The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Little sentiaIs in Dress.


It is the small things which make
the well-dressed woman. One may
have on Worth frock, a Paris hat
and a pound of diamonds and not
look really well dressed, if ones veil
is frayed and soiled, ones gloves are
out at the tips, ones petticoats are
dragged, ones belt off color, and ones
shoes are shabby. You feel as if you
want to take such woman to pieces
and put her together all over again.
On the other hand, girl can make a
very simple costume look smart and
dressy by the addition Of lot of
small "fixings" dear to the feminine
heart. This year it is the stock which
makes the style. ..
Once upon q time there was a real
girl who knew how to dress her neck
properly. She was a sort of fairy
princess and could transform. any old
SLOPPY suit or frazzled frock into a
dream of beauty just by touching it
up with q new collar. She could
make her collars herself and make
them to fit She could take piece of
linen and turn it into a beautiful en-
broidered collarette, or piece of lace
and transform 1t into jabot. She
was always delightful to look upon.
When she married nice man she
lived happily ever afterward---"be-
cause she did not have to spend every
dollar he made on clothes in order to
look WELL"
The girl who is going to wear one
plain, dark, neat broadcloth suit the
whole winter through can relieve the
aching longing for lovely things and
the desire for variety which fills. her
heart by having at least dozen stocks
with which to transform it. For the
dressiest occasions she will have all
elaborate jabot of lace, robbed from her
last years ball frock and dyed coffee
color. This jabot she will build upon
a foundation of mousseline and attach
to a collar of lace over mousseline.
Where the two are joined she will
wind q little, smart French bow of
pale blue chiffon. Then she will en-
broider or spangle the collar to suit
her own fancy or her own complex
ion.
She will not pay $40 set for her
fancy lace and linen collars and cuffs,
but will make and embroider them
herself, and will then attach to them
the plisse null frills now 80 smart and
fetching. Out of scrim, butchers
linen and other heavy fabric; she will
manufacture herself dozen turnovers,
to be embroidered or tatted in different
shades to match her shirt waists. She
will not neglect to provide herself with
a set of mode kid collars and cuffs to
be worn with her riding habit, and
with fine, soft scarf of English crepe,
30 diapLsnous and floating that each
breath of air will mean possibilities of
grace in every line Of it. Every waist
coat, every frock and hat will have a
collar to match or harmonic with it
in color and texture; and these she
will keep fresh and dainty in a satin
lined box. When she has quite COM
pleted her own inlay of collars, col
iarettes and jabots she will begin max
ing other fancy collar and collarettes
for her girl friends for Christmas,
knowing that, like gloves and hand
kerchiefs, nobody can have too many
of them and that they are invariably
q welcome gift.
The prettiest fancy collars have rows
of tiny chiffon roses about them.
These are made by cutting strips of the
chiffon, folding it and gathering in
rosette shapes. Other collars have
rows of satin alternating with lace
inserting. The satin strips are dotted
with French knots.
A beautiful collar of fine white lawn
is embroidered in heavy padded fleur
de lis of white silk. In front flower
overlaps a plisse frill of the lawn,
while a longer plisse frill hangs down
in jabot effect to the bust line. The
cuffs are finished in the same manner,
emitting the jabot.
Before attempting to make a collar
of any thin or dlapanous material buy
collar foundation which fits perfectly
or you may waste your material. A
badly fitting collar is the most unbe-
coming thing in the world. 1t makes
the face look like an old-fashioned
nosegay with cheap paper frill about
| it.
A nice white linen or pique Ascot
stock is an absolute essential in the
wardrobe of every girl. Always have
plenty of simple washable collars anc
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