Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1915 — A "Spring Song” in Taffeta [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A "Spring Song” in Taffeta

IF THE recently introduced idea of calling gowns by name proves lasting we may expect to see all the moods of women translated into clothes and properly labeled. Also we shall be able to trace the designer’s inspiration to its source. Milady will not say: “Bring me my black net, trimmed with silver lace,” but “Bring me my ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ ” Instead of asking for her "yellow satin,” she will request “Sunshine.” If Bhe owns anything as youthful and sweet as the gown pictured here, she may demand with propriety her “Spring Song.” One can imagine that power of suggestion in such names would influence the mood of the wearer of gowns meriting them. Nothing prettier or more practical has been shown than the simple design which is pictured so faithfully that It hardly needs description. Made up in the light-colored plain or changeable taffetas, it is a fascinating dreßS for evening. In the darker tones, with some modification of the bodice, it is beautiful for afternoon wear. The skirt is full, three yards wide, and gathered into the waist line, which is a little higher than normal. At the bottom there is a three-inch hem sewed in by hand. A double frill is festooned at the back and front, and across the front of the bodice above the wide crushed girdle of taffeta.

The sleeves and fichu are made of fine batiste with cross-bar tucks. The edges of the fichu are bound with a narrow cord of taffeta and the sleeves finished with a frill. For afternoon wear a yoke and collar of net might be supplied with the bodice as it is, or a lace bodice worn with broad girdle and fichu of taffeta. In this case the fichu is finished with a narrow frill.