Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1912 — TIP ON SHAPING COLLARS [ARTICLE]

TIP ON SHAPING COLLARS

Question of Outline Is of as Great Importance as Is Bize of the ■ , Neck Band. Too often when one is planning a trifle of embroidered neckwear for agift the neck size is all that the maker thinks It necessary to consider.If her friend wears a No. 13 collar band or one larger size she lets it go at that and makes the collar of any shape that suits her inventive fancy. This indifferenoe to other details Is to blame for many gifts being laid away as quite useless to those receiving them. The possessor of a rather long, slender neck will look almost ridiculous in a collar that would be too high entirely for the chubby person with a short, rounded neck. _Jt' is especially when making embroidered stock collars that the question of outline Is important But thte clue to the best effect is one easy to remember. For the long, slender neck the lower edge of the collar should be plainly rounded and the upper edge curved up into a pointed effect under each ear. For a short, plump person, on the contrary, the upper edge of the collar should he plain all around, except at the very middle of the front, where 4t should curve slightly downward, and the lower edge, followed the same general lines, should curve down still more pronouncedly, with a medallion or tiny bow at the center, to emphasise the "dip.” This gives the effect of lengthening the neck, and the collar can be almost as elaborately embroidered as the higher one for the