Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1914 — NEW CORSET WILL BE LIKED [ARTICLE]

NEW CORSET WILL BE LIKED

Better Adapted to the Figure Than Any That Has Been Designed Recently. The new high bust corset, which comes four inches above the waist line and is just high enough to form a support for the- base of the bust, is the corset to be worn with the new style bodices. The top is just full enough for the flesh to rest easily inside the corset. Then there will be no pushing up of thp bust, no compressing of the diaphragm. There is a great difference between the old and the new style of high-btfst corsets. To preserve the large waist, which is still fashionable, these new corsets are made with a full back. Some also have small gussets underneath each shoulder blade, while others have sufficient fullness to form a ripple at thg top. The skirt of these corsets is long over the thighs in the back, with a slightly shortened line tn front, the flat back and the large waist with a slight curve at the sidefronts. The materials are soft and pliable and the boning light The reason for the change of cut of corsets is the semi-fitting character of the fashionable dresses and waists, which makes necessary corsets which hold the bust in a slightly higher position. These dresses are not tight, but they are semi-fitted, with a dart over the bust to accentuate the curve, whether the garment fits snugly or otherwise. *— , *' i These bodices are in several style* Some are buttoned straight in front, with plain front sections which are darted apd have under-arm goros. ‘ *■ a • 'j * r »**' ' ■ *; *** '

Others are in surplice effects, the crossover pieces being drawn tightly over the bust. High girdles are also in fashion, which are of the same height all around, reaching a point even with the base of the bust. Sometimes the girdle is drawn in at the front. Again it may have buttons from the top of the lower edge. Over these fitted , girdles the bust would fall loosely if it were not supported by the corset. There are also low-bust corsets for the slender and compact figures, which will wear garments suitable for them. There are also models designed especially for dancing, which have a shorter skirt In front and elastic Inserts In the back. The tops qf these are low, and there is an elastic band around the top edge from side to side. For the schoolgirl there are low and medium-sized corset waists with long corset skirts and front steel fastening. These corset waists so closely resemble the regular corset that young girls feel quite satisfied with them.