Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — ONE COLOR IDEA ABANDONED [ARTICLE]

ONE COLOR IDEA ABANDONED

Fashion’s Latest Fancy at Least Makes It Easy to Remodel Slightly Worn Gowns.

The fashions have never been so amenable to remodeling as they are at present. They have got barely over that old idea of theirs that a dress had to be made almost entirely of* one material and quite entirely of one color.

It is considered very smart this season to use two or three materials and several colors in one gown. When I was abroad a short time ago I saw practically no monotone dresses, and the smartest frocks that were worn at the race meets and restaurants were always party-colored affairs that looked most attractive after the long run of the one-color idea. So if you haven’t enough material in the dress you want to make over, or if part of it is worn or soiled, you can combine it with some other material and It will not only freshen it beyond recognition, but it will make it much better style than it would be if it had been made all of one material. That is encouraging, isn't it* You can veil a half-shabby silk or satin dress with chiffon, net. marquisette, silk voile or half a dozen other pretty things. You can combine a check, plaid or striped material with a plain color, matching one of the colors in the plaid, etc. You can use two materials of the same color, two weights of the same material; you can combine two different colors or two tones of the same color, or you can use two or three different kinds of materials and several totally unrelated, colors. If you care to. You see you can do practically anything so long as It Is a. little different from anything you have done before. —Exchange. „