Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — MADE WITH PANNIERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MADE WITH PANNIERS

SKIRT THAT 18 FASHIONED IN PREVAILING STYLE. ' 11 ■"" *■ Quaintly Pretty Design That Is Intended for Afternoon and Evening Frocks—Novel Lines Made Use of in the Tunic. Since draped skirts are no longer to be worn, we are left with three dis-

Embroidered Swiss and Taffeta Make This Quaint SurAmer Gown. tinct styles to vary as we may with different versions. These are the straight, narrow under portion, with a plaited long tunic, the plain skirt with a two or three tiered tunic, and the plain skirt topped by panniers. Of these the illustrated model comes under the last heading, and it is a style that is generally confined to afternoon and evening frocks. This quaintly pretty design is a pleasing adaptation of the gowns worn in the time of our own revolution, and were it made with the full skirt of that period rather than the narrow lines of today it might pass as a fairly faithful copy of the original. In a development of embroidered Swiss and turquoise blue taffeta libellule it could hardly fail to meet with the approval of American women. The taffeta is used for the blouse and pannier tunic, while the embroidered Swiss makes the skirt and vest The fronts of the blouse are left open over the vest with its large upstanding collar and are then drawn together with brown velvet ribbon. Brown velvet ribbons are quite smart right now and are used more than black. Long sleeves, wide at the armholes, are set smoothly under drooping shoulders and the bust opens over an inner cuff of Swiss. - The back is scantily gathered to a shallow yoke. The tunic shows the cutaway lines in front and is pouched all around with a brown velvet ribbon that ties in long loops under a pink rose at the waist. In some of the pretty pompadour or Dresden taffetas, very dainty effects can be achieved, made up after this same design.