The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-01
The Vogue of Tunic and
Half Skirt Effects "A
New Incarnation of the
Divided Skirt Peasant
TunicsOn1y forSlender
Figures Skirt Hens
Now To the Knee Lin
gerie Buttons.
Color Embroidered Borderirfe.
EmbeIlish this full Gown

~ Il + DIVIDED SklrL mas again CrOpped
II up in fashion; but this time the di-
~ vision is lateral and produces the
49, effect of one skirt over another in
stead of the bifurcated garment
Guilt for athletic use Overskfrts, tunics
double skirts and even hounces have
hunted the limp Directoire draperies
clear the field and very youthful. gay
and charming are the new double-skirt
effects. most OF which this season will
he worn short enough to display a dainty
slipper and silk-stockinged ankle
The overskirt Some Time in
Arriving.
Notwithst "a nding the surprising leaps
into favor which some styles seem TO
take, fashion in most cases moves def
Iitely and steadily from quiet launch
ing to the high seas OF popularity The
overskirt was Enthusiastically limited at IN
last summers Moyen age costumes, with
skirt pIeatin set on below hip Jokes,
and as far back as the autumn of 1905
the apron overskirt which crossed the
knees in front and sloped downward to
the hem OF the frock behind. was seen.
Now behold this same apron overskirt at
the pinnacle Of favor snd the conspicuous
feature OF most OF the ready made little
foulard and linen frocls displayed In the
shops. The fashion pattern books also
abound with apron overskirts or tunics in
pointed or rounded effects and the style
Is easy to make up satisfactorily and
lends itself to such pretty trimming ef-
fleets that we shall many frocks of
the apron-tunic character this summer
Two other varieties of the double skirt
are the Russian blouse, or smock. and
the long Crusader tunic, which falls al
most to the ankles The latter style is
the dernier cri In Paris and most of
the lately imported gowns show this long
tunic rather than the abbreviated apron
style OF drapery. The Crusader tunic is
fastened directly down the front, or a
little to one side OF the front and has
the effect OF a loose garment confined by
a broad belt or girdle at the waist. This
belt is worn rather loose, often. in the case
of the leather belts, which are particu-
larly fashionable falling below the waist
in front. or course this makes the figure
more bulky than the snugly drawn belt;
but the peasant style, which Paris Is now
advocating, does not encourage trim and
snug figure lines. If one is slender enough
to stand it one may be as loose and com
Portable as one pleases In the bsggy,
belted peasant smocks and stunics which
are just now the grande chic But woe
be to her who has not the 1.-the proper
tions to stand the new pillowcase loose
nessl Only an expensive corset and the
most diaphanous undergarmenting are go-
ing to carry her through trying season.
She must have her peasant blouses very
carefully fitted also. over firm Innings
In this way loose effect may be sug-
gested by n cunning dressmaker, the
while harmonious proportions are main
tanned in the silhouette.
Not Forgetting the Patch
a feature of the peasant blouse is its
seamless shoulder, the sleeve being cut
all in one with the body OF the garment.
the material doubled over and cut exact
~ as one cuts a paper dolls dress, with
fronts and back alike and a hole at the
top through which to put the head Seams
are run in beneath the sleeve and down
the sides of the garment and IN the
genuine peasant smock a square patch of
the material is always set in at the
Joining OF these under-arm and under
sleeve seams. This square patch Is to
be found in most Of the French blouses
initiating the peasant style, though amateur
dressmakers are prone to omit this mark
OF genuineness in the blouse. The square
patch gives freedom when the arm Is up
lifted and adds extra strength to the gar
ment.
Sometimes the peasant shoulder is sug-
gested by trimming over the top of the
bodice, the sleeve >being cut and set into