Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1917 — NOT REAL BUSTLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOT REAL BUSTLE

New Dress Feature Not So Startling as Name Indicates. Bulge Obtained by Arrangement of Material in the Skirt la Not for the Stout Woman. * . — t Announcement that the "bustle dress” had again arrived caused quite a furore . There is now every indication that it will have considerable vogue. The public has almost become surfeited with straight-line “chemise” frocks, and the “barrel silhouette” bus also enjoyed • two seasons of life, so that a new silhouette is naturally welcomed. It is well to emphasize, however, that the bustle dress Is becoming only to women at. least of medium height and of slender figure. Worn by a “stout” woman, the bustle dress even in its very moderate form would be grotesque and hopelessly unbecoming, says a fashion writer in the Washington Star. But the side fiqre of the “barrel” skirt, if selected with care, could be worn by any woman, and the same rule applies to the straight-line chemise frock. The bustle dress is really not so startling as first announcements indicated. When made of any of the wool fabrics, it usually consists of two, three or four loops, laid one over the other, like sash ends, gathered and plaited into the waist at the top, so that a slight bulge is effected, which seems larger by contrast with the narrow, straight skirt it is a part of. Or large tucks may be similarly treated, with an apron overskirt or tunic of some sort joining the tucks at either side and continuing around the front of the skirt. When taffeta or satin is used, frequently a long apron overskirt covers the skirt in front, and is sloped and draped at the sides, so that when the

two sections meet at the back the rippled edges stand out, giving the desired bustle silhouette. ' A dress of this latter type is shown in the sketch.. It Is not difficult to understand that) a dress such as the one shown would

be rather hopeless on a large figure, and also that fair height is required to carry it well.

New "Bustie" Dress.