Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1918 — Capes Float From Waistcoats. [ARTICLE]

Capes Float From Waistcoats.

The designer who combined the waistcoat with the cape offered a choice morsel in costumery. . The one gives the other grace and solidity. The waitcoat keeps the cape from flying in the face of the public, and it protects the chest and back from whatever chill winds may blow. And, further, in this day of conservation of clothes as well as material, it gives one a chance to go without a blouse. There are waistcoats that are nothing but corselets, sleeveless ones, to which are attached short or long flowing capes. These garments go on as a bodice. -