Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1918 — New Style Notes in Blouses [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Style Notes in Blouses

Until something in textiles mbre beautiful and more becoming than crepe georgette and crepe-de-chine, is invented, we may expect them, to. re*main the theme of the story ot blouses. The delicacy of georgette and the suppleness and sheen of crepe-de-chine are unrivaled and with this they are as durable as heavier fabrics. No blouses wear better or wash and clean so easily. The new blouses for fall and winter are still of these lovely crepes—they are still silk and beadembroidered, but there are a few new style notes that place them as belonging to this particular season. Among these are new methods of shaping and finishing neck openings, the use of batiste for collars, cuffs, vestees and frills. The introduction of two contrasting colors in georgette Is an Idea carried over from last season. It was too good to be discarded and appears in the blouse pictured with an emplacement of old blue crepe over a flesh-colored body on a blouse with round neck-opening. The white frill about the neck Is of batiste and ft edges the band of blue georgette that forms the cuff, making the daintiest sort of finish. Small beads in a tendril pattern serve to border the dark chiffon and little buttons find a place for themselves as an ornamental finish, having nothing to do with the fastening of the blouse. Another blouse of flesh-colored

georgette is simple in design with a silk embroidery in color and a cape collar to redeem it from plainness. Bttt" one looks at it tw’ice because of a little eccentricity in this collar. It Is slashed in a “V” at each side and the edge of the “V” joined by little straps of georgette. This simple little decoration proved so good in the collar that it was introduced in the cuffs. There are some very trim highnecked blouses among new arrivalswith deeper shoulder yokes than those of the past season. They have long sleeves and hint of mannish styles—just a mere whisper of the mannish line In cut and finish —and they are made of the same sheer materials as their more-trimmgd comrades.