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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1923
Page
2
Fashion writer surveys spring frocks emphasizing straight silhouettes, normal waistlines, and modest lines. Crepe dominates, with printed silks and embroidery enhancing understated elegance. Designers blend old and new, favoring durable fabrics, simple trims, and tasteful colorways.
The text extols a well furnished home with a bright kitchen full of polished pots and pans. It praises tasteful decorations, convenient amenities, and adequate equipment, noting evolving uses for many items and suggesting homely, practical furnishings.
The article describes a new home trend labeled the servantless house. Driven by wartime and postwar conditions, it emphasizes labor saving, built in kitchens, and adjacent breakfast rooms. It features multiple rooms with convenient closets and cozy, understated fabrics to create a practical yet inviting atmosphere.
A feature urges planning ahead for Christmas with handcrafts and “stitch In time” work. It showcases embroidery, pillow tops, runners, towels, and bridal looks, plus a new damask fashion for frocks and a white kitchen palette, stressing color harmony and practical sewing as gifts.
The article describes a bright kitchen and living spaces where blue and beige dominate, white furniture, Dutch curtains, and sunlit atmospheres. It highlights simple tools and motifs in linens and towels, lined closets, wall papers, and variety of affordable decorative techniques to elevate home charm and practicality.
The article discusses using parchment shades and screens for home decoration. It describes making patterns by tracing through a backlit shade, outlining with a lead pencil and India ink, then painting with oil paints for striking color effects. A glossy final coat and black as a strong background are emphasized for added character.
Fashion shifts with the tuck-in blouse as a versatile accessory to tailored suits. Varieties in fabrics include dimity lawn voile and moadals, with fronts or backs fastenings. Handwork such as hand embroidery and hemstitching enriches the more elaborate waists worn with crepe or kin fabric skirts.
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