Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — AS TO SKIRT AND WAISTLINE [ARTICLE]

AS TO SKIRT AND WAISTLINE

They Refuse to Change Materially— Lapels and Coat Collars Are to Be Small, Is Decree. Of all the variables that refuse to vary the ra&ed 'waistline is the most tantalizing. In Paris practically nothing is used except the raised or high waistline, but over here women are more divided in their opinion. One sees a great many normal ..waistline skirts on smart women, but they are usually the women who think they are too tall or too stout to wear the raised line successfully. The cry of fuller skirts and normal waistlines is always taken up with great vigor at the beginning of each season, but it subsides quiokly after an examination of the new models. There is no doubt at all that the leading dressmakers are producing fuller hnd more bouffant effects by means of their draperies and panniers, but they have not added a centimeter to the actual widths of their foundation skirts. The silhouette is as narrow as ever, and is likely to remain so for some time' to come. In morning suits one sees the plain notched cpllar, a little larger as to the lapel than it would have been a few years ago, but much smaller than the collar and revers of an afternoon coat. In hacking suits the long plain sleeve is used altogether, but in silk and velveteen coßtumes and suits of that type the sleeve is a little short and wide at the bottom. The long sleeve is smart in day dresses of the simpler type, but in a dress or suit that is at all elegant either in cut or materials the shorter sleeve is preferred. —From the Delineator.