Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — JERSEY SUITS HERE TO STAY [ARTICLE]

JERSEY SUITS HERE TO STAY

One-Piece Garments of That Material Have Displaced the Separate Skirt and Blouse. In connection with the statement that the women of America will be covered with jersey cloth most of the time, if fashion and desire continue to proceed in the direction they are heading, it is of interest that one-piece gowns of thin wool jersey have almost superseded the separate skirt of jersey with n wash blouse. When the ornate frocks of this material first appeared, most women thought they were not as good looking as those of silk or serge, but a little experience with them seems to have changed their opinion. They are admirable for all manner of sport use, because they cling to the figure and do not pull apart at the waistline, a defect which all sport lovers try to overcome. The peplum blouse with its twisting sash, for this reason, has taken the place of the white shirtwaist that has served two decades of athletic women. When we read in the cables from Paris that this garment has disappeared as a first fashion, we have our own spinion that it will be retained in this country for years to come on account of its entire comfort in sports, says a fashion authority. It was not originated for that purpose in Paris, and it is not easy to tell whether she took the Oriental shirt or the American middy blouse as her inspiration. She improved on the latter by adding the sash to girdle the hips, and by that one trick she gave America a garment which she was slow to accept, but which she will be equally slow to relinquish.