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White Classic
Four flattering and classic looks in women’s summer fashion are
- the nautical look
- crisp seersucker suits and dresses
- country cotton red-and-white checks
- and tropical print fabric.
How flattering any style is depends on how it looks on you. Buy clothing that fits or spend money to have it fitted. Check the finishing for hanging threads and loose buttons. Choose fabrics that feel nice against your skin and drape well.
The nautical look can be achieved by pairing sparkling, crisp white with darker shades of blue. A horizontally-striped cotton knit T-shirt is a good start. Add earrings with a nautical motif such as an anchor, dolphins, seahorses, or a ship’s wheel. A hemp braid belt and comfortable rubber-soled deck shoes complete this fashion style.
We no longer see many blouses with the traditional large, square sailor’s collar. MIddy blouses, as they were called (for midshipman, a rank in the Navy) were popular in years past and may come into style again.
Red is a dramatic accent color. Try red shoes, bag, and belt to spark your white-and-blue nautical ensemble. Red lipstick is appropriate, if you can find a shade that complements your skin tone.
Red-and-white cotton checks are another summer fashion classic. County checks have an easy-going, cheerful look, especially in carefree cotton. Stick to a smaller check so you don’t end up looking like a picnic tablecloth.
Country red checks are ideal for a pretty blouse or a summer sun dress. Pair the blouse with bright yellow shorts or yellow accent sandals and handbag, for a combination that is fresh. Fred Perry has two styles and a handbag in red-and-white checks for summer 2009. This is an innovative way to add this classic women’s summer fashion to update clothing you already own.
A third summer fashion classic is crisp, cool seersucker suits and dresses. This timeless cotton fabric traditionally is a subtle stripe of white and an alternative color, with little puckers in the white stripes. Ironing is mostly unnecessary because of these natural wrinkles in seersucker natural cotton. Today’s stretch blends make it easier than ever to wash and air-dry seersucker suits, dresses, and blouses. Seersucker is perfect for robes and sleepwear, too.
Once upon a time, the only seersucker color was pinstripe navy blue and white. Now, stripe widths vary and occasionally we see a seersucker check. Gray and white, green and white, red and white are among the expanding range of colors for seersucker clothing.
A fourth summer fashion classic is tropical print fabric. Hawaiian print dresses, blouses, and shirts evoke umbrella drinks and white beaches.
Tropical print fabric became popular in the wake of World War II, chiefly as patterns for draperies and furniture in the warmer United States. These big, bold tropical print fabric designs have been scaled down for the colorful shirts and dresses we wear today. Florals and travel themes are among choices you will find available for women’s summer clothing.
To wrap it all up, four summer fashion wardrobe investments that will pay off for years to come are the blue-and-white nautical look, red-and-white country cotton checks, crisp seersucker, and tropical print fabric in shirts, dresses, and skirts.
Enid Sefcovic, Ph.D.
Editor, Fashion After 50
http://www.fashionafter50.com
Need movie title about black and white classic film?
Black & white movie, 30/40s; attractive young bookish guy works with old duffers at dictionary publishing company. He’s sent out to research new/contemporary words, meets showgirl/barfly type who helps him out, and I think moves in because in trouble with the mob Anyone?
Ball of Fire (1941)
starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Leonid Kinskey, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Kathleen Howard
IMDb synopsis:
Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O’Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss’ testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O’Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O’Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of “yum-yum”!
TRIVIA:
The roles of the seven professors (besides Gary Cooper) were inspired by Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. There is even a photograph showing the actors sitting in front of a Disney poster, each one in front of his corresponding dwarf: S.Z. Sakall – Dopey; Leonid Kinskey – Sneezy; ‘Richard Haydn’ – Bashful; Henry Travers – Sleepy; Aubrey Mather – Happy; Tully Marshall – Grumpy, and Oskar Homolka – Doc.
When Gary Cooper is taking notes of the newsboy’s slang, the marquee on the theater across the street advertises “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), an inside joke that refers to the script’s inspiration.
Here’s a clip from the film:
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it on YouTube.
This was remade as a musical:
A Song Is Born (1948)
IMDb synopsis:
Gangster’s moll Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo) goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Where better to hide than a musical research institute staffed entirely by lonely bachelors? She gets more than she bargained for when the head of the institute Professor Hobart Frisbee (Danny Kaye) starts to fall for her.
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