Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
Broken Skirt Line Replaces Long Sweep Of ORA
peries = Tie-Backs Again Make Their Bow
Fascinating New Silks for Tunic Frocks
Show Plain and Patterned Effects.

various widths which gaily trim the
frock. One twelve-inch rufIie falls
from the hip to about the knee. Over
It a deeper rufie-eighteen or twenty
inches deep-falls from the waistline,
or to be exact, from the foundation
skirt about three inches below the
waistline. A tremendously broad
sash of MORE Egyptian crepe in black
is drawn around the figure, down over
the top of the plaid iounce. and up,
almost to the bust-line. At the back,
this excessively wide sash passes un-
der the bolero which has q most pc
culiar cut. The front edge slopes
away from the point of a sailor collar
OF the plaid material, down to. a sharp
point at the back OF the wa!stline,
A along this exaggerated cutaway
edge goes a four-inch ruffie Of the
bias plaid taffeta. In the opening
between the rufhed bolero fronts and
above the black moire sash, shows
a lovely little blouse of tucked net
over flesh pink chiffon, with ball but
tons of pearl down the center, be-
tween the groups of tucks. The SOM
Der black sash gives just the right
note Of contrast with the gay plaid
rufiies and the fluttery, ~flounced har-
acter OF this frock, and the black note
will be echoed by patent leather but
toned boots.
Black TafYeta Frocks Especially Chic.
Everybody knows now that black
millinery is the thing his spring. The
black hat-usually of tulle and Jet
exceeds its bright-colored sisters in
the proportion of five to one. But the
all-black taffeta frock, though 1t has
already made a sensation on the
Riviera, has not yet asserted itself
c~onspicuOusly in this country. Many
Of these smart black frocks are in the
making now for fashionable women
who will be wearing them in six OF
eight Weeks-when the May sunshine
suggests summer; and then NJ doubt
they will blossom out in the shoI
windows-if II may use the tern
blossom" in regard to a black cos
tume-and will become the popular
fashion. So If you wish to be dis
tinctly ahead of the game, Madam
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN the
home sewing room, by all means in
vest in some black taffeta of the new
soft texture, and trim it with rufie.
of the material.
Here is q description of a c%aptivat,
ing black taffeta mode made by
Jenny for an American bride-to-be o.
the Easter season. The material Il
black pussy willow taffeta and tht
tunic, cut in a sloping line downward
toward the back, has three narrow
overlapping %rufiies, the skirt below
being very slightly draped and ex,
tremely narrow about the feet, though
1t Is short-in the fashionable diane.
ing length" which shows a littlo of tht
instep of a buttoned boot. SO much
for the skirt. 1t is the bodice Of this
Jenny frock of black tatfeta that T.
so supremacy chic. 1t is a simple, soft
ly bloused affair with set-in sleeve,
in large armholes and fronts openlnl
over a vest of net, very wide rover,
turning a from the front edges al,
most to the shoulder line. The YES
is entirely covered with inward-turn
ing frills of black and white tulle. 4
black tulle frill with a white tulle fril
within it, goes around the neck
which is cut down in q little V at thu
back-and a black tulle frill over {
twhite tulle frill trims the elbow