Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — Georgette Is In Favor With All [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Georgette Is In Favor With All

What did we wear before georgette crepe was Invented? Experiment as we will with every other material, we come back to this with joy and comfort, recognizing the service and beauty few- other fabrics offer, notes a prominent fashion correspondent. Of more than usual loveliness are the gorgeous frocks being displayed for more or loss elaborate occasions. Wljlle many seem to have tired somewhat of the heavily beaded dresses so long esteemed, others seek them out assiduously, seeming to prefer the chemise type with its beading to all other gowns of thin material. Now that the blue dyes are of such uncertain quality, and few of the manufacturers will sell them with a guarantee of their lasting attributes, the dark blues are harder to find, and therefore we notice many variations of the blue shades which have not been often seen. For instance, the exquisite horizon blue of the French uniforms developed in georgette makes ideal dresses for country club wear. One just from France has an apron effect across the front made by placing row after row of blond footing one above the other from the hem of the skirt almost to the waist. This skirt, by the way, deviates somewhat from the straight up and down effect of the majority and seems to be cut after the circular fashion of several seasons ago. The rows of the footing which-form the apron, line on the front end at the sides of the skirt just as an apron would do. The extra fullness of the skirt is gathered at the back, where a handsome sash of blue satin of the exact shade of the georgette is tied in a large bow with long loops and ends. The waist has a plastron In front bordered at each side with a bit of the narrow footing. The collar falls away from the throat at the front in a becoming depth and is a shallow bit of the blue bordered with the footing at the back of the neck. The sleeves are longer than the French, which persistently reveal the elbow at just the most awkward length. The footing also trims these in a straight around band at the cuff over the elbow. Footing Used Extensively. Footing is extensively used this season. There are many varieties. The finest is called French blond, and has a narrow edge like French seaming braid as a finish. The texture of this is extremely fine, like the threads in real lace. All footing is narrow, seldom over two inches wide. The point d’esprit, the plain white or the black, Is introduced on every part of The frock. Some of the prettiest collars one can find are made of bands of footing gathered into a puff and placed between rows of fine Valenciennes lace. But to return to our georgettes,

companion dress to the blue beauty I have been describing repeats the skirt except for the bands of footing. The waist is of the plainest shirtwaist type, relieved by bands of the fashionable Margot lace placed in perpendicular manner so as to form an entire jacket effect, the ends of which appear below the wide sash of blue satin.. The printed georgettes are greatly In demand. A lovely Dresden flower design with a white background and little blossoms of blue and pink thickly scattered all over its surface has wee ruffles of white .organdie at intervals across the front in the popular apron effect noticed upon almost every ether gown. These tiny ruffles are scarcely half »n inch wide, but because they are fluted and so stiff they stand out affectively and make a delightful trlin-

A printed navy georgette in slender, graceful lines, it is a cool costume, appropriate for house, street and semi formal wear. '

ming. The, drapery of this skirt Is graceful in the extreme, hardly possible to describe, however, except to say that it falls in long loops from under the sash of rose pink satin. The bodice has a fold of the flowered georgette draped across the front in a monk’s collar fashion, seemingly one of the most popular ways' of finishing this sort of frock at the neck. The organdie frills border this, too, and the short sleeves are likewise edged with the frills. The blue and white printed georgettes are among the most successful gowns of the summer. They are made in almost every fashion, with straight slips of dark blue satin or silk underneath as a foundation, while the printed fabric Is draped in straight tunic with unbroken lines from shoulders almost to hem. A wide sash of dark blue satin is tied loosely about the waist and left to hang somewhat lower in the back to give the sort of overhanging lines and long waist effect so much sought. This way of making the printed georgettes is excellent for the dark blues or black and white, and is

the sort of afternoon dress one is always needing during the summer. Chemise Dress a Boon. The chemise dress is a boon to almost every woman, for it requires a sash, and sashes, wide or narrow belts and the drooping waistline cover a multitude of faulty figures which are revealed with unsparing frankness in separate waist and skirt. The thick waist appears almost slim when the wide sash and belt are cleverly arranged so as not to accentuate, while a waist and skirt seem to point only to the added girth. Few women who have attained this undesirable thickness through the waist realize apparently what a top-heavy look they have with a light shirtwaist above a dark skirt —if they did all would abandon this fashion and at least have skirt and waist of the same color, all white, for instance, or all blue. It is not safe always to follow one’s neighbor’s choice in the matter of clothes, however lovely they appear on that neighbor. We cab all, the thick and the thin, hail happily the summer sash and cling to it as long as the designers of women’s clothes will let us. Dainty for Summer Wear. Contrasting with these rather awkward dresses are the charming things of pale georgette and tinted lace. They are as delicate and dainty as summer clouds, refined and “ladylike,” an old fashioned word which has been lost in a maze of uniforms and tight skirts and other sartorial diversities until we seldom see this sort of dress.' The tinted lace is really enchanting. A silvery gray chiffon frock made over a tight slip of gray taffeta lets thisslip show below the upper draperies of the soft chiffon and the pale gray lace tinted to match the exact shade. Along the edge of the silken petticoat there is a quilted ruffle of the taffeta which holds the petticoat in In a slightly hobbled effect about the ankles. The lace used for this is the all-over shadow lace with its cobweb fineness. It is wide enough to drape one side entirely and falls over the georgette in soft, graceful lines. The gray lace appears also almost entirely covering the whist, draping in front in the sort of monk’s collar I mentioned above. A sash of soft, silvery gray satin confines the waist and hangs at just the right angle at one side. Lavender chiffon with entre deux of the softly tinted lace is not only lovely but has an added charm in being different from ordinary things. ~ The frock as to line follows the draped designs of this type of dress; the charm, however, lies in the beauty and the novelty of the tinted lace combined so cleverly.

This “town blouse” is of white georgette flowered in daffodil yellow and soft green, decorated with wooden beads in green and blue.