Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1919 — SASH KEEPS ITS POPULARITY [ARTICLE]

SASH KEEPS ITS POPULARITY

Far From Pawing, It Bids Fair to Be* come Even More Important Article of Dree*. We keep hearing the rumor that the vest Is passe—certainly it is passing, if we judge by the signs of the times, and unless it has a revival will not te here at all by fail. The sash, however, has taken on a new lease of life and is to play an even more important part in our costume than ever before. As to fringe, it is to be more extensively used than ever—in every depth and wherever possible. The fringe banding is often seen trimming satin capes, coats of camels’ hair and dresses of taffetas and satin. This banding is made by stitching the fringe on a strip of satin at top and bottom, so that it has the appearance of insertion when used as trimming. Now and then one finds a color different from the dress or cloak showing through the threads, but this is not nearly so often used as the plainer colored banding in blue or black.