Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1915 — THREE PRETTY FROCKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THREE PRETTY FROCKS

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Pussy Willow Taffeta Makes Up Into an Effective Costume —Girlish Dress for the Warm Weather —In Flowered Bllk.

Pussy willow taffeta was used to make up this gown, whose quaint pinked edges are

reminiscent of the ’6os. The fulled skirt is cut in deep scallops on the lower edge, and these in turn are pinked. The bodice, consisting •mainly of girdle, haß the decolletage outlined by a very full ruffle of the taffeta, which, like the skirt, is scalloped and pinked on the edges. Inside of this is a

little tucker of white net and the little puffed sleeves are also of the net. • • * Simplicity is the keynote of many of the smartest frocks designed for

warm weather wear. This girlish dress is of white dotted tulle over a lining of palest blue taffeta. The bodice is severely pi ai n, and is trimmed with frills of the tulle. Puffed undersleeves of the taffeta extend below the top sleeves. The full, flaring skirt hangs from beneath a girdle

of blue taffeta. It is ihorter in front to disclose the two ruffles of taffeta which finish the hem of the lining.

One of the prettiest styles which has been introduced in some years, and one most

comfortable for the coming season, is the manner of making up the new flowered silks. These have the silk for a skirt —the new wide skirt which of itself has an air of quaintness after the recent infliction of hobbles —and with this is worn a dainty net or lace

blouse with only a girdle or suspenders to prove its relationship to the skirt. The gown here was made of heavy faille in pompadour colors of blue and pink. The skirt consisted of a series of graduated circular strips and the girdle was boned and designed much on the style of a peasant bodice. The ecru blouse was net with lower portion of lace.

One of the pretty and becoming hat fads of the season is that of having brims becomingly faced with white or biscuit. These throw up the tints of the hair and eyes, and immediately catch any rays of sunshine that may be about. The all-white hat adorned with white fly-away wings or blanched flowers is also having a great inning.