The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
TIE VARIED SEPARATE WAIST
NEW DESIGNS AND MATERIALS
SHOWN THIS SEASON.
Snree Distinct Kinds Of Houses some
mat Are shapeiy aud Dressy- I'M
movements In the shirt waist Stun
ming Designs In Hand Embroidery

movements In the shirt WASH STUN
ming Designs In Hand Embroidery
Nothlne in fashion shows a more varied
development than the separate waist, and
nav designs are continually added to the
list all of which are more or less attractive
There are three distinct differences In
the blouses, zach one with Its special uses
and quite as important as the Others. FIRST
because It is most expensive. is the dressy
waist Of satin silk chiffon and lace, mace
nm A boned lining; second, the hin
waist made OF every kind of material from
lawn TO silk velvet and varied beyond de-
.~cription IN it's methods of decoration: and
last but not least by any means the shirt
waist which has a tailor-made appearance.
The last certainly has been a prolific
.ouroe OF comfort and convenience TO all
xomsn since IL furnished the first sugges-
lions for all the varied models which have
,olloxad In its train. The fancy shirt
xa,st which opens In the pack Is the spe-
o;,ltv at the moment perhaps, but 1t is the
simnls shirt waist In its original guise
,a,ied and improved by modern taste
vh,ch IA shown In the Illustrations.
II " decidedly more shapely than its
nrototype M more elegant in materials
.ince brocaded silks INT velvets are used
IN he construction. to say nothing OF the
bstistss. fine linen lawns. pongees and
satin foulards. Pongee Is especially pop
ulsr as the beige shades are 40 much the
fashion and II is made quite plain with
plaits and tucks, or hand embroidered
in the same color, between groups Of tucks,
a. shown in one OF the illustrations.
A band of open work embroidery, or
heavy ecru lace down the front, Is a pretty
nni.h with a color underneath. This forms
the collar band and helps to make II becom-
ing as scru Is not often a fattering color.
Round pieces Of silk. In color. as large
as a quarter Of a dollar, and button hole
stitched around the edge supply another
mode Of decoration. These are set in.
with spaces between. down two o plaits
AT either side OF the front M back.
Shirt waists are not especially distin-
ruished in appearance so a great amount
Of their success depends or your choice OF
style and color, and the way 1t is put on.
The last point Is not a small item either, as
40 many women seem to think. for all style
In the garment is completely lost II there is
an untidy effect about the waists. 1t really
needs to be pinned down all around TO the
corset-and very securely too so there can
he no breaking loose from it's moorings.
and no gaping spaces between the belt
and skirt.
In materials for the plain shirt waist
there is a long list, Of which linen canvas,
French linen, Scotch madras, white lustre
oheviot batiste and pique are conspicuous.
In white piqu4 there il one shown In the
illustration with bands stitched with black
put on in military style, down the front, and
finished with rather heavy white pearl
buttons.
Another pique waist has sid plaits
stitched down in yoke form. the ends Of the
stitching finished with crows feet Of en-
broidery. Two rows Of small pearl but
tons decorate the front.
A pretty model for silk or any Of the
heavy materials Is the Gibson waist with
one side plat turning bach toward the
point Of each shoulder to the belt In a slop-
ing line which makes the waist ook trim
and the shoulders broad This has a box
plat down the front fastened with four
enamelled buttons II the waist is silk. and
with pearl buttons II it is pique.
The idea of the plat directly at the Shout
ders lie used in many other styles, but not
in the same line exactly. It sometimes is
turned and stitched down just below the