Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1913 — Blouse of Moire Silk and Fur [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Blouse of Moire Silk and Fur

THE blouse of moire shown here is the bodice of a gown of this material which is made with a plain skirt of the same fabric, caught up in front and finished at the bottom with a band of skunk fur like Th'aT"wHTch“appears on the sleeves. The belt is of the moire, fastened with two covered buttons of the same. Two- ruffles of chiffon give extra width to the hips, one of them starting at the waist line and the other beginning just under the hem of the first. The bodice is interesting because it embodies a new way of arriving at the fullness desired in such garments by means of the manner in which it is cut. It has the effect of the fdmona sleeve in the regular kimona pattern but gets rid of the fullness on top of the shoulder and provides for that over the bust. It is cut to allow for drapery, which falls away fyom the opening at the neck and blouses over the belt. Fashionable waists are apt to be hard to manage for the full figure. It is to avoid the cumbersome appearance of the regulation kimona blouse on a stout figure that an arrangement like that shown here has been devised. Straight folds of the material —a rich and supple moire poplin weave—-

provide the support for fullness in the bodice which is to be placed at the proper places. Besides the plain band of moire which extends alongthe surplice front and about the collar of the blouse, there are bands extending from the neck down the top of the sleeve to the njiddle point of the arm above the elbow. The bodice and upper sleeve are cut in one and fulled in shallow folds into these straight bands.- The wide, flat girdle is‘placed at the normal waist line and lengthens the waist, allowing a slight fullness in the front and back to fall over it. Except for the band of skunk fur which encircles the bottom of the upper sleeve there is no trimming qn the bodice. Theineck is finished with lace edging with a little fullness at the back, which is wired with a fine thread-like wire to make it stay in place. There is a plain fold of chiffon at the throat under the opening in the bodice. The pretty hat worn with this very up-to-date gown is noteworthy. It ia of velvet with a soft crown and trimmed with band and standing ornament of the same kind of fur as appears on the gown.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.