The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

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Of an underskirt and both are cut in
points around the bottom and bound
in contrasting color: or a full. fiaring
skirt cut In n deep point front and
back n running up at the sides tn
Civ "A convincing view of Knockers
fuller than usual.
or perhaps the silk skirt Is cut
in five or six big shallow scallops
around the bottom and our narrow
overlapping fril.s Of the silk trim
these scallops: or there may be a
smooth fitting hip yoke scalloped on
It's lower edge and a full scalloped
skirt below the yoke. !,
Pockets adorn many bathing suit
skirts as they adorn other sports
skirts, and are sometimes Of the trim
ming material. sometimes of the suit
material.
or course there are plenty OF plain
skirts. cut with comparative smooth
ness over the hips and flaring toward
the bottom. with only a hem for finish
or a narrow contrasting binding or
band.
That very narrow fiat binding of
bright color IL very effective on n,
dark suit, without making it in any
way loud or conspicuous. In bright
| yellow or orange or cerlse or green
or blue 1t livens n very dark blue or
| black suit admirably. and the color is
repeated in the cap.
Block check silk in bright colors
and black trims some rather ex-
IRENE suits. and gray striped silks
| are used for trimmings. sashes. caps,
SC. There are striped silk suits too.
usually in black or dark blue with
a contrasting, brighter color, and
with trimmings of plain black or
blue. Occasionally one Of these striped
suits will have the stripes running
around its skirt instead of up and
down. but this Is the exception.
Black and white Is modish In the
province of the bathing suit, as else
where. and there are good looking
models in black and white stripe,
black and white plaid, black and white
check and black with white polka
dots at wide intervals.
Very dark purple is used for some
smart costumes and the dark browns
are becoming to many women with
whose compilations wind and sun and
salt water play havoc: but now. as
always. black and dark blue are the
most satisfactory colors. and though
taffeta Is the chic silk Of the MON mt
the soft satins are more becoming
and look better than the taffeta after
a wetting.
Certain French costumes combine
tunics Of fine blue serge with TRIM
mings and Knockers of black satin,
and for those to whom wool Is a
necessity the idea is a good one.
The cut OF the neck varies in the
modish bathing costume and what
ever Is most becoming should he worn
More square cut models than usual
are shown this season and many
women can wear them better than
either the round or V shaped cuts,
hut both Of these are still popular.
with the square cut and round cut
there Is seldom n collar. n even with
the V cut the collar is often omitted,
but a rolling collar OF white wash silk,
crepe de chine or pique sometimes
makes all the difference between the
becoming and the unbecoming, n
that is a point to he considered.
There are a few models which make
use Of the close choker collar, turning
. down at the top. attached to the blouse
in the back and hugglng the throat
tightly in front above the open ex-
panse of flesh left by the low cut Of
the blouse front. This arrangement
: has been used on some Of the seasons
| frock bodices, but 1t Ia a doubtful sue
cess even in such connection n has
{ nothing to commend II in a bathing
, suit.
! MANY Of the suits are unite sleeve