Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1919 — SEVERE STYLES COME BACK [ARTICLE]

SEVERE STYLES COME BACK

Return to Correct and Neat Tallleurs of Ten or Fifteen Years Ago There is a revival of the correct and neat tailleur such aswe wore ten or fifteen years ago. One might even say that there is no difference in the cut, either In skirt or jacket. The little handkerchief in the side pocket and the flowers in the buttonhole have resumed their place. Often a waistcoat in color or a white border coming below the vest adds to the smartness of this costume. The only difference between the severe tailleur of today and that of the older mode is the insistence on the wide waist; there is no indication of corseting or of girdle. This return to the strictly tailored costume for street wear, the resumption of the clear definite lines, and the desire to be free, on street costumes, from incumbering folds and restless fringes and floating panels is very decidedly marked among the women of the smart world. One may see the women who sponsor this new mode jumping out of their cars in front of the hotel looking as if they were ready for horseback, with a flowery buttonhole in the left revers, or perhaps a Spanish carnation. It is with this idea in mind that the great dressmakers are thinking of bringing back the Louis XV jacket, that is to say, the jacket worn by the men of that period, which opened over waistcoats of heavy stuffs imported from London. They are in brilliant colors printed with English hunting scenes of the eighteenth century.From the Paris Letter in Vogue.