Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — Fashion Notes [ARTICLE]

Fashion Notes

*The military influence Is howlng decidedly in neckwear. A huge bunch of grapes is a novelty as a corsage bouquet. The all-over Spanish lace designs are again in style In veils. Bronze slippers are used as much as black for afternoon wear; The normal as well as the slightly raised waistline is correct. Taffetas are likely to be the bilks par excellence for the coming spring. Loose-fitting waistcoats of velvet are worn with many of the new jackets. Full —everything must be full. Skirts flare, coats flare, and even hats are broad. Too much cannot be said of the part that velvet and full play In the new styles. Velvet suits, fur-trim-med, are, of course, the most beautiful of the winter modes, but if one can not have a velvet costume, velvet combined with cloth Is really very smart—a touch of fur Is also necessary on such suits, and may be given as a trimming, or by way of a separate neckpiece and muff. Many women prefer the latter, as It makes it possible to use one set of skins with as many suits as desired. The seml-tallored models that are popular at present are a boon to the woman wit ha limited Income. They can be satisfactorily developed at home, with only the aid of an inexpensive dressmaker. The lines are such that it does not require the skill of a professional tailor to carry them out In order to make them presentable. These new coats are made possible for the amateur, by their total absence of anything like padding or canvass stiffening; they are carried out in any of the new materials, and the plainest of cloths are accorded the same treatment that is given to silks and chiffon velvet. Lightweight materials give greater satisfaction In the development of the present day modes than do the heavier weaves. In the full skirts the Increased weight of the latter makes them Impracticable, and any deficiency In the way of warmth in the coat is overcome by an Interlining of lamb’s wool.