The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02
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that women were careless in their
usage OF them and would put on these
gay bits OF coloring at a time when
Scdate and dignified clothes should
have been worn.
However. the Roman stripping which
has come into fashion is more artistic
than the kind of coloring that was used
last summer Ii suggests with 50 much
inSistence the pleasant costumcry OF
the Italian townS--a suggestion that
clutches at ones heart and produces
mental delight that turns to enchanting
memories
Combined With Jersey.
France has tried to inaugurate sew
cra Italian fashions into the general
scheme OF things, but wthou, any
sIecal success. The sharpshooter's s
hat OF soft felt with the high coque
plume OF green in front was fashion
that merely skinned across the sky
like a ileecy cloud
There was also the long cape of the
police. those dark-eycd mysterious
r,en who board your vessel when II
comes into Naples and give YOU such
thrill Of excitement when you look
upon them and NeSuviuS at the same
time and think OF what heavenly
combination and volcano
These capcs were introduced by Pa
Crin and have been worn here and
there by the smart French women, but
they did not have any serious success
IN America.
Now we have the Roman stripping
TIE hroadbrimmcd hat and the ianci-
ful apron of the Ncapolitan flower
seller, which is introduced into our
sport clothes.
Aprons, YOU know, are quite the
smart thing in coStumery. They FLICKER
)ver the surface OF all kinds OF clothes
| They are made of tafieta, embroidered
in a primitive manner at the hem and
sides and dropped over one piece
irocks OF serge and crepe de chine.
They are made OF tulle. with huge
pockets OF colored crystals, and are
slipped across the front OF a dinner
gown and caught at each side with
lcwelcd ornaments They are OF soft
,ulpcd satin and are tied around the
waist with broad satin strings, drop
ing oyr the front OF PLAIN, Shan
'unC silk like panel
On sport clothes they are made OF
the Roman stripping in Italian silk and
added TO skirts OF old blue, yellow or
green Jersey cloth
Bodice and Apron Match
One of the newest sport costumes
which France has sent over, calls for
bodice and apron OF Roman striped
Italian silk The skirt OF this costume
is Chinese blue wooden Jersey, the kind
which most OF the smart women have
taken up for country wear The
bodice is snug and simple. with a tiny
ilaring pcplum below a belt OF the
Roman stripping. There is wide sailor
collar, the new, short. outdoor sleeves
are also made Of the silk, and the
strings OF the apron fly away in the
back like a sash. The broadbrlmmct
bat is Of Milan straw, and there is al
extra wide band OF Roman ribbor
! placed around the crown and tied in a
bow with one loop and two sharp ends
The use of broad, Italian ribbon on
sport hats is a note that should be
watched with interest by the woman
who is on the lookou, for something
new and il you feel like wrapping the
flag around your hat, as 1t were, you
can replace the Roman stripping by the
red white and blue tricolor OF America
ard France and put it around broad
btimmed country hat no
The Italian silk in its broad stripping
can be used lavishly as an adjunct to
coat suits or irocks Of Shantung and
,usSor, two Chinese fabrics that are
Offered by the dreSSmakers and tailor'
ycry day Both these materials need
color and the broad Italian Stripc'
| give them some character
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