Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1918 — Straight and Draped Skirts. [ARTICLE]

Straight and Draped Skirts.

There is a strong struggle going on this early in the season between the. straight and the draped skirt. Both are leading fashions and neither one is new, but the ultra-smart woman Insists that the draped skirt is bettei than the straight one, and she is upheld by many of the dressmakers. On the other hand, there are hundreds of women who say that the draped skirt has been so featured in cheap materials in low-priced gowns that It is exceedingly commonplace. The struggle makes skirts interesting and incidentally adds to the confusion of the season, which has turned out to be an arena into which hundreds of fashions have beep indiscriminately thrown.