The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-24
Suit and Dress
Modes of Today

wears out, IneTe Cd0 De unOlner one.
And, since this Is the portion of the
dress which always shows the first
signs Of wear, there is more In the
idea than might be at first visible,
But there are so many pitfalls In
the direction of combining blouse and
skirt that II one attempts that char.
acter of dressing one must be more
than usually clever In constructing or
choosing the design and in the man
ner in which one amalgamates the
two. Not any blouse will do with any
skirt, but the two Of them have to
be thought out together and arranged
so that, when worn In unison, they
will look as though they belonged to.
gether.
An interesting blouse shows a Pc
culiar type Of waist which does well
when combined with separate skirt
and worn with coat to match. In
spite of the fact that the blouse is a
unit In itself, 1t none the less has the
quality of being able to blend with a
skirt Of some other material In a
purely artistic manner. This blouse Is
made of yellow crepe chiffon with
many punches Of fullDess about it
and an underlying layer of a warmer
yellow, TO make 1t take on u richer
tone.
Doubles Life Of the Costume.
IT is designed to be worn with full
brown skirt of kasha cloth and cape
made of that material, and then the
cape should be lined with the same
colors Of chiffon, posed one over the
other, in order to carry out success.
fully the color scheme. The en-
broidered bands arranged on the
blouse carry out those shadlngs of
tones, running from brown to yellow
and as the stitches are done in silk
threads, there is a lustre which is
charming against the thin chiffon and
which does great deal toward draw
ing together the color of the skirt and
the ColOrs in the blouse.
For woman who has to give her
spring suit, or any suit for that mat
| tClt EiCht uCtAl Vi WCuI, tllIo
ner of combining waist and skirt II
verltable boon, for 1t just ab0u
| doubles the life Of her costume and
when there is so much expense in
volved, that consideration becomes ar
important item.
The girdle for this blouse Is made
OF a soft crepe in shade of brown
midway between the yellow of the
blouse and the brown of the skirt
Then 1t has long fringe of all of the
varicolored threads used In the EN-
broidery on the trimming of the
blouse, which also serves to tie the
! two separate parts of the costume into
one single unit.
This type of blouse for the costume
suit is far more beautiful and fashion
able than the old and accepted variety
of white shirtwaist. In fact, the lattel
seems to have disappeared entirely of
the face of the earth, except in its tail
ored state for sport suits and as {
handmade French thing to go with th'
regulation tailored suit.
A suit is the thing which, in thu
spring, makes woman look so wei
groomed and compact in style and 81
ready for any outdoor or street occa
sion. Women are loath to let it go a
type of dressing and, even though it
character has been somewhat changed
and twisted around, 1t is still the sui
that has meant so much to the genera
well-dressed appearance of the Amerl
can woman.
There Is new type of suit, wit tn
very much abbreviated Jacket, and
little vest that adds II touch of colo
in new and original way. 1t Is
relief to see suits getting away iron
that collar and cuff trimming which
after all, is SO obvious. And this llttl
waistcoat creates freshness of feel
ing which will be a relief to many won
en- who long to wear this sort of sui
and still insist upon having thei
clothes in the fore ranks of fashion.