Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1911 — LATEST TOUCHES OF FASHION [ARTICLE]

LATEST TOUCHES OF FASHION

Lace a Requisite for Smart GownSilk Suita Invariably Made Up In Military Style. Most every smart gown boasts some touch of lace, either tn its wee gulmpe or chemisette, or somehow worked into the surplice-like bodices now so fashionable. “Tete de negro" straw is much favored for mourning. It rarely fades and is dark enough to match any color, at the same time being a little softer than black. Silk suits are now being made up in military style. Striped revers, collars and cuffs, braid and buttons and military turns of the peplums of jackets are in evidence. Thf vogue for transparent fabrics has extended till voile and marquisette are now used for chic little unllned Eton jackets and boleros and trimmed with silk braid or bands of satin or taffeta.