Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-22

IecUeQ- Mother ana the girls cOuIQ
wear those last winter frocks and be
just as stylish as ever, But he forgot
the fly in the ointment'-it's always
there, He didn't notice that sly little
clause about new combinations Of col
ors, and right there was his undoing
You don't catch the costumers nap
ping, and if the dresses are made on
the same general lines, no such clever
combinations of colors" were seen
last year as appear now on the really
smart gowns.
Picture galleries are being ransack-
ed and old pictures studied, If per
chance the secrets OF Titan, Raphael,
BotticeIH and all those other wonder
full seers of that famous period in art,
may not be discovered and applied TO
modern dress. The rich blue charac-
teristic of Raphael is reproduced in
fabrics, and when made into gowns, is
developed. one might say, by a touch
there, line here, Of orange and Grim
son or sage green, just as the great
painter knew so well how TO accentu-
ate it, and, behold, the dress is triry
an artistic creation, And so, pater
familias, if he has the artistic sense,
will not be too sore about his depict
ed pocketbook when he surveys the
new dresses mother and the girls
have had built along the same lines as
last years fashions,
Another good thing all this study of
the old pictures has brought about is
the grace of line eventuating in the
one-piece dress and the dress which
fastens in front. The absolute unanim-
ity of the makers and wearers Of
dresses for the last few years on the
subject of hooking in the back is IN
dergoing a change and women are
once more 70 know the comfort of
dressing themselves without calling in
the aid of long suffering husband lin
the absence OF a maid when getting
into or out of a fashionable blouse.
The cherished shirt waist may even
suffer eclipse in the new found pleas
ure in the one-piece dress, and the
dress buttOned down the front. Who
wants TO stop for cuff links or adjust
collar, tie and belt, when that other
fascinating dress hangs ready at hand
TO be donned in a minute?
a charming example of the ready-to-
wear one-piece dress is illustrated in
figure one. 1t hasn't the slightest ap-
pearaDce, as you see, of a house dress
or morning dress. Made of black vel
vet, with yoke and sleeves OF real Irish
lace. it is a handsome goEn. suitable
for any occasion. The narrow black
velvet ribbon with which the tucls in
the lace yoke are edged show the pos
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combinations Of materials and cOlors
viii occur TO the woman Of taste and
artistic sense.
As for the dresses which faster in
front, are they not a Joy forever"
And being that, they must be things
of beauty" Designers and pattern
makers are expending thought and
skill on these dresses. for the reac-
ton against the long tyranny of the
gown which hooks in the back is Great
ing large demand for those made in
the new fashion. Some of them are
buttoned all the way down in front,
many of them have a very Ornamental
disposition Of trimming on the front,
and all of them are very chic and up
tO-date. An appropriate trimming for
these dresses is the old-fashioned
putting which is having a great revival
this fall. This is put on in bands, on
skirt, waist and sleeves, and. with
the addition of fringe, is a startling re-
turn 70 a very Old fashion. Some Of
the gowns look like the pictures of
those worn by the grandes danes of
the period of 1912.
Yelled effects continue popular. one
reason being the possibility offered by
them for the necessary color combina-
tions. and few of the dressing gowns |
but have yoke and sleeves of chiffon |
or chiffon cloth over a contrasting
material The strong fancy for metal /