Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02
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eorselet once worn By . great beauty o1
France. who. in the hour Of her highest
social and financial triumph In the
primrose path. put together all the
cred the upper sH part a Of her nsurs s With
them. These crystal bodices are not
especially expensive. and there are
many thousand dollars worth OF df6sF.
Merode: but they give much the same
effect.
These corselets, by the way, are noA
always attached to ono skirt They are
velvet or brocaded skirt can be placed
below them.
For the house. and for an manner Of
usage under a coat, there Is another
last serious rival to the white shirt
waist.
There is nothing new IN Il. II has
been worn for centuries BY the peasants
OF every country. r was adopted IN
a year ago. but 1t is now offered a. the
most pleasing contrast to q skirt that
has nothing in common with It a. Tar
as texture and color go.
It may be argued that separate shirt
waists provide the excuse for wearing
o separate skirt, but the majority OF
women have learned that the peasant
blouse is more graceful garment than
a wash blouse that ends at the waist
line and breaks the figure at the very
point where 1t should be smoothed over
and flattened.
The hosts Of women who have worked
In the arts and crafts department Of
the artistic element, offered these sep
arate blouses with persuasive words.
but 1t was only when the shops took
them up that the public accepted them
as a leading fashion.
So
It is quite easy to see how they SIM
plify dressing. They are made of soft.
colorful fabrics. the lining may be add
ed or dispensed with. they manage to
blend with any kind of separate skirt
permit a woman to remove her coas q
luncheon IN the Afternoon, which ~
o permission not given By the separate
white shirt waist.
The universally Of the topcoa4 a1l
suit are other factors that promote H.
growth and Development Of this blouaD
Of the hour. which. after all, ID q retuyu
to primitive things.
The revival OF q special weave Of ~.
sey silk and its acceptance by las
tidious women give one a chance to
have these separate blouses in a fabric
that Is most agreeable in such gar
menus Inc nlSn-claSs weave OF now
Jersey has a brocaded surface. and IL
is used for one-piece frocks trimmed
with fur. However. when the purse az
fords it, 1t makes a remarkably good
looking peasant blouse suitable for q
black velvet skirt, both of which are
hidden by a topcoat until such time a.
their appearance is needed
Panne velvet has also been widely
| taken up for these separate biouses
| when they are to be worn for formal
house affairs.
Although the tailors are continuing to
make mannish coat suits that are built
| from the same fabric, the dressmakers
are offering separate coats to be worn
with plain or plaid skirts, and they
| frankly say that one Jacket will do for
many skirts or the other way around
| Black and tan is an acceptable com.
bination in this fashion. and shadow
plaid skirts in blue and black and gray
and burgundy are worn with short
coats of colored or black velveteen
which barely reach the hip line.
| The white shirt waist may be worn
beneath these coats. but as a rule there
is a short, straight, medieval corselet
made Of satin that matches the color
| of the skirt and has an embroidered
hipband with ornamental pockets in
front.