New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-11
Wise Selection

in every woman never will be sup
pressed. Those who work toward
standardizing fashions for women
cherish vain hope. 1t is not be-
cause women are extravagant that
they insist on pretty clothes, for q
woman will really work to get what
she wants in her dress. She will
shop carefully to be sure of the
best values and search for dress
makers who will carry out her ideas
inexpensively.
Why should we wear overalls? If
we adopt overalls and uniforms
even to help reduce the cost Of
living-and it is doubtful whether
it would make any great difference
in this-we would in time feel as
stupid as the overalls look. In
dress Of this sort we are limited
in the choice Of both design and
color-and color and pretty clothes
may both be said to be synonymous
with charm.
The sketches to-day are original
designs worked out as suggestions
for making inexpensive warm
weather clothes. Owing to the fact
that some Of them are designed to
give as many suggestions as pos
sible, they may appear complicated.
A White Net Frock
That Is Easily Changed
FOR instance, the white net frock
at the lower left Of the page
has side-pleated tunics of the net
attached to belt which goes about
the hips. 1t is a very easy matter
to place the pleated TUNES on a sash
and tie it in bow at either the
front, or back. Or the tunics may
be omitted if desired and only a
sash used. Net dresses last long
time. so it is advisable to make
them in a style that does not def
nitely date itself. This frock with
the removable tunic is one that re-
quires only a few simple changes
to make it look quite different from
the original model. The dress is
really simple to make, because one
can have all the pleating done by
machinery.
This dress is equally charming
made of Swiss organdie very deli
cate in coloring. You may buy it
in beautiful shades of yellow, buff,
pale gray, blue or lavender, with
hexagon design in white printed
over its surface. It. may be worked
out in silver-gray Swiss organdie,
with the tunic set on at the waist
line and frills Of white at the neck
and sleeves, which makes it very
suitable for an elderly woman. Still
another material suggested for it
is 4crossbarred Swiss organdie. In
this a pale tangerine shade with
frills Of plain organdie Of the same
hue is suggested. In the brighter
colorings it is distinctly a young
girls frock.
British Women Make
Their Dresses Over
ONE way Of economizing in dress
is by giving thought to our selec-
ton in the first place and choosing
a style that we can easily change.
The idea Of making dress over
from one fashion to another is typi-
cally English. Thus it is quite easy
to understand why many English
novelists have dressed their heroines
from trunks in the family garnet.
One can imagine that no dress is
ever thrown away by an English
woman, for she expects that either
she. or some Of her descendants will
wear it.
In decided contrast to this, the
Parisienne who makes any pretense
of being smart would not wear
second season dress. Whereas, the
Enxlishwoman wears her clothes
yeaf after year because they are
good clothes and becoming to her,
the French woman has absolutely
the dress Of the hour, which is al