Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-09

The straight line conceals; the bias
line partly reveals. The American In
dian is probably the only great print
tive who kept to the straight line in
costumery, as If it were done in ac-
cordance with the Indian physical
framework.
Recently, the designers have blended
the American Indian silhouette with
that of old Egypt, the Egypt of That's
with Straight, translucent draperies
and plated skirts that sweep the feet.
Gypsy Sash in Favor.
Everyone knows that the so-called
gypsy sash which has been taken from
the Roumanian vagabonds is apt to
increase the size appearance of the
hips, and yet 1t has come into fashion
as quickly as thunder-show comes
up in August.
There is a strong belief among the
designers that this Roumanian hip
girdle, which is as old as Nineveh and
Tyre, will not prove popular, but all
the designers believe that the bias
movement which is cree Hing into all
the fashions and which expresses IT.
self in long, oblique lines, will soon
take the place of the straight, Indian
and Alexandrian silhouette.
The dressmakers, who are trying to
achieve something new in evening.
to iftar-
ested in this form of apparel, have
used this oblique movement to accom-
plish something quite out of the COM
monplace.
On a black velvet frock, this new
silhouette was given by using broad
piece of cloth of jet studded with rows
of rhinestones, which wrapped the up
per part of the figure In long lines that
dropped from shoulder to hips, and
crossing in front to tie in back, ended
in narrow train which gave dignity
to a slim skirt.
1t is q long jump from an evening
gown of velvet and cloth of jet to a
sweater, but among the artistic set,
this oblique movement has been work.
ed out in a knitted scarf which Is a
substitute for q sweater. 1t Is worn
as the Canadian soldiers wear it, cross
ing over the front and back in. oblique
lines with the long ends tucked
through the part that forms the belt in
front and dropping down with their
fringe ten inches below the waist.
The Importance Of Sashes.
! Whenever the girdling of the hips
becomes a first fashion, sashes leap up
! on high pinnacle and proclaim their
presence with trumpeting authority.
Throughout the ages, sashes come
and go, much to the amusement and
interest of women, especially those
women who see in accessories the most
diverting part of fashionable apparel
Some minds work along the line Of
adiuncts in clothes, rather than funda'
mentals In every little group of WON
en- there Is one, or probably more, who
will burn the midnight oil to create
or attach new and fashionable acces
series to an old gown. In the addition
of a sash, the placement of rose, the
application of bit of jet, new cuffs oil
a gold cord, they find their chief pleas
ure in clothes.
These women will have their hearts
delight this season, for the fundamen
tails are few and the accessories many
Camoufage is the word that ha
spread over the planet, and 1t Is
word that no longer refers to war, bu
rs forever incorporated in the Language
Of a people. A new sash is camou
fage on an old gown, and as such !
plays an important part in the devel
opment of this seasons clothes.
These sashes have the bias move
ment they glrdle the hips in obliqu'
lines, they tie at the side, they form
an apology for hustle in the back
they are now in front, in the prlmitiv
fashion, they are fringed, embroidered
stenciled or made of Batik.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate)