A HINT ON STOCKINETTE
It is to the credit of dress design ers that they have invented all sort: of little wrinkles to prevent stpekin ette from stretching. Skirts, insteac of being plainly hemmed round tin bottom, are turned up and borderei. with half a dozen rows of machim stitching. This is an attractive trim ming as well as a means of making the hem stiff and firm.
Jumpers are treated at the bot Con in the same fashion. In jumpers more than in skirts, the difference, ts noticeable.., Jersey jumpers atw&y had a . most depressing habit of grow ing wider with wear, but machine stitched they retain their original slin line which is the beauty of this ma terial.
Women arc apt to regard neckline, which are bound with contrasting materials as a novelty rather than a an ingenious device for keeping then in perfect shape. This rathor elabor ate trimming has the effect of pre serving the original size and form: , 1
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Shannon News, 21 May 1929, Page 4
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164A HINT ON STOCKINETTE Shannon News, 21 May 1929, Page 4
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