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Show Bm 13U 'BBf - I The WaWl and I Skirt Combined Wben we cotnblao a separate skirt Bflj jwlth an extra blouse we are doing Jast BBS as Individual a thing as when we BBS make a drew, asserts a fashion writer BBS Id the New York Times. Time was BBS when the blouse Inevitably was white BBS and the skirt dark. Then came the K rJUffon and crepe blouses patterned B after their white predecessors. But now BBS ,We have reached as era where, though BBS "e accept the Idea of separating BBS the two, we still Insist upoa having BBS Wiera more of one color and one single BBS BW" I If we adroit a white shirtwaist Into BBS wr wardrobe, then wo are apt to BBS ipover It with a Jumper dress, a slocve- BBS Jeirt coat, a sweater made cither with BBS jot without sleeve portions. We are I IMR BBBBE ' H New KIsum With Skirt That Buttons BBS to Lew Waistband. H not admitting very Reaeratly the white BBS nblrwalst unless It is In some way re- Bf Moved by other and serol-covering ac BBf cessorles. But there are blouses and BBS separate waists which charm In their BE own Individual ways, for they stand BBK out as now and pleasant creations bet BBC ter suited to the needs and the tastes BBC of the modern woman than any whlto BBf shirtwaists. Bg We hear, again and again, that the BBfj blouse as a separate entity has dls- BBs appeared so far as fashion Is con- BBC cerned, but this Is not un ndequate BBC statement. There. are still blouses ga- BBC lore to bo had and to be designed, but BBC they are uewcr and better things Bf waists, In fact, that fit In with a new BBC conception of dress In general. BBC Skirts Outwear Waists. BBC Without some sort of n separate BBC blouso no wardrobo can bo built along BBC altogether economical lines, for the BBC fact remains that skirts wear longer BBC than any filmy waist, and if wo aw BBC to have full length dresses without BBC nny notlco taken of tho scparato BBC waist, then many of the skirt per- BBC tlons of our frocks will liavo to be Bfl cast Into tho scrap heap long before Bfl thcro Is nny necessity. BBj If ono hns n separate skirt then Bfl ono chooses blouses that will match Bfl It In tone If not In uctual color; that BBS will harmonize with tho texture of tho Bfl skirt and help In carrying out Its gen- BBfj crul character. 1 Tako a black silk plaited skirt for Instance. Well, that Is a foundation for many frocks useful at nil seasons of tho year, but tho mlnuto any old waist Is worn with tho skirt, Just because be-cause ono Is n waist and the other a skirt, then bad results follow and tho wearer Is likely to class herself 7M1 thoso dressing In tho fashions of tho lato nineties. If the wnlst and tho skirt ure Judged as related to each other; If tho first works Into tho schemo of tho second, then the owner Is on tho way to have a costumo which will bo eminently satisfactory In nil respects. When she appears again In that skirt with another bodice harmonizing in somo other nnd original way, no no will think of suspecting that tho old skirt Is not new. Somo well-dressed women regard this principle of dress seriously when planning their wardrobes. Combination Combina-tion makes variety possible nnd with n slight expenditure any woman may add a fresh and Inspiring dress to her wnrdrobo. ICvcn two or thrco .nay bo added, ami so on Indefinitely until the limits of her designing originality have been exhausted. Separate Collars and Cuffs. Tho sopnruto skirt with tho chlrt-waist chlrt-waist and sweater Is a combination which, especially In this summer season, sea-son, Is utmost Inevitable In every wardrobe. ward-robe. It can bo good, and It can be very bad. Nowadays, sweaters are taking tho(placo of blouses, for they are worn with scparato collars and cuffs, or with "fill bo fronts." This fashion offers all sorts of opportunities opportuni-ties and quaint and beautiful combinations combina-tions of color. With one skirt and several sweaters a woman may be ready for many occasions. The prettiest pret-tiest of nil aro the thin knitted sweaters sweat-ers with their pastel colorings and their Interesting array of stitches, which give them character and tone. This Is a season of white, nnd the white sweater with the colored skirt or tho white sweater with tho whlto skirt Is a combination which hns everything to recommend it. If the wearer needs a touch of contrast with tho general whiteness, thenrput on a brilliant hat or a wlde-brlnlmed black one. Many of the newer sweaters are striped In crosswlso fashion. When this is tho case tho prettiest nnd most feminine of colors are used In combination. com-bination. For Instance, ono has alternating alter-nating stripes of violet, mauve and orchid or-chid blending Into wide and deep cream-colored stripes. Jt Is worn with n violet crepe skirt, and together they form a subtle combination that, with a suitable hat, Is ready for afternoon or mornlBg at any country club. The yellow sweaters have nmilo the greatest hit of all, for not only aro they knitted In that most fashtonablo of colorings, but they liavo a coolness and freshness about them that hardly any other coloring of wool could hope to attain In warm weather, Thcro Is a saying that wool Is cooling during healed spells. That may or may not bo so, but, at any rate, tho yellow tones have a way of looking cool, and that, after nil, Is half the bnttle. The Long.Waltted Blouse. Then thcro IS tho long-walstcd blouse worn over tho hips and from which tho separate skirt hangs In n wny that makes It n part of the blouse itself. These aro desirable In Jersey und flannel flan-nel and In some of tho heavier rrcpo silks designated as pastime silks. These blouses nro more- In tho nature of smocks, but It Is interesting to sco that they have becomo very much n part of tho modern wardrobe. In other words, the smock has really entered en-tered tho Held of legitimate .'nshlon as long us It U mudo with somo Idea of the demand of real smartness. |