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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1921
Page
8
An fashion note praises silk as a cool light untransparent fabric for sport skirts. Fantasy silk skirts may evolve with Laundress designs and French styles featuring fanciful pleated models, with pleats highlighted to enhance striped patterns.
The article outlines the popularity of silk and organdy sport skirts for summer wear. It notes cool linen rompers for babies, the rise of silk fabrics, varied pleats from box to knife, fringe trims, bright color combinations, and home laundering tips. It emphasizes durable, easy care styles and practical belt or sash details.
A nostalgic catalogue of infant luxury describes sunlit nurseries, cool sleeping chambers, and feather light blankets. It features a spring suspended baby swing, fenced play area, wheeled bassinet, adjustable cribs, motor cribs, and stylish bath-hour amenities to keep a toddler pampered and secure. The prose notes the baby’s comfort while acknowledging parental strain in a bustling family.
The article outlines skirts in linen with hand hemstitching and drawn thread work, organdy designs with frilled panels and sashes, and notes silk skirts as the more desirable option for a complete outfit. It observes morning wear appropriateness and suggests matching a brown organdy skirt with a waist for a fuller costume.
A historical note on hairpin history from thorn pins to carved wood versions. It contrasts shell pins with sturdier wire pins for securing elegant hairstyles and cautions against shell pins slipping with fine hair.
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