New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00560

' , .__ _ _ • ■_ Sa 11 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, July 20, 196 ion3 SI,town MS, mj Couture Cjroup ' lerre INTERNATIONAL SET . . . School librarian Nicolette Evans and school marm Linda DePass are touring all the intellectual spots of Europe with United States National Student Association . . . Grace McClendon was given a Bon Voyage party last week hosted by Dolores Wright, prior to taking off to Summer in Europe. Folks feting her were Marie Johnson, the Charles Clarks, the Dale Wrights, the Harold Petersons and C. J. King . . . AKA’s EJiel George vacationing in Europe . . . Loretta Henley seeing the sights in Mexico . . . Lois Howell will be able to tell you all about the Berlin Wall as soon as she returns from a good look see of Germany . . . D.'n’t look for the Harris' family, Jesse, Rhoda and daughter Jessica around Oak Bluffs this season be­ cause they’re in Europe . . . Doris Cobbs and Joyce Qcorge loved Trinidad and spent some time island topping. Doris had cause to celebrate: she just got her Master’s in Social Work from New York University . . . When Nigeria becomes a Republic on October 4 several Americazs hope to go, including Clarence Holte and Esther Parham . . . E For Everything New In Top American Fashions The season gets “E" for ex cellent! Without reservations this season is the best that's paraded past the expert and cri­ tical eyes of guest editors at; tending the New York Couture Group Press Week In many years buttons! Boots, made to fit as,Coats often have epaulet details, to snugly as the best-schooled riding Most sleeves are full length and narrow. There are others which expert’s, in matching colors, are short, full and hPOrstraped, some in suede, some in calfskin, somewwith corduroy tops. still others which have gentle fullness blousing below the el­ bow. ECLIPTIC ... A difference marks this as a dividing point between the now and what tuts gone before. An Eclipsing of the revealing a bright “new E For Ease E for Ease, the great Amer­ ican way to took. Suits express it with nonchalance in a com­ bination of fabrics, such things as corduroy vests and solid gold Other shoes are sturdy built- ups that look like clipped boots or sturdy walking shoes. Same suits have three-cornered scarves worn t* babushkas. V shaped cardigan necklines of suits often show knit .urn-down shirt collars of under-knits. Many leather- trimmings show on wools, on furs, even on silk for the look of EASE. Effortless Look For evening the sleeves have IT! Sleeves paved from shoulder to wrist with crystal beads or chandeliers of rubies are only a sample - embroideries take your breath away, and make you think of nothing except !ka extrava­ gantly luxurious look of Medieval ladies. The daytime sleeves are important in the Jumper look, the doublet, and wrist-length of fur look like a skirt are great ‘‘entre nous’* items. ELEGANCE ... evening clothes have breathtaking magnifi­ cence 1 Fabulous bead embrodd eries, many fur-trimmed. The high - waisted look Is ever-pres­ ent. Some designers outdo the Empire look, presenting what amounts to a bound-bosom top. Most evening clothes are slim, and some are slit to the ankle. Many have covered-up tops or have scooped tow throats with modestly long slim sleeves. Din ner clothes are ankle length, eve­ ning cloths go to the floor. Fragile But Sporty _ EFFORTLESS ... the mood of suits and coats! Dressier suits seem to make the posture natural tubes endln« in a Tweeds come in amazing pat­ terns. Some Ipok frosted-over with snow, others have mohair high­ lights, some copy a chicken-wire pattern, and there are tweeds which look like matting over­ laying another color. Shoes for dressy afternoons are usually T- straips, with oval-point toes and slender outlines ENRICHED. . . costumes with unexpected touches of Jewels! and look feminine. Fabrics help. EXOTIC Furs.. Beads at the hips, at the neck­ Divine woolens in loops and EXOTIC ... furs! All varie- line, or at sleeves or bodice tweeds, light as eiderdown, make ties of the animal kingdom have Ruffles and niching add enrich­ it possible for suits to look cozy been sought out this season. ment, showing up even in coats without weight. There are some that never did exist except in the imagination suits, giving a fragile look of a designer Kidskin has been to even ^^y ’uita- Stoles are stencilled to look like anything mostiy huge triangles lined in fur, shown with matching tweed from a dalmatian dog to a cross- suits or coats — very posh. between a zebra and a giraffe. There’s a great return for grey ____ ____ ,______ , squirrel, fisher, raccoon, spotted furs, unclipped nutria, beaver, lours with huge round velvet dots, sheared nutria, white mink, matelasses and brocades which Wick mink, sable, dyed opos- seem to have been spun by an sum — you name ltl Suits have army of Midas spiders. Biggest velvet season ever! Also EPI­ fur vests or sleeveless middys. Other costumes show fur middy CUREAN. the combination of fabrics, playing velvets acainst tops, or sleeveless tunics that transfer a simple walking dress wools, tweeds against glitter. Into an elegant restaurant cos- flannels against camel hair, tume. Fox, chinchilla, fitch, even fleece against broadcloth! the paws of breath - of - spring- mink have been used for over- blouses or whole coats. EPICUREAN . . .-the fabrics! ____Hollow-cut velvets, coupe de ve- Enduring, Too ENDURING . . . shadowy lines of dresses following the figure without really touching it; so far removed from the chemise, yet you can trace the ancestry. All liquid grace and seaming that bzing out the individual genius of the designer. Cross-seams at the bosom, welt lines, scarfed neck­ lines have a took of their own. ENDURING hut with a newness that marks them as 1963 s own are the new treatments of the overblouse. Important new hip details such as bands or welt- seams play them up, there are tow sashes, high bosom ties, belts that slip through the front and let the back hang free' ((ENTER . . . Hats that look borrowed from the man. Fedoras, slouch hats, caps, Sherlock Holmes types, high derbys and some brimmed hats that look like Italian Cardinals. EXCITING . . . coatdresses! Some are mohair, drifting around the body like a cloud. Fine needlepoint tweed and silks and shimmering matlasses pick up the same theme even for evening ENWRAPPING , . . costumes that give you the feeling of a wrapped-up look, with Jackets over sleeveless dresses, caps or coat over Jackets. There are doublets, panels in front and back that slip over the head and let the arms of an under-dress show through, and over aH, a matching coat or cape EXTRA . . news about sleeves' For daytime suits, dresses and coats, look for raglan shoulders! ELECTRIC . . . the colors! Red in all its shades, is the sea­ son’s most predominant theme. All the wine colors; dubonnet. claret, rose, grape, and the near fuchsia and Printed Kid Skin One of the most amusing coats . Is a kid skin printed as a pony ones such as pink. and trimmed with an enormous ruby. Green comes next, from Now coHar of Tibetan goat that looks deep bottle ^reen that’s almost like a shaggy undipped poodle black, to pale spring-bud greens White lapib in middy tops, full Brown is great — more so coats, and when it isn't attach- teamed with black, bronne or yellow. There are many bright ed, It’s suggested. Many coats have what appears Chinese oranges (or reds). Sur- to be furtrimmed short cape col- prise entries: in lovely pastels in lars and matching cuffs. For print satins or matelasses. sur- evening, fur such as Autumn prising because you thintoAf them haze mink lines the inside of belonging to spring, luxurious jackets. Many coats. Camel color In doeskin wool, long and short, as well as capes corduroy diagonal twills, melton cloths, gabardine or flannels, show an inside wealth of fur great atone, and Just as wonder lining. ful with slate greys Mushroom colors abound. ENCOMPASSING capes! Some are shoulder length with hoods built like a crusader’s helmet. Others are street length and oval front, full backs. TheTe are coats that have sleeves worked into dropped shoulders and cape fullness in bat-k ENTRE NOUS . . . "At home" clothes frarr- swept the market! Many are Jump suits or trouser sets In silk or velvet, covered with long tailored evening coats or flowing mantles. (In case you deride your “at home dinner" should he at someone else’s home). White culottes full enough The "little black dress” la non existent. There are plenty of black dresses but there's nothing self-effacing about them. Each is meant to stand out in a crowd Great feeling for black and white together EVENING . . . Slim column* of shimmering pure white silk crepe look like Greek Goddesses Elaborately beaded “tennis dress­ es” go to the ankles! Medieval effects of bullion embroidery! Costumes that team clouds of white mohair in a skirt and coat Sami, .< Hilton stopped all work (he’s an electronics * engineer) and took Samuel, Jr. down to Kingston in Jamaica, WI, to spend the Summer with Dr. and Mrs. John 2 anguinetti, the uncle of Junior’s mother, the famous St Albans modiste, Charisse Hilton. SCENE AND HEARD . . . Those deep, dark, beautiful tans that Vivant members Mildred Robinson, Peggy Cannon, Valerie Levy and Dolores Wright are sporting did not come from the NYC sun. They got it all in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands . . . New York favorite turned Virgin Islander Vickie Bourne — Vanneck and son Richard visiting friends and relatives in New York for a fortnight enroute to - London, England to visit Richard’s grandmother. Alcenia Follins in Ithaca, N.Y. for the New York <dd’ State Public Welfare’s annual social work institute being held at Cornell University . . . Percy Sutton says he “marched, talked and shouted with the other 50,000” at the NAACP conven­ tion in Chicago and loved it . . . Hattie Patrick Holmes of Charleston, S. C. gracing New York and visiting aw Raymond and his family; visited her brother Lonnie Patrick and family in Philly . and took a peep at her daughter, the wife of Jack Roseboro and family in D.C. . . . Pearl Bates loved spending a short vacation in the scenic mountains of Kerhonkson, N.Y. . . . Frank and Margaret Green doing the smart spas— Oak Bluffs and Montego Bay,. Jamaica, WI, leading the life you love . . . The Charles Atkins (Maye Anderson) honey mooned at the Newport Jazz Festival . . . Martha Lewis was learning Jazz at Newport, but confidential^*., I think she is a hopeless pupil . . . INVASION ... No sooner had Henry L. Moon gotten out of town for the NAACP convention that his home was invaded. The invasion was by the beautiful Miller girls. There was Mary Agnes Miller Davis of Detroit; Bonnie Miller Simmons of D.C. and Dora Miller Reid of Pensacola, Florida, each one prettier than the other. Mollie had a brunch for them last Sunday and among those enjoying the urbane bash at the elegant maison of the Moons were Polly Johnson, Clara Wells, Anita Polk of Cleveland, Vickie Bourne-Vanneck, Dr. S. J. Carter, Lillian White and the Farrow AUens (Dr. and Miriam) . . . BIRTHDAYING THIS MONTH — Mary Richardson of Park West Village; Noble Sissle, venerable musician; Herman C. Stoute erstwhile judge; Elmer Carter elder statesman of government; Dr. Godfrey Nurse, physician-philanthropist; Judge Frances E. Rivers of Domestic Relations Court . . Those four you saw celebrating together in Frank s Restaurant last week were Idella Dixon, the AN s George Palmer, Marie Ballard and Warren Jackson who were celebrating their birthdays which came on ~the same day , . . Helen Burney of Summit, N.J. and Newport, Va. did a weekend on the town last week to celebrate her natal day ... Mr. and Durphy are shown recep­ tion held recently at the Met- ropolltaa Baptist Church Re­ ception Hall. DOROTHEA TOWLES New Bride —’ Top Model Weds Atty. Dorothea Towles, one of the nation’s most publicized models, became the bride of Attorney Thomas A. Church last Decem­ ber in Paris, it was revealed by the couple this week. Close friends of the popular couple had often hinted that their four-year courtship would result in marriage, however, none sus­ pected that they had turned a vacation trip Into a honeymoon last Christmas when she Joined him there during the holidays. Last week in New York City’s Marriage License Bureau they both reaffirmed their vows in civil ceremonies. Niece of Dr. Towles Mrs. Church, the niece of Dr. H. H. Towles ot Los Angeles, and sister of concert pianist Ixds Towles of San Francisco, was the first Negro model to attain national and international stature after having been hired by top Paris fashion designers 12 years ago as a model. Returning to the U.S., she has been In great demand since then as a model and also operates a charm school. An attorney with the Justice Department's Immigration and Naturalization division, Mr. Church Is a graduate of Howard and Georgetown Universities-ha Washington, D.C. He’s the son of the late Thomas A. Church, Sr., who practiced in New York, and the nephew of early civil rights advocate Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. At present they’re living In the bride’s Riverside Drive apart­ ment. This Is Mrs. Church** sec­ ond marriage and first for the groom. THE AUTUMN LOOK — Shown are some of the designs that you will be seeing and wearing come Fall and Win­ ter as they were seen during the twice-per-year-Press-Week which Is a week long contin­ uous showing of the New York Couture Group Inc. members at the Pierre Hotel. The look will be called the “Sportive Look" and can perhaps be best described as being a look of casual elegance. Shown, from left, is Anthony Blotta’s plaid with a glittering evening blouse! Braid and Jet combinations with a Spanish flair. High bosom dresses with the Empire took Low-waisted dresses with a “roll­ over” bloused took. Brocades, knee-deep in sapphire-like Jewel embroidery; Jackets twinkling with bead fringe; dresses com­ pletely covered with embroidery! Evening coats accompany the most elegant. They are floor- length of satin, mohair, velvet, matefasse — even tweed diagon­ al twills, corduroys or checks appear with Jewel buttons. Furs also go floor-length and magni­ ficent. _______ E-EE-ERRESISTTBLE the season! For fall 1963-64. America has it, as never before! Li- ,V •' L? coat of shadow grey and tan English wool with the new stand up collar and a back fullness through godsts. The next photo shows what some of the new suits will look like in Maurice Rentner*s suit design­ ed by Bill Blass In beige and black checked alpaca which resembles tweed. The Ascot ot the checks loops Into the col­ lared over blouse and is belted in the back. The skirt is of diag­ onal wool. The next photo shows news in the'Mioice of fab­ ric and in the trim tailored look of the late day design by Marie McCarthy for the Larry Aldrich collection. The effect of the wider shoulder line Is giv­ en by the crossed collar and high placement of crystal Jew­ eled buttons. The next photo Is the gold and silver polka- dotted gray imported lame two piece cocktail costume from the master designer Oleg Cas­ sini. The sleeveless Jacket tops a low neckline dress with front skirt fullness. The final gown is an evening gown by Gothe in celestial blue silk satin with a long lined bodice and float­ ing skirt. (All Photos, Court­ esy New York Couture Group, Inc.) PEPSI COLA PRESENTS THE WEEK'S CALENDAR OF EFENTS Now to July 22—ART EXHIBIT: Helen Welnblatt; Harlem - YWCA. to Aug. 9—ART EXHIBIT; Frantz Beauvoir; Crypt Gallery, St. Paul Chapel Columbia University. July 20—FASHION SHOW-TEA; 321 Mundy Lane (Mt. «. Vernon); Livingstone College Alumfll Club of July 20—BUS EXCURSION; Bear Mountain; A tt T. College New York. Alumni Club of NYC. July 25-27—CONVENTION; Hotel Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.): Lambda Kappa Mu sorority. July 26. 27, 28—REGIONAL CONFERENCE; Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.); Talladega .College Alumni - Association. July 26—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Johnson C. Smith Univer­ sity Club, Inc. July 27—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Englishmen Social Club. July 27—BUS RIDE; Willow Grove, Pa.; Unity Club of Bethel AME Church. July 27—YACHT PARTY; Pier 81; Page Six Club. July 27—DINNER - FASHION SHOW; 470 Lenox Avenue, Apt. 6D; Mrs. Minnie Thompson Freedom Fund Dinner. July 28—GARDEN PARTY; Elmvlew Country Club; (E. Elmhurst); Hands for Africa Club. Aug. 2, 3, 9. 10—DRAMA: “The Heiress;" Harlem YWCA; Y Drama Workshop. Aug. 3—YACHT PARTY; Circle Line Pier; Concordia Club, Inc. Aug. 3, 4, 10. 11—ART EXHIBIT: Wonderland (Cross County Shopping Center Yonkers); Yonkers Art Forum. Aug. 9—BOATRIDE; Guardians Association. Aug. 10— DANCE; Savoy Manor; The Monagoes. Aug. 11 to 17—CONVENTION; Americana Hotel; Delta Sig­ ma sorority. Aug. 12 to 16—GOLF TOURNAMENT; Asbury Park Coun­ try Club, Neptune, N. J.; New York Amsterdam News and P. Ballantine tt Sons. Aug. 12 to 19 DRAMA: "Palm Tree in a Rose Garden"; YMCA; Y Drama Workshop. Aug. 13 to 18- CONVENTION; Waldorf Astoria Hotel; Tau Oamma Delta Sorority. Aug. 16—BALL; Savoy Manor; Allen University Alumni Chapter of LI. Aug. 18 to 24—NATIONAL CONVENTION; Henry Hudson Hotel; National Alliance of Postal Employees, Aug. 24—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Charleston Desegregation Group. Aug. 24—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Club Leg Femmes. Aug. 25— FLOWER SHOW; flprlngvale-on-the-Hudaon, Cru­ gers, N. Y.; Springvale Garden Club. And hen’s another big event: ,&•••"» tsl/Pepti „ In the 18 oz. bottle Serve more, save mere! TOM THUMB WEDDING — Shown from left are Mrs. An­ nabell Clark with the partici­ pants In the recent Tom Thumb wedding sponsored by the Ever Ready Circle No. 503 of the Independent Order of St. Luke and held at the Convent Aven­ ue Baptist Church who are James Griffin, Patricia Anth­ ony, Toni Starks and Vincent Greene. Material for this space is compiled by the N.Y. Amsterdam News. The Amsterdam News is responsible for all annooncements herein. 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