Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1912 — Evening Frocks. [ARTICLE]

Evening Frocks.

Authorities are divided on one important item —the length of evening frocks. In spite of the fact that most of the new models this year are made with a 10 or 12 inch pointed train, one of the. greatest Paris houses shows a majority of its new evening gowns with the short skirt just instep length. Since there is a division of opinion among the great originators of fashion, it would seem that each young woman may choose for herself as to whether she will cling to the youthful round-length trained effects worn by the older ” ■w6meHr’~""B&me wonderful new black jet trimmings are used thia season, and white and colored spangles, bugles and brilliants are strongly in evidence. A r black velvet evening frock, cut en surplice, has the deep V yoke of cream-white maline lace. This corsage is outlined with a narrow row of brilliants and trimmed with a cut Jet motif which extends down into the skirt to the lower edge. —Harper’s Bazar.