Fashion Draws Lines Curved and Straight
A fashion item features lines both curved and straight as part of its design. The piece showcases contrasting shapes to create visual tension and balance on the garment.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1921
Page
12
A fashion item features lines both curved and straight as part of its design. The piece showcases contrasting shapes to create visual tension and balance on the garment.
Fashion notes discuss how fabric choice guides dress lines from taffeta to organdie. The hourglass silhouette remains, with variations in trim and paneling. Crepe frocks offer many options, including chemise lines, blousing, and contrasting vests, while keeping the same fundamental shape.
A Philadelphia Record snippet critiques women’s ignorance of feeding families and cites Farmer’s Bulletin No. 808. It notes how household advice stresses proper buying and cooking, while many housewives ignore guidance and rely on changing trends. It also mentions domestic science, color, trimming, and fashion details through various fabrics and beadwork.
The article outlines a daily food plan for a family including bread cereals fats sugars and a meat group allowance with quantities for different family members. It also offers sewing and household tips such as reinforcing seams turning back hems marking stockings and using wax paper and the heater for cooking and preservation.
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