Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1912 — COLOR FOR THE FOOTGEAR [ARTICLE]

COLOR FOR THE FOOTGEAR

Of Much Importance Is the Proper Selection of the Shoes and Stockings. As the keynote of our fashions today is variety, we must avoid repeating in our foot gear the color or our toilettes, especially if it be a stronger shade of red, violet or green. With a strong violet toilette, the stockings must not be be any shade of that color, though they may be gold, or soft crimson, or white, or black. The shoe of the moment is a thing of beauty, consequently costly. It may be of glace, varnished, or suede kid, but it must be strapped, or pierced, embroidered, buckled, jetted or otherwise trimmed. With the popular black and white dresses there are lovely gold brocades for shoes, and a gold lace stocking would be in excellent harmony. With a black and violet toilette, the stockings might be of crimson lace and the shoes Wck—any one with an eye for color can think out charming contrasts to relieve the monotony of the dress and insure the success of the toilette.