Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1874 — How to Trim Apron Fronts. [ARTICLE]

How to Trim Apron Fronts.

The long apron fronts of over-skirts are now the objective points of trimming. There is a fancy for trimming these aprons with three curved or horizontal rows that give the effect of borders for three aprons. Black Cashmere overskirts have three rows of jet fringe headed by passementerie across the apron front and dividing it into three equal tiers. Plain colored camel’s-hair aprons have three bias bands of plaid curite across them. Tall ladies are especially pleased with this trimming. Short*dies, and particularly those with very long waists, use perpendicular rows of jet galloon on the apron to give the appearance of greater length below the waist. Very slender figures use the triple apron, which is three short aprons overlapping each other, edged with fringe and draped or festooned across the front breadths. The best plan for those who are too stout is to have five bias bands of velvet sewed down the front breadths of the lower skirt from the belt to the flounce at the foot and thus dispense with a separate apron.— Harper's Baear. •