Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1911 — FRINGE MUCH IN EVIDENCE [ARTICLE]

FRINGE MUCH IN EVIDENCE

Fad That Is Being Carried to Extremes —Used on Every Kind of Outer Garmbnt.

Fringe and tassels now are the fad. They go with every sort of dress, coat, hat, paitsol or umbrella. There is fringe of every color and shade, designed to harmonise with the gown and to add to the general effectiveness of milady’s toilet. The use of fringe is So great that modistes are put to their wits’ end trying to devise original ways of using IL The fringe is put on skirts and tunics, it is introduced on bodices. There are rows of it on .the sleeves and across the back. It is sewn lengthwise and crossways on the fan, consisting of a thick cluster of long velvet fringe, which half conceals the small fan hanging from the waist There are enough ways of using fringe to dazzle the ordinary man, but woman seems to Vnow just how.to make use of yards and yards of it, regardless of the expense. Umbrellas have more «—than ever.