Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

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G4 Four costumes representative of coming spring styles, in which the cape and the vest will be very much in evidence. The suit on the right is worn by Hope Hampton, the gown to her left by Esther Ralston, and the next one by Kathleen Key. What Will Be Worn This Spring? As the season of changing modes approaches, a safe guide to future styles may be found in the up-to-date frocks, of the screen, By Betty Brown BEWARE the ides of March!" This prophetic warning has been quoted so often and applied to such a variety of subjects, that its use has become somewhat hackneyed from repetition. But to the woman who is about to start on the serious business of her spring wardrobe it applies with unusual aptness. For this is the season of changing modes ; on every hand, the shops, the new plays, the latest screen productions, show a bewildering array of new fashions. She who is on tiptoe to wear some of the charming, springlike gowns is in danger of going wrong altogether by adopting one or another of the short-lived styles tentatively bunched by hopeful designers with the questionable ambition of making it the "Ford" of the coming season. The girl whose wardrobe must be limited — and that, alas, is the case of most of us — must walk with wary steps indeed if she would avoid the snares and pitfalls of the spring season. It is such a temptation to sally forth and, in the exuberance of our joy at the prospect of fascinating spring finery, buy right and left without giving due thought to the suitability and lasting quality of the styles under consideration. While stars of the screen have often been criticised for their exploitation of freakish and extreme fashions, this is no longer true, at least not of those stars whose popularity is the result of honest merit and ability. And there is a good reason for this. A film production, unlike one of the stage, is a more or less permanent thing ; it often is shown upon the screen for many months, and A pleated flounce and long scarf are the features of Renee Adoree's white crepede-Chinc frock printed with redand-green dots.