Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1910 — EVENING GOWNS CUT LOW [ARTICLE]

EVENING GOWNS CUT LOW

Examples of the Frocks Worn by Smart Women In London „ This Season. London’s smart women have always worn very decollete gowns, but this year they have excelled all previous records. The newest evening frocks are practically without backs, so narrow is the line of bodice seen at each side. A favorite style is a deep V-shaped opening, the print of the V not finishing till It reaches the waist Another style Is to have the corsage cut Ushaped. This also displays a minimum of bodice and a maximum of back. With these gowns the decoltetage 'in front is proportionately low, and In many cases not a vestige of sleeve Is to be seen. As gloves are very often discarded the result Is a decidedly undressed appearance, and when you have also a skirt of tight and flimsy material with a satin underskirt some six or eight Inches shorter than the chiffon overdress the effect is of audacity. A frock worn by a duchess at a reception lately was of blue charmeuse with a tunic of mousseline in a paler shade. The decolletage edged with a dark fur was cut in a novel way. The square line across the front and back was continued over the arms and slanting down into a deep point formed the upper parts of the sleeve, the under parts being formed of blue mousseline. The shoulders and the greater part of the arms were thus left here. How the dress was kept in its proper position was a mystery.