GERTRUDE SINGER'S upstairs shop on Church Street has the highest prices in the Square, but go and you'll see why. She carefully selects the best of the au courant; such as the silk coat and dress ensemble ($240). She believes in capes and capelets for everything, and only a few of these are under $100; one silk raincape is only $70. Her jumpers and jerkins, summer dresses (including Ann Fogarty) and suits are ust barely accessible. It must be emphasized that no other store in the area carries such consistently fashionable, unHarvard Square-like clothing.

At the other end of the spectrum you'll find the irrepressible KITTY HAAS. Bubbling over with her usual enthusiasm, Kitty breathlessly speaks of the "mad, wild things" she is selling in her new shop on 42a Brattle Street. (A fire on Dec. 31st destroyed everything, so she has begun again from scratch.) Kitty prides herself on her fabrics, imported from the oddest countries. What she calls her "new, darling designs" turn out to be merely a modified and more sophisticated A-line. She has a shepherdess's dress complete with plunge which should be interesting. Kitty and her "fantastic seamstress" will make you a cotton dress ($25) in ten days.

Capes and Things

Capes still enchant most Cambridgiennes, and fortunately an attractive variety has appeared on the market in recent months. ADELE BRAGAR has a narrow, waterproof cape with detachable epaulettes and big brass buttons in khaki poplin ($20) and in lovely blue corduroy. ($24). Most stores carry several good styles, but GERTRUDE SINGER'S cape collection remains unsurpassed in Cambridge. In Boston, FILENE'S is showing some striking models in pastel wools with shoulder button closings ($55).

For basic separates, you can't beat ROGERS (no relation). Formerly men's shop on Mass. Ave., the new Holyoke Center store includes a woman's section which is both inexpensive and adequate. The round-collared print blouses with solid colored skirts and checked blouse and bermuda out-fits will have you looking like a Smithie in no time flat. The VERMONT TWEED and OXFORD SHOP (on Brattle St.) specializes in a more expensive version of the same look.

If pants catch your fancy in the spring. J. BRINE will serve you fine. Everything stretches: long pants, surfers, bermudas, jamaicas, and shorts (not to mention skirts and bathing suits.) J. Brine carries genuine Levi's (and we know they're genuine because of the authentic rectangular red Levilable on the left side of the right hand back pocket.) The "lean, hiphugging masculine fit" comes in blue ($4.75), white $(4.50) and stretch ($7.95). Less glamorous, but certainly adequate, are CORCORAN'S Wranglin' jeans ($3) in 10 oz. denim, sanforized for that "trim western fit."

Velour tops, the European version of the American sweatshirt, coordinate with long and short skirts or pants, and judging by the selection in the Square, are extremely popular. TOWN AND TRAVEL carries the most complete array of shirts in this velvety cotton material--3 styles of cardigan and 5 of pullovers ($12-15) in every color. Their Swiss cotton velour bears an amusing label advising the purchaser, "Don't mind to put this article in your washing machine." But, just the same, I wouldn't recommend it.

THE WINDOW SHOP takes the velour prize for its stunning black-on-red printed turtleneck ($25) imported from Switzerland. ADELE BRAGAR'S Finnish velours ($12) come in