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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1916
Page
12
The article promotes new dress styles at 25 dollars highlighting taffeta options in navy brown green and black with striped skirts and belted coats. It notes street and afternoon wear in georgette crepe blends with taffeta and white accents, silk foundations, full overskirt forms, and sizes from 16 to 44 though not all sizes in every style.
The coat fashions offer a spectrum from brilliant to subdued colors and light to heavy fabrics. Cherui Cape Coats feature new sleeves, flaring cuffs, and sweeping lines in chiff on taffeta gabardine and silk blends. Sport and touring coats in velour plaids and velours provide full drapery-like skirts and belted options for varied figures. Evening coats in satin foule silk charmeuse and jersey are trimmed with fur and intricate tailoring.
New fabrics bring varied blouses with attractive prices. Crepe and crepe de Chine options feature embroidery and trims in shades from flesh to white. Silk striped and plain blouses in rose green blue black and white range from 2.05 to 5.00 with lace accents and gold or silver detailing.
Garment notes describe Handkerchief Linen blouses in green and blue with convertible collars priced 325 to 400. Smart Striped Linen blouses feature long sleeves and hat collars from 295 to 500, plus Fine French Voile blouses with cape collars and frills at 5.00 to 7.60. New organdy blouses trimmed with lace and embroidery run 2.25 to 5.00.
The piece notes fashionable tailored hats for women featuring Broadbrim Sailors, with smart choices that appeal from back-row to front, including mushroom shapes and medium-size models.
A sweep of society notices from Washington and New York details dinners hosted by Chinese minister and others, with guests including the Secretary of the Navy and numerous officials, diplomats, and social figures. Engagements, adoptions, and Easter events thread through, naming Mary Elizabeth Finley, Sylvia Page, and multiple hostesses, with dances, teas, and a flag-raising anecdote at Independence Hall illustrating the era’s ceremonial pageantry.
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