit Local Scene Local weather conditions, campus fads and personal foibles combine to dictate trends in young men's apparel at colleges and universities across the country, according to the American Institute of Men's and Boys' Wear. Northeast On the Ivy League campuses in the Northeast, a look reminiscent of the "tweedy twenties" is growing. The beefy cheviot, tweed or Shetland suit is being added to wardrobes of sharkskins, worsted flannels and neat herringbones. Slimmed-down quilted ski parkas, giant plaid wool shirts and jackets, and loden coats go to classes with button-down shirts, and flannel or chino slacks or wheat jeans. South College students of the "old South" have been called the best dressed in the country. Influenced by milder weather, they lean toward the natural shoulder and classic traditional in their dress. Many of these men own dinner clothes for both winter and summer. Midwest Sprawling campuses, late fall sports activities and some real cold weather add up to fashion with an emphasis on BIG NEWS on campus! Coeds favor the layered look, tops in versatility, individuality. Here, tweed pleated skirt, matching popover and stretch turtleneck pullover. By Russ. THE SPORTIVE LOOK contin. ues strong with college girls. This coed wears tweed-textured knit sweater dress and diamond-pat* terned nylon hose. Stockings bjr Hanes. warmth at most Midwestern colleges. Add to this, the hot days of early fall and late spring, and you find the need for a carefully selected wardrobe that ranges from featherweight sportcoats to the warmest dressy outerwear. The vested suit is still strong here, as are lighter and brighter tweeds and fad hats. West President Johnson's celebrated Western hat is on the heads of many college men in the Southwest, along with wheat jeans and classic Western boots, but overshadowing the local influences is the traditional natural shoulder look. Local trends include: at least one vested suit, madras, seersucker or other lightweight sport jacket and iridescent or plaid raincoats in shorter lengths at Texas, SMU and Baylor. West Coast Natural shoulder styling and the highlights of contemporary California fashion shape the vital look of West Coast college fashions. The black mohair suit, self-supporting cuffless slacks, the "shirt jac" and the short sleeve sweater are all a part of the California influence. CAMPUS INTRIGUE in a fashion perennial, the trench coat. This one has yoke front, belted waistf epaulets. From National Board* Coat & Suit Industry. SMART COLLEGIANS CHOOSE KNITS when they're planning their back-to-school wardrobes. Easy to care for, versatile knit shirts and sweaters have the right look on or off campus. The coed pictured wears a smart sweater, laced with suede, and pleated skirt. The young man favon knit sweater shirt. Her sweater of Acrilan acrylic by Helen Harper. His shirt of Enka nylon. COLLEGIANS WEATHER anf occasion with an all-father Sop* | coat for class ared easapiaob, Shown, all-wool tweed with If front, cuffed sleeves, flap poem ets. By Alligator*

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