European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page 17 perfect for hiking or biking is Nina Ricci s Sherlock Holmes ensemble above which features High style car coat Topping trousers or tunic dress that stops at mid thigh. And the some designers protested Bourgeois standards by Baring bosom. Cour Reges transparent net is worn without Bra. Couturier real Brigitte Bardot s favorite designer definitely had youth in mind ensembles were mini Short Many were worn with Slouch hats thigh High boots. By Joan Deppa up staff writer 7 no barricades have been set up in Paris of future salons. But the effects of the 1968 French in Ron Ere obvious when the High fashion collect runs opened. Most collections were smaller and More  1 much of the Bourgeois luxury Forf Sake the sort of frills and Fri Peries designed women Magazine covers than for living breathing Imp rant look is lean clean and sexy. It so s11-m waists and natural bosoms Andt Skirls swaying gently above Long legs buttoned be is the shirt with its neckline left in Blanc to Tias the we re dares but any reset Man inf eld so i redress is purely  a if is 4ts win be worn with neat figure Fol the i Lack Els and plated or a line  w have the sort of simple wearable ing a no in Fht for Hiki a or bikin8 to work Dur a or climbing Over barricades. T ? have developed a new fashion Phil last season. The Shock of being caught in violent riots of having to Bike or hike to work because there was no Public transport and finally of having no Gas for private cars of having old standards of luxury and Comfort reviled As Bourgeois Shook old ideas to their foundations. Overnight women started searching through their closets for something that did t look overdressed for something comfortable but for something that cheered them up in the face of the crisis clothes they had bought Only weeks before were suddenly  dresses went unworn because there weren t any real  magazines suddenly became self conscious about All the expensive furs and jewellery they were planning to show on their pages. Elle Magazine undoubtedly the most influential i France was understood to have scrapped several covers and inside Page Layouts As too luxury prone Forth a difficult times. Its last cover showed a Sun tanned Beauty in a simple Bright Marigold Polo to shirt. Status symbols Are out was the word passe around the salons during the collection week. Gone were All the initials that made it Clear which House one s very expensive handbag Belt or scar came from. Greatly reduced were opulent jewelry beading and  of the Saddest women in town was the Public relations agent for the Diamond Industry. She had managed to get one Diamond brooch pinned to one Alexandre Hairdo. That was  to hairdos themselves gone were All the Busy Bushy elaborate hairstyles that meant hours at the coiffure and a half dozen hairpieces. Not one Paris haute couture Salon showed hairstyle that could be considered elaborate by comparison with last season s curls and complicated hairstyles. Instead of allowing fantasy to run wild in Ultra expensive luxury the designers have been forced to re turn to the basics that first made Paris the world fashion capital Good Cut Good cloth Good use of color. Young Yves St. Laurent probably the most influential designer in Paris today if judged by his last col Lection summed up the reaction of Many fashion observers. A Tornado has blown through haute couture he said. But it was a beneficial