Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION

UNEQUALED VARIETY IN TAFFETA SUITS

From the viewpoint of variety it appears that nothing has equaled the number of suits, coats and frocks made of taffeta silk which have answered the public’s demands this Season. The supply of silk seems inexhaustible, but with the incoming of May the demand turns to thinner materials, cotton voiles, nets and laces for dressy frocks and the heavier cotton weaves for the white suits. Taffeta suits have almost kept pace with the silk in variety of development, so that there is a style for every one. A pretty example is shown in the picture, with a very short and

By Julia Bottomley

loose coat. It is cut with a flare which looks as if it might rival that of the ballet dancer’s skirt, If it were not confined by a belt of the silk that slips through slashes cut at the waistline. This belt is in reality used as a decorative feature and is finished with a flat bow at the front. It does not define the waistline and appears to terminate at the sides. The wide cape collar and flaring cuffs are trimmed with parallel rows of white soutache braid. Three buttons provide an inconspicuous fastenffce front. The skirt is plain except for two bias bands about the bottom, attached along their upper edge. It is cut rather long and very full.