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March 7, 1910
Bluefield Evening Leader
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
New York fashion update on March 7 highlights the revival of artistic overskirts and peplums in silks and lighter fabrics, walking-length skirts for dressy and tailor frocks, and jaunty suits with square Dutch necklines.
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New York, March 7.-The overskirt is in fashion again, not the bunched and fearfully creped garment of some twenty-five or thirty years ago, but an artistic overdress of different lengths and shapes variously draped, the "peplum" or "apron front". In handsome frocks of silks or light woolens the overskirt is separate and is either of the same material or of some lighter fabric such as chiffon, marquiseite, lace or etamine, and in plainer dresses, and in many tub gowns the same idea is often carried out by means of trimming.
There is a tendency this season to favor the walking length skirt in dressy gowns as well as in tailor frocks, reserving the long skirt for the most elaborate toilettes.
SUITS WITH DUTCH NECKS.
As a decided change from the Russian models, a very smart Fifth Avenue house is showing some particularly jaunty tailored suits with a square effect at the open neck. That is the fronts close in a square
There is a tendency this season to favor the walking length skirt in dressy gowns as well as in tailor frocks, reserving the long skirt for the most elaborate toilettes.
SUITS WITH DUTCH NECKS.
As a decided change from the Russian models, a very smart Fifth Avenue house is showing some particularly jaunty tailored suits with a square effect at the open neck. That is the fronts close in a square
What sub-type of article is it?
Fashion Description
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Overskirt
Peplum
Fashion Trends
Tailored Suits
Dutch Necks
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Location
New York
Event Date
March 7
Story Details
Description of current fashion trends including the return of artistic overskirts in various materials and lengths, preference for walking-length skirts, and tailored suits with square Dutch necks.