A HINT ON STOCKINETTE
It is to the credit of dress designers that they have invented all sorts of little wrinkles to prevent stockinette from stretching, says an exchange. Skirts, instead of being plainly hemmed round tho bottom, are; turned up and bordered with half a dozen rows of machine stitching. This) is an attractive trimming as well as Va means of making tho hem stiff and firm.
Jumpers are treated 'at the bottom in the same fashion. In jumpers, more than in skirts, ithe difference is noticeable. Jersey jumpers always had a most depressing habit of growing wider 'with wear, but machine-stitched they retain their original slim line, Which is the beauty of this material. * .
Women are apt to regard, necklines which . a.re bound with contrasting material as a novelty rather than as an ingenious device for keeping them in perfect shape. This rather elaborate trimming has the effect of preserving the original sizo and form.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 58, 12 March 1929, Page 15
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157A HINT ON STOCKINETTE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 58, 12 March 1929, Page 15
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