FASHIONABLE PLEATS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18994, 16 April 1925, Page 11

FASHIONABLE PLEATS.

Pleatings of every kind are very much back in fashion. This is welcome news to the homo dressmaker, who knows that a pleated skirt is easier to hang than a shaped one, and that it also involves far less work in the making. Pica ted skirts differ in one essential from plain ones, in that tho hem is longer. Tho saino applies to tho little pleated dresses that have actually become a feature of the season. Theso usually havo a littlo yoke, about as deep as the armpits, and a P a ' r of miniature, close-fitting sleeves, which stop well abovo the elbow: to tho straight lower line of tho yoke tho rest of tho yoke is attached; pleated into fashionable straightness either with knife pleats, box pleats, or inverted and box pleats alternating. An inner belt fixed at tho hip lino will hold the pleats in place, and an outer girdlo may or may not cover this, according to whether tho wearer wisiies to add this purely decorative note. A simple frock of this kind can bo tho foundation for many accessories. One of tho easiest -to arrange is an apron tunic, made of one of the printed handkerchiefs and mounted on a narrow girdle.