Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1915 — BRASS BUTTONS ON SHOES [ARTICLE]

BRASS BUTTONS ON SHOES

Proper Decorative Effects for the Feet Must Be Given More Than Ordinary Care. To match the new military taillenrs trimmed with cord frogs and brass buttons, there are captivating boots and twilled cloth or kid tops cut a little higher than the ordinary boot top, and one may have brass buttons instead of the ordinary sort used on fashionable footwear, if one’s inclinations are very military. The extremely short skirts on all tailored suits now demand the utmost of style and daintiness in bootwear, and the correct street boot for early spring will have a moderately high, curved heel and a buttoned top of sand or putty colored cloth. Most of these boots are of patent leather, which gives the foot the trim, elegant line, essential in conjunction with the rather conspicuous light colored top. The military note is struck throughout the tailored costume by short, jaunty coat shapes, belts,, stitched-on pockets, fanciful cuffs, closely fitting collars and quantities of braid and cord trimming. , • i