THE MICHIGAN DAILY'PAG Coeds Turn to Variety in Wardrobe Demanded By Full Schedule of Activities Winter Clothes Packed Away in Mothballs As Women Plan, Purchase Cooler Outfits By NANCY TAYLOR The coed's life is a busy one. Classes and social activities dictate a full schedule which calls for a variety of different outfits. And with summer coming on; the list of activities lengthens with the days. * * * * THE LONG-WORN winter clothes are being put away for another year, and coeds are beginning to bring last summer's clothes out of their packing and to supplement them with new styles. Simplicity and smartness are the keynotes of summer fa- shions this year. Warm weather clothes have been designed with comfort and coolness in mind, as well as a neat, trim appearance. For classes, casual cottons head the list. Soft pastels and catchy plaids are fabric favorites. Sleeveless styles, which made their first important appearance last summer, are again predicted to be favorites by designers. THEY WILL BE eye-catching in the tucked-front, high-collar model. This style usually buttons up the front from the waist and is highlighted by a white pique collar and a matching, or contrasting, flower. Pleats and full gathered skirts are giving way to trim, straight, or flare types. The straight skirts give neater lines to a costume and emphasize height, while on many persons the gathered and pleated styles give a bunchy appearance. Loafers are still the favorites with cottons, but coeds seem to be taking over a masculine trend by wearing white bucks. Although frowned upon by many as too casual, sneakers are seen on campus more and more with cottons. THEN THER IS that after class time. Those sunny afternoons fo tennis, golf, biking and baseball. Here blouses and T-shirts, with shorts, pedal pushers and jeans are basic sportswear. Sports clothes are designed with freedom of action and com- fort in mind. For church and semi-formal wear, dressy cottons and summer prints are put to work. * * * * DESIGNERS THIS YEAR have tried to work out a great many styles which can be worn for different types of occasions. Much like basic winter dresses in idea, these models can be worn casually with loafers, but with the addition of a hat, gloves, purse and dressy shoes, they are suitable for church and other more formal occasions. Summer prints of silk and rayon materials are also popular in dressy instances. Suits of lightweight rayon and linen are tops in tra'vel wear. Crease-resistant materials are being developed that make it possible for one to look fresh and crisp even after a long trip. WASHING AND IRONING cottons is always a headache, but with the development of nylon materials and other fabrics which need little or no ironing, the problem is fast disappearing. Nylon, especially, is a favorite among coeds because washing and drying space in a dormitory or sorority or league house is limited. Most nylon fabrics only require a light sudsing, a shaking out of; the wrinkles before they are hung up to dry, and presto! they are ready to wear. No ironing is necessary if nylon clothes are hung pro- perly so that they do not dry with wrinkles in them. SPRINGTIME IN ANN ARBOR also means dance-time. Pledge formals and house dances fill the social calendar. Among coeds this means a look at the budget and then a shopping trip for a new dress. Crease and wrinkle resistant materials are also important in1 formal wear, and nylon again takes top billing. The new nylon1 net holds up very well, and if necessary can be easily washed. F drgandy is a favorite for that cool look. It is especially popular this summer combined with taffeta and satin. Strictly feminine is organdy over a pastel taffeta, combined in a strapless design, and ac- cented by a bow of matching taffeta at the waist. * * * *m THE HALTER TYPE is a fashion favorite this summer. It is popular in organdy, but designers are emphasizing its use in nylon and chiffon fabrics, also. Artificial flowers and stoles are important accessory ideas. They are used in matching or contrasting colors to highlight the dress iself. Summertime is an important style time for coeds. With the list of social activities and fun goes a list of what to wear and where to wear it. This year more than ever stylists are emphasizing the trim, neat, look. Simplicity, combined with smartness, highlight the 1951 parade of warm-weather clothes.s COTTON TIME-Against a setting of the latest in furniture designs three coeds model the latest in cotton fashions. Mary Ellen Ney- berg, wearing a dark dress with bold horizontal stripes, relaxes in a comfortable terrace chair at the University's recent modern furniture exhibition, Betty Miller, in a solid colored dressy cotton, serves a cool drink to Pat Adams. Miss Adams wears a pastel dress marked by thin stripes. FLYING HIGH-Laura Hoffman is pictured modeling what the well-dressed traveler will wear this summer. Light-weight suits of rayon or linen, simply cut, are tops on the list of serviceable, yet smart, clothes. SILK PRINTS are being shown not only in the usual all over pat- tern, but with contrasting pat- terns. For example, the designers are sparking an all over pattern with a stripe of completely dif- ferent design, and sometimes of contrasting colors. Rhinestone and gold buttons are also being used to dress up a silk print as well as a plain pastel silk. Shantungs and linens will be popular this year for dressy wear. Linens of any color-both dark and light-are ornamented with tricky buttons, belts and collars. ONE DRESS shown in a local store is of brown linen, perfectly plain with its blouse top and straight skirt, but the collar and FORE-With the return of warm weather, sports-minded coeds turn to athletics for relaxation and fun. Shorts and cotton blouses are typical sports attire, as evidenced by Anne Lautner and Ellen Lonetti, who are busy practicing those tricky green shots. NIGHT AND DAY:' Cottons Run Fashion Gamut From Sun-Rise to Sun-Down '4 By PAT SMITH From dawn through date-time, cottons can be in vogue. For dressy occasions plain and softly blended tones of pastels will enter the scene. Large collars or small perky stand-up collars will give a rousing send-off while small SUMMER FASH ION SUPPLEMENT * * e pearl buttons and choker pearls at the neck will lend the finishing touches. L O O S E L Y GATHERED full skirts with or without pockets and belted with"neat fitting bodices are featured this spring. For cool- er spring days, three quarter length sleeves will be both com- fortable and smart looking. Colors will vary from blended duotones of rose, gold, and lilac in large blocks and stripes to smaller multi - colored checks with bold red, green or brown predominating. 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