Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1918 — Suit and Daytime Frock for Street Wear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Suit and Daytime Frock for Street Wear

Once upon a time—-that is before the war—nothing ever presumed to dispute the supremacy of the tailored suit for street wear, and nothing will ever outclass It. But tailored suits require men to make them and in France the men were gone to war. So “the dressmaker’s dress” came in, the one-piece, daytime frock made its appearance on the street. We have gone further now, as war has compelled economy, and we have two-in-one frocks and daytime frocks that are evidently made for street wear in place of a suit. Both a tailored suit and a daytime frock for street wear are shown in the illustration as examples of good styles for young women. In the suit the coat is made interesting by pointed panels at the back and front, overlapping pointed side pieces and finished with rows of large bone buttons in its skirt. The sleeves are long and a white embroidered overcollar calls attention to the fact that the coat is

cut high in the neck at the back, which is characteristic of this season’s coats. The skirt is plain, as it should be, and is shorter than the modes of the season authorize —a concession to the youthfulness of its wearer. The dress of navy blue satin is somewhat complicated. The skirt- is in one piece but has the effect of a tunic caught up at the sides near the bottom with satin-covered buttons. The bodice gives the Impression of a short coat, open in front to the waistline where it fastens with hook and eye and is finished with two satincovered buttons. It is cleverly extended at each side to form a panler drapery over the hips. The ends of the drapery are brought up to the bodice at the back. The narrow, shawl collar and long sleeves, extended Into flaring cuffs over the hand and finished with small satin-covered buttons, reveal expert designing. And the wide, soft girdle on the front of the skirt bears further witness to It.