Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-08-10
New Styles Out
of Old Fabrics

every inch of the material at q price
that brought her unmeasured profit
on the transaction.
Last month an American designer
was looking over the stock of lace
importer. Nothing new" said the
importer. "Here l am held up with
about fifty Spanish lace scarfs which
bought ut venture. thinking I could
distribute them in the trade in Amer
ica, but no one took them. The ona
answer was that they are not I'm
fashion"
The designer said that if the tn
porter would give him one he would
turn it into a gown that would sell
all the other scarfs, on condition that
he received a commission on their sale
The bargain was closed. The gown
was designed. 1t sold Immediately.
| 1t was copied so fast that the other
! 40 scarfs melted away like snow.
Tho. is good example of tho
change that has come over the Amert-
can merchant and the American de-
signer. We no longer have to ash
what is the fashion. but are probably
enabled to make the fashion for our
! own continent.
Management Of Black Taffeta.
It Is easy to realize that taffeta has
come into first summer fashion. al
though the popular mind does not re-
gard it as one of the lovely weaves
of the world, because it is plentiful.
There is no trouble about getting all
the taffeta one wants, and it is best
that we model our wardrobes for the
near future on the materials that can
be bought in this country in sufficient
quantity to correspond to our needs.
Much can be done with this mate
rial that will result in gown out Of
the ordinary and conspicuous for
charm and cleverness. If you could
have seen woman who came into q
restaurant for dinner wearing Ger
tain black taffeta gown. you would
have been convinced in the twinkling
Of an eye that the fabric matters moth
ing If the designer has cleverness.
The skirt was made Of narrow
ruffles that extended from waist to
ankles. each ruffle edged with white
silk cord. The hem was excessively
narrow. The foundation for these
ruffles fitted the figure like sheath.
There was bodice, straight and sim
pie, and the major part of it was
yoke with short sleeves which was
braided with white cord in a fantastic
design. At the side Of the waist was
a deep pink satin rose with green vel
vet leaves. The slipper and stock
ings were green. There was nothing
demure about this black taffeta gown.
Treat Blue Serge in Various Ways.
Blue serge is "A fabric that will al
ways be with us, as far as the manu-
facturers and the war board can look
ahead.
1T is usually midnight blue, and,
given a few yards of it in this color.
the designers do not want to sit down
and turn it out into insignificant
frOcks and incOnspicuOus suits.
A woman who came to a defense"
luncheon one day wore blue serge
gown that was the product of clever
designer and it surely turned our
ideas about suits topsy-turvy.
The coat was split up tile back as
we'll as the 'front.' 1t was worn over
long cuirass blouse, the kind that
gains in importance every day. The
blouse was made of a richly embrOid-
cred tricot in blue black and dasheS
90 dull rod II dill not c1inO tfOhfIv tn
the figure, but outlined it more than
usual. Over it hung the loose blue
serge coat, opening in a deep V in the
middle of the front and the black. It
was closed at the neckline and had a
collar of the serge. There was a loose
belt of the material, and the skirt
was exceedingly narrow and short.
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