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2-B Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, July 29, 1971 Vs More Chane Than Ever Before' 4 4i 111 i 111 Is rUwy Vflf fa By LUCIE NOEL PARIS Iff) The Chanel Salon was agog with excitement and a certain uneasiness Tuesday as buyers, distinguished guests and journalists awaited the first collection since Coco Chanel died six months ago. Would artistic coordinator Gaston Berthelot and his team make it? The verdict came in a wild ovation from the audience. If Coco Chanel had been sitting in her traditional step on the famous staircase, she would have said: "It's more Chanel than ever." The continuity of style was almost unbelievable. The difference and naturally everyone was watching for it was mainly evident in detail which complemented rather than moved away from the Chanel line. The spirit throughout was as young as ever, the cut as neat, and the clothes as right and functional for today.

There were more afternoon dresses, with linens softer, as were fabrics a great variety of sheer fabrics, many a-glitter with metal threads. Treatments generally seemed softer than of yore. Soft Eton collars in white linen on suits replace white shirtbands, and felt Fedora hats were shown with the suits. The checked and plaid tweeds and wools, silks and knits used in the suits are all in the qualities Coco used, midweight patchwork wools share honors with the soft, hand-woven style that she always endorsed. Jackets are wrist length and symmetrically pocketed at breast and hips.

Sometimes they belong to a suit. At other times it's a costume, the jacket revealing a dress with an occasional silk or brocaded top attached. The famous Chanel chains are always there. They're gold, and the colored mock jewels and beads pick out the colors in the tweed or the suit. The detailing on the jackets is as careful as ever.

The suits look new, styled for winter, and the colors and blends in tweeds are wonderful. Apricot and beige, plum and navy, grege and rose. Rose silk shirt with pleated shirtfront under a patchwork jacket, and rust plaid with the cinnamon picked out for the shirt are some especially good models. White is a favorite. A vanilla wool suit is terribly chic with its matching shirt.

They-revive the black suit, for Paris, extremely simple. One is on tuxedo lines faced in white satin, another is fitted and frilled in dull Charmeuse satin for wear with furs, a third narrowly braided with a frilled white satin jabot. And gray flannel stages a much-applauded comeback, with a dark red boutonniere carnation, red belt and white shirt. The evening story is elegant with fragile black lace, soft Charmeuse in a white evening shirtwaist dress. Hemlines are short except for sheer lames in rich patterns.

A "difference" is the use of precious furs. Mink is shown in berets, leopard used in beret and trimmings. A winter coat is lined and edged in civet. Dyed fox is effective in coat sleeves, and a big Russian red fox toque matches the cuffs of a wool coat. In all: a deluxe collection to which Coco would have willingly signed her name.

Jacoby on Bridge Sage Adds Game Spice CHANEL FASHIONS This chasuble shown In Paris this week. Augmenting this dress enemble with matching jacket in ensemble is a braided wool and gold belt white and gray plaid tweed and a white and a gold chain necklace topped with a poplin shirt is part of the fall-winter collec- white felt fedora. (AP Wirephoto via cable lection of French designer Dior being from Paris) THE TAILORED LOOK FROM PARIS Yves Saint-Laurent presented this tailored suit In green and beige tweed in his fall-winter collection in Paris this week. The blouse is in beige satin with matching Richelieu-style shoes in green and beige. (AP Wirephoto) ri in Birth ZENITH COLOR TV The young expert took the first trick with dummy's king of hearts and led a spade toward his hand.

The old man hopped up with the ace while the young expert carefully dropped his Obviously, the old coot had a singleton ace or a doubleton ace-jack. The old timer chuckled and led back a heart to knock out dummy's last stopper. The young expert led a spade to his rueen and burst into doggerel when the old duffer played the nine. Without question, the old fool was senile! How could anyone rise with the ace when he could have played the nine? The young expert led a spade and finessed dummy's eight. It was then the old man produced the jack of spades.

SATURDAY 10 A.M. 'TIL LOW RENT NO SALESMAN'S COMMISSIONS VOLUME BUYING POWER OVER 39 YEARS EXPERIENCE St. Joseph Hospita Admissions reported Wednesday by St. Joseph Hospital in Port Charlotte i were Lorraine Dearborn, i Marilyn Scott, Elizabeth Hor-den, Earlene Davenport, De-lina Hoffman, Jerry Oglesby, H. L.

Angus and Douglas Adsit. Dismissals reported were Beverly Jessell, Blanche Moore, Charles Grogan, Ray Parker, Philip Connors and Mark Stendahl. MONDAY THROUGH AT LEE MEMORIAL Mr. and Mrs. Karl King, 213 Lakeview Dr.

a 9 13-ounce son, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Keel, Route 1, Box 408-A, Orange River Loop a 7-pound, 9 'i son, Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marx, Hollywood, Fla. an 8 6-ounce son, Wednesday i Hollywood. They are former residents.

MONDAY THROUGH 1 1 4jgrj B4030 Closeout mm 9 P.M. NORTH AK862 VAK J10 7 9832 WEST EAST A754- AJ9 VQ1053. V8764 9852 4643' KJ 4Q107 SOUTH (D) Q103 J92 AKQ A654 Both vulnerable West North East South 1N.T. Pass 2 4k Pass 2 Pass 3 NX Pass Pass Pass Opening lead 3 SHOP msm SATURDAY 10 A.M. 'TIL "You are old, Father William," the young expert said, "and your hair is exceedingly white, yet you incessantly stand on your head, do you think at your age this is right?" "In my youth" said the sage, "I learned how to play from Culbertson, Whitehead and Shoup.

If you think I started about yesterday, you are sure to wind up in the soup." The young whelp was in the soup all right. If Father William had played the nine of spades instead of the ace the expert would have finessed the 10 and wound up with three spade tricks, game and rubber. As it was he went down two while apologizing to Lewis Carroll. 9 P.M. i Punta Gorda Medical Center Admissions reported by the Punta Gorda Medical Center Wednesday were Joanne Stanley, Davnah Florian, Ka-t a Nachay, Evelyn McLean, Alma Oberg, William Gibson, Andrew Steed, Clifford Aichholtz, Henry Means and James Jordan.

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