Typed caption: A velvet handbag for travel? Of course, when this roomy pouch style is in velvet of DuPont nylon. It will prove an elegant fashion contrast with travel tweeds. The Bienen-Davis box pleated bag is a welcome change from the arm...
Typed caption: The foot in the velvet shoe is expected to make daytime fashion news this fall. The shoes are David Evins' spike heeled spectator in effective combinations of easy car nylon velvet and calfskin. Because of the quick drying virtues of...
Typed caption: Velvet and fur--two of the most noteworthy trends in the current Paris collections--are combined by Christian Dior in this dramatic evening ensemble, which features his newly restrained yet flattering bosom lines. A luxurious, pale...
Typed caption: The dinner at home suit, as designed by one of the New York Couture Group's talented young fashion innovators, Donald Brooks for Townley, combines blacks slacks and a dinner jacket in Martin's velvet of 100% DuPont nylon with a...
This Christian Dior ensemble-a dress and matching jacket in black nylon and rayon velvet with ermine trim-shows the restrained yet flattering lines so noteworthy in Dior's current Paris collection. The Raimon fabric, called Velvenyl, combines great...
This dinner ensemble designed by Christian Dior in black nylon and rayon velvet, shows the restrained, yet flattering bosom lines that are typical of his current Paris collection. Dress has long slim lines, while short, shoulder baring coat is flat...
Typed caption: For this cocktail dress from her current Paris collection, Madeleine de Rauch uses a rich, raspberry red velvet of nylon and rayon, notable for its exquisite drape and fine hand. The fabric by Raimon, called Velvenyl, was acclaimed...
Typed caption: This oval box-shaped vanity is a smart adjunct to the latest in fall, 1960, cocktail or theatre costumes. In nylon velvet, its soft beauty will retain its original luxury appearance, thanks to the easy care properties of DuPont...
Table of Contents: Man-made dyes: the first 100 years; Pepperell peps up striped sheets; Brighter skins for modern buildings; Travel light, and love it; The news behind new car wax; Rocket engines sit for their portraits; bucket and brush go...
Table of Contents: Catering to the collectors; Coatings applied by current; Shortwave, long reach; Clearing the way for improvements; An achievement in velvet; Rehearsing the descent to mars; A towering shower of light; The almost invisible mark of...
Table of Contents: Industry looks for leaders; What's new in Fabrikoid; Building the Kittitas high line canal; Those who ride my read; Banding wild ducks at Carney's Point; Transparent velvet, a style stable; Silver mining in Mexico; Toys for the...
Table of Contents: A chemical family; Treasures of science; Nineteen thirty-four, another velvet year; Over the cameraman's shoulder; Do not open until Christmas; New boudoir accessories; A new range for a new market.
Table of Contents: From coal-tar, molasses and salt; A new role for Nitramon; The velvet vogue; Serves the laundry, too; More power from your car; Romance of the ages comes to milady's dressing table; Clocks to fit the times; What's new; Straight...
Table of Contents: A new outlook for an old industry; A pipe dream that came true; Passengers and pigeons; Five star, the improved ethanol anti-freeze; At ease; Velvet in the spotlight; What's new; Coiffure compact; Refrigerators on the line.
This natural silhouette is a feature of this beautifully molded suit, shown by Christian Dior-New York in a fine, herring-bone suiting fabric of wool and Dacron polyester fiber. The luxurious, tweedy-looking fabric is soft and exceptionally light...
Typed caption: Nylon and rayon velvet, embellished with all over jet embroidery, was selected by Christian Dior for this short evening dress made with the restrained yet flattering bosom line so important in his current Paris collection. The fabric...
Typed caption: Elegant and very feminine-showing Balmain's glamorizing touch in every graceful line-is this evening gown in snowy white nylon point d'esprit, designed in the flattering princess line so prominent in the Paris couture collections...
Typed caption: The fitted dinner coat is Jo Copeland of Pattullo's conception of winter after dark elegance. It relies heavily on the staling brilliance of the silver and black striped Bucol fabric of nylon and metallic yarn imported by Kandelaft....
Typed caption: Covered, like a sleek seal, is Donald Brooks' idea of the drama that lies in black for after dark-an alluring Marlene Dietrich type of dress for impressive entrances. What give this siren sheath its clining seal like quality is...
Typed caption: The grand occasion dress at its most voluminous in a Hannah Troy creation in Whelan's point d'esprit and net of 100% nylon, with black velvet dots on the skirt and lavish jet embroidery on the bodice. The billowing skirt hangs from a...
