Frock coat dress cont'd

I made some progress on the Frock coat dress. I made most of the skirt today! It still needs buttons up the edges of the striped panels, but you get the idea. The scalloped panels were a pain, but worth it. I really like them.

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This fashion plate totally needs an amusing caption!



"The colored plate for the present month displays two beautiful and original designs for yachting costumes; the second one designed especially for the lady guests and members of the New York Yacht Club, and containing it’s colors, it’s pennant inserted as a panel, and insignia. The material os fine blue cloth, combined with velveteen, and barred with pieces of redcrepe de chine, upon which the cross is embroidered in red purse silk. The facing of the interior is twilled silk to match the cloth, and the lining if any is used, is silk also for lightness, but dark blue linen drilling is very good for yachting purposes, if light weight is not so much an object as economy.

The red, white and blue costume is a charming combination of the national colors. The blue may be cloth or flannelette, the white vest and panel pique, corded silk or sicilliene. The jacket must be fine red military cloth, with band of corded silk for cuffs, to match that upon the sailor hat. The hats are simply straw of sailor shapes, covered with the dress material and trimmed to match the costumes; officers buttons are sometimes copied to make the costume complete."