Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1915 — Afternoon Gown of Three Fabrics [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Afternoon Gown of Three Fabrics

An exquisite afternoon gown combining crepe, Georgette, taffeta and chiffon, all in the color known as wistaria, might be just as pretty developed in others of the fashionable colors. But it could not be prettier. In a season when one is almost bewildered by the diversity of style here is a gown to swear by. It Is excellent in lines and composition and it is adorably refined. The moderately wide skirt is laid in plaits about the waist at the sides and back, with the front left plain. The plaits are not stitched down, except at the waist line, where the skirt is joined to a plain blouse of chiffon. A very wide border of taffeta, finished with a three-inch hem, is set on at the bottom. Above this, at an interval of three inches, a second band of taffeta appears. It is about four inches wide and finished with a narrow machinestitched hem at each edge. The sleeves of chiffon are cut full at the top and narrowed from the elbow down. They are long and close fitting about the wrist, terminating in

a small shaped cuff piped at the end with the taffeta. A ' narrow taffeta band combine i them at the wrist, and they wrinkle along the arm in a way that is very soft and pleasing to the eye. . The collar is a band of taffeta embellished with a simple pattern in embroidery. This embroidery reappears on the over-bodice of ta,ffeta at the waist line. The over-bodice is a seamless model which fastens at the back, where it harrows to a wide girdle with ends that make soft, hanging loops. Its edges are finished with a narrow piping of the taffeta. No gown could present more useful features to the needlewoman who is considering the remodeling of a last year’s dress. Narrow skirts may be cut up into borders and bandings to use on the crepe or satin or light wool fabric for this year’s skirt. And from last year's bodice, by one of the several Jumper patterns to be had of pattern companies, an over-bodice for this year”s gown may be made.