Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1913 — TYPES OF SEPARATE SKIRTS [ARTICLE]

TYPES OF SEPARATE SKIRTS

Things Well to Remember, Since They Are to Be a Feature of the Toilette. Since combination suits, consisting of two materials, cwill be much worn for spring, a great variety of styles in separate skirts are being Aown. There are both draped md pleated skirts in large quantities. The more practical skirts have only a slight drapery, which comes well below the knees, thereby preserving the flat hip appearance. A few draped skirts with the new Oriental draperies caught up in the front are seen, but tiiey are rather extreme. There are many types of new pleated skirts, including cluster pleats, most of which are stitched or caught together by tape, so as to preserve the narrow appearance and still give the desired width to make them practicable for walking. A few gored skirts are seen, but in the majority of cases a few pleats are introduced. Buttons with simulated buttonholes or loops are the favored trimmings on separate skirts, the idea being to carry out the tailormade effect. The materials used are serges, whipcords, mixture#, checks and ratine weaves, the latter in plain colors in two-toned effects, stripes and brocades. Among the silk skirts are charmeuse, crepe meteor, crepe de chine and the new brocaded failles. Wash skirts are in the corded mar terials, such as piques, cordellnes, reps, etc., and in linens of the ramie weaves and washable pongees.