Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — Source of the Current Fashions [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Source of the Current Fashions

BEFORE the clouds of war cast their ominous shadows, those creators of styles in Paris to whom the world of Fashion looks for new ideas, bad already launched some of their efforts. There is no gainsaying the wealth of ideas, the keenness of perception and the ingenuity of these authorities. In this country we look to Three beautiful costumes, which will bear the most careful scrutiny, are shown in the snapshots taken of French women which are reproduced £ere. From the crowns of their heads to the tips of their shoes every detail of their clothes shows the exercise of good taste in the employment of new ideas. * All the hats shown are of velvet with small soft crowns and wide brims. They are all sfmply trimmed, and they foreshadow the styles that may become fashions. Already the cape coat is an assured ■access. It is pictured here worn as part of a suit over a skirt which is plain except for plaitings which drape it to the figure. The coat and cape in one suggest a waistcoat at I the front and a full rippled cape from! the back. The garment is, in fact, a very clever evolution inasmuch as it introduces the waistcoat, the cape and the coat with wide revers, tn a one-piece garment

It is worn over a thin blouse having a very handsome, wide frill of lace about the neck, wired to stand up after the fashion of the medic! collar. The bag, gloves and uppers of the smart walking shoes are made to match the costume. > A remarkably clever skirt appears in the costume, of colored taffeta with embroidery on the bodice and at the foot of the front panel in the drapery. The underskirt is draped In about the ankles, suggesting the Turkish trouser inspiration. Over this is worn a short tunic cut with a long panel at the front The bodice has a round neck finished with a turnover collar of organdie. A surplice front is indicated in its drapery, although the opening is arranged at the right side. This is covered by bringing the silk from the right shoulder to the waist line at the left side. The back of the bodice is extended to form a short yoke at each side oftfae front, and the shoulders are rather long. The full sleeves are set in and wrinkled about the arms. The fronts of the draped bodice are extended to form a loose girdle about the waist. There is almost no definition of the waist line, which appears to be vanishing from our midst

JULIA BOTTOM LEY.