Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — COSTS $653 TO DRESS WELL [ARTICLE]

COSTS $653 TO DRESS WELL

This Is Dictum of Executive Board of Fashion Art League of America— Doesn't Include the “Extras.” To be well dressed in 1917 a woman must spend $653 —plus. The $653 doesn’t-include house dresses or lounging robes or any of the little trinkets so dear to the heart of a woman. The amount to be spent is the dic:tum of the executive board of the Fashion Art League of America. . This Js the way the bill for a welldressed woman will appear to the fond husband: One tailored gownl 75 One top coat, tailored.• .150 'One afternoon gown 110 TWq waists for suit One' evening gown..-.-. 135 Two nnirs of shoes’'and one pair of r slippers .....1.. Two hats 55 One cprset 8 Three pairs of gloves 6 Underclothing- - --- - - Stockings ........ ■» Total .4-1653