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Show GOOD USE FOR OLD GOWN Complete Transformation May Be Made in the Fashioning of the One-Plece Frock. It is rather astounding what a fashionable fash-ionable air can bs given to a one-piece one-piece frock that has served during the winter as a house gown, by adding to It a belted jacket of figured silk mate-lasse. mate-lasse. or crepon. Also, it turns the gown Into a serviceable thing for outdoor out-door wear through the spring and Bummer and saves one the necessity jf getting a suit. A dark blue crepe de chine trimmed with satin cloth which had served its purpose since December as a smart house frock was converted by one woman into a spring suit for the street and for afternoon wear by the addition of a dark blue watered poplin pop-lin jacket which had a pronounced wave in it.. This was lined with a figured silk In blue and yellow and belted in with a loose girdle of crepe 1 de chine run through a jet buckle in front. The revers were of crepe de chine and the long sleeves had a two-inch two-inch turnover cuff of the same. The economy of getting this garment was furthered by having a separate skirt made of plain material, which could be worn at odd hours with a white shirtwaist. Whatever else you forget in planning plan-ning your spring and summer wardrobe ward-robe remember that the short dressy coat is probably the conspicuous garment gar-ment of the moment. |