Lace Enchants, Spain to France Touch Chicago Fashions
A Chicago Evening American fashion writer highlights lace gowns for a lace heavy season. Styles range from light brown lace with olive green ribbons to velvet lace combinations in cyclamen and mauve tones. Parisian lace and velvet ensembles feature blue velvet gowns, fitted bodices, and draped skirts with silver accents and bold accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Belgium
France
Chicago Evening American
Paris
Gay Colors in Coats to Distinguish the Season
Top coats are invaluable for travel and cool days while pairing with simple frocks or chic box coats. Bright colors, reminiscent of purple and red umbrellas, brighten rainy days and lift mood. Choose a spring coat in a gay color that suits you, avoiding a somber look and ensuring a lasting flattering match with a coordinating hat.
Lace Pattern Dominates Spring Gowns and Hats
The article notes lace on gowns with silver lace and blue tulle under a lavish petticoat and front panel. A blue silver jeweled girdle hangs over the petticoat. Lace appears on spring hats as well, including a sand colored straw bonnet with a scalloped Parisian lace veil finishing at the nose.
Much Latitude Allowed by New French Sleeves
Fashion notes on French sleeve trends with options for tiers and underparts. Short sleeves persist on conspicuous models while evening wear favors the Simone style and a rule of nineteen sleeves for formal outfits amid broader freedom in design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simone
Revival of the Bertha collar boosts antique jewelry
The piece notes a fashion revival with the Bertha collar returning to vogue. Short throat necklaces and amber beads regain popularity, with grandma’s amber beads favored to ward off goiter and pearls in short lengths rising. Cameos, cutters, and carved ivory brooches are described as the smartest 1928 styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Rich New Spring Lingerie Styles Highlight Delicate Details
The article reviews spring lingerie and gowns in water green, pale pink georgette, crepe, and voile. One piece garments feature straight-cut tops, scalloped edges, and petal-like finishes. nightgowns show green lines and narrow ribbon straps. Philippine gowns use pineapple cloth with Greek shoulders and pale blue embroidery. It notes over 500,000 women work as stenographers and typists.
Fragmented Clippings Highlight Oddities and Ads
A collage of quirky lines and ad copy hints at social remarks. Pieces reference news tone puzzles, Red Cross Ball promotion, mud pies humor, gossip about Mrs Diversity, perfume influence, Cuticura soap and talcum ads, and a note on conservatism tied to old radical ideas.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wrigleys
Georgh Boorman
Marathon
N. Y
Bobbie
Bellans
LLANS
Stearns Electro Paste
New York City
Lathrop
Irop
Haarlem Oil
Holland
VOGUE
New Spring
United States
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Detroit, Michigan
F. C
Flint
Mich
Superior
Superior Li Dell Superior
Superior Light Delivery
Flint, Mich
Canton News
Red Cross
THE
Alabastine Company
Grandville Avenue
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Sapolio
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!