Fashion notes on two piece tailleur trend in Paris and America
The page highlights evolving women’s suits with two piece tailleurs gaining popularity. It notes Paris openings and domestic designs moving beyond sober, straight lines toward more varied styles, signaling a renewed industry fling with fashionable suits.
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Seasonal Extreme Jackets and Directoire Influences
The column discusses two jacket extremes for the season: ultra short, flared “coolie” coats with narrow shoulders and straight box lines, and longer styles. It notes hair-line striped serges for skirts paired with plain jackets, high-waisted princess lines, and elements resembling the directoire in waistlines and draped sashes.
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Princess Suggestion
New Suit Styles Feature Contrasts and Bold Textures
The season introduces contrasting jacket and skirt combinations from Dressler, with long jackets, shawl collars, and waistcoats. Fabrics favor navy serge, tricotine, mastic serge, and gabardine with gray tweed accents. Embellishments include braids, soutache, embroidery, and organdie trims, while overall style leans toward restrained elegance despite occasional flamboyance.
Tips for Household Maintenance and Care
This column advises simple home remedies. It covers keeping fingernails clean while polishing metals, mending oil cloth with paraffin, cleaning fur using a stiff brush and absorbent cotton, and proper watering of plants. Each tip emphasizes gentle handling and thorough drying or shaking to finish the task.
Spring hat fashions show the loup and face veil trend
The note describes popular spring hat styles including the loup or mask framed by a broad brim and chin strap with lace fringe. Trim ideas feature feathers, straw flowers, straw braids, and ribbons in gold and silver, plus fruit and glycerin ostrich elements to enhance shapes and color.
Cornmeal Recipes for Healthful Meals
Tested cornmeal dishes include Polenta With Corned Beef, Cornmeal Rolls, Griddle Cakes, Indian Apple Pudding, Sour Milk Spider Corn Cake, and more. Techniques cover frying, baking, and double boiler cooking with notes on saltiness and milk adjustments.
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