Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1915 — Wrap and Hat Designed in French Chintz [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wrap and Hat Designed in French Chintz

Very odd and equally handsome is this wrap, made of French chintz, in what is called a cameo design, because the figures, colorings and shadings look like carved shell or stone cameos. It is trimmed with black velvet ribbon, and one cannot think of any other finish that would look so well as this. It is a wrap for summer wear and for the woman who is in a position to affect the unusual in some of her apparel. The fact that she possesses less conspicuous wraps for other than Palm Beach or equally exacting environment gives a special privilege. - When such striking and out-of-the-ordinary things are beautiful they need no excuses, and the garment suggests that designers might turn their attention to the possibilities that lie in cretonne as a fabric suited to summer wraps. It has already been successfully used in millinery and as a trimming on linen and other washable gowns. X The leghorn hat worn with this wrap is covered with the same fab-

ric stretched and fitted over the crown and upper brim. A collar of black velvet ribbon finishes it. At the front a big cameo brooch is mounted. Thus the inspiration of the fabric appears mounted as befits it in the most exalted of positions. A wrap with as much distinction but less unusual is made of white chiffon taffeta and lined with vivid Du Barry green satin. This gleams through the white silk, making a green glow that looks as cool as the sea. The fastenings and ornaments are made of cable cord covered with white and with green silk, and these cords are intertwined into lovely decorative fastenings at the front of the wrap.