Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1913 — ADOPT THE MULTIPLE SKIRT [ARTICLE]

ADOPT THE MULTIPLE SKIRT

Prediction Made by Famous Costumer as Far Back as Easter Has Proved Accurate. Away back at Easter time K. Jacques Worth confided to American women his conviction that the threetiered skirt would be popular this season. M. Worth was quite righL And now, not content with three tiers, or flounces, or whatever you want to call them, we are going to have four, or five, or even more. A recent French creation, for example, has no less than nine of these “tiers.” The costume Is in white mousseline, and the various "stories” of the skirt are finely plaitetd and finished with a picot edge. The top one is the deepest, extending from the waistline to below the hips. The next one Is about six inches deep, and the successive ones grow narrower and narrower, until the ninth and last, which measures 'only two inches In depth. The skirt is lifted in front under a great dark blue velvet rose at the watetline. This makes It draw in around the heels at the back and "hike” up in front to show the whole Instep. The walßt has a flat fichu edged with two plaitings, and a double row of these plaitings extends from the front under the arms to simulate a bolero. The sleeves are short and finished with a plaiting of the mousseline. This costume la described, with italics, as very much in the present vogue.