Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1911 — TRANSPARENT YOKE IS HERE [ARTICLE]

TRANSPARENT YOKE IS HERE

Takes the Place of Low Neck Dress and Is Welcomed Almost Unanimously. Except for actual evening dress, the low neck is not seen now. Fashion decrees instead—and good sense for once joins her —that the transparent yoke and high collar be worn instead. This yoke may be pleated or tucked, but more frequently it is perfectly plain, without a suggestion of niching or ornamentation of any kind. Of course the collar must be boned, but the bones are made as few- and as inconspicuous as possible, so that the yoke and the collar seem simply fitted closely, though not tightly - , to the figure. These yokes are usually of net, though chiffon and even tulle or maline are occasionally seen, particularly the first; and they are, nine times out of ten, dead white. If you have not the sort of skin that can stand pure white next to it, insert a tiny fold‘of ecru or flesh-colored chiffon under the top of your collar, but do not let it be apparent. This style is especially seen in dressy gowns in the darker colors—most of all in black. The color contrast is striking, and is usually most attractive and becoming. Although one »■would not think so, it looks especially well on middle-aged women who have not loßt their fresh complexions and whose hair is white or gray. Nothing could be more distinguished in appearance than a draped black silk gown, simply trimmed, with one of these white net yokes and collars, on a woman of this type. The collar is as high as can be borne with comfort (and as tight also), and is slightly pointed under the ears. In general, it has not even a line of black at the top, but is, as I have said, absolutely plain throughout.—Exchange.