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Western Fashions Invade East

By JANICE GEASLER
Western women's fashions, che-'
mise included, seem to be invading
the Eastern countries, judging
from comments of University in-
ternational students.
Kimie Fukuyama, Grad., said
that although the kimono, the
Japanese national dress, is still
worn, most of the women in her
country prefer the new fashions
just like the rest of the world.
Japanese women make their own
dresses, copying' Western styles
from fashion magazines and mail
order catalogues, Kimie added,,
pointing out that the Western
clothes are more practical and very
inexpensive.
Use Basic Pattern
Girls learn to sew beginning in
the third year of grammar school,
she said. They do not use a com-
mercial pattern, but make their
own variations on'the basic pat-
tern which. they learn in school.
Women consider their dress
carefully and watch the current
trends, she said; comnenting that
her younger sister in Tokyo always
asks in her letters how Kimie is
making her dresses.
Egyptian women dress in the
same styles as American women,
but they enjoy more variety, ac-
cording to Samiha El-Agizi Grad.
"Here, you see the same styles
from street to street," 'she said,
"because of the mass production.

In Egypt, each big store has its
own dressmaker who creates his
own designs."
Adds Variety
Receiving fashion catalogues
from Europe and other countries
as well as from the United States
also contributes to the variety, as
does the importation of much of
the material used in dressmaking,
she added.
The women usually have their
clothes made by a dressmaker or
make their own in preference to
buying them readymade, Samiha
commented.
Readymade dresses are not
available in Thailand, Lamiad
Punsman, Grad., said, but Western
styles are worn. Women go to
dressmakers to have their clothes
made.
Wear Summer Fashions
Since it is warmer there than
here, she commented, woolen skirts
and sweaters are not used, but the
Thai fashions are like those worn
here in spring and summer.
However, she added, the That
national dress is still worn for spe-
cial occasions. As the Thai dress is
too difficult to describe, she re-
ferred to the costumes worn in
"The King and I" as an example.
Moerocatoen Moelono, Spec.,
commented that schoolgirls and
educated women in Indonesia have
adopted Western dress, which they
make, themselves.

Married and older women keep
the national dress, the batik. The
batik is a full-length garment sim-
ilar to a sarong and is worn with a
blouse.
Despite the headway Western
styles are making in the world,
they have not yet triumphed in
Pakistan.
A Pakistani woman in a Western
costume would feel very conspicu-
ous, Aziz Hussain, Grad., said.
One reason, she pointed out, is
that social custom requires legs
and heads be covered. Even if they
were to wear a dress, instead of the
traditional sari or shalwar, they
would keep the pajama-like gar-
ments and the scarfs.

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