Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — RIBBONS FOR MANY PURPOSES [ARTICLE]

RIBBONS FOR MANY PURPOSES

Narrower Widths Used for Hat Bands and Bodice Lacings, the Larger for Sashes and Girdles. ■ + A great many attractive ribbons have been advanced during the last few months for sartorial purposes. This has to do, not only with hats, but with dresses, blouses, negligee and even with lingerie. In accordance with the custom established during the last several seasons, it is the narrow ribbons which are receiving the most attention. Frequently such ribbons are not more than an eighth of an inch in width, and when they assume this shoestring effect they are employed for hat bands, bodice lacings, embroidery effects. There is evident a desire to bring about a return to favor of wide ribbons. This is seen iif the employment of sashes and girdles on many dresses, both of the wash variety and of the usifal sort of satin or taffeta. These ribbons sometimes are weighted with gold threads In floral or other design, and retail for as much as $5 or more a yard. Dress' designers have found It advantageous to efllploy wide ribbons for panels, girdles, and, indeed, the composition of the bodice in place of buying muterial by the yard and losing the effective design thereof by cutting it into the desired widths.