Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — Tailored Costume for Spring Days [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Tailored Costume for Spring Days

ONE of those coatless cloth dresses which are comfortable for outdoorwear on mild spring days is shown here. Its construction suggests the coat-dress idea, which was introduced last year, but its arrangement of drapery is entirely new. The bodice, opening over an underwaist from neck line to waist, is bloused over a sash at the front. It appears to merge into an extension of the skirt drapery, which is so arranged that it looks like the skirt of a coat at the back. The material, a chiffon broadcloth in this instance, is laid in three deep plaits at each side of the front, under the sash. At the sides and back it is brought up over the girdle and terminates above the normal waist line, where the bodice blouses over it. The sleeves are long and plain, with ample arm’s-eye. Shoulder seams are moderately long. Although the design is plain the clever arrangement of drapery makes it distinctive. Worn with it is a millinery set, hat and parasol made to match. These matched millinery sets often include a handbag or reticule made of the same silk as that which appears in the parasol, and in the crown of the hat They are very smart and striking; Among the most noteworthy are narrow brimmed square crowned hats of shepherd’s plaid taffeta with parasol to match, having a wide border of plain silk at the edge. Black

and white in a half-inch check with a border of plain black about the parasol afid a severe made ornament of ribbon on the hat, has made onefashionable city show window a center of attraction for several days. A dark clear blue appears in the parasol pictured here, bordered with a jcerise satin ribbon and further embellished with ornaments made of the ribbon. These are simply short lengths of cable cord wound with the ribbon and terminating in small bows. The body of the hat is a cerise hemp, in this with the rich blue of the parasol appearing in the ribbon and flower trimmings. There are any number of beautiful ideas in color combinations carried out in these millinery sets, and it is safe to predict their success with the snjart set in every locality. Figured chiffon over white silk foundations give the effect of painting, and lovely sets are made in which the handbag and parasol are draped with flowered chiffon, which reappears in the puffed crown of the hat Hats and neck pieces to match, made of taffeta and chiffon, are among the most practical of new millinery offerings. In black or the darker plain colors three-piece sets, hat, ruff and parasol are very effective. But in the brighter and showier colors it is best to omit the neck ruff and substitute the retl-.

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JULIA BOTTOM LEY.