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April 11, 1974 PHOENIX Page 15FancyFootworkBY EILEEN BLAIRLight and lively footwear served up by Montague St.%u2019s Step %u2019N Style Shoes will surely put Spring into your step with their bright assortment of casual shoes, especially crepe soled canvas styles in candy colors. Espadrilles, scuffs, sling-backs and clogs mean comfort and style, and Step %u2019N Style brings them to you at considerable savings.Brooklyn Heights%u2019 Step %u2019N Style, the only branch of the ten-store chain in this borough, is a manufacturer%u2019s representative for several European and South American factories. Their direct transactions with manufacturers enable them to offer notably low prices at the retail end since there%u2019s no middleman to add a price-inflating step to the supply process. All of Step %u2019N Style%u2019s shoes are first quality%u2014fromwell-known manufacturers who supply various U.S. retailers. By buying surplus or late production, Step %u2019N Style is able to buy low and pass their savings on to their customers.Paul De La Torre, manager of the shop and a Heights resident for 12 years, personally picks his store%u2019s selection from the chain%u2019s inventory. He is pleased to be able to %u201coffer good value at low prices, especially these days when inflation and compromised quality are hardly rare commodities. We try to keep aninventory that%u2019s both sensible and stylish,%u201d continues De La Torre. %u201c Our moccasin and loafer styles, for example, are very popular with local mothers and older people who are on their feet a lot.%u201d Nurses and waitresses seek out Step %u2019N Styles%u2019 assortment of white, wedged-sole styles.Platform styles are going out, according to De La Torre and his assistant, Harry Jones. Much more modified styles are in the Spring collection, whose most notable characteristic is aContinued on Page 19Park Slope%u2019s own Import Boutique%u2014 Dresses, Skirts.Tops, Jaloba s, Men'sshirts from India, Mexico. Pakistan,Also New - A Full Lineof Children's imported Clothing.Wo Invite comparisons.Feel free to come in and browse.We%u2019re proud of ourprices and merchandise.C L Q T H E S d e s i g n e dC J F O R Y O UVy C \\ f o r y o u r i i f eI//// \\ t h e v / d y y o u( \\ l i v e n o w7 n \\ \\ d r p r i c e s n oJ \\/\\ \\ b i c / n e r t h a n /1V \\ m e d \\ ' e r a q e\\ \\ b o u t i q u e , %u25a0Y o u c a n a f f o r d t o d o if- 1Susi Martin6 3 H - % 7 6S te p %u2019%u00bb S ty le138 1 oo j ftm tiague^Z StreetFancy fo o tw e a r to carry you into Spring sandals,espadrille patents, in a bouquet of colors and styles.F a n n y ' sBetterDresses Coats Pant SuitsFamous LabelsatDiscount PricesB an k am ericard &M astercharge accepted56 Court StreetM o n -T h u rs 1 0 -6 ; Fri til 3Batik T-ShirtsHandmade * WashableINFANT TO ADULT SIZESDozens of colors - Dozens of designs A whole zoo of animals or whimsical Ihings,~ or whatever.The M e ltin g PotTh,Fri-10-2 Sat-11-6340 ATLANTIC AVE at Hoyt Si.BROOKLYN 596-6849Ii t-<.:%u2019*l%u25a0y;na- mUlklVM fi f m a n i t t t t or m t217 6arfWd PxrefjfF 7%u00bbA%u00abme) 7B3~54365,suits whets Sdcr pants! swrts Randoer sweateesMerrs western 6- Mawaan shirts R rs Storm axrts. Bcngies. A rt Dteco jewelry S-ccaMcnes Rjtcbncrk quilts... And bte.lote more.fMiiavw.iii.a ami iMi wwaahiwwuii afcwaWi.Vi'iiWTi Viiiiti > atoa>v.O Q K L l VSjiw v in t n if tm tm m m %u25a0 %u00ab%u25a0%u00ab%u25a0%u25a0%u00ab*>8 7 \6 2 2 5 2 5 2 .FOR EVERY 8ooy:JfflN S SHIRTS FOR MEN WOMEN, JEWELRY. KIEHl'S OILa u r v f t i A a i r t o u o . h : O h i a i . / cDesigningWays...BY EILEEN BLAIRAt last, a solution to your penchant for designer clothes without designer pricetagsSusi Martin, a clothes designer and custom dressmaker who makes her home and studio right here in a Boerum Hill duplex. Susi does designs for many M anhattan specialty shops and department stores, but she also works directly with private clients, and she can save you hours of ferreting among the racks and shelves in Dry Dock Country. She can eliminate those headache.producing hunts for the right dress or outfit at non-break-the-bank prices.Choose from Susi%u2019s own seasonal line, or work out a design of your choice with her; she%u2019ll make you a figure-perfect pattern and help you select the right material so the final product works as well on you as it does in the sketchbook. Trained at Manhattan%u2019s French Fashion Academy, Susi creates marvelously feminine clothes in delicious fabrics in an unerring mix of the youthful and the sophisticated.Susi's spring line includes a slippery, skinny halter dress (long or short) done up in quiana jersey in whispers of soft peach or shimmering aqua. Lord & Taylor bought them up on sight. Betsy, Bunky, Nini chose a selection of Susi%u2019s sheer rayon chiffon blouses tied at the neck a la 1940%u2019s bed jacket for their popular boutique. Also, ip Susi's spring eollddloW is1 ai\\.rhalo of a ruffle that lies just-so about the shoulders.For Susi, fabric and fit go hand in hand with design, and she scours the City to find just the right materials. When she can, she buys up remaining bolts of designer fabric (like Oscar de la Renta%u2019s) left over after a house has cut its line. Susi%u2019s clothes are young and romantic, magically combining fluid femininity with the spare, linear dash of a Stephen Burroughs.Susi creates myriad sketches for her designs, both for wholesalers and private clients. These arc reworked and refined into a working drawing from which a paper pattern in cut. Depending on the style and fabric, she may then drape out the design on a dummy. Next, she makes up a muslin model-an important step so that clients can she if the design Susi envisions will be right for them. To show shop and department store buyers, Susi makbs dp a design in'the I * 1 actual fabric.; %u201d 1 usually make;, ,