Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1918 — FASHION’S FANCIES [ARTICLE]

FASHION’S FANCIES

Detachable tunics—a new note. Plaids and stripes for sports wear. Bags to match the new fall hat! Dull wood brown —a new color arrival. The great hats of ceremony are as towering as a Chinese pagoda. Chenille embroidery vies with wool embroidery in decorating the new dresses. New stitches of embroidery are arranged to imitate carpet weaving. Two belts, rather narrow, are supplanting the broad single belt, which has been popular for so long on onepiece frocks. - - The tailored suits, dresses and coats •bow combinations of gaberdine, serge and tatin trimmed “with embroidery.