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PRINCESS CALLS IT I
'THE MOlE : ildRftlAL
LOOK'';
:i 'Styles No Longer;
-'Too' Exaggerated
'The New :Lopk'.' In f -women's 1
fashionsi^has been1, designated';
'the !.More-; Normal Look' by
Princess Elizabeth. ' When -He''
Rbyal Slghriess attended 'a : man- '
neqiiln parade of tweeds field at'
the;rInterhatiorial 'VVool Secre-''
tariat's showroom in London' on
Juiie -7, she said the' designs ex- :
hihitedby.thelncorpbrated'So
ciety' of /liondoh Fashion Design-.,
ers l^i^lli^/liqiger.'too exag'gerr'-;
ated; ;;th^'were''returnirig 'to.Jti ,
more', normal look. ? v i
' '.WearT...;
;in® a' ^more normal' Iodic? dress'
wool, the : /.skirt - of twhlch' was !
barely ihidi-calf length. She wore
a matching bluei felt halo 'hat.;
trimmed : -wlth v taffeta ribtion.
White arikle ?strap': 'shoK,'7wh.ite',
handbag-' and -gloves . ^completed (
her outfit. '
? Her Royal Highness -was ''re-.,
celved by Mr. Douglas T. Boyd..
Chairman - of V: the ' . Australian ^
?^ool Board- ? Dr. . Edgar' ah:
Booth, Chairman of the Secre
tariat, and- Mr, Norman Hart
fteil; Chairman 'of the Incorpor
ated Society of London Fashion
Designers. Mr. HartneU Is also
dress-maker to the Princess.;
In addition to the mannequin,
parade, 'the -exhlbltipn of injreed'
fabrics, In 'which tlie. Princess
showed much interest, . Included j.
lovely ' Cheviots in both 'rough'
and 'close' finished, native
liomespun Irish tweeds, Lintons. j
fine Shetlands, soft Saxonies/ ]
reversible! tweeds ih ' plain tar- i
tari for overcoating, and a wide
range of the' world-famous Har-|
rig 'Tweed,' said a leading tie
signer, is still the most durable
of1; all' fabrics.' perhaps no other
cloth can boast, the twin virtue
of being so- informal and yet so
elegant.' ; ' . ' -
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