New Lingerie Styles Emphasize Simplicity and Clever Design
Maude G. Hall Omen surveys the latest lingerie trends featuring unusually simple yet ingenious garments. She highlights streamlined negligees, triple-purpose combinations, and practical trims that enhance wearability. Silk crepe de chine and tub silks offer durable, laundering-friendly fabrics, while front-cut designs blend drawers, chemises, and corset covers for a streamlined silhouette.
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Maude G. Hallomen
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Home Dressmakers Corner One Piece Costume Ideas
Guide to a one piece dressmaker costume with new trimming ideas. Describes fabric needs, seams, lap front vest construction, perforations, collar attachment, panel hems, and sleeve plaits with detailed adjustments for proper fit and finish.
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Dee
Elegant Underwear Styles From a Postcard Fashion Feature
A detailed survey of late 19th century undergarments highlights sheer cotton chemises and drawers with lace trimming, negligees in Japanese cotton crepe, risqué slip-ons, and organdy accents. It notes how tub silks compete with muslin, and describes camisole sets, bloomers, and petticoats in vivid period tones. The piece also discusses health benefits of vegetables in a separate health column, praising cucumbers for energy and leafy greens for digestion and cleansing properties.
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Baskets Of Lovely New Cross Stitch Motifs
Kathryn Mutterer presents seven cross stitch designs to embellish linen, handkerchiefs, and bags. Large basket motifs suit pillows and scarfs, with color diagrams and varying basket shapes. Simple, rapid embroidery shows tapestry-like effects on coarser fabrics.
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Kathryn Mutterer
Home style menu and cooking tips from a vintage page
The excerpt lists a kitchen menu with beet and eggplant dishes, fruit salads, breads, and tea, followed by practical notes on preserving pears and making corn starch. It includes patterns and fashion designs with prices, promoting Pictorial Review patterns and embroidery transfers.
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