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» A givenchy collection is above ail élégant and distinguished and this spring collection is ail that with a new charm of impondérable éléments where an extrême parisianisme is évident but also a delicacy of inspiration which is most seductive.

The suits are young, deliberately uncluttered and always very alive.

No whirling fullness for the skirts which remain practical with the very discreet fan of an inverted pleat or a few soft gathers.

The short jackets are often slimly belted.

They are worn both over dresses and skirts.

The coats are more slender than in past seasons.

Tiny collars, straight belts appear discreetly.

The dresses conserve this grâce of élégance, so dear to this couturier; they please infïnitely by their charming sim- plicity.

The colors are smiling and fresh.

The pinks, the greens, the blondes are very notable.

The evening dresses are exquisite, ravishing, they hâve conquered us ail.

Hère, for the afternoon, a charming ensemble in nile green linen toile.

The jacket is trimmed with a little martingale and pockets.

A charming and sober élégance in this pinky mauve redin- gote, opening in a point in front and held in the back by a martingale.

» Great variety of tendencies in this spring collection which loves confort.

For yves saint-laurent has wanted this season to bring softness to his suits in often covering them with half length capes, which can be removed miraculously and are easy to put on the shoulders and/or leave on the seat of the car.

The suits with short straight jackets are often open over a vest of the same fabric as the jacket or a blouse attached to the skirt.

Longer jackets also appear; pleated skirts are young, the blouse dresses take up a thème dear to this couturier.

The evening dresses delight in giant prints with strange flowers.

And the bride is put under.

A cage!Above opened over a blouse in beige toile attached to the skirt, the jacket of this ensemble is straight.

Beige tweed in wool and mohair from besson.

On the right page a deep pleat in front opens the skirt of this two pièce ensemble in maryland tobacco color.

Wool tweed from besson.

» A very great élégance in the collection of balenciaga who remains faithful to a style with a perfection which he seems to hâve attained for several seasons, his apogée.

Discreet lines, so just in their delightful propor- tions giving that joy to the eyes, that quiet to the spirit which reposes after so many fantasies of more or less good taste.

One can résume the essential of the collection in saying as did beaudelaire 'ail is luxury and beauty'.

That says it ail!The suits hâve jackets of différent lengths, some long, some short.

The wools used are less tufted than the last time.

Balenciaga has preferred the more discreet fabrics and gay and springlike colors.

On the left, this navy topcoat with martingale has a deep pleat in the back and flowers its rêver with a white camélia.

Above, pink as a lovely pétunia, this suit with a long and easy jacket harmonizes delicately with a breton in navy straw.

» Suits, in gênerai, are young, smart, refined, definite.

But in particular they présent very personal characteristics, assuring them a proper individuality and offering women the opportunity of choice according to their own style.

Many among them hâve pleated skirts, more or less important, others prefer straight skirts, or with only a little fullness.

Others choose belted jackets, short or long, others prefer the mixture of novelty fabrics or the soft silks printed in charming httle motifs.

But in the ensemble they are seductive; they are truly the temptations of spring, one wants to wear them with the first rays of the sun and no matter how reasonable, it is difficult to resist their exqui- site élégance.

You will see ail through thèse pages, a fresco of thèse new suits, which are in themselves the spirit of paris.

From left to right, christian dior.

A collarless jacket is lapped over in front and worn over a dress with envelop skirt, softly gathered in front.

A fine printed turban complètes the ensemble.

A straight dress, simply belted is trimmed on the hips with revered pockets.

The jacket is short, a small collar and closed with gold buttons.

Trimming of straps and overstitching.

Blue toile from staron.

A quite long jacket is worn over an extremely simple fiât skirt.

The sliding jacket is deeply eut out and the sleeves are long.

A white camélia flowers at the bottom of the jacket ornamented with two pockets.

A mousseline foulard is slipped in the neckline of this charming raw green suit.

The jacket is short and slightly fitted.

The neckline is rounded.

The skirt widens in front in large soft pleats.

Green linen toile from moreau.

» Light, soft, élégant, the silk suit cornes back in the collections and brings a very agreeable note of refinement.

Printed silk favors the small designs, slightly géomé- trie.

Imitating the chevrons of wool, this beige and white natural silk is perfect for this fine suit with the jacket with classic revers.

The large skirt is entirely pleated.

Two printed silks are used hère, one with géométrie designs for the suit, the other with red and black dots for the blouse.

Natural silk from bufano.

Below, in pink this suit is very springlike.

The blouse in pink crêpe under the jacket in wool and mohair from levy haas.

Castillo, on the left.

Black buttons trim the jacket and the skirt of this suit in black and white.

A belt in box calf marks the waistline, tailor collar and revers.

Wool flannel pierre daure.

Young and very élégant this suit with a short jacket opens over a matching vest which rises to throat base, and closed by very little gold buttons.

Tweed from marcel guillemin.

» Guy laroche, below, shows us a suit in gray and white pied-de-poule with the blouse in sky blue tussor.

Checked wool from raimon.

Christian dior, on the right.

Red, so much in vogue, makes this charming suit with a fine blouse in the same shade of silk.

Granité wool and mohair from bufano.

Shantung from pierre besson.

A skirt from the hips, slightly widened, is worn under a jacket with double buttoning and belted.

A bow is placed on the side.

Pure wool chine mousseline scarf from marcel guillemin.

A highly colored tweed with large knots makes this delightful suit, completely parisian.

The skirt is straight.

Ravishing, this suit with envelope skirt and the very short jacket bowed at the collar.

Pink pure wool tweed from perceval sekers.

Collar and revers in white pique for this charming suit with skirt very largely pleated.

Skirt with whirling godets for this young suit, in checked red and white.

A very large rosé closes it.

Pure wool from pierre daure.

Jacket with rounded péplums closed by a bow and enti- refy pleated skirt for this collarless suit with white bodice.

Very short, this jacket buttoned in a large triangle with a little turndown collar.

Circular skirt low pockets, martingale, tailor revers are the characteristics of this redingote in pure wool crêpe from besson.

Camélia on the shoulder, turndown collar with a fold of white pique showing for this redingote with a pleated skirt.

Wool and mohair from lesur.

Redingote furrowed with overstitchings on the bias.

Tailor collar and revers, lapped pockets, large hat.

Red and white striped scarf for this collarless redingote with martingale in the back.

Red pure wool from moreau.

» Straight lines please in the new coats and their classic, pure style adds much to féminine élégance of this delicious season.

Overstitching, very much in relief emphasized in this géranium red coat with turndown collar, freeing the throat base.

Twin buttoning top and bottom.

Vertical pockets on both sides of the bodice.

Pure combed wool broadcloth from garigue.

Very élégant line for this navy coat with the bottom opening in a slightly widening line.

The turndown collar is eut away from the throat base and shows a bit of white.

Pure combed wool crêpe from schmoll.

» They are very slender, very narrow, the belts of our coats and mark wi- thout constraint the waistline of the prome- u de, naramuuie naders.

Almost always in leather, they are very supple.

Closed on the side, this fine coat is belted in leather.

Tailor collar and revers and the sleeves are quite straight.

It is worn over a sheath dress of the same fabric.

Little white hat worn stright.

The wool is a fine light gray chevron from nattier.

Very marked in this model, the low waistline, descending below the hips and giving the top a very new length.

Belt in black leather, sleeves setin very close to the shoulder.

The fabric is a tweed in wool and mohair from pierre besson.

» To choose toile is to be sure of freshness throughout the day and it is also to be at the top of fashion for this year the couturiers hâve loved madly thèse mid-summer linens so agreeable to wear in hot weather.

The sleeveless dresses, of sure lines are marvellously eut and hâve a great élégance.

A bow flowered with lily of the valley trims the corsage of this dress with lengthened bust and the skirt widens in large pleats.

The sleeveless bodice is delicately eut out in oval.

The double breasted buttoning is placed in the back.

The ensemble is completed by a big turnback white hat worn far back.

Sobriety for the élégant red dress closed close to the throat and trimmed with a lovely white camélia on one shoulder.

The sliding waistline is barely curved and stitchings furrow ail the front, rounding at the hem.

Poppy toile from labbey.

Shoes charles jourdan, purse hermès.

As seductive as possible in its gleaming whiteness, this fresh dress is belted in white leather.

A delicately printed foulard slips into the neck- line with tailor revers.

Sleeveless, vertical pockets slit the sides.

Long stitched strap in front.

The white toile is from moreau.

An allover stitched applique in plastron shape trims the back of this dress closed in the back.

A slender beige leather belt marks the waistline.

Gathers softly mark the waistline and the neckline is at throat base.

White toile from moreau.

» It is truly a success of the spring, thèse luminous white dresses.

Choose hère those which please you.

A wide, low belt marks the waistline of this dress in double faced wool from geron- deau.

Dress with threequarter sleeves with the bias from the neck tieing in the back.

» - the simplicity of the silhouette, the purity of the style of thèse charming dresses dedicates them truly to young girls.

Godets at the bottom of the skirt animate this dress buttoned in the back in pure wool from hurel.

Skirt slit in front for this dress with a vest bodice.

Crylor jersey from léonard.

» The two pièce remains indi- spensable and its charm is always of actuality.

Less fréquent perhaps than last season, it is nevertheless very much in vogue.

On the left, grès emphasizes navy with a wide bias on the bodice of this ensemble with short sleeves with the skirt in pleats.

On this page, yves saint-laurent places a large inverted pleat in the skirt of this low waisted two pièce trimmed with a bowed scarf in navy blue.

Pure wool lace tweed from garigue.

So young and already a so great couturier has created interest by his so singular style, which is at the same time intriguing.

His conception of the woman is particular; he sees her as an architect and treats her in mass and in volume.

The young like his dresses, they are made for them.

On the right hand page, a sage red jacket with rounded péplums over a white dress, very simple.

Sleeveless and straight from the bodice.

Below it is again a white wool which has inspired courrèges for this ensemble of magnificent lines.

A beige jacket, reversable white, contrasts gently with this dress of wide shoulder straps and a leather belt.

» ïn the ravishing choice which we hâve presented to you hère, you will perhaps hesitate and will be like the young woman who seems a little appalled before thèse marvellous accessories.

Dont be troubled and look carefully at the carven suit which she wears.

It is in navy and white tennis lxvii.