Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1917 — ODD GIRDLES USED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODD GIRDLES USED

Ire Designed to Take the Place of Draperies on Skirts. Some of Them Closely Resemble Little Waistcoats Formerly Worn as Suit Accompaniment In designing skirts for fall and winter, plaited and straight-line effects are shown in far greater number than are the draped skirts. Virtually the only kind of drapery featured consists of low placed loops on either side, with the skirt proper narrowing to the hem. Odd girdles and belts are designed to take the place of draperies, and in addition to the clever Spanish girdle here shown, another is the “waistcoat” girdle. This closely resembles the little waistcoats that were shown by some dress accessory designers during the past season as suit accompaniments; Of course when designed as part of a skirt it 13 attached to and becomes a part of the skirt It slopes up over each hip and is cut in points in front. Frequently two rows of buttons are set on to give a double-breasted appearance, and again a single row of buttons centering the front of the girdle aids in the. waistcoat simulation. The actual fastening of the girdle is at one side. Usually it .is equipped with one or two tiny “change” pockets. Another odd and very attractive gi|dle shown on one side of the new satin skirts is a 6-lnch wide section of the fabric laid in very fine knife plaits. Rows of stitching hold it in the center, and at the upper and lower edges it flares, Of course a girdle of this kind could be worn becomingly only by a very slender woman, where line rather than curve was the dominant note. Plaids and stripes are being used extensively in the development of

sport skirts, and one of the popular fabrics is a plain color with border stripe. Black satin skirts are to be extremely smart, and these are often of the two-tier type, the skirt consisting of two wide flat plaited ruffles of equal width.

The Spanish Girdle.