South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-15
individuality Is
Secret of Good Style
"Neighborhood's Most Popu-
lar Girl" Achieves Lovely
Wardrobe at Small Expense.

she isn't really pretty-this neigh
borhood's most popular girl-but she
looks so because of her picturesque
clothes. Every costume which she
has worn since she was old enough to
have a voice in the matter has been
individual but her wardrobe this
summer is a series of picture frocks
not one of which is conspicuous Re
cause she never wears an ultra-fash-
lonable color, her afternoon street cos
tune is not navy blue nor warshfp
gray but slate made in faille re-
heVed-not frightened, with dull cop
perry chiffon. Most of the silk was
used for seven yards wide skirt I'm
lshed with a cOrd-headed four-inch-
deep plating which brings IL TO within
six inches of the floor. Although the
widths of silks are gored. the skirt is
rather full gathered to a waistband
and covered TO halfway over its hips
by the side plated pepIum of a silk
bodice fitted closely to the figure by
means of its underarm seams. and i'm
front slashed four times. for its en-
tire length, 10 show an under blouse
in cOppery-hued chiffon Above the
lOw-rOunded neck of the silk bodice
rises the tucked yoke Of the blouse.
and running up from its shoulders
outstanding OblOngs in silk. are rows
Of tiny ball buttons. failIe-covered.
Medium wide bishop silk cuffs, fitted
closely to the wrists and ending in
three sharp points NEAR the elbow
and the waist is encircled by an imi-
tatiOn dull silver chain belt fastened
with an antique buckle which our
most popular girl came upon in a
perfectly ordinary department shop.
OF course the only sort Of hat possible
with this frOck is a small oblong
shape and after she had made one
for herself i'm faille silk. she trimmed
it with a pair of grav plumes, applied
fatty and pointing in opposite direc-
tons.
The neighbors are making excuses
TO drop into the home of the most
popular girl OF mornings, just for the
sake of seeing her in a little frOck in
Natter blue dimity It's perfectly
plain, fingered skirt, is but four yards
wide. but she makes il stand out as
though hoop distended by wearing
under il a pettiCOat that is ruffied to
the knees. Hooked to the waistband
is a stringless short apron in embroid-
cred white batiste, finished with a two
inch rufie This dainty square Of
whiteness drops half way to the knees
from under the quaintest of little
basQues, loosely fitted with seams and
line To q slightly low neck (Which is
finished with a flat-lying batiste frilD
and having close-clinging elbow
sleeves. frill-ending. When she goes
into the garden. she puts on a coarse
creamy straw hat whose fiat, rounded
crown is half encircled by a narrow
black velvet ribbon. One end of this
ribbon is caught down with big rose
before going over the edge of the
broad, ''fiOppy' brim, TO meet the
other end which is laced through the
straw above ~ right ear and comes
close against the hair under a second
rose. II is precisely the sort of frock
which would be pretty in lowered silk
and lace for garden parties, but of
course. the excuse for an apron would
have to be omitted.
Speaking Of striped silks reminds
me that our most popular girl has
charming dance frOck which we made
in a day. 1t is a white taffeta, broadly
striped with pale yellow and all there
is in the way Of trimmings for its skirt
is a series of widely separated bow
knots in inch-w wide black velvet rib
bon at the top Of its deep hem. AT
the normal Waistline a normal black !
velvet ribbon separates the skirt from
a bodice shaped like the top OF an old
fashioned chemise. The tops or the |
front and back are gathered straight /
across. in a line with the arm-pits, |
under a. double ruching OF white net 1
which turns into a double frilling
where it crosses the shoulders in COM |
pany with velvet-headed straps. Full
length net sleeves have been made |
which can he tackled into the arm |
eyes Of this frock because some times
il is to be worn with a broad brimmed 1
black velvet hat, TO elaborate lunch-
cons. In fact. il was originally made /
up for a party given by bride in |
honor Of her bridesmaids and created |
such a sensation that had not all the |
wedding arrangements been perfected /
the bridesmaids would have been
provided with costumes of similar de-
sign if not color combination.