This piece was written especially for "The Woman's Voice" by Mrs. Linda Najim, propri-etress of the "Ninon" house of dressmaking and fashions in Beirut. She trained in Paris and worked for three years at Balmain's.

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The winter wind has blown, sweeping away with the withered leaves the whole symphony of summer's colors; and the new woman has come forth in the bloom of her beauty and her charm, in the fashion of 1953.

This fashion, just as we dream it, is full of moderation and at times daring; trim in cut, it is made up of two pieces.

In the first hours of the morning the lady appears in a loose jersey tailleur, drawn in at the waist by a light belt that leaves her free to walk — a high collar, close-set buttons, a short hem — and a long