Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1916 — LATEST CORSET COVER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LATEST CORSET COVER

NEW LINES MADE NECESSARY BY THE WIDE SKIRTS. Design for Combination Garment That Will Be Found to Meet all Requirements of gestions for Trimming. With the incoming of wide skirts and new bodice lines comes a necessity for new lines in underskirt and corset cover, and this design furnishes the sort of combination garment that

meets the requirements of both. The broad band that does not come up to the arms, which furnishes all the bodice of many evening frocks, and with a strap across the shoulder to hold it in place, can be worn over this type of corset cover, where the jeweled or

ribbon or shirred shoulder strap may be fastened over the strap beneath it, and so not allow any hint of underwear. There is a fight against this type of overbodice, but while it reigns this type of corset cover is a necessity, and may be worn with any other sort of dress waist. For nearly all styles of figures a yard and a half will prove ample when purchasing the flouncing for the corset cover, and some figures require less. It’ is a pretty fancy, that is very common, to make the corset cover of some sort of cross-barred or figured lawn or batiste. This is much cheaper than flouncing of the better class, and can be finished at the top with a narrow beading and edge of embroidery or lace. The top should always have a narrow edge, because it would otherwise spoil the flat appearance of the waist worn over it. This new wide skirt is adorned with an embroidered flouncing and a beading to match the beading that connects corset cover and skirt. The same design is good for the Dolly Varden sateen and silk underskirts that are now in vogue, and these skirts are finished with flounces of material that often contrasts in color and figure, and all are edged with ruching, little ruffles or cordings. It is a fancy to make petticoats of this character with plain tops and flowered flounces, but, however they may be constructed, it is the fashion of the season to have very elaborate petticoats, often of satin with veilings of chiffon and ever so many furbelows and ribbons.

Combination Petticoat for New Gowns.