Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1913 — IDEA FOR REMODELING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IDEA FOR REMODELING

LAST YEAR’S GOWN MAY BE MADE TO LOOK LIKE NEW.

Some Suggestions Offered Here That Would Help the Economical Woman, Who Cannot Afford a Surplus of Frocks.

The design of the sketch would seem to offer some pleasing suggestions Tor remodeling. The blouse and upper half of the skirt may be of chiffon to match the silk of a last year’s gown, which can be used for the lower part of the skirt and spiral drapery. Then there Is a panel of shadow lace In front and In back, both having the upper edge turned down, faced with chiffon and buttoned down with tiny, silk-covered

buttons. The buttons are used again around the upper edge of the lower part of the skirt. The kimono sleeved blouse has wide draped chiffon cuffs and a neck running to a V In front till It meets the upper edge of the lace panel. There is a girdle of the silk crushed about the waist and tied In a flat bow in back. The dress can be made with or without a train, which is formed by the spirally draped length of silk started at one side of the front, winding down and across the back and brought around the feet, forming a train at the left side. If the drapery were dlspehsed with, the lower silk part of the skirt need merely be made quite straight and plain and hemmed at ankle length.

Gown of Chiffon Silk and Shadow Lace.