European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday october 21, 1967 from glue on to Cut outs Rudi Gernreich s Way out original styles Are now fitting a pattern. That is they re being put out in pattern form for at Home sewing. Unlike his More or less in wearable the topless and glue on suits these More Modi fied creations Are prettily practical for Day or evening. The patterns available at yes pattern counters Are easy to sew too and very High style. For a background on this austrian bom California transplant who s made such an Impact on what you Wear even if you Don t Wear his zanier numbers see Story below simple but Chic Rudi s dress at right is one of Many now available in pattern form. Rudi pastes one on. His glue on came before his sew in yourself styles. Patterned for High style Halter dress or culottes above and flowing sleeved number right Are both available for Home sewing. The topless suited this Man Fine by Mary Neth staff writer the Pope sent out a ban the mayor of St. Trope sent helicopters to patrol the shores Bra manufacturers sent up cries of anguish and fashionable gals got sent to jail. That s what happened when topless suits hit the beaches a few years Back. It was a worldwide juror. Who caused it it was the doing of a soft spoke Little Man Rudi Gernreich who promptly fled to the forests of Finland to avoid All the  d take some work to top the torrent of controversy caused by Rudi s infamous topless but this designing californian has been doing his Best along those lines Ever since. After the Bare breasted fad came his no Bra Brathen his glue on paste on styles and his Bikini backless Bikini. Should anyone Lake Rudi s styles seriously Doe she just what kind of Man is this innovator of Way out women s Wear according to fellow members of the fashion Industry Rudi he looks a bit like an elegant if aging beatle is a serious quite dedicated , even he occasionally seems a bit shocked by what he has wrought. He explains away the topless others wish they could by saying i started out As a Mere prediction of what women would t be wearing somewhere in the , he notes he was getting orders for such suits and before he knew it was the Centero an International Issue. I did t dream it d get out of fashion and into sociology he has said. But though Rudi apparently really did t expect the topless to become accepted fashion had no idea that More than six or seven would be sold he does stand firm on the principle behind its con caption. That principle he believes women s clothes should t encase them like Armor that they should allow Freedom that they should  designing clothes that overstate the Case he Hopes to make a moderate degree of Freedom unaccepted fact. To the general Public this austrian born designer really did t make the fashion scene until he sky rocketed to Fame with his Kooky suit. Members of the Industry knew better. It seems that he has been a hard working Mem Ber of the Field for years. He entered it professionally in 1949, but was drawing fashion sketches Way Back in 1934 when he was just 12 years old. Audi s first experience with fashion came in his aunt s dress shop in Vienna where he Learned about styles and fabrics. At that Point however his main interest was in painting. In 1938 he and his Mother moved to America where Rudi perfected his English enrolled in Art school then College and finally took up mod Ern dance. Members of the troupe he performed with re member him As a talented dancer but he Felt that As in painting he just was t Good enough. From designing costumes for the dance group he gradually graduated into High fashion designing itself. As he sees it his background both As a Painter and dancer have greatly influenced his work. The painting gave him a grounding in  the dancing made him less interested in Static details and More aware of the Way clothe should flow when the body is in motion. Very few women Wear Rudi s original Way out fashions but very few women Wear clothes that Haven t been influenced by  main objective is to put across his Basic fashion philosophy and he seems to be doing that in style 1